The bar chart compares the amount of time allocated by the youngest and oldest age groups in the USA to a range of free time activities in 2015. Overall, while the elderly prioritized watching TV, reading, relaxing and thinking more, youngsters were found to spend much of their spare time for social interactions, computer games, physical activities and entertainment. Additionally, watching TV was the most popular hobby for people of both age brackets.
Looking first at the dominance of seniors on the chart, they dedicated 4.5 hours to watch TV every day, as opposed to less than 2.5-hour time expenditure by their younger counterparts. This disparity, however, narrowed down in reading as those over 75 spent an hour on this pursuit, while youngsters devoted just around 15 minutes. A similar pattern was observed in the case of mindfulness activities such as thinking and relaxing, with older people spending 40 minutes and teenagers just 10.
Turning to the leadership of the youth on the graph, by far the biggest discrepancy was seen in playing video games and using computers for leisurely activities. Over an hour was expended by youngsters for these hobbies, whereas senior individuals spent half of that figure. Fitness activities coupled with recreation showed somewhat similar trajectories, in which young people spent 40 minutes and older ones channeled a mere 10 minutes for the tasks. The closest gap between the two age profiles was in socializing and communicating, representing a 5-minute difference for the advantage of youngsters (45 and 40 minutes).
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