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

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of households’ weekly

income

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spent on various categories in one nation between 1968 and 2018.

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it is clear that

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people spent most of their

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on buying food in 1968

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the cost of leisure accounted for the largest in 2018. In 1968, 35% of families’

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was used for buying food which was the highest in the chart. The money spent on housing was similar to that on clothing and footwear, both comprising 10% of the

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. The proportions of the remaining categories were relatively lower, ranging from 5% to 10%. Turning to the year 2018, the figure for food dropped significantly by half to approximately 17.5%

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that for housing and leisure both grew sharply to around 20%. At the same time, the proportion of transport experienced a substantial rise of 5% to 14%.

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, the figure for the others all fell to under 5% except household goods, which maintained its stability at 8% throughout the period.