the chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram compares the weekly expenses of family members in a particular nation in 1968 and 2018 on various commodities.

Overall

it is immediately evident that

food

was the commodity spent on the most in 2016

whereas

leisure received a greater aspect of the funds in 2018.

To begin

with, families spent more on

food

, fuel and power, clothing and

footware

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footwear

and personal goods in 1968. In 1968 whilst 35% of the weekly expenditure was channelled to

food

, about half of

this

figure was spent on

food

in 2018.

Similarly

, clothing and

footware

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footwear

and

also

personal goods saw a decrease in funds used on

these drop

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to half their original amounts at 5% and about 4% respectively in 2018.

However

, fuel and power only experienced

minimal

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reduction of money allocated for its purchase by only 3%. Turning to housing, leisure and transport, these areas received significant amounts on a weekly basis in 2018 compared to what was spent on them in 1968. Pleasurable activities jumped from just below 10% in 1968 to more than twice its original value in 2018.

Likewise

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housing expenses

reaching

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nearly double

its

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initial amount.

By contrast

, there was no change in funds used on household goods in the different years.