The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

The graph compares the average weekly expenditure on 8 different activities in families between 1968 and 2018. The proportion of spending on Food was the highest among all activities in 1968 at 35%,

while

the percentage in 2018 was lower by approximately 17%.

Next,

Clothing and footwear were much more popular in 1968 than in 2018 (10% and 5% respectively).

Similarly

, around 8% of weekly income had been used on personal goods, twice as high as the data in 2018.

In addition

, they preferred to spend on Fuel and power in 1968 at 6% than in 2018 at 4%. Leisure,

by comparison

, attracted more individuals in 2018 than in 1968, spending 22% and 9% respectively. Meanwhile, Housing was one of the most appreciated options in 2018, doubling to roughly 20% from 10% A similar pattern was seen in Transport, which cost 14% of weekly spending in 2018 and 9% in 1968. Yet, there were no changes in the cost of buying household goods, steadily keeping at 8% in 1968 and 2018.

Overall

, Food was the most important spending in 1968,

whereas

Leisure overweighted to become the most popular activity after four decades.

Besides

, the expense of other events has fluctuated for a small range.