Pie Charts - Leisure spending in the UK - MODEL

Pie charts – Leisure Spending

The two pie charts show spending on leisure products comparing two age groups, above 50 and below 30 in the UK. As can be expected, overall sales of sporting equipment decreased with age, whereas, spending on gardening and reading materials increased.

The areas of greatest spending among the under 30 group were 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 had a larger share of the leisure budget comprising over 60% of total expenditures.

Comparatively, both groups spent 16% of their free-time budgets on photography and other hobbies, but differed greatly regarding the money spent on gardening, with the older group spending over twice the amount for gardening items than the under 30 group.

In summary, leisure time expenditures by the two UK age groups showed remarkable similarities, except in the areas of sports, gardening and reading materials which showed the greatest change with age.

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