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

The bar graph illustrates data about average weekly spending by families during a half-century period between 1968 and 2018.

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, it can be seen that in the first year food, almost all categories saw the highest results, except for transport and leisure, where figures witnessed the highest points in the

last

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year. Looking at the details, in 1968, food was nowhere near as high as housing, at 35% and 10%, respectively.

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, in 2018, the latter doubled to 20%,

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the food halved to 17%. What is more, clothing and

footware

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footwear

(10%) was almost as high as fuel and power (5%).

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, in the next year, both groups witnessed a similar point at 5%. Regarding the other changes, household and personal goods started at 8%, but in 2018, the former remained unchanged,

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the latter halved to 4%m. Transport increased slightly by 7%, from 7% to 14%. A final change is that leisure boomed, from 8% to 22%.