The pie charts compare the spending habils of people the UK in 1971 and 2001 Overall, the data shows a big shift prom essential ilems like food and books in 1974 to non essentials like cars, restaurants and compu- ters in 2004.
food In 1971, was by par the largest money spending sategory at 44% Food was followed by cars at 22% ana petrol at 10%. turniture, books, ana restaurants made up minimal spendres small or portions. Spending on computers was at just 2%, reflecting limited accessibility to them at the tine.
By 2001, spending habils had chongea drastically.
Cars had become the largest spending category at 43%, almost doubling since 1971. Computers also saw a dramatic rise to 1270, suggesting the rising popularity of technology.
Eating out became more popular with spendings rising to 1490 In contrast, spending on pood dropped to 14%, suggesting a change in peoples eating _ babkits. Books dropped to only 1%, while petrol and furniture experienced a slight decrease to This comparison thay shows the evolution of UK peoples spending babits, highlighting new priorities.8% each.