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

The diagram illustrates the average weekly expenditure by families in a nation in 1968 and 2018.

Overall

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, the main cost of families in 1968 was the food sector, which accounted for 35%;

however

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, leisure spending dominated family expenditure in 2018 with approximately 22%, and food costs correspondently declined to 17%, almost half of the previous data. On top of that, there were obvious increases in the transport and housing sectors; and compared to 1968, the proportions of these two categories almost doubled in 2018.

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, the proportion of clothing and footwear, and personal goods decreased in 2018, accounting for less than 5%.

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, the quota of household goods and ‘fuel and power’ basically kept roughly stable from 1968 to 2018. In conclusion, people spend apparently more money on leisure and housing, and transport, but the demand for food, clothing, and personal goods relatively dropped, which indicates the mounting living standard in

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country.