The presented pie chart illustrates the household spending of Japanese and Malaysian in 2010.

The presented pie chart illustrates the household spending of Japanese and Malaysian in 2010.

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, it is obvious that the proportion of other goods and services and food was the highest budget costs in

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and

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.

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, people allocated money for health care and the means of transport in

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was double that in

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. In Malaysian households, the greatest proportion of costs belonged to housing with 34%

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there was less money

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for households in

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, compared to Malaysians which was 21%. The figure for other goods and services represented the highest proportion of Japanese households at 29%, slightly higher than that of

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, at 26%. Both countries accounted for 24%

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Japanese

housings

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housing

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and 27%

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Malaysian

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housing

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. Turning to the remaining

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, in both countries, the percentage of health care was a small minority. The figure for health care in

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was double that in

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with 6% and 3%. Interestingly,

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number of transport in

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was double higher than in

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with 10% and 20%.