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

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expenses

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various categories, over six decades between 1950 and 1987.

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, housing and

food

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accounted for the largest proportion in 1950 and 2010 respectively.

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, there was a reduction in the

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of money citizens spent on housing and education,

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, health care, transportation and other expenditures experienced an increase over the period in question. In 1950, housing was the primary source of

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, at 72,1%;

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, its number decreased remarkably by 50,1% to only 22% which was the second highest in the year 2010.

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,

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on education

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decreased to 6,3%. Meanwhile, during the period of 60 years, the figures for

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and other expenditures increased considerably to 34% and 19,2% respectively, which made

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the most spent category in 2010.

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, transportation witnessed

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significant growth from 3,3% to 14% and became the 4th position in

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.

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, expenditures on health care practically doubled over the whole period from just 2,4% to 4,5%.