The given column graph illustrates the average hours spent per day in spare time and sport activities by youngest and older generations in the USA in 2015.
It is evident that watching TV was the most time-consuming activity at both age group, while young people engaged little with relaxing and thinking. Oldest populations allocated a smallest portion of time for sport, exercise and recreation.
Watching TV was the largest time-consuming activity for both age groups, but especially the aged 75 and over, who spent 4.5 hours in a day, compared to nearly 2.5 hours for teenagers. A similar pattern can be seen in reading, with those aged 75 and over spending an hour – almost five times as much as aged 15-19. When it came to relaxing and thinking, the older group also led slightly, with 0.6 hours per day, while teenagers spent only 0.1 hours on this activity.
In contrast, teenagers were far more involved in computer games and sports. They spent 1.1 hours daily on playing games or using computers for leisure, compared to only 0.2 hours by the elderly. Similarly, the younger group allocated 0.6 hours to sport, exercise, and recreation, which is three times the 0.2 hours spent by older people. The amount of time spent socializing and communicating was similar across the two groups, with teenagers spending 0.8 hours and the elderly slightly less at 0.7 hours.