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 chart presents a comparison of the average weekly expenditure by families as a proportion of their weekly income between the years 1968 and 2018, which has been divided into 8 distinctive
categories
.
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Overall
, three Linking Words
categories
have seen an increase in their spending (housing, leisure, transport), Use synonyms
meanwhile
four Add a comma
meanwhile,
categories
experienced a notable decrease in their consumption (Use synonyms
food
, fuel and power, cloth and footwear, and personal Use synonyms
goods
). Having said Use synonyms
this
, one Linking Words
category
(household Use synonyms
goods
) has seen no change in its expenditure pattern.
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Firstly
, of the three sections that have experienced a reduction, the fuel and power Linking Words
category
has seen the most marginal change, with a reduction from over 5% of weekly income to approximately 4%, unlike Use synonyms
food
which has seen the largest drop in its consumption from 35% to roughly 17%. Use synonyms
Therefore
, Linking Words
this
means that spending on Linking Words
food
has almost halved in Use synonyms
this
half of a century. Linking Words
Similarly
, the percentage of weekly income on personal Linking Words
goods
decreased as well from around 7% to under 5%, albeit Use synonyms
this
was not as drastic as the surge in the Linking Words
food
Use synonyms
category
.
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On the other hand
, leisure spending increased throughout the period from around 9% to roughly 22%, meaning that it had the biggest gain in its consumption. Despite both transport and housing experiencing a Linking Words
noticable
increase with roughly 10% and 9% growth respectively, Correct your spelling
noticeable
this
was not as precipitous as the growth in the demand for leisure. Linking Words
Furthermore
, contrary to the previously highlighted Linking Words
categories
, the quantity spent on household Use synonyms
goods
remained constant at around 7% in both years. Use synonyms
However
, Linking Words
this
is an anomaly as it was the only Linking Words
category
to have experienced no change.Use synonyms
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Vocabulary: Replace the words categories, food, goods, category with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "change" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "growth" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reduction" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "roughly" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
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