The pie charts below show how general household costs were broken down in a certain city in both 2017 and 2018.

The two pie graphs display the breakdown of general costs for households in a particular city in both 2017 and 2018. Rents and purchasing houses accounted for the largest share of costs.

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entertainment allocation for both years stayed the lowest. The utility bills showed remained the same. It can be clearly seen that rents and purchasing houses dropped by 5%, which was 32% in 2017 and reached 25% in 2018.

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, the money spent on schooling declined from 22% in 2017 to 18% in 2018.

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, the highest increase was for grocery and entertainment categories where the grocery witnessed a significant increase

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6%, starting at 9% in 2017 to 14% in 2028. The entertainment spending saw a 5% increase from 10 %to 15%.

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, the household bills remained relatively constant, hovering around the 10% mark over the period.

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, the spending behavior showed a change from 2017 to 2018

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the rents and housing purchases and groceries allocation.