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.

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.
The given bar chart depicts how families' incomes in a country
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spent on different categories in 2 specific years (1968 and 2018).
Overall
, food was invested most in 1968,
while
the spending was concentrated on leisure activities in 2018.
Additionally
,
although
fuel and power were purchased the least at the start, they
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still remaining their position as the category
along with
personal goods. Beginning with 3 fields where they were invested in more than others both at the start and the end. As for food, 35% of the families' income was concentrated on
this
factor,
however
,
this
number saw a downward trend to approximately 17% of spending per week. When it came to housing, there was only 10% of the families' income being consumed, which had an increased after that to nearly 19% of the expenditure.
Last
but not least, free time activities made up about 9% of the consumption, followed by a rise to 22%. Turning to the remaining spending both personal
as well as
household goods accounted for 8% of the investment, but the household ones remained unchanged,
whereas
personal products experienced a double drop to 4% being purchased weekly. It is noticeable that even though clothes started the period with 10% of the weekly expenditures and transport was just shy of 7%, the vehicle spending saw a more significant increase, which was nearly 3 times better than
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clothing. In terms of energy, it began the timeframe with 6% of the consumption and still kept its
last
rank among those categories being purchased regularly.
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