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

The bar shows the difference in proportion between the spending of weekly income by families in one country in 1968 and in 2018.

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1968 had the highest share of the four need categories,

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in 2018 had the highest in the three need categories. The highest figures in 1968 and in 2018 were reported for meals and leisure activities, respectively. There was a significant difference between the proportions in 1968 and in 2018 in meals and leisure activities, with the former standing first at 35% for food in 1968 and at over 20% for leisure in 2018.

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, household goods remained stable (at over 5%) in the given period. Fuel and power, clothing and footwear, and personal goods decreased in consumption from 1968 to 2018

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2%, 5%, and 4%, respectively.

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, spending on housing and transport increased significantly by almost 10% and around 6%, respectively.