WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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 information on the expenditures of families

at

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in

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one of the countries over the period of 1968 to 2018. The categories included Food, housing, Fuel and power, Clothing and

footware

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footwear

, Household

goods

, Personal

goods

, Transport,

Leisure

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and Leisure

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.

Overall

, it is worth

to note

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noting

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that

Food

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the Food

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and

Leisure

categories represented the highest expenditures.

However

, during 1968, Food showed

a

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an

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upward trend until it

droped

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dropped

in 2018,

while

in contrast

,

Leisure

bar showed a significant decrease before, rising to

neaely

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nearly

23% in 2018.

While

, Housing and Transport bars exhibited

upward

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an upward

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trend in 2018 by approximately 19% for Housing and 13% for Transport, the other categories including Fuel and power, Clothing and

footware

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footwear

, and Personal

goods

displayed a downward trend decreasing by relatively 3-5% in 2018.

However

, Household

goods

showed remained stable throughout the years.

Overall

, the bar chart

indicate

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indicates

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a significant shift in

familes'

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families'

spending nowadays, with higher spending amount for

Leisure

and Housing.