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.

The table depicts the percentages of expenditures of five European

countries

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’ monthly household income in four different categories,

food

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and

drink

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, housing, clothing, and

entertainment

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.

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, it can be seen clearly that most expenses of families in

France

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, Germany, the UK, Turkey, and

Spain

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are on housing, followed by

food

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and

drink

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the least money is being spent on clothing and

entertainment

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. In detail, there are only two

countries

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, Turkey and

Spain

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spend a lot on

food

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and

drink

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, at 36% and 31% respectively,

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the expenses are much lower on housing, in which the former country stands at a fifth

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the latter is at 18%. Apart from that, the proportion of housing expenses in three

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, the UK, Germany, and

France

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are quite high standing at 37%, 33%, and 31% of the total household incomings respectively. Interestingly, these

countries

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spend much lesser on

food

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and

drink

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, with all being less than one-third.

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, clothing and

entertainment

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are the least priority for households in all five nations. Especially, for clothing, less than one in ten is being spent by the families of

France

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and

Spain

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. Contrastly, the other three

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spend much higher, ranging between 11% and 15%.

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, the outgoings on

entertainment

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for all regions’ households were less than 20%, in which, Germany marks the top ranking, at 19%

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Turkey is the lowest for

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item.

France

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and

Spain

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spend roughly the same amount of money on

entertainment

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.