The pie charts compare the proportions of
people
's total spending in a particular Use synonyms
European
Use synonyms
country
on different commodities and services from 1958 to 2008.
Use synonyms
Overall
, Linking Words
it is clear that
the proportions of Linking Words
people
's spending on housing, travelling, and luxury goods in a particular Use synonyms
European
Use synonyms
country
increased Use synonyms
while
those figures for food, clothing, and entertainment decreased over the period shown. Remarkably, Linking Words
people
spent by far the most money on housing.
Looking at the information in more detail, we can see that in 1958, Use synonyms
people
living in a particular Use synonyms
European
Use synonyms
country
allocated a majority of their money for food, with 30% of the total, housing was close second to it, with about a quarter of the total ( 22%), followed by clothing and entertainment, with 18% and 13%, respectively, next was travelling and luxury goods, with 8% and 7%, respectively.
Use synonyms
At the end
of the period, after growing to 32% of the total, the figure for Linking Words
people
’s housing spending in a particular Use synonyms
European
Use synonyms
country
led to the top, the second highest percentage was travelling and luxury goods, which was the same, at 17%, Use synonyms
subsequently
, food and entertainment were 16% and 12%, respectively.Linking Words
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