The given diagrams illustrate how the average household budget was allocated to six categories : transportation, food, healthcare, housing, clothing, and other necessities in 1965 and 2015. Overall, the figure for food was highest in 1965, while housing occupied the largest share of household expenditure in 50 years later. It can be clearly seen that apart from the figure for food, that of others tended to increase over the scale.
To begin with, in 1965, food made up for 35% of the average expenses, which was the highest among all categories. Next came housing, with 30%, this allotment ranked the second in the 1965’s report. At the same time, the figures for healthcare and clothing respectively stood at 15% and 12%. The figure of 5% belonged to transportation, and the rest of household budget was distributed to other supplies.
Turning to the document recorded in 2015, the figure for housing surpassed that of food to become the top of the chart, with 35%. The percentages for healthcare and transportation experienced a significant increase with each receiving an additional 10% to 25% and 15% correspondingly. Obviously, food became less considerable with the figure of 15%, whereas clothing and others occupied the same share of 5% in 2015.
