The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2017.

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2017.
The column chart illustrates the weekly expenditures of households in a particular country in the years 1968 and 2017.
Overall
, most of the weekly
income
was spent on food and leisure in 1968 and 2017 respectively.
However
, families spent the lowest amount of their
income
on fuel and power in both years.
To begin
with, the proportion of food was the highest at 35% in 1968,
whereas
,
this
figure was much lower in 2017 at 17%.
Moreover
, 10% of families’ weekly
income
was spent on housing in 1968,
however
, it rose to nearly 19% in 2017.
Besides
, fuel and power accounted for the lowest proportion in 1968 and 2017 with 6% and 4% respectively.
Furthermore
, in 2017, families
used to spend
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twice as much money as families in 1968 on clothing
and
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footwear and personal goods.
In addition
, the percentage of weekly
income
on household goods was equal at 7% in both years.
Nonetheless
, the percentage of weekly expenditure on transport and leisure was higher by 5% and 14% respectively in 2017 than in 1968.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Weekly income
  • Expenditure
  • Consumption patterns
  • Cost of living
  • Discretionary spending
  • Inflation
  • Economic indicators
  • Demographics
  • Socio-economic factors
  • Technology advancements
  • Government policies
  • Consumerism
  • Lifestyle changes
  • Fiscal habits
  • Budget allocation
  • Financial priorities
  • Societal trends
  • Purchasing power
  • Income distribution
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