The table shows the proportions of income spent on 4 common items in the UK in 1998.

The given table compares the percentage of

income

spent on food, electronic devices, music and

videos

by

adults

and children in 1998.

Overall

,

while

adults

spent most of their

income

on food, children preferred music.

Videos

were one of the least spent on items for

adults

. A deep analysis of the bar chart provided reveals

adults

’

income

, about 23% of their

income

was spent on food, with women accounting for most of

this

at 39% and men only 14%.

In contrast

, electronic equipment was purchased more by men than women , with 10% and 1% respectively.

Videos

were the least popular category among

adults

with only 1% of the money earned spent on it. From the statistics, it can be inferred that children utilized a major proportion of their money on music with boys and girls spending almost the same.

Similarly

,

although

videos

were not the most popular item on the list both boys and girls spent almost the same on them with 18% and 17% respectively. Meanwhile, the item with the biggest disparity among the young was electronic equipment, with boys spending 18% of their expenses on it compared to girls who only spent 5%.