The chart below show household spending patterns in two countries between 1980 and 2008

Given is the information on household spending trends in the UK and New Zealand between 1980 and 2008.
Overall, in both years, the Food & drink, Utility bills and Transport spending, (whose indexes decreased over 28 years), was greater in New Zealand. In contrast, the proportion of Leisure spending was always larger in the UK, increasing over time, while in New Zealand the numbers fell.
As is seen, Food & drink spending accounting for 23% and 29% in the UK and New Zealand respectively in 1980, decreased more than twice for the UK, although for New Zealand, the drop was for 4%. In regards to Utility bills, figures in both countries increased slightly by around 3% on average totaling 28% in the UK and 31% in New Zealand.
It is of note that in 2008, spending on transport was reduced from 15% to 14% and from 17% to 16% in both the UK and New Zealand respectively. Regarding leisure expenses, over 18 years, their share soared from 27% to 34% in the UK, while in New Zealand it lessened from 18% by a mere 1%. In addition, Other expenditures rose marginally from 9% to 11% similarly in both countries by 2008.

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Average: 7.3 (1 vote)
Essays by the user:

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 194, Rule ID: IN_REGARD_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'regarding' or 'with regard to'.
Suggestion: Regarding; With regard to
...h for New Zealand, the drop was for 4%. In regards to Utility bills, figures in both countrie...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
regarding, similarly, so, while, as for, in addition, in contrast

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 7.0 100% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 1.00243902439 0% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 6.8 118% => OK
Relative clauses : 2.0 3.15609756098 63% => OK
Pronoun: 4.0 5.60731707317 71% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 33.7804878049 124% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 3.97073170732 76% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 920.0 965.302439024 95% => OK
No of words: 199.0 196.424390244 101% => OK
Chars per words: 4.62311557789 4.92477711251 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.75589349951 3.73543355544 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.59525111183 2.65546596893 98% => OK
Unique words: 108.0 106.607317073 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.542713567839 0.547539520022 99% => OK
syllable_count: 256.5 283.868780488 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.3 1.45097560976 90% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 1.53170731707 131% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.33902439024 69% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.07073170732 374% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.482926829268 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 3.36585365854 178% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 8.0 8.94146341463 89% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 22.4926829268 107% => OK
Sentence length SD: 27.3721459699 43.030603864 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.0 112.824112599 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.875 22.9334400587 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.125 5.23603664747 155% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 3.83414634146 104% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 1.69756097561 59% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 3.70975609756 135% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 1.13902439024 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.09268292683 73% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.118351057478 0.215688989381 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0751663693064 0.103423049105 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0896298148101 0.0843802449381 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.113377546 0.15604864568 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.107458923335 0.0819641961636 131% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.2329268293 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 72.5 61.2550243902 118% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.51609756098 135% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 10.3012195122 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.81 11.4140731707 86% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.24 8.06136585366 102% => OK
difficult_words: 43.0 40.7170731707 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.4329268293 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.9970731707 105% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.0658536585 81% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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