The chart below shows the average household spending pattern for households in three income categories as a proportion of their income. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the average household spending pattern for households in three income categories as a proportion of their income.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart compares the average
percentage
of 10 different
household
spending patterns, housing, food, eating out, transport, entertainment, utilities, clothing, health, education and retirement savings. These categories were separated into 3 subcategories, proportionally
household
income
, which are low,
medium
and high
income
.
Firstly
, we can observe that housing had the highest
percentage
of both low
income
, which is from $15,000 to $25,000, and
medium
income
, which is from $50,000 to $75,000, at 28% approximately.
Additionally
, education and retirement savings had the lowest
percentage
of low
income
at approximately 3%,
while
education had
also
the lowest
percentage
of
medium
household
income
at almost 4%.
Moreover
, housing
also
had the highest
percentage
of high
household
income
at 27%. In the end, eating out had the lowest
percentage
of high
income
at almost 5%.
Overall
, we can see that housing and transport were the two first categories of low and
medium
income
while
retirement savings was the first for high
income
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words percentage, household, income, medium with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 6 times.
Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • income category
  • household spending
  • low-income households
  • mid-income households
  • high-income households
  • spending pattern
  • expenditure
  • trend
  • notably
  • significantly
  • on average
  • predominantly
  • essential expenses
  • disposable income
  • allocate
  • budget
  • vary
  • contrast
  • percentage
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