Band 6+: The percentage of the working day adults spend doing different activities in a country in 1958 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart provides information about the proportion of how much time working adults spend on different activities in one country in 1958 and 2008.

Overall, it can be seen from the picture that percentage of time which had been spent on work increaced significantly during given time, while time for going out went down marginally.

It is clear from the chart that most of the time had spent on working in 1958, 33%. In 2008 this figure went up sharply by 7%, reached 40%. 32% of time had dedicated to sleeping in 1958, while in 2008 it reduced to 25%. 10% of the day had spent on going out with friends or family in 1958. However it declined significantly in 2008, to 6%.

It is also noticeable that proportion of time which had been spent on relaxing at home rose by 5%, from 8% in 1958 to 13% in 2008. Additionally percentage of travelling to work grew by 4%. It was 2% in 1958 and 8% in 2008. Time which had been spent on other activities went up negligably from 6% in 1958 to 8% in 2008.