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 bar chart below demonstrates how households have spent their weekly income between 1968 and 2018 in one country. In general, it is evident that in 1968 people spent most of their money on food

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in 2018 families spent more money on leisure activities.

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with, in 1968, food used to take up 35% of weekly income, compared to only 17% now. Housing has seen a rise, almost doubling its predecessor in 1968, standing at approximately 20%. The demand for fuel and power has slightly decreased, now accounting for only 3% of the salary. Clothing and footwear have followed a downward trend, with the percentage of weekly income being spent on

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category halving from 10% to 5%. Household goods have stayed the same at somewhere between 5% and 19%,

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personal goods have gone down to below 5%. The

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two categories, transport and leisure, started out with nearly the same percentage, but after 50 years, the amount of money they take up has reached 14% and around 22% respectively.