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.
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The chart illustrates how much the weekly
budget
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that families spent in a particular country between 1968 and 2018.
Overall
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, it can clearly be seen that families spent most of their weekly
budget
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on food,
while
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personal
goods
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and fuel and power are the least spending
budget
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in the given time period. The units are measured in percentages.
To begin
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with, in 1968, food was the highest spending stood at 35%,
while
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the smallest was fuel and power at approximately 6%.
Moreover
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, the proportion of the remaining
budget
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, 59%, is allocated for housing, clothing and
footware
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footwear
, leisure, transport, personal
goods
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and household
goods
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.
Furthermore
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, in 2018, leisure was the highest allocation just about 22%, followed by housing just below 20%,
then
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transport just below 15%. There are decreasing budgets for personal
goods
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, clothing and
footware
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footwear
and fuel and power, but the biggest change is for food about 18% from 1968 to 2018.
In contrast
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, there is increasing allocation for leisure, transport and housing.
While
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household
goods
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stayed
same
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the same
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words budget, goods with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "just below" was used 2 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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