The table depicts the percentage of expenditure that adults and adolescents in the UK allowed for 4 separate categories in 1998.
Overall, the food expense accounted for a larger part than that of any others in a single adult’s income in the UK, whereas the figure for music was the highest when it comes to children.
To be specific, women generally allocated 39% of their budget to food purchases, which was 25% more than the stronger sex in the same country. However, the opposite pattern was shown in the figures for electronic devices and videos. To be exact, the proportions of females’ expenditure on the respective categories were tiny/insignificant (only 1% and 0.5%), much lower than the statistics for those of males in the UK (at 10% and 2%, respectively). It is also worth noting that both genders were willing to spend the same 5% of the total income on buying music.
Meanwhile, the percentage of UK girls’ spending on music represented the highest figure of the entire table (40%), compared to that of their male fellows (at 38%). In contrast, the expenses on boys’ purchases of electronic gadgets and videos witnessed the identical 18%, which was more than the figures for girls (only 5% and 17% respectively). Finally, these youngsters’ budget allocation for food was more or less similar, totaling at around 10%.