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 bar chart shows the changes in weekly earnings spent by families in one nation

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between

1968 and 2018.

Overall

, it can be seen that

although

the

expenditure

for housing, transport, and leisure rose rapidly, there was a significant drop in spending on the rest.

However

, the

expenditure

on household equipment remained unchanged over 50 years.

Initially

, it is evident that there was a two-fold decrease in food

expenditure

, which accounted for exactly 35% of

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from 1968 and declined to 2018.

Similarly

. the

expenditure

for

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clothing, personal goods, and gases which stood at under 10% of income, halved over the period,

whereas

the percentage of

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spending

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on household goods

was remained

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unchanged at the same time. Moving onto the remaining statistics, in 1968, not only did the

expenditure

on housing and leisure both stand at around 10%, but they

also

experienced a sharp increase to nearly 19% and 23% respectively over the next 50 years.

Additionally

, there was a 10% rise in spending on personal goods, which started at 8% during the period.