The table illustrates the overall salary and purchasing on food and clothes from an average family in a urban area in the UK. Meanwhile, the pie charts depicts the comparison between the percentage spending on several necessities in 2010 and 2013.
Overall, it shows a downward trend in the income of the family, whereas, the spending on food and clothes increased. Furthermore, in 2010, the percentage of meat and fish dominates, however, in 2013, the highest percentage relates to the spending on fruit and vegetable.
As can be seen from the table, in 2010, the average income of the family was 29000 and then it experienced a slight decrease to 25000 after 3 years. Meanwhile, the spending on food and clothes showed an opposite trend, at the first year of the period, it accounted for 14000 and in 2013, the data went up minimally to 15000.
For the pie chart, over the period, the highest proportion related to meat and fish with 29%, however, it fell by 6% in 2013 and stood at the second rate. Before the percentage of groceris dominated in 2013 with 30%, it had been at 26% by 2013. In addition, the spending on clothes had changed from 15% to 13% over the period, whereas, the proportion of dairy products grew up moderately from 12% to 16% between 2010 and 2013. The remaining still remained stable at the rate of 18%.