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The chart below shows the expenditure on three categories among different age groups of residents in the UK in 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The chart below shows the expenditure on three categories among different age groups of residents in the UK in 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
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The bar graph illustrates the spending on three different
categories
 which
is
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are
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 food and drink, restaurant and hotel, and entertainment among five different
age
 groups of residents in the UK in 2004.
Overall
,
while
 expenditure
categories
 of people under 60 years of
age
 were evenly distributed and included a significant percentage of spending on entertainment, the older generation's spending was more unevenly distributed. At
first,
the percentage of ‘restaurant and hotel’ steadily decrease as getting older.
Also
, it is interesting that
this
categories
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category's
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 percentage
have
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has
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 less than 15 % in every
age
group
,
while
aged
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the aged
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 61 and 75
group
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groups
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 have
most
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the most
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less
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apply
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figures, only 2%. It is noteworthy that the food and drink
categories
 reported less spending in
under
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the under
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 30
age
group
,
while
 other groups reported
first
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the first
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 expenditure
is
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as
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 ‘food and drink’ except
to
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for
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61
Correct article usage
the 61
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 and 75
age
group
. Only two groups show significant changes in spending, recorded at over 20%. These are the figures for entertainment spending in the 61-75
age
group
 and 'food and drink' spending in the over 76
age
group
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words categories, age, group with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significant" was used 2 times.
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