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 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 illustrates the data about family life weekly expenditure in some countries in comparison between 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, it can be clear that the average weekly spending of
this
city was in 1968, on food ,
while
in 2018, people spend their money on food lower than in 1968 around 2 times.
In addition
, both years had the same amount in the household goods type, around 7 %. In 1968, housing and clothing and foot ware were faced with the same amount, approximately 10 %. Following with, household goods, personal goods, transport and
leisure
seem to be met at the nearly level, around 7-8%. On top of that, the lowest value was in fuel and power at 6%. In 2018, the trend appeared to be fractured when compared to the amount of all categories. The highest value was in
leisure
at 25%.
Furthermore
, expenditure for
leisure
in
this
year was found to be a dramatic difference between 1968 and 2018 and was more than two times higher than in 1968.
However
, in 2018, the values seemed to be lower than in 1968 in most categories except housing, transport, and
leisure
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words leisure with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • compare
  • spending patterns
  • allocated
  • weekly income
  • significant changes
  • essential items
  • food
  • housing
  • clothing
  • leisure
  • communication
  • increase
  • decrease
  • twofold rise
  • substantial increase
  • quadrupling
  • declined
  • food and drink
  • slight increase
  • prioritizing
  • necessities
  • transitioned
  • portio
  • non-essential items
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