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The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarie the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarie the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The
 line graph illustrates the
breakbown
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breakdown
 of families'
spandings
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spending
spendings
standings
 per
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week in a particular country in two
separeted ywars
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separate years
, 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, what stands out from the graph is that
although
 there are some categories that the figure
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 1968 outweighs that of 2018, namely, food, electricity, wearings and personal items, other sections
such
 as housing, transport and recreational activities present
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 percentage of 2018 in comparison to 1968.
Meanhile
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Meanwhile
, the figures
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 both
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 representing household goods are almost identical.
To begin
 with, the most remarkable figures can be seen in the percentage of food, which was 35% in 1968 and about 17% in 2018.
While
 their numbers are insignificant compared to the aforementioned category, there are other sections that experienced
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 decreasing tendency, like clothing and
footware
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footwear
as well as
 personal goods, both of whose figure was mostly halved within the half of the century from 10% and 8%, respectively.
Besides
, the proportion of fuel and power went down by approximately 2% to
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4%.
On the other hand
, it seems that people in 2018
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 likely to invest more
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 household, transportation and leisure than those who
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 in 1968
according to
 their figure of weekly outcomes.
While
 the percentage for housing increased from 10% to around 19%, leisure's counterpart became more than double to stand
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 22% in the latest data. At the same time, people spent about 14%
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 transport in 2018 in spite of its number in 1968 which was almost 7%.
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Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "stands" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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