The bar chart compares the statistics of the frequency of eating out in fast food restaurants in three different years in the U.S.: 2003, 2006, and 2013.
Overall, the percentages of people who ate in fast food restaurants once a week and once or twice a month were relatively higher in all observed years. Their proportions peaked in 2006 and 2013, showing the same proportion of people eating in fast food restaurants. While the percentages of people who ate out a few times a year remained unchanged in 2006 and 2013, the same pattern was also followed by those who ate out every day or never.
Considering outlier categories, people who ate out in fast food restaurants everyday had remarkably lower percentages among others. Although the former stood at about 4% in 2003, it edged down to roughly 3% in 2006 and remained unchanged since then. Similarly, people who never ate out also demonstrated the same pattern, with registering only 5% initially. Their proportion then fell slightly to approximately 4% in 2006.
On the other hand, the percentages of those who opted for fast food restaurants several times a week and a few times a year have changed the trend, recording slightly higher proportions. The former showed a rising trend, increasing from about 17% in 2003 to a sharp 20% by 2006, albeit declining further to 16% in the end. The latter, however, was quite different, edging up to 15%.
In stark contrast, proportions of those who ate out once or twice a month and once a week were varied, although both indicated a decreasing trend. In 2003, they commenced the period at similar positions, with respective figures of 31% and 30%, the former ended up rising to 33% in 2006, whereas the latter saw a decrease to 25%.