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The graph below shows how elderly people in the United States spent their free time between 1980 and 2010.

The graph below shows how elderly people in the United States spent their free time between 1980 and 2010.
The line graph presents the percentage of different leisure activities spent by older people in the United States from 1980 to 2010.
Overall
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, hiking increased steadily throughout the period,
whereas
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 other practices experienced a decline in certain years. Watching TV was the most popular activity from 1980 to 2000, rising from 60% to 70%.
However
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,
this
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 figure showed a slight decrease in the final year, standing at 65%. Meanwhile, hiking consistently rose from 20% in 1980 to 80% in 2010, making it the largest share in that year. Surfing the internet experienced growth to 15% in 2000 and represented the least common activity between 1980 and 2000.
Subsequently
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, it soared to 50% in 2010, surpassing theatre attendance.
On the other hand
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, the proportion of the elderly attending the theatre dropped sharply to 30% in 1990 before growing to 40% in the following year. It increased slightly afterwards, reaching 45% in 2010.
In contrast
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, reading fluctuated over the period, ranging between 20% and 60%.

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