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 makes comparisons where relevent.
The bar chart below gives a comparison of the average weekly spending by households in an unspecified country between the years 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, there were changes in the family expenses of all categories between the years, except the household goods spending.
Food, housing, and leisure took up the biggest proportion of the weekly family expenses in both 1968 and 2018. Similar to that, those categories Linking Words
also
experienced the most significant change of more than 10% between 1968 and 2018. It can be observed Linking Words
further
that the weekly food expense underwent the biggest decrease out of all groups, from 35% in 1968 to just over 15% in 2018. Linking Words
On the contrary
, the most notable increase in weekly spending was observed in the leisure group, accounting for more than a 10% rise in 2018.
Aside from those groups, there was only a slight increase in spending observed in the transportation category, and a small decrease in clothing, personal items, and fuel categories. Household goods was the only category that the spending has not changed.Linking Words
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "gives" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
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