The pie charts below show the average household expenditures in France in 1950 and 2010

The pie charts point out the average proportion of the amount of

money

which was spent

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various family needs in France in two years.

Overall

, it is indicated that the percentage of

money

spent on housing decreased significantly from 1950 to 2010.

On the other hand

, spending for each household on food, other and transportation categories rose. At the same time, there was only a slight change in the percentage of

money

spent on education and health care

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1950 and 2010. Spending in the housing category, which made up approximately three quarters in 1950, fell sharply to form only nearly one-fifth of the total expenses in 2010. The food section, which

also

had a significant change, went up to 34% in 2010 from a little over one-tenth in 1950.

Similarly

, the

money

spent on other needs and transportation increased from less than 5% each to 19.2% and 14%, respectively. The education and

health care

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categories had a small change. To elaborate, the

health care

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category, which made up 2.4% in 1950, had a 2.1% increase.

Whereas

, the education category, which was

initially

6.6% of total spending in 1950, had just a 0.3% decrease.