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 the percentage of weekly income spending by families in a country in 1968 and 2018.

It is clear that

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

footware

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, and personal items decreased.

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, weekly spending on household products remained stable.(food) People spent almost one-fifth of their income on housing in 2018, nearly twice as much as in 1968.

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, more than 22% of their earnings were used for their leisure, which was significantly more than before (less than 10%).

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, for transportation, people used about 14% compared to 1968, when the corresponding figure was merely 8%. For both years, spending on household goods stayed consistent at 8%.

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, the amount spent on food dropped significantly from 35% to 17% in 2018.

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, the proportion of spending of the weekly income on fuel and power was slightly higher (nearly 6%) than in 2018 (less than 5%).

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, in 1968, weekly

expenditure

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on clothing and

footware

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footwear

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