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 given bar charts provide data on the average expenditures of families during a week in a particular state in both 1968 and 2018.

Overall

, the largest amount of the weekly salaries in 1986 was spent on food,

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in 2018 spent on entertainment and leisure.

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the charts, in 1986, the money spent on food, fuel and power, clothing, and personal goods was more than that in 2018. The proportion of money paid for food, clothing, and personal purchases experienced a significant fall from 1986 to 2018 and halved from 35% to 17%, from 10% to 5%, and from 8% to 4% respectively.

Also

, the salaries spent on fuels decreased from 6% in 1986 to 4% in 2018. As shown in the chart, the expenditures for housing, transport, and leisure had a noticeable rise over the given period. In 2018, the money spent on residential issues rose remarkably from 10% to 19%.

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the share of salaries paid for transport and entertainment had around 6% and 13% growth and reached

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14% and 22% respectively.

By contrast

, household goods accounted for 7% of weekly wages and remained constant in both two years.