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 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 chart shows information about the average
income
of
families
in one country in 1968 and in 2018.
Overall
, in the given period, most
families
spent their
income
on food in 1968, and most
families
spent their
income
on leisure in 2018.
According to
the chart, in 1968, there are 35
percent
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of
families
spent their
income
on food,
while
there are only around 17
percent
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of
families
spent their
income
on food in 2018. In 2018, about 22
percent
of
families
spent their
income
on leisure which increased around 13
percent
from the
families
who spent their
income
on leisure in 1968. There are 10
percent
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of
families
spent their
income
on both housing and clothing in 1968. The percentage of
families
who spent
income
on housing increased from 10
percent
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to about 19
percent
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.
on the other hand
, the percentage of
families
who spent
income
on clothing and footwear decreased from 10
percent
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to 5
percent
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.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words income, families, percent with synonyms.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • compare
  • spending patterns
  • allocated
  • weekly income
  • significant changes
  • essential items
  • food
  • housing
  • clothing
  • leisure
  • communication
  • increase
  • decrease
  • twofold rise
  • substantial increase
  • quadrupling
  • declined
  • food and drink
  • slight increase
  • prioritizing
  • necessities
  • transitioned
  • portio
  • non-essential items
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