The table illustrates the proportion of monthly household income five European countries spend on food and drink, housing, clothing and entertainme Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table displays the percentage of income per month spend on four different categories in France, Germany, the UK, Turkey and Spain.

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it is clear that

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housing and food and drink sections were the majority of their spending in all five countries, with housing accounting for the highest in France, Germany and Britain

while

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the food and refreshment sectors were dominant in the other two nations. Looking at the table more closely, one can see that in France, Germany and the UK, residential areas were placed in first place, by over than 30%, followed by cuisine and drink sections by more than 20%. It is noticeable that in Britain, clothing and recreation made up the same proportion at 11%,

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for the other two states, entertainment was moderately higher than clothing.

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, cuisine and refreshment accounted for the portion of 36% and 31% in Turkey and Spain,respectively, which became the dominant sector where those two lands spent the most. Housing made up roughly 20%, which was considerably lower than the other three countries. Clothing ranked third in Turkey whilst it placed

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in Spain.