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 bar chart compares the proportion of family's expenditures based on their weekly revenue in a specific country in 1968 and 2018.

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, it can be seen that in 1968, the majority of revenue was allocated to food expenses.

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, spending on leisure became the largest proportion in 2018. In detail, Food expenses have decreased dramatically from 35% to around 17% in the

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60 years. Fuel and power, which is the lowest percentage in 1968,

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fell to around 4% in 2018 as much as personal goods.

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, clothing and footwear

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fall to the half of it in the same period.

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, leisure had risen significantly from around 9% to over 20% and became the largest proportion of family expenditure in 2018.

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, housing grew approximately twice from 10% to just under 20% in the same year. At around 8%, transportation

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experienced a marked increase to around 14% in 2018.

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, the unchanged condition was true for household goods, it stood at roughly 8% in the

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60 years.