The graph shows the monthly expenditure on three types of restaurant food in Australia. The plot shows the annual number of restaurant visits for the same types of food between 1965 and 2015. Summarise the information in the charts and make comparisons where appropriate.

The bar graph shows the expenditure of different income groups in

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,

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and

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restaurants

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in Australia,

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the scatterplot shows the

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of annual

visits

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per

person

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to the same type of

restaurants

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between 1965 and 2015. The proportion of money spent on

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and

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food

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is similar for high ($42 and $20), medium ($35 and $14) and low ($13 and $8) income groups. As people’s income becomes higher, the proportion of money

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spent on

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food

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drops from being the most to least favoured style of

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.

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suggests that

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food

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is preferred because it is the least expensive option. In 1970 the total

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of restaurant

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per

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was approximately 5

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per

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, which was made up of 3 and 2

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per

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to

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and

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restaurants

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, respectively. The total remained low until 1985, but after that time increased steadily to around 50

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per

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by 2015. After 1985, the

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of

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to

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restaurants

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increased in a continuous upward trend reaching 22

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per

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per

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by 2015,

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visits

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to

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and

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restaurants

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initially

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followed a similar trend but the

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of

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began to level out after the

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2000 reaching 15 and 12

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per

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per

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by 2015, respectively. People having higher disposable incomes and less free time are probably the causes of the dramatic change in eating habits.