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The table shows the favourite pastimes of people aged 30 to 50 in eight countries. The pastimes are TV, sport, reading, hobbies, music, the beach and sleep. Some data is missing for France, England and Japan.
Overall, watching TV, reading and hobbies were the most popular pastimes, while music and sleep were the least popular in most countries.
Watching TV was very popular in Canada, Australia and the USA, with 60% to 65% of people. However, in Korea and China, only 22% and 15% of people chose TV. In contrast, reading was much more popular in Asian countries. About 60% of people in Korea and China and 62% in Japan liked reading, while it was only 15% in Canada, Australia and the USA.
Hobbies were also popular in most countries, especially in China at 50%. Sport was chosen by between 21% and 30% of people. The beach was popular in Australia and the USA, at 30%, but nobody in Canada chose it. Music was not popular in most countries, except the USA, where 23% chose it. Sleep was very low, except in England, at 20%.