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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