The pie charts illustrates changes in the proportion of time spent on different activities by adults in a particular country in 1958 and 2008.
Overall, it is apparent that working period contributed the most to adults’ time over the two years mentioned, while the smallest amount of time were spent on travelling to work. It is also clear that adults were likely to spend more time on other activities rather than going out with friends and families or sleeping.
In 1958, most adults spent 33% of their time on working, 1% higher than that of sleeping and fourfolded the duration of relaxing. In 2008, the figures for working and relaxing significantly increased to 42% and 13%, respectively, while sleep duration were decreased to 25%.
In 1958, travelling to work took the least amount of time, at a mere 2%, one-ninth socializing time. However, in 2008, the figure for travelling to work has increased to 8%, the same amount of time that adults spent on hobbies and sports, surpassing that of going out with close members, which only accounted for 6%.