The chart Below gives information about how families in one county spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2018.

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bar chart, we can see how families in a particular country spent their weekly income on average in 1968 and 2018. Briefly, the proportion spent on food declined

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spending on leisure and transport

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accounted for a greater percentage of the average spend. In 1968, more than a third of the weekly income was utilised for purchasing food. People spent an equal portion of their salaries on housing and clothing

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footwear.

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was closely followed by expenditure on household goods, personal goods and transport at just under 10% each. Notably, the smallest chunk of the monthly total was spent on fuel and power.

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, the proportion of income spent on food in 2018 was almost halved at a little less than 20%.

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, a greater amount was spent on leisure and transport at 22% and 14%, respectively. On the one hand, a similar fraction was spent on household

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in both 1968 and 2018 but

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, personal goods saw a downward pattern. Remarkably, as in 1968, the expense

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fuel and power remained the lowest contributor to the weekly spend even in 2018.