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 displays how much households spend their weekly budget in a single country between generations who

lives

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in the years 1968 and 2018.

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, the way families spend their expenditure has changed in the

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five decades. Most notably, in 2018 leisure and housing have overtaken food as the largest areas of expense. In 1968 households spent most of their income on food, accounting for 35%.

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, in 2018,

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figure drastically declined by almost half to around 17%. In 1968, the proportion of other categories spent never exceeded 10%.

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, leisure and housing both showed a significant increase in 2018, replacing food as the largest expenses with approximately 22% and 19% of family income respectively. Expenditure on transport

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rose to nearly 15% per week,

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budget spending on household goods remained the same at around 7%. In comparison, other categories of fuel and power, clothing and footwear, and personal goods experienced a reduction of no more than 5% each of weekly income.