The charts below show the proportion of people’s total spending in a particular European country was spent on different commodities and services in 1958 and in 2008.

The pie charts illustrate the percentage of

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expenditure on various goods and services in a certain European country in the two years, namely 1958 and 2008. From an

overall

perspective, it is evident that the proportion of food, entertainment and clothing expenses showed a downward trend over the period surveyed,

whereas

a reverse pattern could be observed in the data on the remaining motives. In 1958, the percentage of spending on food was highest, at 32%, which was higher than the data on housing, at 22%. The figures

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clothing and entertainment were lower, at 18% and 13% respectively, compared to 8% for travel.

However

, luxury goods accounted for the lowest value, at only 7% in

this

year. In 2008, both the percentages of food and entertainment expenditure saw a significant decrease of 20% and 7% in the order given.

In addition

, the figure for clothing was on the decline to 16% in the other year,

whereas

the percentage of

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expenses rose dramatically to 17%.

Moreover

, Spending on luxury goods and housing

also

experienced the same rise, reaching

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17% in 2008.