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.

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of average weekly costs by families in several different

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in 1968 and

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2018.

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of food was the highest among all

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in 1968.

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of weekly costs was dominated by leisure in 2018. In detail, there was a significant decrease in the

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spent on food, which saw the most substantial drop from 1968 to 2018, decreasing by around 18%, from 35% in 1968 to 17% in 2018.

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also

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saw decreases from 1968 to 2018.

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for clothing and footwear, personal goods, and fuel and power were 10%, 8%, and 6% in 1968, respectively, about half the

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in 2018. At the other end of the spectrum, leisure costs witnessed the greatest increase, rising from around 9% in 1968 to approximately 22% in 2018. Some

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for housing and transport in 2018 were 18% and 13%, respectively, nearly double their

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in 1968, which were 10% and 8%. It is notable that the

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for household goods remained stable at around 8% between 1968 and 2018.