The line graph compares five different activities in terms of expenditure over the 40-year period between 1970 and 2010.
Overall, it is clear that residents’ expenditures on food, transport, and health saw decreasing levels, while the opposite was true for leisure and clothing activities. We can also see that spending on health experienced the most significant decline.
Turning to the declining levels, in 1970, almost 35% of people’s money was used for the food section, making this figure lead the pack in the study. This trend then saw a remarkable fall to around 15% in 2000 and increased by as little as 3% by the end of the period. A similar trend can be seen in transport and health, whose expenditures decreased with similar trajectories from around 5% and 10% in 1970 to approximately 5% and 3% in 2010, respectively.
In terms of the sectors with increasing levels, in 1970, the figure for clothing decreased to a negligible proportion, about 10%, in 1980, up from 12%. Over the following 30 years, spending on clothing experienced a considerable rise to around 20%, surpassing food and leisure. When it comes to leisure activity, 10% of residents’ income was used for this category in 1970, eventually increasing continuously to approximately 16% in 2010.