【正文】
hese categories used up a significantly smaller proportion of the household budget than the others.In two categories, transport and housing, the proportions of expenditure almost doubled, rising from eight and nine per cent to sixteen and nineteen per cent respectively. Thus, by the end of the period, the highest proportion of household expenditure went on housing, and the lowest on fuel, light and power.In conclusion, the graph shows that the patterns of spending in UK households changed to some extent over the period 1957 to 2007, the part of the budget spent on food showing the most marked change.