The table provides information on how much money an average family in a UK city earned and paid for food and clothes, while the pie charts present the proportion of spending on those categories in 2010 and 2013.
Overall, although average income witnessed a substantial decrease, spending on food and clothes, on the contrary, increased slightly, with the majority of the sum being spent on meat and fish, fruit and vegetables.
In 2010, an average British family earned 29,000 pound, which was significantly higher than the amount they spent on goods. Three years later, the average income of a family in UK city decreased to about 25,000 pound, while there was a growth of 1,000 pound in the expenditure for food and clothes, from 14,000 to 15,000 pound during the period.
Regarding the pie charts, in 2010, among the list of items, in the first place was meat and fish, at 29%. This was followed by fruits and vegetables and clothes, with respective figures being 26% and 15%. The households spent 12% of their income on dairy products, which was the least preferred choice. Similarly, in 2013, the average British people spent on fruits and vegetables stood at 30%, being the most preferred choice, followed by meat and fish, at 23%. People in UK city spent on clothes and dairy products, as their corresponding figures stood at 13% and 16%. In the last place was others, with 18%.