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

The line graph illustrates how older adults in the United States spent their leisure

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between 1980 and 2010. The vertical axis provides the percentage of the

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spent, and the horizontal axis shows the number of

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. Watching television is the most popular choice by far, with it being the most consistent hobby, with 60% choosing to spend

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in front of a screen. Viewing television peaked in the 2000s with 70% but has been slowly winding down to 65% currently. Trekking has picked up a lot of steam since the 1980s, with it quadrupling from 20% to 80% in the 2010s. Rapid Technological development led to a surge in internet surfing, with the data spiking and following an upward trend from the year 2000, growing from 15% to 50% in the 2010s. Reading and watching theatre have seen fluctuations across the

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. In the past 30

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, reading has seen a 10% decline from 1990 to 2000.

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, reading became trendy again as it surged to 60% in the year 2010. Watching theatre productions saw a sharp drop in viewership from 1980 to 1990, but it has grown 15% since

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and has reached 45% in the year 2010. In conclusion, retirees devoted most of their

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exploring the great outdoors, using the internet. The trend of watching television has stayed steady through all these

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as well. Reading books and watching theatre have been turbulent, but are steady with a growing trend.