The chart below gives information about how families in one country spenttheir weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, andmake comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates how the weekly household budget was allocated in a specific nation in the years 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, it is apparent that the money spent on food each week accounted for the largest proportion of a family’s weekly income in 1968, whereas
the equivalent figure for leisure spending grew to be the highest in 2018.
Between 1968 and 2018, a plunge could clearly be seen in the amount of money distributed to food, with the figure shrinking by half to 17.5% in the end. Similarly
, the expenditure on clothes and shoes and that on personal commodities also
decreased by half over this
period, ending at 5% and 4% respectively.
By contrast
, the spending on housing and that on transportation every week saw an increment throughout this
period, with the former rising to around 20% and the latter reaching close to 15% in 2018. More striking is that the weekly spending on leisure grew remarkably, more than doubling to around 22%.
Interestingly, there was no change in the weekly expenditure on household goods with the figure stagnant at roughly 8% in both yearsSubmitted by Evalynn on
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