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

The provided chart depicts the average weekly spending salaries by families in one country in 2 different years. It is clearly observed from the chart that in 1968, people spent most of their wages on food and the least amount of money was on fuel and power. In 2018, the public was willing to spend on leisure more and personal

goods

, fuel and power were less substantial for them. In 1968, the population allocated 35% of their weekly income to food and

this

figure

dramatically decreased to 30% for housing and another category which was called clothing and footwear.

In addition

, the proportion of leisure stood at nearly 10 %.

Whereas

, the

figure

for transport, personal

goods

and household

goods

were equal to each other by approximately 8%.

Moreover

, the lowest percentage of their weekly wage was spent on fuel and power nearly 6%. In 2018, leisure was more popular spending about 22%.

Besides

, the

figure

for spending on housing was 18%

while

that for food was 17%.

Furthermore

, the proportion of expenses on transport stood at 14% and the

figure

for household

goods

was lower at 7%.

In addition

, the clothing and footwear expenditures were 5% in a week for a family and the amount of spending money on personal

goods

was as much as that of clothing and footwear about 4%.