The bar graph illustrates how many hours young (aged 15 to 19) and old (aged 79 and above) Americans spent on leisure and sports activities per day in 2015.
Overall, it is evident that both the young and the elderly spent the majority of their time watching TV. While American teenagers showed a very minor interest in relaxing and thinking, their second highest activity of the day was playing games and computer use for leisure. In contrast, the older group spent little to no time in sport, exercise and recreation, whereas reading was their second most popular activity according to the chart.
The graph further shows that teenagers didn’t spend much time on leisure activities, such as reading and relaxing, as they used small portion of their day on reading (approximately 0.2 hours) and approximately 0.1 hours a day on relaxing and thinking. Moreover, sport, exercise and recreation also showed a limited interest among younger Americans, as they devoted around half an hour per day.
On the other hand, people aged 79 and above dedicated an hour to half an hour of their day on reading, relaxing and thinking, and playing games/computer use for leisure.
Both groups, the youngest and the oldest, engaged in watching television, as they allocated more than 2 hours and 4.5 hours a day, respectively. Furthermore, they also showed a similar pattern in socializing and communicating, as they both spent less than an hour per day.