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 horizontal bar chart depicts the average amount required for a week on essentials by families in a country in 1968 and 2018.

Overall

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, there is an unstable trend in the expenditure when compared year-wise. But food expenses remain among the top list of expenses in both years. In 1968, people spent more than one-third of their income on food and 10% on both Housing and clothes.

In contrast

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, people in 2018 gave priority towards leisure and housing with almost 22% and 19% and food was given just over 15%. Among other essentials, transportation was given approximately 14% in 2018 and almost 8% in 1968. Expenses on clothing, fuel and personal goods remained less than or equal to 5% in 2018.

Whereas

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in 1968 the income spent on personal goods and leisure was almost the same. The average spending on household products remained the same nearly 7% in both years. Fuel took around 6% in 1968.