The pictures show information about average income and spending on food and clothes by an average family in a city in the UK

The table illustrates how much money an average family in a UK city earned and paid for

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and clothes,

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the pie charts represent the proportion of spending on those categories in 2010 and 2013. Looking from an

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perspective, it is readily apparent that

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the total income of British families decreased between 2010 and 2013, the amount of money spent on

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and clothes increased. It can

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be seen that British people have more consumption of foodstuff than clothes category in both years. Looking at the table in more detail, in 2010, an average family earned 29000 dollars, which was more than twofold than expenditure on goods. Three years later, the average income of a family in Britain saw a gradual dip to 25000 dollars,

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there was a slight growth in the amount of money spent on

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and clothing, from 14000 to 15000 dollars during the given period. Regarding the pie charts, the percentage of spending on meat and fish was the highest of all categories in the year 2010 but witnessed a drop in 2013, at 29% and 23% respectively.

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, clothing decisions

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saw a downward trend, from 15% to 13%.

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, dairy products and fruit and vegetables experienced the opposite trend. It is notable that the proportion of spending on fruit and vegetables registered a significant rise, from 26% to 30% over a period of three years. During the same period, the proportion of spending on

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remained unchanged at exactly 18%.