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The table below shows the proportion of income spent on 4 common items in the UK in 1998. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table below shows the proportion of income spent on 4 common items in the UK in 1998. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The given table illustrates where people spent their
money
 on different items by gender and age in
United
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the United
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 Kingdom in 1998.
Overall
, it is clearly seen that adults tended to spend their
money
 more on food,
while
 the largest expenditure among children was music. In detail, the largest expenditure on food was from women,
consisted
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 of 39%.
Subsequently
, 14% of men spent their
money
 on food, which was followed by boys and girls. Regarding purchasing electronic
equipments
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equipment
types of equipment
pieces of equipment
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, it is noteworthy that males had
stronger
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a stronger
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 preference than females regardless of age. The percentage of male adults and male children who spent on electronic devices was
each
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apply
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10% and 18%,
while
 only 1% of women and 5% of girls purchased electronic items. Turning to the figure for music, it is noticeable that children showed
strong
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a strong
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 preference
on
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for
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 spending their
money
for
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on
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 music compared to adults regardless of gender.
In addition
, the percentage of boys and girls who spent their
money
 on videos was 18% and 17%, respectively,
whereas
 the
least
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lowest
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 proportion of men and women who spent on those was only 2% and 0.5%, respectively.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words money with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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