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
overall
expenditure in a specific European country on various goods and amenities in 1958 and 2008. Units are measured in percentage.
Overall
, it can be seen that entertainment, food, and clothing have a downward trend.
However
, the other categories show significant growth. Looking at the figures in
further
detail, in terms of clothing, from 1958 to 2008, it remained relatively stable throughout
this
timeframe, though there were some slight shifts.
Moreover
, entertainment halved from 13 per
cent
in 1958 to 6 per
cent
in 2008.
Additionally
, food has the biggest changes in which the data declined dramatically from 32 per
cent
to 12 per
cent
in
this
timeline. Turning to the remaining services, housing, travel, and luxury items declined to the same value of around 10 per
cent
, the data made up 8 per
cent
, 22 per
cent
, and 7 per
cent
in 1958 and 17 per
cent
, 32 per
cent
, and 17 per
cent
, respectively
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Vocabulary: Replace the words cent with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 2 times.
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