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

The bar chart describes the proportions of the income families in one country spent on various aspects in 1968 and 2018. It is noticeable that food

is

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was

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the main expense of families in 1968,

while

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in 2018 the

spent

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spending

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of

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on

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leisure took place. Looking into more details, the percentage of the spending

of

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on

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food saw a most

dramatically

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dramatic

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decrease, which

drop

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dropped

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from 35% to around 17% throughout the year.

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, the

proportion

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of clothing

and

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apply

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footware

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footwear

and personal goods

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declined significantly, both almost reduced by half.

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,

although

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the

proportion

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of fuel and power

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saw a drop, it was a

slightly

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change. In comparison, the

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of housing, transport and leisure all doubled in the period of 50 years. Especially the percentage of leisure

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rose

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from about 9% to 23%, becoming the major expense in 2018, followed by housing at 19% and food

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at

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17%.

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, the

proportion

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of

houshold

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household

goods remained stable at around 8% during 1968-2018.