The table compares the proportion of money that adults and children spent on four popular merchandise in England in 1998.
It is noticeable that young people spent a considerable share of their incomes on music and videos, while adults didn’t spend much on these two categories. Also, adults pay much more for food compared to children.
A large proportion of the girls’ income went towards music in 1998, with 40% of their income. With a negligible difference, boys ranked second with 38%. Both men and women spend only 5% of their wages on music. The video figure almost follows the same pattern; boys spent 18% of their money on videos with only 1% less, and girls placed second. Only 2% of men’s incomes and 0.5% of women’s incomes went towards videos in 1998.
Both men and boys spent a large proportion of their incomes on electronic equipment, 10% and 18%, respectively, while only 5% of girls and only 1% of women spent on this stuff. As the table shows, in terms of food, women spent a sizable chunk of their wages on food, 39%, while the figure for men is much lower, only 14%. Girls and boys spent 11% and 9% of their incomes on food, respectively.