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 displays the percentage of average weekly income spent on eight different categories by families in a country in the years 1968 and 2019.
Overall
, expenditure on housing and leisure activities witnessed a substantial increase from 1968 to 2018. Linking Words
On the contrary
, the proportion of weekly income spent on food observed a significant drop during the same period.
As can be seen from the chart, there was a sharp rise in spending on housing and leisure time between 1968 and 2018, of 9% and 14% respectively. Linking Words
Similarly
, the expenditure on transport Linking Words
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saw a relative increase, at approximately 15% in 2019.
Looking at the chart in more detail, the weekly money spent on food Linking Words
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clothing and footwear decreased sharply between 1968 and 2019, at 17% and 5% respectively. The expenditure on fuel and power and personal goods Correct word choice
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also
fell significantly in the same period, both at around 4%. Families spent the same amount of money on household goods in both years, at about 8%.Linking Words
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