Presented for consideration are data about the proportion of an employed person’s day investing time doing a variety of activities between 1958 and 2008.
Overall, it can be seen that the figure of working, commuting and relaxing increased over the 50-year period, while there was a notable fall in sleeping and socializing at home. Additionally, the percentage of time spending of the rest remained unchanged throughout the timeframe.
Looking at the figure in further detail, it was clear to see the data of working, commuting and relaxing had all gone up. Working, which was about 33% by 1958 before increasing to 42% in 2008. Regarding, commuting was a minor exactly 2% and 8% in 1958 and 2008 respectively. Similarly, the time spent relaxing was at 8%, then, it was slightly gone up to 13% in 2008.
Moving onto the data of sleeping, there was a marginal decrease from 32% to 25% by 1958 and 2008. This was followed by a going out with their relatives that was nearly 20% before a significant fall to exactly 6% in 2008. Consequently, the proportion of time allocated to other interests or playing sports was about 6% by 1958 and slightly increased to 8% by 2008.