The pie charts below show the average household expenditures in a country in 1950 and 2010.

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family in a country on main sectors in the

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1950 and 2010

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compared in two pie charts. It is clear from the charts that the percentage of expenditure on health care was by far

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during the research period.

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for housing experienced the most noticeable change. In 1950, the proportion of spending on housing was highest, at 72,1%,

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for food was significantly lower, at only 11,2%. Meanwhile, expenditures on

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and other categories made up 3,3% and 4,4% of the total money paid respectively. The rate of money spent on health care was lower than other sectors, at 2,4%, compared to 6,6% of spending on education. In 2010, the percentage of expenditure spent on food dramatically rose by around 22% to 34,0% and became the highest

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in the chart. At the same time, there were significant increases in the proportions of money used for transportation and other items to 14,0% and 19,2% respectively.

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, the year 2010 witnessed a remarkable decline of about 5% to 22,0% in the

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for housing.