The provided charts illustrate information regarding spending of a family on meals from restaurants between 1970 and 2000, and the line graph depicts the data in the context of how many meals were eaten in fast food and sit-down restaurants. The data is calibrated in percentage.
Overall, it can be clearly observed that the spending on restaurant meals is increasing with the years passing. Additionally, people in 2000 preferred fast food in comparison to sit-down restaurants.
In terms of the percentage of budget spent on restaurant meals, it is increasing constantly, with each decade starting at only 10 percent in 1970 and growing to 15 percent in 1980. Similarly, it rose significantly in 1990 to 35 percent and reached exactly half of the total food budget by 2000. Whereas, home cooking was drastically decreased from 90 percent in 1970 to only 50 percent in 2000.
Moreover, in 1980, people generally chose sit-down restaurants over fast food meals, with 32 and 24 meals respectively, per year. In contrast, in 2000, the popularity of fast food rocketed to around 90 meals per year, while sit-down restaurants declined to only about 50 meals per year.