The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart presents a detailed overview of the percentage of weekly income spent on various purposes by each family in a country in 1968 and 2018. In general, families primarily focused their weekly wages on essential daily meals in 1968.

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, over the subsequent four decades, there was a noticeable shift in priorities, with a leading preference for investing in leisure activities.

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the data, 35% of the weekly income was allocated to food, compared to only 10% for housing and outfits in 1968. In the meantime, spending on other categories - including fuel and power, household and personal goods, transport, and recreational activities - varied between 6% and 8% during

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period. When considering the year 2018, the top priority was leisure, with about 23% of the weekly wages. Notably, consistent with the pattern in 1968, housing remained the second-largest expenditure, constituting nearly 20%. Regarding food, the country witnessed a significant fall in spending on food, decreasing by 15%. Meanwhile, the demand for transport increased considerably, by virtually 7%. For the remaining purposes, encompassing fuel and power, clothing and footwear, household and personal goods, they comprised under 10% of total weekly income.