The line graph illustrates the information about the changes in the distribution of average household income from 1965 to 2015. The average income was divided for seven parts (accommodation, recreation, food, transport, gas/electricity, savings, and home improvements).
Overall, spending for accommodation and savings experienced both a rapid increase and a rapid decrease during the period, while other spending saw a slight changes.
As for the savings, it was the leader at the start of the period and made up 11 percent. It remained stable before a rapid decrease in 1990, and at the end of the graph savings it up around 3 percent of the whole proportion of spending. In terms of accommodation, it was less than savings at the start of the period and made up around 10 percent. It rocketed after a slight decrease to around 9.9 percent between 1970 and 1980. However, it reached the peak of around 11 percent at the end of the period.
In terms of other spending, they were at the same level at 3 percent at the start of the period despite home improvements which made up less than 1 percent at the start of the period. Recreation experienced a gradual increase during the whole period, and reached the peak of 6 percent in 2015. Transport also saw a increase before a stabilizetion at 4 percent between 1995 and 2010. Then it reached the peak of 5 percent in 2015. In terms of food, it saw a gradual increase to 5.5 percent after a slight increase during 1965 and 1990. In 2000 the percentage of transport was overtaken by the percentage of food. Gas/electricity also saw a slight increase at the start of the period at 3.5 percent. However, it remained stable at around 3.5 percent before it experienced a rapid increase to 5 percent between 2005 and 2015. Nevertheless, home improvements made up less than 1 percent in 1965 and remained the lowest spending among others during the whole period. After 1990 it saw a gradual increase and reached the peak of 3 percent at the end of the period.