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 bar graph depicts the data on how the average family in one country spent their weekly

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in 1968 and 2018.

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, in the 50-year span, the significantly reduced expense for

food

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and the substantially high spending for housing and

leisure

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indicate that the preference for

leisure

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and housing had overtaken

food

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as the largest area of expenditure. In 1968, the largest expenditure category was

food

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, accounting for 35% of the weekly family

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, followed by housing and clothing-footwear, each making up 10% expense of a family’s average

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in a week.

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, compared to 1968, the proportion of expenditure on

food

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revealed a dramatic change in 2018, constituting only about 17% of weekly average family earnings.

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, housing and

leisure

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occupied the highest spending areas in 2018. These two categories, housing and

leisure

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, had a dramatic shift in spending compared to the previous period, making up from 10% and 9% in 1968 to 19% and 22% in 2018, respectively.

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, families spent only 8% of their weekly

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on transportation in 1968, which significantly increased to 16% in 2018.

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, clothing and footwear, fuel and power, and personal goods all experienced a lower spending share in 2018 in comparison with 1968.