The charts below compare the proportion of time adults spend on separated activities in a particular nation over a 50-year period from 1958 to 2008.
Overall, it is appealing that adults spend a large portion of their day working in both time periods. While the percentage of relaxing at home, traveling to work, and working increased, the opposite was true for going outside and sleeping.
Regarding the rate of time spent relaxing at home and working, the former rose by 5% from 8% to 13%, while the latter increased to 42%, experiencing a 9% growth. In addition, the percentage of traveling to work initially was the least, with 2% in 1958. However, it climbed to 8% in the last year.
Moving on to the remaining activities, the percentage of time spent going outside decreased significantly from 19% to 6%. Moreover, a 7% drop was observed for sleeping, compared to 13% in 1958. Additionally, the time spent by adults working for other demands remained unchanged at 6% over the period.
