The table illustrates the percentage of historical family budgets in the Europe.
Overall, it can be seen that there was a downward trend in the budgets used for food, clothings while the money spent on housing, transportation and others witnessed an increase throughout the period.
Regarding to the budgets spent on food, 41% was recorded in 1920, twofold higher than that of housing, which was the second highest figure, at 26%. After 60 years, while the expenditure on food dramatically decreased to only 19%, that of housing witnessed a significant increase to 33%, making it the most commonest service spent money on. In contrast, the proportion of budgets spent on clothing was 17% in 1920 and then nearly havled in the final year.
Regarding the remaining services, transportation was the most infequent service using by family, at only 3% in 1920 which was slightly lower than health care, at 4%. In the next 40 years, the money spent on healthcare service increased slightly to 6% before declining to the previous figure in the first year, at 4% which remained unchanged in the final year, meanwhile the expenditure used for transports sevenfold, widening the gap with healthcare service by a ratio 8:1. Similarly, the percentages of budgets spent on other services rose from 9% in 1920 to 13% in 1950 before witnessing a fluctation between 13% and 14% in the remaining years.