The graphs illustrate the difference of food budget in restaurant meals spent by average families (percentages) and depict the amount of food which was eaten in fast food or sit-down restaurants.
Overall, the number of food budget on restaurant meals which is spent by the average family increased consistently each decade. Not only did the figure of fast food meals incline, but also sit-down restaurant meals did.
Regarding the food budget, in 1970, the biggest share of spending money for cooking at home was at 90 percent. While in the next decade until 2000 the proportion declined by almost a half. It was different for buying food on restaurant meals in which more and more families bought cuisine outside. As we can see from the data from the beginning year until the end of the period the budget went up five-fold from 10% to 50%.
moving to fast food or sit-down restaurant, the both of them had the same pattern. either the amount of fast food or sit down restaurants stood at 20. However, the feature of sit down restaurants went up steadily more than twofold until the end of the decade. Whereas, the number of fast food meals witnessed an incline significantly around four-fold in 2000.