The table below shows the proportion of income spend on 4 common items in the UK in 1998.

The supplied table illustrates the percentage of income which was spent on four items (

food

, electronic equipment,

music

, and videos) by

adults

and

children

in the UK in 1999.

Overall

, it can be noted that

adults

mostly spend on

food

,

while

children

spent the majority of their money on electronic equipment,

music

, and videos.

Furthermore

, it can be seen that

men

and

women

spend mostly on

food

, but

boys

and

girls

spend the most on

music

. In terms of

food

, a quarter of

adults

spend their salary on

this

category (

women

spend the most at 39% as opposed to

men

at 14%.

Children

,

on the other hand

, spend 10% of their pocket cash on

this

item, and

girls

spend slightly more than

boys

. In the case of electronic equipment,

children

spend their money more than

adults

and 23% and 5% respectively. The difference between

men

and

women

was 9%

whereas

in the case of

boys

and

girls

, it was 13%.

Likewise

, a similar trend can be seen when it comes to

music

.

Children

spend the most at 39% which was seven times higher than

adults

. Both

girls

and

boys

spend around 40% compared to

men

and

women

at 5%.

Similarly

, where videos are concerned,

children

spend more than

adults

by 11.