The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarie the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the figure for weekly expenditure in a nation by household in 1968 and 2018.

Overall

, food was the biggest part of their weekly income in 1968,

whereas

leisure became the most significant expenditure in 2018.

According to

the information, people spent their money on food the most in 1968 at 35%, which dramatically fell by around 17% in 2018.

Further

, the expenses for clothing and footwear and personal goods were 10% and approximately 8% in 1968,

while

these two categories dropped by half in 2018, at 5% and about 4% respectively.

On the other hand

, housing made up only 10% in the former year,

whereas

it massively increased by almost double in 2018.

Moreover

, family members spent money on transport at roughly 8% which later rose to around 14%.

Furthermore

, the most significant growth can be seen in leisure from only below 10% in 1968 to more than a fifth over the decades. Interestingly, fuel and power was the lowest figure in both 1968 and 2018.

In addition

, household goods remained the same at roughly 8% in both years.