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

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bar chart compares the two years, 1968 and 2018, in terms of how people in one country allocated their weekly expenditures to eight distinct categories. Generally speaking, it can be clearly seen that

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expenses for household appliances remained studied,

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proportions in other categories experienced an alteration. In 2018, there was a massive decline in the proportion of food consumption compared to 1968.

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expenditures for leisure activities increased approximately 13

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, the proportion allocated to fuel and power has decreased more over time. The weekly income allocated for clothing and footwear witnessed a halving in 2018. Compared to 1968, spending on transport in 2018 seemed to have surged by roughly 10

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. In conclusion,

while

in 1968 a significant portion of the weekly income, approximately 35 per cent, was allocated to food, in 2018, the majority of the household budget was directed towards leisure activities.