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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Leisure Spending UK - Pie chart

Pie charts – Leisure Spending

Sample:
The two pie charts show spending on leisure products comparing two age groups, 50 - 60 and 20 - 30 in the UK. (Situation) As can be expected, overall sales of sporting equipment show a decrease with age, whereas, spending on gardening and reading materials increase. (Trends)
The areas of greatest spending among the under 30 group are for books and electronics, with both groups spending approximately 40% of their budgets on electronic equipment. This compares with the over 50 group where books and electronic equipment also have a large share of the leisure budget comprising over 60% of total expenditures. (Largest / smallest / or Both)
Comparatively, both groups spend about 15% of their free-time budgets on photography and other hobbies, but differ greatly regarding the money they spend on gardening, with the older group spending over twice the amount for gardening items than the under 30 group. (Similar & Different)
In summary, leisure time expenditures by the two UK age groups show remarkable similarities, except in the areas of sports and reading materials which shows the greatest change with age. (Recap for trends)

Vocabulary
Spending time or money:
Budget (n) = total money available; a monthly budget
Leisure budget = money available to spend on free-time activities
Expenditures (n) = what money is spent on; “My largest monthly expenditures are on food, and fuel.”
Purchases (n)= what money was spent on (synonym)
In Comparison (prepositional phrase)= to show similarities / differences

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