The graph illustrates the costs of households based on their income per week in a country in years 1968 and 2018

Overall

, the most downward trends belonged to clothing/footwear and food, falling to

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half of their initial amounts in 2018

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there was a significant rise in leisure activities. The cost of household goods stayed constant in both years. It is noticeable that food and leisure accounted for the highest percentage of family costs weekly in 1968 and 2018, respectively. in 2018, the proportion of food declined considerably from 35% to nearly 17%

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the share of clothing and footwear has fallen by 50%, reaching one in ten.

On the other hand

, leisure experienced a substantial growth from under 10

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to over 20

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fifty years.

In addition

, the family spent twice their average income for housing in 2018 compared to 1968, rising from one in ten to about twenty. Regarding the lowest proportions, fuel and power were just over 5%, and personal goods and fuel/power were

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below 5% in 1968 and 2018, respectively. The percentage of household goods remained stable at about 7%.