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 indicates the average weekly spending by families in 1968 and 2018. The family spending was divided into 8 categories,

such

as

food

, housing, fuel and power, clothing and

footware

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footwear

, household

goods

, personal

goods

, transport and

leisure

. The largest category of family spending in 1968 was

food

, whilst in 2019 it was

leisure

. In 1968, the average family allocated 35% of

theirweekly

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their weekly

income to

food

. Both housing and clothing and

footware

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footwear

contributed 10% to the total

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fund.

Whereas

, the other sectors,

such

as household, personal, transport and

leisure

, accounted for approximately 7-8%.

Moreover

, they spent the least on fuel and power with only 6%. The number changed a lot in 2018, most households no longer spent their money on buying meals the most. In fact, the percentage of

food

spending saw a drop to 16%. Meanwhile, the allocation for

accomodation

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accommodation

and

leisure

almost doubled from 10% to 19% for housing and 9% to 21% for

leisure

.

Thus

, in 2018 people tend to spend their money on their spare time. The transport cost

also

experienced a significant increase albeit the smaller one, only about

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% rise.

Additionally

,

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household

goods

spending was stagnant from 1968 to 2018.

In contrast

, fuel and power, clothing and

footware

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footwear

, and personal

goods

spendings

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experienced the same trend as

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food

spending.