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.
The chart given illustrates the data on how the average family in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2018,
Overall
, the way family spent their income had changed significantly by 2018 compared to 1968.
Moreover
, leisure took the place of food which was the highest spending in 1968,
while
fuel and power were still the lowest, including personal goods in 2018. To start with, in 1968 families in one country mostly spent on food with 35% of their weekly income. In 2018
this
figure declined by half to around 18%,
while
housing and leisure increased significantly to have roughly similar
percentage
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at around 19% and 22% respectively and leisure become the largest spending
on
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weekly.
In addition
, expenditure on transport showed rose to almost 15%,
while
fuel and power dropped slightly to 4%.
Furthermore
, clothing and footwear and personal goods saw a reduction to below 5%.
In contrast
, household goods remained
same
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the same
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in both years.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "significantly" 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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