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 bar chart shows information about the expenditure of weekly

families

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family

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income in a country in 1968 and 2018, measuring in percentage.

Overall

, the primary

expanses

of income

was

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were

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dedicated

for

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to

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food, but a

half century

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later, leisure did.

Initially

, the most substantial income accounted for food at 35%, followed by clothing and

footware

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footwear

, and housing

in

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at

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a small rate.

Thus

, the same proportion was allocated to transport, household goods, and personal goods, amounting

about

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9%. Notably, in 2018,

the

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food underwent significantly a

down trend

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which had almost

a

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half of expenditure compared to in the past by about 12%.

However

, housing

expanses

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expenses

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surged

to

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by one a fifth;

moreover

, families used more money for leisure activities

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approximately 22%. Transport

expanses

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expenses

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climbed to around 14% in 2018, almost doubling about 7% allocation in 1968. The spending on household goods took the remaining rate, but Fuel and power

expanses

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expenses

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were plugged from above 5% to around 4%, taking the least of spending.