The pie charts compare the expenditure of people’s habit in the UK from 1971 to 2001.
Overall, at the beginning of the period the consumption of food took the leading position of the habitual lives of individuals while, computers were the lowest one. In comparison, at the end of the period cars became the largest segment and the lowest sector was book.
According to the first chart in 1971, food is responsible for the most significant share of citizens in the UK 44%, followed by cars 22%. There is a little difference between the figures for petrol and furniture, as the former accounted for the third highest percentage with 10%, while the share of the latter is slightly lower (9%). The proportions of restaurants and books are formed 7% and 6% respectively. The remaining 2% is accounted for by a range of computers.
In 2001 the second chart shows that there is a significant rise with the share of cars 43%. The expenditure of food and restaurants share similar proportions (almost 14%), also petrol and furniture accounted for similar proportion 8%. The share of computer had a remarkable increase about 12%, while books decreased slightly from 6% to 1%.
