The provided line graph illustrates hobbies of elderly people in the United States from1980 to 2010. The most noticeable feature of this chart is rapid and steady growth of hiking over 30 years.
In 1980, the most popular hobby is watching TV, which accounted for 60%. This trend remained stable until 2000. From 1980 to 2000, the proportion of older people who spent free time on watching TV showed a slight rise upto 70%. However, in 2010, it decreased to about 65%.
In contrast, the figure for hiking experienced a considerable and constant rise from 20% to 80%. Likewise, the percentage of elderly people who enjoy surfing the internet and reading increased drastically from 2000 to 2010. While the figure for reading fluctuated, the portion of surfing the internet increase slightly beetween 1980 and 2000.
The proportion of elderly people who spent freetime on theatre showed slight fall in 1990 and increased gradually until 2010.Consequently, in 2010, the most popular hobby of elderly peoply is hiking followed by watching TV, reading, surfing the internet, and theatre.
