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

The bar graph compares the amount of earning families spent every week on different things in a nation in the years 1968 and 2018.

It is clear that

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money spent on food in 1968 took up the largest percentage of the weekly income of a family,

while

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it was true for leisure in 2008.

Besides

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, the expenditure on housing, transport and leisure increased,

whereas

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the other 3 categories decreased, except for household goods, which remained stable throughout the years. As can be seen, in 1968, the amount of income paid for food was the highest, at 35%, compared to only over 5% spent on fuel and power. Meanwhile, Housing

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clothing and footwear shared the same proportion, at 10%.

Likewise

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, about nearly 10% of the salary was spent on the rest 4 objects. In the year 2008,the spending on spare time activities accounted for 22.5% of the wage every week, followed by housing which stood at about 20%. Fuel and power

as well as

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personal goods made up the smallest proportion, at under 10%. People

also

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used less money on food and clothing, as it was over 15% and 5% of the wage respectively.

In addition

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, household goods stayed the same during the observed period.