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 on the average expenditures of families,

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the year(1968 and 2018) and eight categories.

Overall

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, it is noticeable that

food

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was the highest expense by families in 1968,

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in 2018, entertainment spending was higher than

food

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, and the spending on

food

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was reversed from 1968. To be specific, in 1968, the income spent on

food

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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;

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, people tended to spend more on the former and less on the latter in 2018, approximately 18% and 5%, respectively.

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, 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%.

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, leisure expenses went up from just 9% to 23%, being a dramatic growth among the eight categories from the given year.