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the alteration in spending habits of people in the UK between 1975 and 2000.

The given pie charts illustrate the alteration in spending habits of
people
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 in the UK between 1975 and 2000. Overall, it can be seen that there was a significant change in
people
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's habits. The noticeable changes can be seen in the addition of other kinds of habits twenty years later. Looking at the
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 main feature, there was 36% of the petrol spending in 1975, but
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 figure dropped dramatically to only 8% in 2000.
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. While there was 25% of
people
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 spent on the furniture in 1975, approximately four times as fewer
people
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 spent after 25 years.
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, the number of spending on restaurants fell steadily from 25% in 1975 to only 14% in 2000.
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, the proportion of computer expenditure rose slightly from 7% in 1975 to 12% in 2000.
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,in 2000,
people
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 spent the most on cars, with about 43%, and there was the proportion of expenditure on foods and books around 14% and only 1%.

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