The presented pie graphs demonstrate the preference of several recreative pastimes among European adults in 1985 and 1995.
Obviously, watching television was the most enjoyable activity in both surveyed years. Additionally, the year 1995 witnessed the appearance of playing computer games which was a new leisure activity.
In 1985, the proportion of the mature living in Europe who watched TV made up the largest, at 32% followed by that of eating out, at 23%. Moreover, the figure of having conservations with friends of European grown-ups ranked third, at roughly one-fifth. In terms of talking with relatives, this figure represented 18% which was threefold higher than other pastimes.
For the remaining year, watching TV maintained its rank with a slight decrease, from 32% to 30%. It is also worth noting that playing computer games was a completely new pursuit that surpassed having a meal outside, which lowered four times compared to 1985, to reach second position, at 27%. By contrast, the percentage of making conversations with friends recorded a steady increase of 5% after a course of 10 years. Ultimately, the least popular entertaining activities were having a talk with family and other hobbies, at 7% and 2% respectively.