The table below shows information about age, average income per person and population below poverty line in three states in the USA. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the percentages of European countries’ expenditures on several items. Units are measured in percentage.

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, what stands out from the table is that all countries spend most of their income on housing and food and drink,

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entertainment and clothing rank

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. Moving to a detailed analysis, France, Germany, and the UK spend one-third of their money on housing, at 31%, 33%, and 37% respectively,

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they spend on food and drink around 25%.

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, Turkey and Spain do the opposite. They

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to housing just approximately 20%. The proportion of Turkey’s expenditure on food and drink is 5% more than that of Spain, with the former accounting for 36%. With regard to the indicator of spending on clothing and entertainment, all countries do not spend a lot on these items. France and Spain pay less than 10% of their income for clothing,

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others allocate just more than 10% of their salary. The people of Germany are more passionate about spending money on entertainment than others, at 19%. The indicator of France’s expenditure on clothing is 2% less than Spain’s, at 13%.

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figure for Turkey and the UK is roughly the same, at 10%.