DOLLAR SPENDING PATTERN OF AMERICANS-- LINE GRAPH

Medical care 9 DESCRIBING GRAPHS AND PIE CHARTS

Transport 13
Household expenses 15
Housing 15
Food, Drink & Tobacco 23
Religion, charity 1
Foreign Travel 1 IELTS GUIDE
Personal care 1 Author: TD JOSHI
Education 2
Personal Business 5
Recreation 7
Clothes, Jewelry 8

American's Spending Pattern

25
Dollars Spent

20
15
10
5
0
Medical

Personal

Clothes,
Household

Religion,
Transport

Housing

Tobacco

Foreign

Recreation
Education

Business
Personal

Jewelry
Drink &
expenses

Travel
charity
Food,
care

care

Commodity

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This Line Graph tells us about how Americans spend their money. The total expenditure is $1.2 trillion,
divided into eleven categories. The highest percentage is spent on food, drink, tobacco: 23 cents in every
dollar. Housing and household operations accounted for 15 cents each, followed by transportation with
13 cents. Medical care, clothing and jewellery, and recreation ranged from 9 to 7 cents 5% of the total
was spent on personal business while only 2% was spent on personal education and research.
At the bottom end were personal care, foreign tours, religious and welfare activities towards which
1% is spent.

This chart shows that over half of the money spent by Americans was in consumer durables such as
food, drinks and homes and house maintenance. If we include transport then 63 cents in every dollar
was spent in these aeas.

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