the charts below show how a avarage middle-income families spent their household budget in two different years

The two pie charts illustrate how average middle-income families distributed their household budgets across four categories in 2012 and 2015. Overall, while the share of expenditure on housing increased significantly, spending on food, clothing, and vacations declined during the given period. In 2012, the largest portion of the budget was devoted to housing, accounting for […]