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 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 illustrates what
percentage
of weekly
earning
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earnings
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of families spent on 7 categories in one country in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, in 1968 the highest
percentage
of families’
income
was spent on Food but in 2018 the highest
percentage
of
income
was expanded to Leisure. As can be seen, in 2018, people
expanded
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roughly 17% of their weekly
income
on Food but in 1968 Food was the most noticeable subject
which
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35% of
earning
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spent on
this
category. Evidently, the amount of
percentage
of weekly salaries
was
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spent on Household goods was the same in both years which was approximately 7%. Spending on Clothing and
footware
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footwear
, 5% of the weekly
income
of families was spent on
this
category in 2018
however
in 1968 the amount
of
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percentage
which
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spent on
this item
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was 2 times more than in 2018.
On the other hand
, the proportion of
income
was
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spent on Housing was 10%
while
, in 2018
this
figure reached
to
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just lower than 20%.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase your introduction. Words match: 67%.
Vocabulary: Replace the words percentage, income with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 5 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • compare
  • spending patterns
  • allocated
  • weekly income
  • significant changes
  • essential items
  • food
  • housing
  • clothing
  • leisure
  • communication
  • increase
  • decrease
  • twofold rise
  • substantial increase
  • quadrupling
  • declined
  • food and drink
  • slight increase
  • prioritizing
  • necessities
  • transitioned
  • portio
  • non-essential items
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