Band 5+: The line graph below shows how elderly people in the United States spent their free time between 1980 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The presented graph illustrates, in percentages, the rate of leisure time activities of older people in five different categories over a 30-years, spanning from 1980 to 2010.

As is observed, there was an upward trend in four categories during the period 1980 to 2010, and there was a downward trend in one category. While reading emerged as the most prevailing activity, theater was comparatively less frequent.

To begin, in 1980, the rate of watching TV began at 60%, and it increased slightly to 70% in 2000, then it decreased to roundly 65% in ten-years. The percentages of hiking rose gradually from 20% to 80%, between 1980 and 2010. Theatre’s rate started at 50%, after that this percentage fell to 30% in 1990, before a steady growth to roughly 45% in 2010. The rate of elderly people reading a book was 30 percent in 1980. Furthermore, it witnessed an increase to 40% in 1990. Afterwards it plunged to 20% in 2000, before a sharp growth to 60% in 2010. The percentage of surfing the internet was approximately 5%, and then it rose to almost 15%. Moreover, in 2010, it soured to 30%.