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 chart illustrates families' weekly spending patterns in terms of eight categories in a country during the years 1968 and 2018.

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, it is evident that

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there was a significant tendency towards food among households in 1968, the figure changed to leisure activities in 2008. Looking at the year 1968, food was the absolute leader in the market, allocating 35% of the families' weekly expenditure to itself.

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, Housing, clothing and, footwear got the second place, each accounting for 10% of the average spending.

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, other categories were less invested in, with transport, household and personal goods contributing to less than 10%. Notably, fuel and power showed the least investment at just above 5%. Regarding 2018, Leisure became the most preferred investment category at more than a fifth of the whole capture.

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, spending on housing was at approximately 20%, outrunning foods which contributed to nearly 15%. Meanwhile, the capture for transport comprised roughly 15% of families' expenditure, followed by household goods which remained unchanged at less than 10%.

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, personal goods, clothing and footwear, and fuel and power were less spent

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year with each accounting for around 5%.