The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2018. summarize the information and make a comparison. write at least 150 words.
This
chart depicts data about the spending of the income of households in a country in two different years, 1968 and 2018. Overall
, it can be seen that the process of spending on household goods was identical in both years.
According to
what is shown, in 1968, food expenses represented 35% of the weekly budget of the families, but the spending on food , in 2018, was about half of that around 17.5. In addition
, leisure was the first thing, which consumed the biggest ratio of their money about 22%, in 2018, and it was considered more double spending on it in 1968.
Regarding housing and transport, the expenditures of households on them, in 2018 were significantly high compared to the cost of them in 1968 by about 50%. In contrast
, in 1968, the expenses of families on clothing and footwear were 10%, which was exactly twice that in 2018.
To sum up
we could say that, even though there was a massive variation of spending on most items, the expenditures were the same ratio for only one object.Submitted by sm710129 on
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