The pie charts illustrate the proportion of working time matures allocated on six diverse activities in one particular nation over a half century.
Overall, it is evident that there were significant alterations during the period. While the allocation of time to working was the most preferred activity in both years, travel to work showed the lowest proportion in 1958. After development, spending time by adults going out with friends or families had become the least popular activity.
Focusing on the past first, in 1958, 33% of matures spent their time on working, making it the predominated activity. This was followed by sleeping with 32% of adults and 19% of matures on going out with friends or families in one country. The other three activities, however, started with a similar pattern. While relaxing at home and other interests or playing sports constituted 8% and 6%, respectively, travel to work showed the lowest portion at 2% in 1958.
After a half century, all the types of activities experienced dramatic changes. By 2008, working hours had undergone a significant increasing trend to 42% of total, illustrating it still the most preferred activity. Moreover, spending time on sleeping and going out with friends or families underwent a decreasing figure to 25% and 6%, respectively. Furthermore, 13% of adults spend their working time relaxing at home after evolution. The other two activities, travel to work and interests or playing sports, had experienced a slightly rising trend to a somewhat similar pattern at 8% by 2008.