The bar chart illustrates the proportion of working-day adults participating in different activities in a country from 1958 to 2008. Overall, it is notable that working and sleeping accounted for the highest rate throughout the period. Additionally, while the time spent on every other activity increased, the percentage spent going out and sleeping declined.
According to the first chart, the highest percentage was recorded in sleeping and working, at 32% and 33%, respectively. Going out
accounted for 19%, while relaxing at home was 11% less. The total proportion of time spent on other activities and traveling to work, was equal to relaxing at home, at 8%.
In the second chart, the working rate increased moderately to 40% and remained the highest one among those figures. In contrast, the figure for the sleeping and going out percentage saw a downward trend to 25% and 6%, in turn. The percentage of time spent on other activities was
identical to time spent on travel to work, at 8%. Meanwhile, the figure for relaxing grew slightly to 13%.