The line graph gives information about the percentage of spending broken down by four different categories over the span of 40 years, from 1960 to 2000.
Overall
, Linking Words
leisure
, clothing, Use synonyms
transport
and Use synonyms
energy
shared a similar downward pattern, Use synonyms
whereas
Linking Words
food
dropped more dramatically. Use synonyms
By contrast
, clothing declined steadily, overtaking Linking Words
leisure
in the 1980s and Use synonyms
food
Use synonyms
at the end
of the period, becoming the largest share among other categories.
In 1960, spending on Linking Words
food
was by far the largest, accounting for 35%, followed by Use synonyms
leisure
, at 20%. Use synonyms
Transport
was two times less than that of Use synonyms
leisure
, at 10%, Use synonyms
while
clothing shared a similar figure at just below 10%. Linking Words
Lastly
, spending on Linking Words
energy
was the lowest, recording only 5%. Over the following 20 years, Use synonyms
food
dropped noticeably to just above 25%, Use synonyms
while
spending Linking Words
such
as Linking Words
leisure
, Use synonyms
transport
and Use synonyms
energy
experienced a slight decline to 16%, 8%, and 4%, respectively. Clothing had a different trend, rising to 15%, nearly overtaking Use synonyms
leisure
.
By 2000, clothing had almost doubled from its initial level, at approximately 18%, surpassing Use synonyms
food
, which had become second place, at around 15%. Use synonyms
Leisure
's share fell by nearly 10 percentage points, similar to Use synonyms
transport
's figure that dropped to around 3%. Use synonyms
Lastly
, Linking Words
energy
remained the lowest throughout the period, representing the smallest proportion, decreasing Use synonyms
further
to almost 0% Linking Words
at the end
of the period.Linking Words