The charts below show US spending patterns between 1966 and 1996. #19

The pie charts present the composition of expenditure on seven categories in the US in 1966 and 1996.

Overall

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, these years followed a different spending pattern, with food making up the largest expense in 1966 and cars spending the most in 1996. In terms of food,

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this

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item accounted for 44% in 1966, it declined significantly to 14% in 1996. Meanwhile, cars recorded the second-largest share in 1966 and

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rose

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, dominating the chart in 1996, increasing from 23% to 45%. A similar increase pattern was observed in restaurants, which doubled to reach 14% in 1996.

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was followed by computers, rising sharply from 1% to 10%.

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, the remaining three categories not only experienced a decline but

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accounted for less than 10% in both years.

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, gasoline only decreased marginally from 9% to 8%, making it the smallest drop among all items. Expenditure on furniture

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fell slightly, from 10% in 1966 to 8% in 1996,

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spending on books dropped considerably from 6% to only 1%.