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The two bar charts compare how much people in a specific European country spent on six different categories of goods and services, as a percentage of total expenditure, in 1998 and 2008. Overall, electronic goods and clothing were the largest expenses in both years, and spending on these items rose over the period. By contrast, the proportions of spending on holidays, printed media and cinema attendance fell, while the share allocated to eating out remained unchanged. In detail, electronic goods accounted for the highest proportion of spending at 16% in 1998, and this figure increased to 20% a decade later. Spending on clothing also saw a significant rise, from 12% to 18%, making it the second largest expenditure category by 2008. Meanwhile, the proportion of spending on holidays declined from 8% to 5%, and spending on both newspapers/magazines and cinema visits dropped by two thirds, from 3% to just 1% each. Finally, eating out consistently represented 6% of total spending in both surveyed years.