The charts below show the proportion of people’s total spending in a particular European country was spent on different commodities and services in 1958 and in 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main featureand make comparisons where relevant

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The pie graphs depict the percentage of expenditure spent by people living in European countries on six different products and services in 1958 and in 2008.
Overall
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, it can be seen that the majority of spending was spent on housing, clothes, and food in both years,
while
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luxury goods, travel ,and entertainment accounted for the minority of expenditure. In 1958, Food amounted to the largest proportion of spending at 32%, followed by housing and clothes, and Entertainment at 22%,18%, and 13%, respectively. Luxury goods and travel were the least, at roughly similar at 7% and 8%. In 2008, a different proportion was observed, housing appeared to be the biggest proportion of all spending at 32%,
while
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food, which used to be the largest amount of spending, fell to 12%. Colthes saw a minimal decline of 2% at 16%. The decrease was mirrored by Entertainment, falling from 13% to 6%,
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travel and luxury goods experienced an increase, the former increased by 10% and the latter rose by 11%.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "fell" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • allocation
  • commodities
  • services
  • expenditure
  • fluctuations
  • trends
  • prioritizing
  • mobility
  • disposable income
  • significant decrease
  • marked increase
  • modest
  • relatively stable
  • shifts in spending habits
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