the chart below give information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
The bar charts illustrate percentages of weekly spending on 8 aspects (
food
, housing, fuel and power, clothing and footwear, household goods, personal goods, transport, and leisure
) in households in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, formerly, the households spent more money
on food
in 1968, lattery, leisure
was the majority aspect that the families spent most of their money
in 2018. In contrast
, the least amount of money
was spent on fuel and power in the period given. Furthermore
, the most significant disparity in money
distributed was on food
.
In terms of food
, people spent about 35% of their funds in 1968, compared to just around 20% in 2018. Similarly
, clothing and footwear, fuel and power, and personal goods were spent 5-10% in 1968, this
amount was higher than only below 5% in 2018.
On the other hand
, the amount of money
paid out on housing, transport, and leisure
was less in 1968 than in 2018. Approximately 10% was spent on housing and leisure
respectively in 1968, as opposed to both aspects, which had around 20% in 2018. As regards transport, which had 10% in 1968, it increased to around 15% in 2018.
Conversely
, the only aspect that had similar percentages of weekly funds was household golds, which accounted for around 8% throughout 4 decades.Submitted by ru.kabiru.biru on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words food, leisure, money with synonyms.
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