The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

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expenditures of their weekly income in a country between 1968 and 2018.

Overall

, their spending in almost all units changed

at the end

of

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.

In addition

, food was the highest item that

families

spent on their weekly income at the beginning of

period

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,

while

leisure replaced it

at the end

. Having stood at 35% of weekly income in 1968, the percentage of

families

spending on food was the most favourable one, followed by that of housing and clothing and

footware

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footwear

, at 10%.

In addition

, other sectors were roughly under 9%. In 2018, despite having

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almost 9%

in

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the beginning of the year, the proportion of

families

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expenditures on leisure outnumbered other types, peaking at about 23% of

weekly

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the weekly

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wage.

Furthermore

, the intensity of

families

spending on transport and housing increased dramatically, almost doubling.

In contrast

, the

families

spent on fuel and power, clothing and

footware

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footwear

, and personal goods decreased in

this

year, accounting for under 5%,

while

that of household goods remained stable during the periods.