The bar chart provides information about how families in a country spent weekly income in both 1968 and in 2018.

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spending per week for

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households

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in a given country in the years 1968 and 2018.

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it is clear that

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leisure activities had the highest share in average consumption costs of each family,

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that of food was the least. In 1968, families spent most on food,

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35 % of their weekly income.

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, expenditures on housing, clothing and footwear each accounted for 10 % of the weekly income.

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, the costs of personal goods, transport, and leisure activities became more similar, with components standing between 6 and just over 8 per cent. In 2018, the average prices of leisure had the largest portion of consumption at around 23 per cent,

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average spending on fuel and power, personal goods and clothing and footwear all had a depletion to no more than 5 %.

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the pattern of food, housing and transport were noticeably different, money spent on household goods remained at roughly 7%.