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 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 bar chart indicates information about the changes in various usages of families' remuneration weekly in the years 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, it can be seen that there was the largest decline in average spending on purchasing food.
In contrast
, people tended to spend more on leisure.
First,
obviously, the amount of money spend on food decreased by almost half throughout the whole period from 35% in 1968 to about 17% in 2018 .
Furthermore
, the percentage of purchasing clothing and
footware
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footwear
,
as well as
personal goods had a drop from about 10% to approximately 5%. Spending on fuel and power had a slight decrease to about 4% in 2018. Regarding leisure, an apparent bulge occurred in 2018 with 23% from 9% in 1968.
In addition
, housing was another factor, leading to the climb-up situation in income spending from 10% in 1968 to just under 20% in 2018. It cannot be ignored that the cost of transport
also
was a factory consuming people's income.
However
, it is particularly noticeable that the consumption of household goods remained stable over the period.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • expenditure patterns
  • proportion
  • weekly income
  • accounted for
  • total expenditure
  • housing and utility expenses
  • transportation costs
  • other expenses
  • education
  • healthcare
  • leisure activities
  • spending patterns
  • witnessed a considerable rise
  • experienced a substantial increase
  • allocating a larger proportion
  • reducing their expenditure
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