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 compare the amount of money was spent on seven different categories in America from 1966 to 1996.

Overall, it is clear that the highest percentage of money was spent on food at the beginning of the period but, this figure declined during the period of 30 years. By contrast, the proportion of money spent on books and computers were lowest.

In terms of spending, the period between 1966 and 1996 witnessed a drastic decline in the proportion of money on food from 44% to 14% whereas, the figure for cars rose significantly from 23% in 1966 to 45% in 1996. In 1966, approximately 7% of money was expenditure on restaurant which rose markedly to 14% by 1996, while the percentage of money spent on petrol fell slowly from 9% to 8%.

For the remaining sectors, in 1966 and 1996, there was a dramatic rise in the proportion of computer from 1% to 10%, but the figure for books decreased rapidly from 6% to 1%. On the other hand, from 1966 to 1996, spending money on furniture experienced a minimal fall from 10% to 18%.