The line graph illustrates free time entertainments of the elderly in the United States over the period from 1980 to 2010.
Overall,it can be clearly observed from the graph that hiking and surfing the internet significantly increased over the period, whereas theatre had declined before recovering. Watching TV was a steady increase throughout the 20-year period, followed by decrease from 2000 to 2010.
Looking at the details, hiking steadily increased from 20% by 1980 to 80% by 2010, furthermore 20% were added every 10 years. The reading had remarkably climbed from 1980 to 1990. Following that, there was a significant dip in the reading from 1990 to 2010. The theatre rate had plunged from 50% to 30%(1980s-1990s). After plunging steadily, the theatre started to rise significantly until 2010.
It could be noticed that the level of elders watching TV had grown from 60% to 70%, however this activity slowly declined until 65%. Additionally, surfing the internet had steadily increased 10% over the period from 1980 to 2000. After increasing steadily, the elders surfing the internet soared to peak at 50%.