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 chart below illustrates how families in one country spent their salaries every week in 1968 and in 2018.
To begin
, food takes a big portion of the weekly
income
. In 1968 food took 35 per
cent
of the weekly
income
,
however
, decreased by 18 per
cent
in 2018.
Moreover
, housing
takes
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took
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20 per
cent
of weekly
income
in 2018 and only 10 per
cent
in 1968.
Furthermore
, leisure noticed a large increase in 2018 with 23 per
cent
and 9 per
cent
in 1968. Fuel and power lowered by 2 per
cent
in 2018.
In addition
, clothing and footwear decreased by 5
percent
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per cent
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in 2018. Transport took 7 per
cent
of weekly
income
in 1986 and 14 per
cent
in 2018.
Finally
, household goods remained with the same 7 per
cent
of the weekly
income
in both 2018 and 1968. In conclusion, it is noticeable that people became more aware of their personal
spendings
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spending
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as the
overall
weekly spending decreased.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words income, cent with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Only 5 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: The word "decreased" 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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