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

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in 1968 and 2018.

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, how families spent their weekly

income

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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

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of weekly

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,

while

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in 2018

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number decreased dramatically to about 17 per

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. In 1968, the portion of weekly

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spent on any of the other categories was never over 10 per

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.

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, leisure and housing both showed a considerable increase, replacing food as the largest expenses with approximately 22 per

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and 17 per

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of weekly

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respectively. Expenditure on transport

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rose, to almost 15 per

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of weekly

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while

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household goods remained the same at roughly 7 per

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. Fuel and power, clothing and footwear, and personal goods saw a reduction to no more than 5 per

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of weekly

income

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.