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.
The pie charts illustrate the percentage of
citizen
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citizens
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in European
country
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countries
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spend
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spent
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on different commodities and services between 1958 and 2008. Units are measured in
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per cent
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. In general, it can be observed that the proportion of people's total spending on
food
in 1958 was the highest
while
that of spending on housing was the highest in 2008. It is
also
evident that
while
spending on
food
, clothing, and entertainment witnessed a decrease, a reverse pattern could be observed in the figures for the other categories. In 1958, the percentage of residents spending on
food
was the highest at 32%. The figures for housing, clothing and entertainment were lower, at 22%. 18% and 13%, respectively, compared to 8% for travel and transport. Luxury goods,
however
, accounted for the lowest value, at only 7%. In 2008, the proportion of the citizen's budget on
food
experienced a notable fall to just 12%,
whereas
there was a rise of precisely 32% in the data on housing.
Additionally
, 17% of the total money was paid for luxury goods
as well as
travel and transportation. The period from 1958 to 2008 saw a significant decrease in the expenditure on clothing from 18% to only 16%, and
this
way was higher than the final figure for entertainment, at 6% by 2008.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words food with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.

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