The charts illustrate the mean of salary and allocation to buy consumption and clothing products by a family in a particular city of the UK between 2010 and 2013.
Overall, it can be seen that the average income declined, whereas the spending total showed an upward amount in the three years. In terms of goods purchased, fruits and vegetables, clothes, and dairy showed an increasing share. While meat products decreased, the other food categories remained unchanged in the period.
In 2010, the UK families had an average salary of 29,000, it then slightly fell to 25,000 by 2013. Meanwhile, in 2010, the total money paid out by them for purchasing household goods was 14,000 and marginally rose to 15,000 by 2013.
Moving to the pie chart, in 2010, the households in UK had a similar share of expenses for buying fruits and vegetables, and meat and fish, which were 26% and 29%, respectively. While the amount of fruit and vegetables remarkably climbed to 30%, the meat and fish contribution declined to 23% by 2013. As the same time, the share of clothes moderately dropped from 15% to 13% and the dairy products rose from 12% to 16%. The other food categories allocated for 18% in both years.