The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

The bar chart compares families’ weekly

expenses

in a particular country in 1968 and 2018.

Overall

,

while

families spent most of their weekly income on food in 1968, leisure became the highest spending after five decades.

Additionally

, families used the least proportion of their income on fuel and power in both given years. In 1968, households spent a significant majority of their weekly salary on food, which accounted for 35%.

However

, it experienced a dramatic fall to just above 15% in 2018. The housing

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clothing and footwear

expenses

both stood at 10% in 1968. Five decades later,

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housing grew dramatically to just below one-fifth, for clothing and footwear, it decreased by 5%. Family spending on leisure doubled from just below 10% in 1968 to around 22% in 2018, exceeding their expense on food. Regarding the other categories, both family

expenses

on household

goods

, personal

goods

, and transport stood at around 8% and fuel and power accounted for approximately 6%.

Whereas

their spending on household

goods

remained the same, for personal

goods

and fuel and power, they decreased to the same level at just below 5% in 2018.

On the other hand

, transport

expenses

experienced a slight rise to around 14% in 2018.