The Chart Below Gives Information About how Families in One Country Spent Their Weekly Income in 1968 and In 2018

The bar chart illustrates the data on how the average family in one particular country spent their weekly

income

in 1968 and 2018.

Overall

, the way families spent their weekly profit had changed significantly by 2018 compared with 1968. It is noteworthy that housing and leisure had overtaken food as the largest areas of expenditure. In 1968, families spent most on food, accounting for 35% of their weekly

income

,

while

in 2018

this

figure decreased by over 15%. In 1968, the proportion of weekly

income

spent on any of the other categories never exceeded 10%.

However

, housing and leisure both showed a remarkable increase with approximately 19% and 22% of family

income

respectively. Expenditure on transport

also

rose, to almost 15% of weekly

income

, whilst money spent on household goods remained at roughly 7%.

Furthermore

, clothing and footwear, fuel and power, and personal goods all represented a reduction to no more than 5% of weekly

income

in 2018.