The bar graph compares the average daily time dedicated to spare and sports activities by American teenagers and seniors in the year 2015.
Overall, while people who were between 15 and 19 were not as active as their counterparts aged 75+ in indoor activities, the reverse scenario is true for other pastimes.
Looking at the details, although watching TV was the most attractive hobby among both generations, the gap between time spent on them is the most noticeable, 4.5 hours for pensioners to just below 2.5 hours for adolescents. Likewise, reading and relaxing, thinking were activities in which retirees dominated again, with rough participation hours of 1 and 0.25, 0.6 and 0.1 respectively. In contrast, the younger group spent over twice as much time on the computer than the older group, at an average of 1.1 and 0.5 hours respectively. Sports, exercise was also preferred by more youngsters spending 0.6 hours, while other group spent 0.2 hours. Regarding socializing and communicating, both generation devoted an almost similar amount of time, about 0.75 and 0.7 hours, with minors predominating.
