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The table below gives information about consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.

The table below gives information about consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
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The given table illustrates the data about
consumption
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the consumption
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 of spent on items in five different nations in 2002.
Overall
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, the section of consumer goods that all nations spent most on was food, drinks and tobacco, which was almost three times over than other sections.
In contrast
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, the category of consumer leisure and education had
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the lowest
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 percentage in all five countries.
Additionally
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, Turkey
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higher
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a higher
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propotion
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proportion
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 two categories than the other nations.
To begin
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 with food, drinks and tobacco, Turkey spent the most, at 32.14%. The consumption of Ireland was
also
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 high, at 28,91% and contrarily
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 Sweden spent only 15.77%. Italy and Spain spent 16.36% and 18.80% respectively. As can be seen
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 graph, the lowest expenditure was on leisure and education which spent just under 5% in all countries. The figures
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 Turkey
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 than other countries at 4.35% and it was
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 over double of Spain, at 1.98%.
On the other hand
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, the category of clothing and footwear expenditure of
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 were between 9% and 5.40% in Italy and Sweden respectively.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "also".
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Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • consumer spending
  • items
  • countries
  • comparison
  • overview
  • table
  • data
  • information
  • proportion
  • percentage
  • figures
  • categories
  • expenditure
  • purchases
  • spending habits
  • trends
  • average
  • highest
  • lowest
  • variation
  • pattern
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