The two given pie charts illustrate the proportion of time adults waste during their working day on different activities in a particular nation between 1958 and 2008.
Overall, it is evident that most of the time of employed adults was used for sleeping and working in both two years while travelling to work and other activities only occupy little time. Moreover, while the time spent on working increased, the percentage of activities for resting decreased.
Regarding the two-most consuming activities, working and sleeping took up similar proportions of the day in 1958, at 33% and 32%, respectively. While the figure for working rose significantly, with a growth to 42% in 2008, the percentage of time spent sleeping witnessed a decline to 25% in the ending point of the survey.
In terms of the remaining activities, in the year 1958, going out with friends or family occupied 19% of the day in 1958, followed by relaxing at home and other activities, at 8% and 6%, respectively. Over the 50-year period, the proportion of employed adults’ time for hanging out saw a sharp decrease to only 6%. Meanwhile, the figure for relaxing at home and other activities climbed to 13% and 8%, in that order. As for commuting to work, there was a noticeable growth in its figure from only 2% to 8% over the next five decades.