The chart below gives 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 chart below gives 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 chart shows the average weekly spending by families in a specific country in 1968 and 2018. It is evident that fuel and power
accounts
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for the least proportion of weekly spending in both years.
Also
, leisure saw the largest growth from 1968 to 2018. In 1968, families spent a significant amount of weekly income on
food
, with 35%.
While
the other seven figures were all lay between 5% to 10%, they were evenly distributed in the spending in 1968.
On the other hand
, in 2018, leisure replaced
food
to become the largest spending, which was approximately 22% of the weekly income. Followed by housing(19%),
food
(17%), and transport(14%). The
remained
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4 categories were all less than 10%, with fuel and power having the smallest percentage(4%). Looking at the trend in the 40 years, the proportion of
the
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leisure
expense
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expenses
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became
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double
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.
Similarly
, housing and transport spending grew almost double.
While
food
, clothing and
footware
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footwear
,
personal
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and personal
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goods
fall
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almost 50%, the percentage of weekly income spent on household goods remained unchanged.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words food with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • compare
  • spending patterns
  • allocated
  • weekly income
  • significant changes
  • essential items
  • food
  • housing
  • clothing
  • leisure
  • communication
  • increase
  • decrease
  • twofold rise
  • substantial increase
  • quadrupling
  • declined
  • food and drink
  • slight increase
  • prioritizing
  • necessities
  • transitioned
  • portio
  • non-essential items
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