The bar graph compares how much time on average allocated participants of two age categories in various tasks in the US.
Overall, people over 75 engaged in watching TV, reading, relaxing and thinking more than their younger counterparts, while people aged 15-19 dominated in socializing, playing games, and sport activities. It is also clear that watching TV was the most popular activity regardless of the age.
Focusing on the tasks preferred by seniors, they were watching TV, reading, relaxing and thinking. While younger people spent just under 2,5 hours per day, another age group allocated sharply 4,5 hours. When it comes to reading, younger and older age groups showed disproportional figures, 10 minutes and 60 minutes per day respectively. As for the relaxing and thinking, 15-19 aged people spent only about 5 minutes for it compared to about 40 minutes of elderly ones.
Conversely, the remaining activities were completed more by people aged 15 to 19. People in this age group socialized about 45 minutes per day as opposed to people over 75, communicating only five minutes less. The figures for computer usage for leisure and games showed a twofold difference, with just over 1 hour for younger people and 30 minutes for seniors. With respect to sports and recreation, people aged from 15 to 19 spent just over 30 minutes, while those over 75 engaged with these activities about 10 minutes only.