the table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002

the table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002
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The table shows information by category on consumer
expenditure
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on different items in Ireland, Italy,
Spain
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,
Sweden
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, and
Turkey
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in 2002.
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, all the five countries spent the most on food, drinks and tobacco. People in
Turkey
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spent 32.14% of their income on
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category, followed by Ireland at 28.91%.
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citizens in Italy,
Spain
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and
Sweden
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used up only
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per cent, at 16.36%, 18.80%, and 15.77%, with
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,
Sweden
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had the least spending on these items.
Next,
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consumers in Italy spent 9.00% of their
expenditure
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on clothing and footwear, making them the biggest spenders on them. Ireland,
Spain
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and
Turkey
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had similar proportions, ranging from 6.63% to 6.43%, but the Swedish spent merely 5.40% on clothes and shoes.
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, leisure and Education were the smallest
expenditure
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among all these three categories in all five countries. Even in
Turkey
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where the spending was the greatest, the figure was only 4.35%. Following
Turkey
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, there was
Sweden
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at 3.22% and Italy at 3.20% of their money consumed on entertainment.
Spain
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was the lowest spending country in
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category, at 1.98%. In conclusion, the population of four European countries plus
Turkey
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had the highest expenses for food, drinks, and tobacco in 2002.
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, leisure and education had the smallest percentage of consumer
expenditure
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.
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Basic structure: Change the second paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words expenditure, spain, sweden, turkey with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • consumer spending
  • items
  • countries
  • comparison
  • overview
  • table
  • data
  • information
  • proportion
  • percentage
  • figures
  • categories
  • expenditure
  • purchases
  • spending habits
  • trends
  • average
  • highest
  • lowest
  • variation
  • pattern
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