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. Write at least 150 words.
The bar chart provides the breakdown of different types of weekly expenditure by families in one country in 1968 and in 2018.
Overall
, Linking Words
it is clear that
in 1968, the highest amount of spending went for food, three times as high as the second highest option; Linking Words
however
, in 2018, leisure is on top of the list. Notably, families tended to spend the least proportion of their income on fuel and power throughout the period shown.
In 1968, families spent %30 of their wages on food, making it far higher than housing and clothing and footwear at %10. Other options, Linking Words
such
as leisure, transport, personal Linking Words
goods
, and household Use synonyms
goods
, had roughly the same amount, accounting for %7 or %8 of their weekly income.
In 2018, leisure made up the majority of the proportions at about %22, slightly more than housing and food at 19 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively. Use synonyms
In contrast
, fuel-and-power and personal Linking Words
goods
constitute a mere %4. Interestingly, spending on clothing and footwear halved during the period, reaching %5, Use synonyms
whereas
the expenditure on household Linking Words
goods
remained the same at approximately %8.Use synonyms
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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