DOLLAR SPENDING PATTERN OF AMERICANS

Medical care 9 DESCRIBING GRAPHS AND PIE CHARTS

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

HOW AMERICAN
SPENDS DOLLAR

Medical care
Transport
Household expenses
Housing
Food, Drink & Tobacco
Religion, charity
Foreign Travel
Personal care
Education
Personal Business
Recreation
Clothes, Jewelry

This pie chart 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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