The chart below gives information about hoe families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the percentage of weekly income spending by families in a country in 1968 and 2019.

Overall

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, food and leisure occupied the highest spending options in 1968 and 2018, respectively. The expenditure on housing, housing, and leisure was increased; food, fuel and power, clothing and

footware

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footwear

, and personal goods were decreased.

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, the weekly spending on household goods was stable. People were spending almost one-fifth portion of their income on housing in 2018 which was almost double

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that in 1968.

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, more than 22% of their earnings were used for their leisure which is much greater than previous (less than 10%).

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, on transportation, people used around 14% compared to in 1968 they used close to 8%. There was no change in spending on household products in the two years which was approximately 8%.

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, the spending on food was drastically reduced in 2018 which was around 17%.

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, the proportion of the spending their weekly income on fuel and power was slightly higher (

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6%) than in 2018 (less than 5%). What is more, the weekly expenditure on personal products and clothing and

footware

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footwear

were 10% and approximately 8%, respectively in 1968 which were lower than in 2018 (5% and less than 4%, respectively).