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

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.
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The bar chart illustrates the distribution of how families spent their weekly budget in a certain country in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, food
expenses
were
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noticeably outweighed
to
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other
expenses
 in 1968,
while
 leisure purchases took the lead in 2018. Household
good
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expenses
,
on the other hand
, remained its
same
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 level in both years. Regarding food
expenses
, they had the vast majority of weekly costs with 35% in 1968,
however
, it dropped steeply to approximately 20% in 2018. Fuel and power charges showed
the
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 similar trend as well, but there was a slight decrement
with
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 about 2%.
Also
, clothing and
footware
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footwear
 and personal
good
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 charges halved between 1968 and 2018. Turning to housing
expenses
, there was a noticeable rising pattern from 10% to slightly under 20%.
Similarly
, transport costs increased by nearly 7%,
whereas
 leisure purchases rose sharply from just under
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10% to approximately 22%.
On the other hand
, household charges levelled off with nearly 8%.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Weekly income
  • Expenditure
  • Consumption patterns
  • Cost of living
  • Discretionary spending
  • Inflation
  • Economic indicators
  • Demographics
  • Socio-economic factors
  • Technology advancements
  • Government policies
  • Consumerism
  • Lifestyle changes
  • Fiscal habits
  • Budget allocation
  • Financial priorities
  • Societal trends
  • Purchasing power
  • Income distribution
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