The charts below show the percentage of time adults spending in different leisure activities in a particular country in 1998 and 2010.

The two bar charts illustrate how adults in a particular country spent their time in the years of 1998 and 2010.

It is clear that socializing with others was the most popular activity among adults while cooking and eating were relatively less popular over the 12-year period.

In 1998, around 20% of adults preferred to socialize after work, and this figure went up to nearly 25% in 2010. 15% of grown-ups chose to do their hobbies and a 5% increase can be seen in this category after 12 years. At the same time, there was a slight rise in the shopping category, from 10% in 1998 to 15% in 2010.

Few people kept reading as a habit, with only above 10% of adults reading in both years. Finally, it is interesting to note that people became less interested in cooking and eating, with less than 5% of them doing these two activities in 2010.

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