The bar chart illustrates the level of financial resources being allocated to different categories by the 18-20 age bracket . The unit is measured in million
Overall , all categories recorded variation to different extents . Food , smartphones and toiletries accounted for the three major increasing spending while the contrasting pattern took place in books . Meanwhile , the figure for clothes stabilized .
In 2010 , the expenditure on food took the lead with 3.7 units , which is far more than that of clothes at 2.5 units and smartphones and toiletries , which ranged around 2 units . Whereas , books’ spending constituted rather unpopular among this age group at merely 1 unit .
After 4 years , Food’s spending grew consistently and peaked at almost 4.5 units, maintained its dominance position . Similar but to lesser extent , toiletries increased slightly to 2 units while smartphones rose sharply and overtaken that of clothes which remained unchanged to rank second . Books halved , ended the survey as the least categories with the least spending .