The two pie charts compare the information about US individuals spending money on seven various products from 1966 to 1996.
Overall, it is clear that at the beginning of the period, food was the highest consumed product among American citizen’s, while computer was the lowest. In contrast, by the end of the period, highest money was spent on cars, whereas books were the least.
During the initial phase, computers were the lowest expenditure product and it was approximately 1%, while it dramatically increased to nearly 10% in 1996. In 1996, cars were the second-highest sector where US citizen spent almost 23% money, whereas it significantly climbed to almost 45% in 1996. Restaurants were the fifth highest expenditure sector and which was around 7% in 1996, meanwhile it went up to close to 14% by the end of the period.
At the beginning of the period, books were the sixth highest expenditure sector, while food was the highest expenditure sector at 6% and 44%, respectively, whereas books and food significantly dropped to around 1% and 14%, in the same order, in 1996. In 1966, the money was spent on petrol sector to almost 9%, while it slightly dipped to close to 8% in 1966. Furniture was the third highest in terms of expenditure and which was approximately 10%, meanwhile it minimally decreased to nearly 8% in the final phase of the timeframe.