The bar chart demonstrates the average daily hours allocated on recreational and sports activities by the US population in different age groups: aged 15 to 19 and 75+, in the year 2015.
To begin with, the majority of the elders (75+) preferred to watch television for 4.5 hours per day. The time allocation of elders was doubled compared to the teenagers, which accounted for 2.4 hours. The oldest age group spent about 1 hour on reading, while the youngest group allocated merely 0.2 minutes. In terms of thinking and relaxing, only 0.6 minutes by elders and 0.1 minutes by teenagers were devoted to these leisure activities.
Shifting focus to other activities, those aged 15-19 were more likely to socialize and communicate than age groups of older adults, which represented 0.8 minutes and 0.7 minutes a day, respectively. The usage of computers and playing games in leisure time was popular among teenagers, which accounted for 1.1 hours per day. Although elders spent almost 0.5 minutes a day. Almost 0.6 minutes by age group 15-19 and 0.2 minutes by 75+ were spent on sports, exercise, and recreation.
Overall, it is readily apparent that the teenagers were more interested in playing games, socializing, and sports, while elders were interested in watching television, reading, and relaxing.