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 given bar chart provides data on the percentage of different categories spent by households every week in 1968 and 2018.

Overall

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, it is obvious that the demand changed from basic needs to recreational

acitivities

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activities

while

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the money spent

for

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fuel and power remained the smallest expenditure. Regarding

accomodation

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accommodation

and food, the rate of money used for food

desreased

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decreased

by half from 35% to

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17% after 6 years.

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, the proportion of spending on housing nearly doubled, which was 10% in 1968 and 19% in 2018.

In addition

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, entertainment took place

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the highest expenditure in 2018, which accounted for 22%.

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, the travel fee

rised

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rose

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considerably - about

by

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6% during the selected period. Turing to personal and daily used items, the need

of

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for

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both clothes and personal goods saw a significant drop in 2018.

By

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the contrary, the proportion of

expense

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expenses

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for household appliances stayed unchanged at 8% in both selected years.

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but not least, the rates of total cost for fuel and energy remained the smallest. In

details

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, they accounted for 6% and 4% in 1968 and 2018, respectively.