The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.
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The bar graph presents how the average family from one particular country spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
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, food was the largest expense in 1968.
However
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, most notably, the expenses on housing and leisure had a significant increase by 2018 compared to 1968. In 1968, families
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most weekly income on food, at nearly 35%, making it almost twice as high as in 2018.
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, there was no other expense that exceeded 10% in 1968. In comparison, in 2018, housing and leisure had overtaken food with roughly 19% and 22% respectively, which were the largest expenditures of weekly family income. In 2018, transport expenses
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saw a rise, to almost 15%.
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, household goods remained the same amount of expense in both years.
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, the proportion of family weekly expenses on fuel and power, clothing and
footware
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footwear
, and personal goods saw a decrease to no more than 5%.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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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