****The given pie charts compare the time allocation for six selected daily activities in 1958 and 2008.
In summary, both sleeping and working had the highest proportions among all activities throughout the period, while activities such as hobbies and sports remained unchanged. Of particular note is that, although going out was significantly more common than relaxing at home and commuting to work initially, it declined and was eventually surpassed by these by the final year.
In 1958, working was the dominant activity in total with a share of 33%, followed closely by sleeping at 32%. Going out ranked third, making up 19% of the total. By contrast, the percentage of relaxing at home(8%) was four times lower than sleeping(32%). Likewise, activities like hobbies and sports accounted for 6% of the total, while the lowest proportion was observed in travelling to work, at just 2.
In contrast, by 2008 working increased by 9 percentage points, reaching 42% of total, whereas the trend was reversed for sleeping, which plummeted 7%. Meanwhile, the proportion of time spent relaxing at home was about half of that sleeping, accounting for 13%. 8% of the total was matched by commuting to work. Similarly, both going out and other activities constituted 6% for each respectively.