The chart below gives information about how families in one country spend their weekly income in 1968 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relavant.

The bar graph illustrates the average amount of money spent by families across several categories in 1968 and 2018.

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, in 1968, the highest household expenditure was in the food category,

while

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the least was in the fuel and power category.

On the other hand

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, the families' spending habits were shifted in 2018, with the majority of them spending more on recreational things.

Firstly

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, it can be seen that in 1968, the food category became the highest priority of spending. They spent 35% of their weekly income on meals only.

On the contrary

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, only around 6% of their income was allocated for gasoline. Another valuable insight from the chart is people's budget for personal goods, household goods, and transport. These three groups shared a similar amount of numbers with approximately 7% of household's salaries invested in the said categories. Moving to the families' spending behaviour in 2018, the vast majority of households prioritised their quality time and spent around 23% of their income per week. As opposed to that, personal goods and fuel and power groups became the least with less than 5% of their spending allocated for these categories.