The line graph illustrates the percentage of elderly people in the United States who engaged in five different leisure activities—reading, hiking, theatre, watching TV, and surfing the internet—between 1980 and 2010.
Overall
, the data reveals notable changes in preferences over the 30-year period, with activities like hiking and internet use becoming significantly more popular, Linking Words
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as theatre attendance and reading, showed fluctuations.
In the early years, surfing the internet in free time started at 5% and steadily increased to approximately 15% in 2000. Linking Words
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it skyrocketed to 50%. Hiking was the third most popular activity in 1980, with 20% and until 2010, a steady and dramatic surge made it the most popular. Linking Words
On the other hand
, theatre showed a downward trend, and with a slight soar Linking Words
at the end
, it became the least popular action with a 5% decrease.
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However
, the number of elderly people watching TV increased steadily and hit a peak at 70% in 2000 , and after that, a slight decrease occurred, making it nearly 65%.Linking Words