The bar chart provides information about how families in a country spent weekly income in both 1968 and in 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The chart shows the average weekly spending of families in one country in the

years

1968 and 2018.

Overall

, there were differences in the spending of their weekly income in both

years

as food was the most in the

year

1968

whereas

it changed to leisure in the

year

2018. The least expense was on fuel and power in both

years

although

in the

year

2018 personal property was added into the least spending category. In the

year

1968, household expenditure on food reached 35% of their weekly income.

Furthermore

, housing and clothing and footwear occupied 10% followed by leisure which was around 8% of their salary every week. At that time, there were three groups of outlay held approximately 7% of wages which were household equipment, personal goods and transport.

Lastly

, the minimal spent was on fuel and power. After 50

years

, the single spending of weekly pay all decreased to the most spent was leisure around 22%. The inclination of the payout was on the category of housing to 18% and

also

on transport grew by about 7%. The household goods didn’t have any changes in these

years

.

In contrast

, the decline in the period happened to fuel and power, food and personal equipment as foods shrink to around 17% and personal furnishings dropped about 3%.

In addition

, the clothing and footwear expense was half off.