The pie chart shows average monthly student expenditure in the UK in 2016. The bar chart shows sources of student income in the same year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart shows average monthly student expenditure in the UK in 2016. The bar chart shows sources of student income in the same year.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The two charts give information about UK
students
spending and where their
money
comes from in 2016.
Overall
we can see that
students
spend nearly half of their
money
on their rent and the most common source of income is from a student loan. On average,
students
spent around £800 a
monthly
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in 2016 and nearly half was spending on rent. Apart from spending on other things, the next highest section is food and
students
spent £124 on
this
on average. Spending on bills, travelling and socialising were all similar and
students
spent £52-£69 on these things a month. Regarding student income, 80% of
students
in the UK receive a student loan. The next most common way of getting
money
is through relatives and
part time
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employment with around 70% of
students
receiving
money
from them.
Also
similar
were
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the
numbers
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number
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of
students
receiving
money
from savings and overdrafts at around 40%. The least common way of receiving
money
is from grants and funding.
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