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

the chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2018.
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compares the average weekly
expenditure
by families in a particular country during 2 different years in 8 various categories.
Overall
, in 1968 the highest
expenditure
percentage belonged to food
while
fuel
and
power
by far had the lowest percentage.
Conversely
, in 2018 the leisure category had the highest percentage but identically
fuel
and
power
were in the
last
position
in addition
to household
goods
.
To begin
with, in 1968, 35% of families' spending was allocated to food supplies
while
with a considerable difference 10% of the family budget was spent on housing, and clothing and footwear
also
, about 9% of spent money was allocated to 4 other categories including leisure, transport, personal
goods
and household
goods
. Eventually, by about 6% of
expenditure
fuel
and
power
were in the
last
spot among the others. The trend changed by reaching 2018, when about 22% of families' funding was allocated to leisure in comparison to 1968, following that, respectively 18% was spent on housing ,and 16% on food. The third highest rank was allocated to household
goods
by around 8%
while
3 other categories including clothing and footwear,
fuel
and
power
and personal good by less than 5% had the lowest amount of average
expenditure
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words expenditure, fuel, power, goods with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 times.

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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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