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

The given bar chart illustrates the comparison of people’s living costs in different parts. The graph shows the expense of living in eight items, including meals, housing and leisure. Generally, what stands out from the graph is that the expense of food, fuel and power, clothing and footwear

as well as

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personal goods were decreased.

On the other hand

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, the cost of housing, transport and leisure increased except

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household goods which have remained stable. In terms of food

that is

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not as important as leisure in 2018,

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, in 1968, it was the reverse which in order was 30 per

cent

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and just over 15 per

cent

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of costs which meal was the most important part of prices for people in 1968. As regards housing,

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equal in expenses to clothing and footwear in 1968 which was a tenth of expenses, whilst in 2018 housing was in second place and clothing and footwear were in fifth place.

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, under five per

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of prices belonged to fuel and power in 2018 which was the same as personal equipment,

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in 1968 the fuel and power were not quite as important as private merchandise.

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, household commodities were nowhere near as necessary as transport in 2018, in fact, the transport costs in 2018 were twice as vital as household equipment, but in 1968 they were the same at just under 10 per

cent

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