Rotariu Cosmin

The charts below show the average annual spending for Canadian
households in the year 1972 and the year 2002.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
make comparisons where necessary.
The given charts provide us with information regarding the spending of
families living in Canada, year by year. The first chart has recorded data from
1972, while the other one is from the year 2002.
First of all, there are several key differences between the two pie charts.
Certain spending habits have changed greatly over the 30 years between the
censuses. For example, in 1972, cars accounted for only 22% of a family’s
expenses, but in 2002 this figure skyrocketed to 40%, which tells us that people
now own more cars and maintenance for modern vehicles has become more
expensive. To support this, we can see that spending on petrol has barely
changed over the decades.
Another massive shift in the average Canadian’s expenditures has to do with
food. In 1972, 39% of spending went to food, but this figure has now
decreased to 14%. In contrast, spending on restaurants has increased to 14%
over 3 decades, by 6%. We can also see that maintaining computers has
become more expensive, from 3% in 1972 to 11% of expenses in 2002, while
people spend less money on books, going from 7% of a household’s spending
down to only 3%.
In conclusion, we can see that a household’s annual spending in Canada has
transformed over 30 years. Certain services and objects have become more
expensive to acquire and maintain, while others have experienced the
opposite effect. Things like petrol and furniture are mostly the same as they
used to be, but food, cars, restaurants, computers and books have all
experienced surges and drops in a Canadian family’s expenditure.