The pictures show information about average income and spending on food and clothes by an average family in a city in the UK.

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The provided pie charts illustrate the rates of
income
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and expenditure on
meal
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meals
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and
clothes
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by an average family in one UK town between
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year
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2010 and 2013. The units were measured by percentages.
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, it can be clearly seen that
although
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income
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decreased the spending on food and
clothes
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increased,
the
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figure of
income
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was higher than
expenses
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in the majority family.
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, the majority of the family's
expenses
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were concentrated in two categories: "
fruit
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&
vegetables
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" and "
meat
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&
fish
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,"
while
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other categories made up a smaller portion of the
expenses
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throughout the given period. In 2010, from
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overall
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family
income
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at
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29000 only 14000 used in expenditure on
meal
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meals
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and
clothes
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.
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, the two
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of
expenses
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were
fruit
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and
vegetables
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and
meat
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and
fish
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at 29% and 26% respectively.
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, the rest of
expenditures
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the expenditures
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(dairy products, other food, and
clothes
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)
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accounted for under 20%. In 2013, even though
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experienced
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approximately
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4000 to 25000, the number of
family’s
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families
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spending on
meal
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meals
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and
clothes
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rose to 15000.
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, there were two highest family expenditures (
fruit
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&
vegetables
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and
meat
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&
fish
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),
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however
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spending on
meat
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and
fish
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exceeded
fruit
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and
vegetables
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comprised
for
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at 30 % and 23 % respectively. Meanwhile,
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types of family
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were only around below 20%.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • average income
  • spending habits
  • proportion
  • cost of living
  • economic changes
  • cultural factors
  • standard of living
  • economic health
  • leftover income
  • savings
  • expenses
  • financial trends
  • value for money
  • economic forecasts
  • significant increase/decrease
  • spending patterns
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