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Critical Reading and Writing in English / Writing Academic Texts in English

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This pie chart tells us about how Americans spend their money. The total expenditure is divided into eleven categories of the consumer dollar.
The highest percentage is spent on food, drink and tobacco: 23 cents of every dollar. Housing and household operations accounted for 15 cents each, followed by transportation with 13 cents. Medical care, clothing and jewelry, and recreation ranged from 9 to 7 cents. Five per cent of the total was spent on personal business while only two per cent was spent on private education and research. At the bottom end were personal care, foreign travel and religious and welfare activities. All three took just one per cent each of the total spent.
This chart shows us that over half of the money spent by Americans was in consumer durables such as food and drink, and homes and house maintenance. If we include transport, then 63 cents in every dollar was spent in these areas.
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