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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