Band 7+: The given pie charts compare the expenses in 7 different categories in 1966 and 1996 by American Citizens. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below. You should write at least 150 words. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The pie charts delineate the proportions of spending on 7 distinct items according to American residents in 1966 and 1996.

Overall, while the figures for cars, restaurants, and computers saw an increase, the other four categories —food, petrol, books, furniture— experienced a decrease. Moreover, the cars in the second period contributed the largest proportion of expenditure in the second period.

According to the expenditure category that rose, cars accounted for the most significant incline from 23% in 1966 to almost half of the spending in 1996. Similarly, the share of computers grew by a margin of 9%, and the percentage of restaurants doubled, from 7% to 14%.

The remaining four items that declined; food was responsible for the highest spending in the first period, but fell dramatically to 14%. Additionally, books exhibited a humble fall from 6% to 1%, and there was a minimal decrease in furniture and petrol by roughly 2%, at 8% in the final year.