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

The table below shows the proportion of income spent on 4 common items in the UK in 1998.
The table provides data about the
proportion
of
income
spent on
food
, electronic
equipment
,
music
and videos in the United Kingdom in 1998.
Overall
,
adults
,
men
and
women
spent the highest
proportion
of
income
on
food
,
whereas
children
,
boys
and
girls
spent the highest
proportion
of
income
on
music
. As can be seen,
adults
,
men
and
women
spent the highest
proportion
of
income
on
food
. The
proportion
of
income
spent on
food
by
women
was 35 per
cent
,
whereas
adults
spent 25 per
cent
and
men
only 14 per
cent
. The
proportion
of
income
spent on electronic
equipment
by
men
was 10 per
cent
,
while
adults
spent 5 per
cent
and
women
spent only 1 per
cent
. The percentage of
income
spent on
music
was the same for
men
,
women
and
adults
(5 per
cent
). The lowest
proportion
of
income
by
adults
men
and
women
was spent on videos. The highest
proportion
of
income
on
music
was spent by
children
,
boys
and
girls
.
Boys
spent 38 per
cent
,
children
39 and
girls
40 per
cent
. Both
children
(10 per
cent
) and
boys
(9 per
cent
) spent the least
proportion
of
income
on
food
,
whereas
girls
spent the least
proportion
of
income
on electronic
equipment
.
Girls
spent only 5 per
cent
on electronic
equipment
.
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