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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in European

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on different commodities and services between 1958 and 2008. Units are measured in

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. In general, it can be observed that the proportion of people's total spending on

food

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in 1958 was the highest

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that of spending on housing was the highest in 2008. It is

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evident that

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spending on

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, 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

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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,

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, accounted for the lowest value, at only 7%. In 2008, the proportion of the citizen's budget on

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experienced a notable fall to just 12%,

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there was a rise of precisely 32% in the data on housing.

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, 17% of the total money was paid for luxury goods

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travel and transportation. The period from 1958 to 2008 saw a significant decrease in the expenditure on clothing from 18% to only 16%, and

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way was higher than the final figure for entertainment, at 6% by 2008.