The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent

their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and

make comparisons where relevant.
The given bar graph illustrates the median of family expenditures per week.
Overall
, it can clearly be seen that all categories had significant gaps in both
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, except for the household goods, which stayed the same throughout the given period. Taking a closer look at food, housing, fuel, clothing, and personal goods, all of them
similarly
took a larger proportion of income in 1968 (35%, around 6%, 10%, and 8% respectively), compared to the recent year where they experienced an apparent decline to approximately 17%, just below 5%, exactly at 5%, and around 4%.
On the contrary
, the housing, transport and leisure aspects experienced a major growth in 2018 by about 10%, 5%,
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and 12% respectively after standing at 10%, 7%, and 9%
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the beginning of the given period.
Furthermore
, the household goods facet was the only one that was persistently stable throughout the observed period, which was around 7%.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • compare
  • spending patterns
  • allocated
  • weekly income
  • significant changes
  • essential items
  • food
  • housing
  • clothing
  • leisure
  • communication
  • increase
  • decrease
  • twofold rise
  • substantial increase
  • quadrupling
  • declined
  • food and drink
  • slight increase
  • prioritizing
  • necessities
  • transitioned
  • portio
  • non-essential items
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