Band 4+: 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.

The chart illustrates the student expenditures on different things in the Uk between 1996 and 1999.

Overall, students spent most of their money entertainment, while they spent the least amount of money on children.

The bar chart shows that in 1996, students spent 27% on entertainment, while the ratio significantly rose to 31 % after three years, showing the highest ratio of expenditures.The second highest percentage of expenditure spent on accommodation, at 23%in 1996, compared to the 20% expenses in 1999.Moreover, the expenses of food, bills, and household goods was 20% in 1996, while it slightly decreased to 18% in 1999.The expenses of other goods and essential travels were 16% and 6% respectively in 1996,while the percentage decreased to 13% and 3% respectively.However, the expenses of non-essentail travel were 3%, sane as that of essential travel in 1996, compared to the 2% in 1999.children accounted for 1 % expenses in 19996, while the students spent nothing on them in the UK.It us clear that the expenditures of essential travel, entertainment and others were showing increasing trend, while other showed decreasing trend over the period of three years.