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.

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, their spending in almost all units changed

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.

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, food was the highest item that

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spent on their weekly income at the beginning of

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,

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leisure replaced it

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

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

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, at 10%.

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

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almost 9%

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the beginning of the year, the proportion of

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

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wage.

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, the intensity of

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spending on transport and housing increased dramatically, almost doubling.

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, the

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spent on fuel and power, clothing and

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, and personal goods decreased in

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year, accounting for under 5%,

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that of household goods remained stable during the periods.