The graph below shows how elderly people in the United States spent their free time between 1980 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given graph depicts the

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of elderly individuals in the United States who spent their spare time between 1980 and 2010. At the beginning of the period, the

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of hiking recorded a significant upward trend from 20% to 80% and reached a peak.

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, watching TV showed a steady increase in the 1980s from approximately 60% to 70%,

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surfing started from a lower point of 5% and experienced a substantial rise to around 15% in the 2000s.

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, the figure registered a noticeable increase from 15% to 50%.

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, reading displayed a steady upward trend in the 1980s, from 30% to 40%, and

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showed a sharp decline by 20%,

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then

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witnessed a dramatic upward movement.

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, the

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of theatre recorded a significant downward trend from 50% to 30% and underwent a gradual upward shift

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to 60% in the 2010s.

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, it is clearly seen from the line graph that the

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of hiking was high at the beginning and reached a peak at a certain point,

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other activities showed moderate variations over time.