The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2018.
The bar chart depicts the average weekly expense for households in a specific country during 1968 and 2018. There are 8 different types of expenses, comprised of
food
, housing, fuel and power, clothing and footwear, household goods, personal goods, transport, and leisure. Unit is measured in percentage.
In general, the biggest weekly expense in 1968 was food
. However
, their habit of spending their income was shifted to leisure activities in
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semi-century
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In addition
, people’s spending on fuel and power has consistently been the smallest portion over the given year.
Food
was a notable expense category in 1968, it accounted for 35% of overall
expenses. On the contrary
, leisure was the largest expenditure in 2018 and food
became the third rank (~17%). Furthermore
, in 1968, the rest of the categories only accounted for less than 10% of weekly earnings in each category.
Besides
, fuel and power were the least family’s spending in 1968 and 2018. Even so, the expenditure was reduced by ~2%, from 6% to 4%. Followed by personal goods was 7% and 4% in 1968 and 2018, respectively.Submitted by rifki.lufthansa on
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