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
also
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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