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

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The given bar chart illustrates a majority of families spent their incomes on a weekly basis in the two different years (1968 and 2018). From an
overall
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perspective, a high portion had been devoted to food in both years.
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, fuel and power sections had less proportion among others. Now getting back to the details, 35% of family incomes were spent on buying food in 1968, which had a reduction of about 15% in 2018. In the second position,
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housing had devoted 10% of all costs in a week in 1968, it had increased to nearly 20% in 2018. The same outcome was shown for leisure. From the data,
it is clear that
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fuel had 6% of family charges in 1968, which had a decrease about of 2 percentage in 2018.
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, household goods had not any change and it had stabled at nearly 8% in the two years. Indeed, housing, transport, and leisure items increased in consumption among families from 2018 to 2018.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • expenditure patterns
  • proportion
  • weekly income
  • accounted for
  • total expenditure
  • housing and utility expenses
  • transportation costs
  • other expenses
  • education
  • healthcare
  • leisure activities
  • spending patterns
  • witnessed a considerable rise
  • experienced a substantial increase
  • allocating a larger proportion
  • reducing their expenditure
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