the chart below gives infromation about how families in one country spent threir weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

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in eight different categories in the 1968 and the 2018 years.

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the percentage of income which was spent in 1968 was higher in almost all categories, the number of expenditures in 2018 was lower.

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food spending, in 1968

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used to spend the biggest proportion, exactly 35%, which is slightly higher than in 2018, when it was a little bit more than 15%. For housing, they spent 10% in 1968,

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, in 2018,

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number became bigger almost 20%. Regarding fuel and power, in 1968, the percentage consisted of 10%, which is twice lower than in 2018, 5%. For household goods in both years,

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expenses were similar. The personal goods rate was approximately 8% in 1968, but

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in 2018 was smaller, nearly 4%.

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spent almost 10% of their budget on transport in 1968, which is relatively lower than in 2018, where

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number consisted of almost 15%.

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, the leisure results of 1968 showed around 8%,

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in 2018,

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rate was much higher, 23%.