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. Write at least 150 words.

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of average spending on eight categories in one week by families in a single country in 1968 and 2018.

Overall

, people spent the most on

food

in 1968, but the trend changed in 2018 with leisure as the highest spending in families. In 1968, the spending

for

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on

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food

was around three times higher than other categories at 30%. Housing

and

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apply

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clothing and

footware

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footwear

was

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were

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one third

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one-third

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of spending

of

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on

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food

.

In addition

, household

goods

, personal

goods

, transport, leisure, and fuel and power proportion

was ranging

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ranged

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approximately from 6% to 9%.

On the other hand

, in 2018, families spent most of their income

for

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on

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leisure activities by around 25%.

Following

this

, spending

for

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on

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housing and

food

was around 19% and 18% respectively,

while

the proportion for transport was lower than 15%.

In addition

, spending

for

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on

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household

goods

was the same as it was in 1968. Meanwhile, spending

for

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on

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clothing and

footware

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footwear

, fuel and power, and personal

goods

was around 5% and lower.