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

The chart illustrates how the member of a family in the country spent their revenue per week in 1968 and in 2018.

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it is clear that

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food was the most significant necessity for people to survive in 1968,

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it was important for individuals to gain entertainment in 2018. At the beginning of the period, people spent a lot of money on their food, which is around 35%;

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, it remained approximately half of the rate after 50 years.

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, the fuel and power were consistently the lowest at 6% and 4% in 1968 and 2018 respectively.

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, housing and clothing and

footware

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footwear

were at the same rate at 10% and the income which was bought on household goods stayed the same at 8% during the period.

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, leisure, food and housing were over 15% of weekly spending in 2018,

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there

was

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only 14% and 4% for transportation and personal goods.