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Band 8+: The chart shows student expenditure over a three-year period in the United Kingdom. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The image shows a horizontal bar chart with two bars for each category indicating data for 1999 and 1996; Accommodation: 1999 (30), 1996 (25); Food, bills, household goods: 1999 (20), 1996 (15); Essential travel: 1999 (15), 1996 (13); Non-essential travel: 1999 (10), 1996 (8); Children: 1999 (15), 1996 (10); Course expenditure: 1999 (25), 1996(20); Entertainment: 1999 (10), 1996 (15); Other (1): 1999 (5), 1996 (10). The x-axis scale ranges from 0 to 35 with increments of 5.

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The bar chart gives information on student spending in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 1999.

Overall, expenditure on entertainment and accommodation were the highest categories throughout the period, while spending on children was the lowest.

In detail, the percentage of student expenditure on entertainment increased from 26% to 31% in 1999 and reached a peak. Accommodation was the second largest category around 23% in 1996 and then declined to 20% in 1999. Similarly, the percentage of student spending on food, bills, and household goods decreased slightly, from 20% to 18%. The other category stood at 12% in 1996 and increased to 16% by 1999.

Furthermore, student expenditure on children was the lowest category during the three years and fell to 0% by 1999. In addition, while essential travel spending nearly doubled from 3% to 6%. students’ spending on non-essential travel items gradually fell from 6% to around 3%, throughout the given period.

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