The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarise 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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The diagram illustrates 8 categories of expenditure of households each week in a selected country in 1968 and 2018. It is apparent that the expense of
food
was occupied mainly in 1968
while
that of leisure accounted for the largest proportion in 2018. From the period shown, not only the figure for
food
but
also
that for fuel and power, clothing and footwear and personal
goods
declined.
By contrast
, the number of rest types except household
goods
which maintained the same figure of around 8 per
cent
gained an
increase
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. In 1968, the major expenditure was
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the
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food
which counted for 35 per
cent
.
However
, alterations were taken place later. In 2018, there was a descend in the amount of money which was spent on
food
, clothing and footwear, fuel and power and personal
goods
, among which the former two sorts' expenses halved to around 17 and 5 per
cent
separately, the rest two decreased mildly to approximately 4 percentage. In comparison, the amount of leisure dominated at about 23 per
cent
in 2018 and that of housing and transport rocketed up as well, reaching around 19 and 14 per
cent
. The proportion of household
goods
retained the same figure of about 8 per
cent
for these 50 years.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words food, goods, cent with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • compare
  • spending patterns
  • allocated
  • weekly income
  • significant changes
  • essential items
  • food
  • housing
  • clothing
  • leisure
  • communication
  • increase
  • decrease
  • twofold rise
  • substantial increase
  • quadrupling
  • declined
  • food and drink
  • slight increase
  • prioritizing
  • necessities
  • transitioned
  • portio
  • non-essential items
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