The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart compares the percentage of weekly income that families spent weekly in one country,
according to
the year(1968 and 2018) and eight categories.
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Overall
, it is noticeable that Linking Words
food
was the highest expense by families in 1968, Use synonyms
while
in 2018, leisure spending was higher than Linking Words
food
, and the spending on Use synonyms
food
was reversed from 1968.
To be specific, in 1968, the income spent on Use synonyms
food
stood at 35%, two times higher than in 2018. Regarding housing and clothing, which involved footwear, 10% of salary was spent on both in 1968; Use synonyms
however
, people tended to spend more on the former and less on the latter in 2018, approximately 18% and 5%, respectively.
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On the other hand
, there was the same percentage of spending on household goods, personal goods and transport at around 8% in 1968, compared to 2018, personal goods reduced by half, and transport rose to 14%. Linking Words
Furthermore
, leisure expenses went up from just 9% to 23%, being a dramatic growth among the eight categories from the given year.Linking Words
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