The table shows the proportions of income spent on 4 common items in the UK in 1998.

The table below depicts information regarding the percentage of income spent across 4 common items (food, electronic equipment, music,

videos

) in the UK by

adults

and

children

in 1998.

Overall

,

While

adults

spent most of their income on food,

children

preferred music.

Videos

were one of the least spent on items for both

adults

and

children

. Focusing on

adults

, about 23% of their income was spent on food, with women accounting for most of

this

at 39% and men only 14%.

In contrast

, electronic equipment was purchased more by men than women (10% and 1% respectively).

Videos

were the least popular category among

adults

with only 1% of the money earned spent on it.

On the other hand

,

children

utilised a major proportion of their money on music with boys and girls spending almost the same.

Similarly

,

although

videos

were not the most popular item on the list both boys and girls spent almost the same on them with 18% and 17% respectively. The item with the biggest disparity among the young was electronic equipment, with boys spending 18% of their expenses on it compared to girls who only spent 5%.