The table illustrates changes in the proportion of adults in cities and villages who engaged in four different free time activities between 1990 and 2010.
In general, it is noticeable that different trends were observed in all the given categories throughout the period. Reading recorded the highest percentage of adults who participated during the period shown in both urban and rural areas, while animated play took the last position in cities over the period.
In the initial period, reading was dominant with, 61% and 71%, respectively, of adults who being engaged to this activity in rural and urban areas. In the following decades, there was a dramatic increase reaching a peak of 78% each in the last year. By contrast, photography accounted for 7% and 14%, respectively, the lowest percentage of adults being participated in cities and villages in the first year. The latter saw a significant rise to 17% over the period, while the former experienced a tremendous growth to 24% in the year 2010.
At the beginning of the period, the percentages of animated play were 10% and 18%, respectively, in cities and villages. Urban areas remained unchanged throughout the period, while rural areas witnessed a minor decline to 14% by the end of the period. Similarly, photography stood at 21% and 26%, receptively in both given territories in the year 1990. After which it steadily decreased to 14% in cities in the final year, in contrast, rural areas maintained the same figure from the initial during the period shown.