The line graph illustrates the alternation of the 5 different types of activities which were done in their leisure time by elders in Europe from 1980 for 3 decades at 10-year intervals.
Overall, exercising and attending the theatre are the most common sources at the beginning of the period, whilst the majority of people have interests in sports and hiking at the end of this time.
In 1980, the percentage of people exercising began at 60%, followed by a climb by 10% in the next 3 years, which ended up at 65%; in contrast, the elderly who attend a theatre fell from 50 to 30 and then rose to around 45 in 2010, which was the lowest level of this period. The number of readers experienced some fluctuation between 30 to 60 over the period.
There was a dramatic soar in the proportion of hiking from 20 to 80, which peaked on the graph, while in the following first 2 years, the bottom of the range using the online increased gradually from 5 to 15, via a dramatic climb to 50% end of the time.