The pie chart compares 7 different categories namely food, cars, pertol, restaurants, furniture, computers and books in terms of spending changes by percentage in 1966 and 1996 in the US.
Overall, the rate of categories in foods showed the largest percentage in 1996, while that of cars category showed leadership in 1996.
According to the chart, the food category showed 44 percent in 1966; then it decreased significantly to 14 percent in 1996. The cars category took the lead at 45 percent instead of food category in 1996. In 1966, it showed 23 percent. An interesting fact is that the U.S. spent money on petrol production at 8 percent in both years.
Turning to the other categories, U.S. people spent money on restaurants from 8 percent to 9 percent in the given periods. In 1966, people spent money on furniture at 10 percent, decreasing to 8 percent in 1996. In the U.S., 1 percent of people preferred to spend money on the computer category, increasing to 10 percent in 1996. In 1966, books were another large spending category at 23 percent, decreasing to 10 percent in 1996.