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

The given bar graph outlines a family's outcome in a week for several types of daily needs (categorized by

food

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, housing, electricity, outfit, household goods, personal goods, transportation, and education) compared between 1968 and 2018. The data is measured by the percentage of weekly income.

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, spending on

food

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in 1968 was the highest compared to spending in other fields in that year and spending the least on electricity. Meanwhile, in 2018, families set aside more of their money for educational purposes and personal goods and fuel power were the lowest. In 1968, family needs seemed quite stable with an average of 7% spent on each category. As per the diagram,

food

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spending hit a peak of 35% in that year.

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, expenses in the fuel and power sectors have a ratio of 1 :

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respectively.

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, in 2018, the ratio of all needs is seemingly lower compared to 1968’s data. It is

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interesting to note that the transportation,

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and housing category have

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slightly different number which is less than 5% each. It is seen that spending in the field of leisure reached its highest point by almost a quarter.