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 above analyzes the changes in

families

' spending habits in 1968 compared to 2018, focusing on the average spending choices of

families

, based on their weekly

income

. As the data

provide

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, the major difference in money allocation from 1968 to 2018 resides in

food

and leisure expenses: even though

food

is still one of the most spent on commodities,

whereas

in 1968 a family dedicated 35% of its

income

to

food

expenses, in 2018 the value drops almost by half, to 18%. As a matter of fact, in 2018

families

' first investment is in leisure, to which it is dedicated 22% of the

overall

income

, a complete counter tendency from 1968, as

families

only spent 9% of their

income

on

such

activities back

then

. Staying on the results from the 2018 survey, housing and

food

are closely behind extracurricular activities, scoring a 19% and 17%. Regarding the other categories, not much has changed, except for spending habits on clothing and footwear, which dropped by half in 2018. Even the costs of personal goods and fuel and power seem to have slightly decreased in 2018.