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The chart belows gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018

The chart belows gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018
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bar chart illustrates the average weekly expenditure by families in one country in 1968 and 2008.
Overall
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, people spent on
food
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 the most in 1968
while
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 people in 2008 spent on leisure the most.
To begin
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 with, in 1968, households spent 35% of their weekly income on
food
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 and it was significantly higher compared to the other categories.
Following
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this
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, the percentage of housing and "clothing and footwear" was a tenth.
Subsequently
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, other sectors only showed a negligible rate, with below 10%. To be specific, families only spent about 9% on leisure.
Moreover
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, household
goods
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, personal
goods
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, and transport reached about 8%.
Lastly
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, the least spent sector, "Fuel and power" was approximately 6%.
On the other hand
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, the expenditure towards
food
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 decreased by half. Around 17% of weekly income was allocated
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food
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.
However
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, the leisure and housing categories gained popularity. The rate was about 22% and 19%, respectively.
Furthermore
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, the figure for transport
also
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 increased by almost double, to 14%. The percentage for household
goods
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 remained the same.
Lastly
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, "Fuel and power", "Clothing and furniture", and personal
goods
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 showed a minor allocation.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "lastly".
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Conclusion: The conclusion is too long.
Vocabulary: Replace the words food, goods with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "showed" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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