The bar chart represents data on
average
household's weekly spending in 1968 and 2018 years in a particular country.
Correct article usage
the average
Overall
, the way how families spent their Linking Words
income
Use synonyms
had
changed significantly by 2018 compared to 1968. Most notably, the categories Unnecessary verb
apply
such
as leisure, and housing had overtaken food as the largest area of expenditure.
In 1968 families spent more on food than on anything else, accounting for 35% of their weekly Linking Words
income
, Use synonyms
while
in 2018 Linking Words
this
future decreased by half and to around 17%. In 1968 the proportion of weekly Linking Words
income
spent in any of the other categories never exceeded 10%. Use synonyms
However
, leisure and housing both showed a significant increase, replacing food as the biggest category of spendings with approximately 22% and 19%.
Expenditure on transport Linking Words
also
rose, to almost 15% of weekly Linking Words
income
. Whilst families spend the same money on household goods, both two years demonstrate the unchangeable results per cent. Fuel and power, clothing and footwear and personal goods all saw a reduction to no more than 5% of weekly Use synonyms
income
.Use synonyms
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