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The charts below show household spending patterns in two countries between 1980 and 2008

The charts below show household spending patterns in two countries between 1980 and 2008
#show #household #patterns #two #countries
The pie charts compare the percentages of
expenditure
 on several fire household patterns in two countries from 1980 to 2008.
It is clear that
 the highest
percentage
 of
money
spent
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was spent
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 on Leisure and
Utility
bills
 in the Uk all over the period. It is
also
 clear that the proportion of
money
 spent on food and drinks and
utility
bills
 in New Zealand
were
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 highest in the same period. In terms of the UK, between 1980 and 2008, the
percentage
 of
money
expenditure
 on Leisure increased from 27% to 34%,
likewise
 there was an increase of 21% in the
percentage
 of
money
 spent on
Utility
bills
 increased from 261
,
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 to 28%, from 1980 to 2008. In 1980,
expenditure
 on other things was 9%, which figure increased to 17% in 2008.
By contrast
, there
were
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 a decrease of 10% and 1% in the
percentage
 of
money
expenditure
 on Food and drink and Transport from 23% and 15% to 13% and 14% respectively.
On the other hand
, the people of New
Zealand
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Zealand's
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expenditure
 on
Utility
bills
 and
other
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others
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 increased from 27% and 9% to 34% and 14% in 1980 and 2008 respectively.
Whereas
,
people
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people's
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expenditure
 on Food and drink, Transportation and Leisure decreased from 29%, 17%,
18
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and 18
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% to 25%,16%, and 17% in New Zealand from 1980 to 2008
accordingly
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words expenditure, percentage, money, utility, bills with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 5 times.
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