The given pie charts compare the expenses in 7 different categories in 1966 and 1996 by American Citizens. Write a report for a university lecture describing the information below.

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pie chart compares how American citizens distributed their expenditure across seven different categories in 1966 and 1996.

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, food accounted for the highest proportion in 1966,

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cars were spent the most on in 1996.

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, it can be seen that computers spent the least in 1996,

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in 1996, it was books. Other categories,

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as petrol and furniture expenditures, did not change much. Looking at the first data chart, food expenditures were spent the most on (44%) in 1996, but in 1996, it showed a significant decrease to only taking up around 14% of expenses. Meanwhile, car expenses were the second highest in 1966, and in 1996, they increased to approximately 45%, making it the most spent expenditure of that year.

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, unlike cars and food expenses that showed substantial changes, petrol and furniture spending remained relatively stable, both having only around a 2% change in spending.

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, as can be seen, computers were spent on the least in 1996 (approximately 1%).

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, in 1996, it was books that accounted for the lowest proportion of expenditure.