The table provides information about the proportions of adults in either urban or rural areas who participated in four free-time activities during the period from 1990 to 2010.
Overall
, these activities exhibited different trends over the given period; some, Linking Words
such
as reading, recorded the highest share, Linking Words
whereas
others, like Linking Words
photography
, represented the lowest percentage. Use synonyms
However
, the percentage of each activity varied among them.
As the table illustrates, reading activity in rural areas in 1990 was the highest, standing at 71%, and increased slightly to 78% after twenty years. Linking Words
Furthermore
, reading in urban place intially recorded 61% , before rising to 78% in 2010. Playing in free time in rural places accounted for 26%, and stayed unchanged, Linking Words
while
playing in urban areas witnessed a reduction from 21% to 14%.
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On the other hand
, in urban places, both animated play and Linking Words
photography
represented the lowest figures, standing at 10% and 7%, respectively. After that, the Use synonyms
photography
group rose by 10% in 2010, unlike the other one, which stayed steady. In rural places, Use synonyms
photography
commenced at 14%, Use synonyms
then
climbed to 24% within 20 years, taking into account a decrease in the animated play segment from 18% to 14%.Linking Words