The table compares the money allocation on food and clothing to total income of an average UK’s family in two distinct year 2010 and 2013 while the two pie charts shows how they spent their money on different categories.
Overall, it is evident that an average Britain’s family spent a higher amount of money on purchasing clothes and food despite a slight decrease in terms of their income. Notably, while meat and fish accounted for the predominant share in 2010,English family spent most of their money on fresh produce.
In 2010, an typical English family earned an average 29,000 pounds while spending nearly half of it for food and clothes at 14,000. In detail, the money allocated to different types of categories were at varying levels. Meat and fish accounted for the largest share by a quarter, closely followed by 22% of clothes and 20% of fruits and vegetables. Meanwhile, English family spent fewer money on consuming dairy products and other food and beverages at 18% and 15%, respectively.
Over the following three years, money’s share on food and clothing sector displayed a more varied trend. Despite, the total income was lower than that of 2010 by 4000 pounds, English family allocated higher amount of money on food and clothing sector. Compared to that of fruits and vegetables in surveyed year 2010, this category outperformed remaining sectors, accounting for 35%.Then, at the second place stood products made from milk with 20%, which was higher than that the the previous concerned year by 5%. Products made from milk, themselves continued to remain at 18%. In stark contrast, fruits and vegetables and meat products exhibited an downward trend, ending at 12% for the former and 15 % for the latter.