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

The chart shows the information about average weekly spending of

income

by families in 1968 and in 2018.

Overall

, it can be seen from the graph that, most families spent their

income

on food in 1968

while

spent on

leisure

activities in 2018. Despite

this

, household goods stayed stable for two years. Based on the graph, there is a remarkable contrast in spending patterns between food and

leisure

over 50 years. An interesting example of changing spending patterns can be seen in the realm of food expenditure. In 1968,

this

category accounted for a significant 35% of weekly

income

.

However

, for five decades, there has been a remarkable transformation as

this

figure rapidly declined by half, reaching just 17.5% in 2018.

In contrast

, in 2018,

leisure

activities increased to over 20%

while

in 1968, it accounted for less than 10% of their weekly

income

.

Therefore

, the graph indicates that people are now willing to allocate more of their

income

towards

leisure

activities. Interestingly, the expenditure on fuel and power, clothing and footwear, and personal goods in 1968 was slightly higher compared to 2018. To be more specific, individuals allocated only 6% and 4% of their

income

towards fuel and power respectively. It is

also

interesting that the shares of household goods remained unchanged for 50 years, both of which stood at 8%.