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

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in a particular country in 1968 and 2018.

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

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, 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%.

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

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clothing and footwear

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

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the expense

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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

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on household

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, personal

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

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their spending on household

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remained the same, for personal

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

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, transport

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experienced a slight rise to around 14% in 2018.