The line graph provides the information about five distinct types of leisure activities preferred by senior citizens in the United States during the past three decades (1980-2010).
Overall, it is clear that watching tv was the most popular activity over most of the period. However, notwithstanding that hiking and surfing the internet were the least chosen activities in the beginning, they saw the most dramatic changes throughout the whole period compared to all the other categories.
In the first two decades, the proportion of elderly people going hiking increased exponentially by 40%, reaching three fifths. The positive changes could also be seen in the other two categories, namely watching TV and surfing the net both of which experienced slight growths by 10%, making up 70% and 15% respectively. Turning to the percentage of those who preferred reading or visiting the theatre, numbers fluctuated.
From 2000 onwards, the percentage of old people hiking continued its upward trend and outnumbered those watching tv reaching its highest point (80%). While the figures for the elderly going to the theatre saw a slight increase, there was an abrupt rise in both reading and internet surfing from 20% to 60% and 15% to 50%, respectively
The line graph provides the information about five distinct types of leisure activities preferred by senior citizens in the United States during the past three decades (1980-2010).
Overall
, it is
clear
that watching
tv
was the most popular activity over most of the period.
However
, notwithstanding that hiking and surfing the internet were the least chosen activities in the beginning, they
saw
the most dramatic
changes
throughout the whole period compared to all the other categories.
In the
first
two decades, the proportion of elderly
people
going hiking increased
exponentially
by 40%, reaching three fifths. The
positive
changes
could
also
be
seen
in the other two categories,
namely
watching TV and surfing the net both of which experienced slight growths by 10%, making up 70% and 15%
respectively
. Turning to the percentage of those who preferred reading or visiting the
theatre
, numbers fluctuated.
From 2000 onwards, the percentage of
old
people
hiking continued its upward trend and outnumbered those watching
tv
reaching its highest point (80%). While the figures for the elderly going to the
theatre
saw
a slight increase, there was an abrupt rise in both reading and internet surfing from 20% to 60% and 15% to 50%,
respectively
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