The column graph presents the money spent on six different consumer items in four countries. In general, the patterns of spending on these consumables varied across the four European nations in the survey.
As can be seen from the column graph, Britain expended the most on these six items while Germany spent the least across the four countries. The expenditure on personal stereos by British people was as high as that expended on tennis racquets, at roughly £154,000, while their spendings on the other four items ranged from approximately £160,000 on perfumes to around £172,000 on film rolls. By contrast, the money spent on six consumables by Germans was more or less varied between about £146,000 on CDs and around £150,000 on tennis racquets.
Turning to the other two nations, their spendings on these consumer goods were in the middle range across the four countries. The figures for personal stereos, tennis racquets, and perfumes by Italians were roughly £2,000, about £9,000, and around £7,000 higher than those for France, which were approximately £148,000, about £144,000, and roughly £146,000 respectively. In contrast, the amount of money spent on CDs and photographic film by French people was approximately £5,000 and roughly £10,000 larger than those for Italians, which were about £153,000 and around £156,000 respectively. Meanwhile, the spending on toys by French people, at around £158,000, was as high as that of Italians.