The bar graph shows the expenditure of different income groups in 
Italian
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Indian
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Chinese
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restaurants
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while
 the scatterplot shows the Linking Words
number
 of annual Use synonyms
visits
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person
 to the same type of Use synonyms
restaurants
 between 1965 and 2015.
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Chinese
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Italian
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food
 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 Use synonyms
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Indian
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food
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food
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This
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food
 is preferred because it is the least expensive option. 
In 1970 the total Use synonyms
number
 of restaurant Use synonyms
visits
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year
 was approximately 5 Use synonyms
visits
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person
, which was made up of 3 and 2 Use synonyms
visits
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person
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Chinese
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Italian
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restaurants
, respectively. The total remained low until 1985, but after that time increased steadily to around 50 Use synonyms
visits
 per Use synonyms
year
 by 2015. After 1985, the Use synonyms
number
 of Use synonyms
visits
 to Use synonyms
Chinese
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restaurants
 increased in a continuous upward trend reaching 22 Use synonyms
visits
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person
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year
 by 2015, Use synonyms
while
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visits
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Italian
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Indian
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restaurants
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initially
 followed a similar trend but the Linking Words
number
 of Use synonyms
visits
 began to level out after the Use synonyms
year
 2000 reaching 15 and 12 Use synonyms
visits
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person
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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.Use synonyms