The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The bar chart represents data on

average

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the average

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household's weekly spending in 1968 and 2018 years in a particular country.

Overall

, the way how families spent their

income

had

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changed significantly by 2018 compared to 1968. Most notably, the categories

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

income

,

while

in 2018

this

future decreased by half and to around 17%. In 1968 the proportion of weekly

income

spent in any of the other categories never exceeded 10%.

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

also

rose, to almost 15% of weekly

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

income

.