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

The bar graph displays how weekly income spending by

families

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has changed from the year 1968 to the year 2018.

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, In 1968 most of the earnings used to get spent on food

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in 2018 a huge amount of income is spent on leisure activities. In the year 1968, most

families

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used to spend more than 5% on

expenses

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in 2018 there are

expenses

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which were spent less than 5%

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as fuel, clothing and personal goods.

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, in 1968

families

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' weekly

expenses

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used to be less than 10%

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except food which used to be substantially reached around 35%.

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, almost 23% is the peak high of

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spent on a weekly basis by

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in 2018.

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, Housing and transport have become quite expensive which was approximately 18% and 13% respectively in 2018, compared to

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of 1968 where it used to be cheaper by less than 10%. Household goods remain unchanged over the period which is at around almost 8%.