The given pie charts illustrates the share of time spent on different activities by working adults in the year 1958 and 2008.
Overall, there is a significant rise in time spent on working in 2008 as compared to in 1958. Conversely, adults spend less time on activites such as sleeping and spending time with friends or families as compared to in 1958.
In 1958, adults spent most of their time working and sleeping, with 33% and 32% respectively. In contrast, share of time spent working significantly increased to 42% in 2008, while sleeping reduced to 25%. Adults spend more time commuting by 8% in 2008, as compared to 2% in 1958. However, adults have given importance to relaxing in 2008, with 13% of their time as compared to 8% in 1958. There has been a slight increase in time spent on sports, from 6% to 8% in 1958 and 2008 respectively. Meanwhile, a third of time spent on hangin out with family or friends have decreased from 19% in 1958 to 6% in 2008.
It is evident that while more time is spent on work, less importance is given to essential activities such as sleep and socialising.
