The bart chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarize the information by selecting the main features, and make comparison where relevant

The chart compares how the income is spent by

families

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in 1968 and five decades later within a seven-day period.

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, the majority of expenditure in the baseline year was allocated for food

whereas

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leisure slightly dominated the budget used by the households in 2018. In 1968, exactly 35 per

cent

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of the

families

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' income was dedicated to food, or significantly higher than other allocations that accounted for no more than 10 per

cent

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.

Families

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' budget for housing,

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clothing and footwear represented one-tenth

each

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budget. Fuel and power contributed the smallest allocation amongst others by just above 5 per

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. Interestingly, the households' expenditure trends have significantly changed in 2018 except for household goods purchases which remained stable at 7 per

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. The biggest difference occurred in the decline of food spending to around 15 to 20 per

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the money needed to fulfil housing and leisure rose to almost two out of ten and just above one-fifth.

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, about 15 per

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of transport costs were required to be spent by the

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as compared to the previous five decades by just under 10 per

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, the remaining income allocations in 2018 were below 5 per

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