The table illustrates the household financial resources spent on a range of areas in a European country between 1920 and 1980.
Overall, there was a ceiling trend in the spending for housing, transportation and other areas throughout the given period. In addition, at the beginning of the period, food was the biggest household expenditure while the figure for housing led the chart by the end.
Looking at the details, in 1920, at 41%, food captured the pole position in the amount of household budget allocated to, leaving clothing behind at 17%. Over the next 40 years, the figure for food and clothing constantly decreased, falling to 26% and 10%, respectively. In 1980, the household budget for food and clothing experienced a significant decline, reaching 19% and 5%, respectively. Regarding healthcare, the financial resource spent on this area was only 4% in 1920, fluctuating around 1 percentage point before remaining the same at 4% by the end of the period.
In terms of remaining sectors, at 26%, housing ranked first in household spending, significantly exceeding the figures for transportation and other by 23 and 17 percentage points. By 1960, the spending on housing slightly increased to 29%, approximately doubling that of transportation and other. In the end of the given period, housing and transportation saw a steady rise in the household expenditure, reaching 33% and 25%, respectively. Meanwhile, the spending on other remaining at 14% after experiencing fluctuation.