The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.
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The bar chart gives data on the average weekly spending of families of a certain nation in the years 1968 and 2018.
overall
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, from the information, more money was spent on food per week, second to housing, clothing and footwear but it took a different turn after 4 decades, where more funds were for leisure,
then
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shelter before food. In 1968, household expenses were mainly on nourishment, which was at the rate of 35%, next to 10% each spent on structure, clothes and shoes respectively,
then
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other working weeks spending
such
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as transportation, household
goods
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, leisure, personal
goods
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, fuel and power, falls below 10%.
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, in 2018, there was a significant decrease of about 15.5% in cash used for meals every seven days,
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a sharp rise of above 20% expenditure was for vacations, next was about 18% use for shelter,
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15% for transport. Household
goods
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remained the same at around 8% in both years,
while
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others ( personal
goods
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, fuel and power) fall within the range of 0-5%.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words goods with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "gives" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "falls" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Weekly income
  • Expenditure
  • Consumption patterns
  • Cost of living
  • Discretionary spending
  • Inflation
  • Economic indicators
  • Demographics
  • Socio-economic factors
  • Technology advancements
  • Government policies
  • Consumerism
  • Lifestyle changes
  • Fiscal habits
  • Budget allocation
  • Financial priorities
  • Societal trends
  • Purchasing power
  • Income distribution
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