The given pie chart outlines the proportion of time employees devote to do different activities in a particular nation over the period of five decades, spanning from 1958.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that while the figure for workers allocated time to working, travelling to work, and relaxing at home witnessed an upward trend, the opposite was true for sleeping, going out, and others show a contrasting pattern. Notably, the most dramatic upturn was seen in the work’s figure.
Turning to 1958, the rate of workers who spent the most amount of time in a day for work accounted for 33%. Following that, the ratio of time people allocated to sleeping was just 1% lower than that of, it was 32%. The number of time citizens allocated to go out with friends or family was 19%. On the other hand, time for commute to work was smallest portion accounted for 2%. As for relaxing at home and other activities, it was shared with 8% and 6%, respectively.
Fifty years later, the ratio of time employees spent on working was increased significantly to 42%. In contrast, the figure for sleeping considerable declines at 25%. In terms of time for relaxing at home, the portion that of was witnessed a slight rose about 13%. Interestingly, the rate of time spent travelling to work quadrupled from 2% in 1958 to 8% in 2008. Furthermore, less time spent on going out fell to 6%, sharing the similar figure as hobbies and playing sports.