The pie charts illustrate how time distribution of adults on six distinct activities in a particular nation changed between 1958 and 2008.
Overall, while the percentage of time spent on working, relaxing at home, traveling to work, and other hobbies experienced upward trends, the opposite was true for sleeping and going out. Additionally, working and sleeping time accounted for the most time of adults’ schedules throughout the examined period.
In 1958, adults spent the most time on their occupations, registering 33%, followed by the figures for sleeping and hanging out with their loved ones, at 32% and 19%, respectively. Compared to the aforementioned statistics, relaxation and other interests had remarkably lower time, with respective data of 8% and 6%. As for travel to work, this category witnessed a negligible percentage of time, standing at only 2%.
In 2008, the percentage of time working considerably increased to 42%, securing its highest position. Similar upward trends can be seen in the figures for commuting to work relaxing and, rising by 6% and 5%, respectively. Other leisure activities also experienced a slight growth to 8%. By contrast, adults spent less rest time sleeping and going out. The former decreased to 25%, and the latter experienced a remarkable drop, comprising just 6% of adults’ schedules.