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

The chart below gives information about how families on one country spent their weekly income 1968 and in 2018
The bar chart provides data regarding how average families in one particular nation spent their weekly
income
in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, how families spent their weekly
income
changed significantly in 1968 compared to 2018. Clearly, food had been overtaken by housing and leisure as the largest expenditure. In 1968 families spent most on food, accounting for 35 per
cent
of weekly
income
,
while
in 2018
this
number decreased dramatically to about 17 per
cent
. In 1968, the portion of weekly
income
spent on any of the other categories was never over 10 per
cent
.
However
, leisure and housing both showed a considerable increase, replacing food as the largest expenses with approximately 22 per
cent
and 17 per
cent
of weekly
income
respectively. Expenditure on transport
also
rose, to almost 15 per
cent
of weekly
income
while
household goods remained the same at roughly 7 per
cent
. Fuel and power, clothing and footwear, and personal goods saw a reduction to no more than 5 per
cent
of weekly
income
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words income, cent with synonyms.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Weekly income
  • Expenditure
  • Consumption patterns
  • Cost of living
  • Discretionary spending
  • Inflation
  • Economic indicators
  • Demographics
  • Socio-economic factors
  • Technology advancements
  • Government policies
  • Consumerism
  • Lifestyle changes
  • Fiscal habits
  • Budget allocation
  • Financial priorities
  • Societal trends
  • Purchasing power
  • Income distribution
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