The bar chart indicates the proportion of spending made by students under 26 in higher education over a three-year course from 1996 to 1999 in the UK.
Overall, student expenditure generally saw a decline. Moreover, while students allocated much money on entertainment, spending on children was poorly distributed to.
According to the graph, student spent over a quarter of theirr budget on entertainment in 1996. This category recorded the most remarkable growth: the figure increased by 5% in the following three years. Similarly but to a smaller extent, students allocated 3% of money on essential travel in the first year, and it doubled to 6% in 1999. Likewise, expenditure on other unspecified items exhibited an upward trend, with 12% in 1996 and 16% in 1999.
By contrast, the percentage of students’ spending on accommodation witnessed the most considerable decline from 23% to precisely one fifth. In a similar fashion, while money allocated on food, bills, and household goods accounted for 20% initially, the number fell by 2% in 1999. Expenditure on children and non-essential travel constituted the tiniest proportions at 0% and 2% respectively in 1999. After decreasing by 3%, course tuition fee represented 7% at the end of the examined period.