The table below shows the proportion of income spent on 4 common items in the UK in 1998

The table presents the distribution of spending on four categories by British people in 1998, broken down by gender and age groups.

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music

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and videos were more common items among children rather than adults,

while

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adults allocated a larger share to

food

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. Adults spent 25% of their income on

food

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,

whereas

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only 5% each went to

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and electronic equipment, and just 1% to videos. Spending on

music

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was identical in both men and women.

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, men allocated twice as much as women to electronics, at 10% versus 1%. Meanwhile,

food

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accounted for 39% of women’s total spending, making it the highest figure in

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category. Expenditure on videos was minimal among men and women, at 2% and 0.5%, respectively. Among girls,

music

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took up the largest proportion of spending, at 40%, slightly higher than for all children combined (39%) and boys (38%).

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food

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represented the smallest percentage among the younger group, at 10% for children in general, 9% for boys, and 11% for girls.

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, 18% of boys’ spending was on electronic equipment, three times that of girls (5%).