The bar graph illustrates the mean hours spent per day in recreational activities by youngest and oldest demographics, in the US, in 2015.
Overall, watching TV took the highest number of hours from both generations. Furthermore, the age group of 75 and over spent more time per day for leisure activities than the group of 15 to 19.
Adolescents aging from 15 to 19 years old watched TV for 2.4 hours a day, on average, the highest amount of time they spent on a pastimes activity. However, teenagers’ duration of watching TV was just over a half of that of elderly individuals, which accounted for 4.5 hours per day. Likewise, older populations took 1 hour per day to read, five times of the youngsters’ reading time. The similar pattern was also shown for relaxing and thinking period, with 0.6 hour per day and 0.1 hour per day for 75-and-older group and 15-to-19 group, respectively.
People at the age of 15 to 19 and populations at the age of no less than 75 spent nearly an equal amount of time on socializing and communicating, with a 0.1 hour per day in difference. However, teenagers took 1.1 hours to play computer games or use computers and 0.6 hour per day to do sports, exercises and recreations, exceeding the duration that older demographic spent on those activities.