The pie charts illustrate the proportion of time workers spent on activities in a nation in 1958 and 2008.
Overall, the main activities that employees devoted their time to were working and sleeping. However, there are some changes regarding relaxation and hanging out with their acquaintances between the two timestamps.
In 1958, working took up 33% of the total time for an ordinary man and sleeping closely came in second with 32%. The time spent with their family was around 19%, followed by time for relaxation and other interests, which took up 8% and 6%, respectively. The time for commuting was least used among the activities, only 2% of the total time.
Forward to 2008, time spent on working and sleeping were still the dominant activities. While time for working increased to 42%, that used for sleeping decreased to 25%. Time for resting rose to 13%, taking the third position. Travelling and other interests equally took up 8% of the total time. Time for family gatherings declined, reaching only 6% of the recorded time.
