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

The bar chart illustrates data on the weekly expenditure of various families living in one country in 2 different years, particularly 1968 and 2018.

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in 1968 the biggest part of

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was spent on food, in 2018

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position was replaced with leisure activities. To start, the maximum of

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chart was observed in 1968 and was represented by food consumption constituting exactly 35%.Expenses on household and clothing and footwear were equal to 10% which was the second highest result for that year.

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, household

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, personal

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, transport

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leisure owe the same position of approximately 8%,

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almost 6% of income was spent on fuel and power. The top 3 positions on which the biggest part of the weekly income was spent in 2018 belonged to leisure, housing and food which comprised about 23%, 19% and 17% respectively.

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, transport expenses made up nearly 15%

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with household

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which made up 7%. Fewest money was spent on fuel and power and personal

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, particularly less than 5%