The chart below shows the proportion of people's total spending in a particular European country was spent on different commodities and services in 1958 and in 2008

The chart below shows the proportion of people's total spending in a particular European country was spent on different commodities and services in 1958 and in 2008
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bar charts compare the differences in the quantity of people's
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expenditure in a specific European country on various goods and amenities in 1958 and 2008. Units are measured in percentage.
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, it can be seen that entertainment, food, and clothing have a downward trend.
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, the other categories show significant growth. Looking at the figures in
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detail, in terms of clothing, from 1958 to 2008, it remained relatively stable throughout
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timeframe, though there were some slight shifts.
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, entertainment halved from 13 per
cent
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in 1958 to 6 per
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in 2008.
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, food has the biggest changes in which the data declined dramatically from 32 per
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to 12 per
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in
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timeline. Turning to the remaining services, housing, travel, and luxury items declined to the same value of around 10 per
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, the data made up 8 per
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, 22 per
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, and 7 per
cent
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in 1958 and 17 per
cent
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, 32 per
cent
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, and 17 per
cent
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, respectively
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "overall".
Vocabulary: Replace the words cent with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "data" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 2 times.
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