The table illustrates the proportion of mature people took part in four distinct leisure time activities in metropolitian areas and countrysides between 1990 and 2010.
Overall, reading is by far the most popular spare time activity with the most participants in every areas and years. In addition percentages of reading and playing experienced only upword trend, whereas the reverse was true for that of photography and animated play
In 1990 reading was the most participated free time activity with 61% and 71% attendants of urban and rural areas respectively followed by playing with 21 participants in urban and 26 participants in rural areas. 10% of adults in cities and 18% of countryside adults took part in animated play based amusements, while photography pursuits shown the least rate of participants in 1990 only 7% and 14% of seniors attanded from urban and rural areas respectively.
In 2010, proportion of elder people who involved in reading increased from 61% to 71% in towns and from 71% to 78% in farmland areas making it equally involved. Animated playing proportion adults in urban areas remained stable in 10%, while the percentages of adults in countrysides underwent slight decrease for 4$ from 18% to 14%. Playing in urban areas decreased from 21% to 14%, whereas the proportion in rural areas remained unchanged at 26%. Finally, photography experienced a considerable increase in both areas, rising from 7% to 17% among urban adults and from 14% to 24% among rural adults.
