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 graph presents data on how the average family in one particular country spent their weekly
income
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in 1968 and 2018.
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, the way families spent their
income
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had changed significantly by 2018 compared with 1968. Most notably, leisure and housing had overtaken food as the largest areas of expenditure. In 1968 families spent most on food, accounting for 35% of their weekly
income
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,
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in 2018
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figure decreased by almost half to around 17%. In 1968, the proportion of weekly
income
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spent in any of the other categories never exceeded 10%.
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, leisure and housing both showed a significant increase, replacing food as the largest expenses with approximately 22% and 19% of family
income
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respectively. Expenditure on transport
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rose, to almost 15% of weekly
income
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, whilst money spent on household goods remained at roughly 7%. Clothing and footwear, fuel and power, and personal goods all saw a reduction to no more than 5% of weekly
income
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.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words income with synonyms.
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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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