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 bar chart depicts the percentages of weekly expenditures by families in a country in 1968 and 2018.

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, expenses in all categories accounted

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than a quarter in both years, except for the cost of food, which made up the majority of spending in 1968. Looking in more detail, spending money on leisure activities reached the highest number in 2018, climbing just over double at 22% to 9% in 1968.

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, there was an increase in paying

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transport and housing, which accounted for 10% and 7% in 1968, rising to 19% and 14% in 2018, respectively. Meanwhile, household goods remained

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7% in both periods, showing no significant rise or fall.

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, families spent 35% of their weekly income solely on meals in 1968,

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dropped almost half in 2018, making up 17% of the total.

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decline was followed by other categories,

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as apparel and personal items, that halved in percentages,

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fuel and power fell slightly from 6% in 1968 to 4% in 2018.