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 given bar chart illustrates the data of mean weekly spend of income by families in one country for years 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, the
share
of housing, transport and leisure increased in the timeframe.
However
, the
share
of food, fuel and power, clothing and
footware
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footwear
and personal
goods
decreased in the trajectory.
Also
, the
share
of household
goods
did not change at the same time. The
share
of housing was about 10
percent
in 1968 and it raised to 18
percent
in 2018.
Similarly
, the transport was 8
percent
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per cent
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in 1968 and raised to 18
percent
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in 2018.
Also
, leisure was nearly 9
percent
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per cent
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in 1968 and raised to approximately 22
percent
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per cent
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.
However
, the
share
of household
goods
did not change and it remains at almost 7
percent
. The
share
of food was 35
percent
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in 1968 and decreased to more or less 17
percent
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per cent
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in 2018. Fuel and power were 10
percent
in 1968 and decreased to nearly 4
percent
. Clothing and
footware
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footwear
was 10
percent
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per cent
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in 1968 and it decreased to 5
percent
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per cent
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. Personal
goods
were approximately 9
percent
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per cent
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and it decreased to nearly 4
percent
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per cent
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.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "also, however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words share, goods, percent with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "change" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 3 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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