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.

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table demonstrates the percentage of monthly household earnings that five European countries allocate to four groups:

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and drink, housing, clothing, and entertainment.

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, the biggest percentage of money goes towards

food

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and drink and housing in all countries

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clothing is bought the least. People living in France, Germany, and the UK put most of their financial resources into housing

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those from Turkey and Spain spend the largest share of income on

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and drinks.

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, France, Germany, and the UK spend the biggest amount of money on housing with 31, 33 and 37%,

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. They have a common trend of spending less money on clothing out of all categories with citizens of France achieving only just 7%. Returning to the remaining countries, both Turkey and Spain

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a bit more than a third of their monthly salary on

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and drinks;

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, promoting

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category as their biggest spending.

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the resources spent on housing were similar around 20% of the income, people in Spain used 5% more for entertainment.