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The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968, and in 2018. Summarize 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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar chart demonstrates the average weekly expenditure coming from families' income in a country in 1968 and in 2018, respectively.
Overall
, families spent their weekly payments on
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food accounted for the most,
whereas
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leisure cost the least in 1968.
However
,
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leisure skyrocketed to a
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 in 2018. Looking at the bar charts more closely,
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food took up the majority of families' weekly income
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 for 35% in 1968.
In contrast
, the other types of spending took up no more than 10% in 1968.
Moreover
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housing
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nearly doubled to about 20%, which was ranked
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the
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second in 2018.
Furthermore
, the percentage of
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transport went up to approximately 15% in 2018.
Last
, but not least spending on
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food, showed a
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 downward trend
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and plummeted
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 to about 15% in 2018. Plus,
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fuel and power, clothing and footwear ,and personal goods all fell
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below 5% in 2018.
Finally
, the house goods stayed
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 in the given periods.
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Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
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Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • expenditure patterns
  • proportion
  • weekly income
  • accounted for
  • total expenditure
  • housing and utility expenses
  • transportation costs
  • other expenses
  • education
  • healthcare
  • leisure activities
  • spending patterns
  • witnessed a considerable rise
  • experienced a substantial increase
  • allocating a larger proportion
  • reducing their expenditure
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