The line graph illustrates the way senior citizens of the United States spend spare-time of their own in a period of 1980 and 2010.
It is clear from the graph that hiking and surfing the internet experienced considerable rise while such activities as theatre and reading kept fluctuating. On the other hand, watching TV was always increases therefore it witnessed a slight change.
As the graph shows surfing the internet among old people kept increasing slightly from 1980 to 2000, it has risen from 0% to 10%, after all it has climbed sharply for 50% in 10 years, from 2000 to 2010. The rate of hiking kept rising steadily from 20% in 1980 and reached its peak of almost 80% in 2010. The number of watching TV kept doing up from 60% in the period of 1980 to 2000 and reached its peak at 70% then fell slightly for approximately 5% in 2010
Meanwhile the percentage of theatre and reading remained fluctuating. The rate of reading started at 30% in 1980 the grew for 10% in 1990, after that dropped suddenly for 2 times moreover the trend witnessed an upward trend and doubled in compare of 1980in 2010, while rete of theatre begun at 50% in 1980 and fell for 20% in 1990. During the period of 20-years the figure has risen gradually for 15% . It can be clearly seen that in period of first 20 years the rate of all activities saw a small rise, except theatre which fell significant. Throughout the second 20-year period the rate of activities changed sharply.