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The bar chart illustrates the
proportion
 of families in one country spent weekly on 8 different categories against their weekly income in 1968 and 2018. Overall, it is clear that the
although
 the expenditure ratio towards food declined over the 50 years, generally
speaking
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 food takes by far the significant
proportion
. Meanwhile, people spent the least money on fuel and power in both years. When it comes to food expenditure, it marked 35% in 1968, which is the biggest
proportion
 recorded in the chart, and it decreased by about half in 2018, which still is the
third
 category that people spent money on in 2018. Fuel and power, clothing and footwear, and personal goods
also
 dropped their
proportion
 from just over 5%, 10%, and about 8% to 4%, 5%, and 4% respectively.
On the other hand
, the housing, transport and leisure ratio increased from 1968 to 2018. Housing increased just about double and ended the period at just under one-fifth. Both transport and leisure were around 8% in 1968, and after 40 years they increased to 14% and 24% respectively.
Finally
, household goods remained in the same
proportion
 (about 8%) over the period.
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