The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.
The bar chart illustrates various activities that families spent with their weekly earnings in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, the most notable differences in weekly family spending were a significant decrease in food and a considerable increase in leisure activities.
Three categories, which are food, fuel and power, clothing and footwear saw a decrease from 1968 to 2018. Dropped from 35% in 1968 to around 17% in 2018, food was the highest in number. Linking Words
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, clothing and footwear Linking Words
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dipped from 10% to 5%, in 1968 and 2018, respectively. Linking Words
Moreover
, gas and electricity Linking Words
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saw a decline of about 2% from 1968 to 2018.
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Conversely
, other categories, which are housing, household products, transport, and leisure activities increased. Leisure was the highest with almost a 13% jump, followed by housing with 8%. Linking Words
While
household goods only increased moderately at around 0,5%, transport increased from 8% in 1968 to below 15% in 2018.Linking Words
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