The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summerise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The provided bar chart illustrates the average amount used up for a week by families in one nation between 1968 and 2018.

Overall

,

it is clear that

most of the family income was allocated for meals in 1968.

However

, the majority of family wages were spent on entertainment in 2018.

Moreover

, fuel and power accounted for the lowest

proportion

in both years. Having looked at the bar chart for more details, we can see that in 1968, people paid for food more than one-third of their income, which doubled the number of meals in 2018.

However

, the percentage of housing was 10% in 1968, less than half of the

proportion

of the year 2018.

Furthermore

, just above 6% of salaries was allocated for fuel and power and it decreased to 4% in 2018.

In addition

, citizens spent 10% of their cash on clothing and footwear in 1968, which doubled the figure for clothing and footwear in 2018.

By contrast

, the

proportion

of household goods was the same level at nearly 7% in both 1968 and 2018.

Additionally

, the quantity of personal goods was around 7% in 1968 and it dropped to 4% in 2018.

Moreover

, transport’s figure was approximately 7% in 1968 and it reached around a sixth in 2018. Notably, the

proportion

of leisure was approximately 10% in 1968,

then

it jumped substantially to above 22% in 2018.