The line graph gives information about the older people’s leisure activities in the Unites States between 1980 and 2010.
Overall, the popularity of hiking and surfing the Internet increased over the period, whereas watching TV and theatre remained relatively stable. Furthermore, interest in reading fluctuated significantly, but finally showed a rise.
The first notable change in the upward trend is a steady increase of hiking. Beginning at 20% in 1980s its popularity demonstrated a linear growth throughout the period. On the other hand, reading was initially varying, peaking at 40% in 1990s before reaching the lowest point at 20% in 2000s. After that, it started increasing sharply to 60% by the end of the period. The rate of the Internet usage also showed a stable growth. At first, between the 1980s and the 2000s, it had a minimal rise of about 10% before growing rapidly to 50% by the 2010s.
As for the stable trends, the popularity of watching TV maintained a constant level and remained the most common pastime over the period, but it had a slight rise of 10% from the 1980s to the 2000s before falling again by about 5% by the end of the period. In addition, interest in theatre was initially decreasing from 50% to 30% in 1990s ahead of the rise of 10% by the 2000s and about 5% by the 2010s.