The given two pie charts compare the proportions of time allocated by working adults to various activities in two separate years.
Overall, it is clear that adults in both 1958 and 2008 accounted for the highest rates of working and sleeping as opposed to other activities. While going out with family or friends was another noticeably popular activity in 1958, this activity occupied the lowest percentage among other sectors after five decades. Additionally, the proportions of other activities, such as travel to work, other interests, and relaxing at home, saw slight changes in 2008.
To begin with, in 1958, working and sleeping were extremely popular among adults. These activities made up almost the same proportion of time spent, at one-third and just under 33%, respectively. However, fifty years later, time allocated to working witnessed a significant growth of about 42%, whereas the proportion of time spent sleeping declined to a quarter of the total. Another major change occurred in the way adults spent time going out with family/friends, meaning that this activity accounted for approximately one-fifth of the total time percentage in 1958 but ultimately declined to just 6% in a period of fifty years.
On the other hand, other activities, such as playing sport/other interests and travel to work, witnessed slight increases of 2% and 4%, respectively, whilst the activity called relaxing at home increased from just 8% to 13%.