The table shows the proportion of income spent on 4 common items in the UK in 1998. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The table provides information about the percentage of
money
spent on food
, electronic goods, music
and videos by adults
and children
in the UK in 1998. The breakdown of gender is shown in the table. Units are measured in percentages.
Overall
, adults
spent the most money
on food
and the least on electronic goods, music
and videos while
children
spent the most on music
and the least on food
.
Adults
spent most of their money
on food
shopping in 1998. They spent 25% of their income on groceries, but women spent more than men with one-quarter of their salary going to food
. On the other hand
, the least amount of money
was spent on videos for both genders which was 1%. Furthermore
, adults
spent the same amount of money
on electronic goods and music
which was 5%.
The percentage of income spent on music
was the highest for children
which stood at 39%. Both boys and girls spent relatively similar amount which was 38% and 40% respectively. The least popular item for children
was food
. Girls spent only 11% of their income on groceries whereas
boys spent only 9%.Submitted by mraha409 on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words money, food, music, adults, children with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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