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 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 bar chart illustrates the percentage of average family expenditure in a particular country in weekly revenue in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, it can be seen that
food
was the highest spent in 1968,
while
in 2018,
food
experienced a decrease and housing and leisure overtake.  In detail, in 1968,
food
was the biggest contributor to expenditure, accounting for 35% of weekly income, and it felt a dramatic decrease in 2018 of just under 20%.
While
the others outlay only around 10% of their weekly income in 1968, only housing, clothing, and footwear were around 10%; the others were just under 10%. 
Conversely
, in 2018, housing and leisure accounted for the biggest contributors
outlay
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and exceeded
food
; the expenditure
of
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housing and leisure was around 20%. Meanwhile, transport was up just under 15%; it is almost triple.
Besides
that, the other outlays remained stable at just under 10% of their weekly income.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words food with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "just under" was used 4 times.

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