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 table shows the spending of families by week in the year 1968 and 2018. The most prevalent change from 1968 to 2018 is that
people
are spending less money
to buy items such
as clothing and goods, but are spending more on housing and leisure.
There’s a very noticeable drop in the budget for food, from 35% in 1968 to just over 15% in 2018. A similar trend can be seen in clothing and footwear and also
personal goods, each showing around a 5% decrease. Fuel and power is also
a category where people
spent less money
on, being slightly lower but still ranging around 5%.
In contrast
, people
in 2018 spent noticeably more money
on housing, transport, and leisure. All of these categories doubled their budget in 2018 in comparison to 1968. Despite the changes, the money
spent on household goods stayed stagnant at around 7% of the total weekly sum.
In conclusion, we can see that people
spent their money
differently in 1968 and 2018. The income that families in 1968 got is mainly spent on food, while
in 2018 people
are mainly spending their money
on housing and leisure.Submitted by acupofbrownsugar
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