The given pie charts compare the expenses in 7 different categories in 1966 and 1996 by American Citizens.Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below

The pie charts compare the

expenditure

of US residents in two different years in seven categories namely

food

,

cars

, petrol, restaurants, furniture, computers and books.

Food

and

cars

made up the two biggest items of

expenditure

in both years. Together they comprised over half of

household

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spending.

Food

accounted for 44% of spending in 1966, but

this

dropped by two-thirds to 14% in 1996.

However

, the outlay on

cars

doubled, rising from 23% in 1966 to 45% in 1996. Other areas changed significantly. Spending on eating out doubled, climbing from 7% to 14%. The proportion of salary spent on computers increased dramatically, up from 1% in 1996 to 10% in 1996.

However

, as computer

expenditure

rose, the percentage of outlay on books plunged from 6% to 1%. Some areas remained relatively unchanged. Americans spent approximately the same amount of salary on petrol and furniture in both years. In conclusion, increased amounts spent on

cars

,

computer

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computers

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, and eating out were made up for by drops in

expenditure

on

food

and books.