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 chart
illustrate
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the percentages of
consuming
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in six different services and commodities of European
citizen
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in two years. Units are measured in percentages.
Overall
, it can be seen that the consumption of food
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the highest common in 1958
whereas
housing consumption
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the greatest in 2008. It can
also
be observed that the spending
in
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entertainment and clothing
are
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decreased
while
in
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luxury goods and
travel
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transport
are
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increased during the time period. Looking at luxury
good
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, travel or transport and housing in
further
details
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, it is evident that all the services
are
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gradually increased during 2008.
Moreover
, housing accounted for about a third in 2008, which
double
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luxury goods and travel or transport amount. Turning to the remaining statistic, the proportion of entertainment, food and clothing
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dramatically went down between 1958 and 2008.
Furthermore
, food consumption
sighnificantly
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significantly
declined from around a third to almost over 10%.
While
entertainment and clothing slightly decreased to six per cent and 16% respectively.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.

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