The table demonstrates how much an average family earned and spent on food and clothes while the pie charts compare the allocation for five different categories in the UK.
Overall, it is evident that the income of a household witnessed a downward trend, while the opposite was true for the expenditure on basic needs. Also, the majority of spending was dedicated to buying food in the budget of a family.
Regarding the table comparing the revenue and the spending of a family, it was reported to earn 29,000 pounds on average in 2010, and spent 14,000 pounds in the same year. However, after three year, the income per a household considerably decreased by 4000 pounds, in contrast to the slight rise by 1000 pounds for its expenditure on food and clothes.
Turning to the how a family allocated on different products, the majority of budget was spent on food. Specifically, in 2010, fruits and vegetables, along with meat and fish, accounted for 26% and 29% of total expenditure. Although the latter slightly dropped by 6%, the former reached almost a third in 2013, making them the most popular products in this time. This is followed by 18% of the spending on other food, which remained unchanged throughout the given time. Lastly, the percentage of expenditure for dairy products and clothes saw opposite trend. The figure for dairy products increased from 12% in 2010 to 16% in 2013, whereas 15% of clothes fell mildly by 2% in 2013.