The table illustrates the proportion of monthly household income five European countries spend on food and drink, housing, clothing and entertainment. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

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

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.
The table demonstrates the percentage of a family's
income-expenditureexpenditure
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income-expenditure expenditure
income-expenditure-expenditure
in four kinds of living costs from five different Europe nations including
France
,
Germany
, the United Kingdom,
Turkey
and
Spain
.
Overall
, housing has the highest percentage of spending in the United Kingdom,
Germany
and
France
which is more than one-third of the expenditure.
On the other hand
, Food and drink are the highest cost for the Turkish and Spanish family in living.
While
most Europeans except the people who live in
Turkey
spend the least on clothing, the British spend the same proportion on both clothing and entertainment. In terms of housing, the British spend the most at 37%. The expenditure of German
families
is
also
significantly high (33%) compared to
Spain
which spends the least (18%).
France
and
Turkey
spend 31% and 20% respectively. For the expenditure on Food and drink,
families
in
Turkey
and
Spain
spend 36% and 31%.
For other
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households in the UK,
Germany
and
France
are in the range of income 22% to 27%.
Families
in
Germany
,
Spain
, and
France
spend
at
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15%, 8%,
7
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and 7
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% spend the least amount of clothing. The least spending for Turkish
families
is 10% on entertainment. And the UK family was recorded both 11 % in clothing and entertainment.
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Introduction: Change the first sentence in the introduction.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words france, germany, turkey, spain, families with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Only 6 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion of monthly household income
  • illustrates
  • cost of living
  • prioritization
  • balanced distribution
  • cultural emphasis
  • significant portion
  • reflects lifestyle
  • economic emphasis
  • category
  • allocate
  • notable amount
  • consumption pattern
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