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

Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and  make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar chart demonstrates data regarding average weekly spending by households between 1968 and 2018.
Overall
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, it can be seen that
food
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and leisure were the highest expenditures in 1968 and 2018 respectively. The amount of
food
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, fuel, clothing, and personal goods decreased throughout the period,
while
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the figure for the rest either remained the same or increased. In terms of
food
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, the expenditure for
food
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declined significantly from 35% in 1968 to half in 2018.
Similarly
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, the number of clothing
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represented a fifty per cent decrease to 5% in 2018. A gentle drop in the percentage of fuel and personal goods took place from nearly 6% to around 4% and from roughly 8% to approximately 4% over the period. The money spent on leisure rose dramatically from just under 8% in 1968 to around 22% in 2018. There was a significant growth in the figure for housing by almost half to around 19% in 2018, and
this
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was followed by a sharp increase in the number of transport by around 7% in the same year.
On the contrary
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, the proportion of household goods remained over the time.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words food with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • expenditure
  • income
  • consumer habits
  • percentage
  • cost of living
  • discretionary spending
  • inflation-adjusted
  • financial priorities
  • budget allocation
  • socioeconomic changes
  • technological advancements
  • housing and utilities
  • goods and services
  • gain insight into
  • luxuries vs. necessities
  • trend analysis
  • significant increase/decrease
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