the given pictures illustrate the amount of money American spent on several categories in 1966 and 1996. overall, the statistics of food was the highest while in 1996 the figure of cars dominated the list. In addition, all the categories experienced significant changes throughout the period.
in details, the proportion of food accounted for 44% in 1966 and almost doubled cars’s, which placed second in rank with 23%. After 30 years, the statistics of food decreased dramatically to 14% while the figure of cars rose almost twice compared to 1966.
meanwhile, the others ranged from 6% to 10% in 1966, except for computer with 1%. Regarding the year of 1996, the data of restaurants was twofold 30 years ago, specifically 14% and computer’s also increased to 10%. Moreover, the statistics of furniture and petrol both fell to 8% while books’s dropped significantly to 1%.
