The bar graph illustrates how much money five different age groups allocated to three categories in the UK in 2004.
Overall, in all age groups, the 76+ age group spent the most of their money on food and drink compared to the others. By contrast, the expenditure on restaurants and hotels recorded the first rank in the under-30 age group. Moreover, the 61-75 age group was the age group of age that allocated the most money to entertainment.
In the under-30 age group, the percentage of spending on restaurants and hotels stood at around 14%. Far below were entertainment as well as food and drink, at approximately 7% and 6% respectively. The figures for the 31-45 age group were different. Food and drink made up around 13%. This was closely followed by the restaurant and hotel, at 12%, which was 4 percentage points higher than the figure for entertainment.
In the 46-60 age group, the figure for food and drink stood at 17%, while the figures for entertainment as well as restaurant and hotel were considerably lower, at 14% and 12% respectively. Meanwhile, in the 61-75 age group, there was 20% citizen’s expenditure allocated to food and drink, which was 3 percentage points lower than the figure for entertainment. At the bottom of the list came the restaurant and hotel, with the figure being only approcimately 2%. In the last age group, 23% was the proportion recorded of food and drink. Far below were entertainment as well as restaurants and hotels, as corresponding figures stood at 13% and 7%.