The table illustrates the proportion of monthly household income which five European countries spend on food & drink, housing, clothing, and entertainment.

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income

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which residents in five different European nations spend on various types of categories every month. From an

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perspective, it is evident that households expend a significant amount of their monthly wage on food

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drink and housing,

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they spend less on clothing and entertainment. In terms of food and drink , the percentage of

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spent monthly on food and drink by Turkish citizens is highest, at 36%. The figures for Spain and the UK are lower, at 31% and 27%, respectively, compared to 25% by the French.

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, citizens in Germany account for the lowest number, at only 22%. In France, Germany, and the UK, the inhabitants spend more than 30% of their

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on Housing, at 31%, 33%, and 37%, in their given order.

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, only 18% and 20% of total

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are allocated for

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category in Spain and Turkey, in the respective order. In Germany and Turkey, people pay 15% and 12% of their wages for clothing, respectively,

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the data on the remaining nations are below 12%.

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, the average percentage of

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which inhabitants in these countries spend on entertainment only ranges from 10% to 19%.