The bar chart illustrates the proportion of household expenditure in one country spent their weekly salary in two different years in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, in 1968, Linking Words
families
spent a huge amount of their weekly Use synonyms
income
on food, Use synonyms
while
in 2018, Linking Words
families
spent their weekly salary on buying or renting either a house or apartment and Use synonyms
also
spent on leisure. Linking Words
However
, in both years Linking Words
families
spent equally of their weekly Use synonyms
income
on household goods.
Use synonyms
Firstly
, in 1968, food had the highest percentage of weekly purchases by households with 35 per cent, Linking Words
while
Linking Words
families
in 2018 spent only 14 per cent of their weekly Use synonyms
income
. People in 1968, spent most of their weekly Use synonyms
income
on clothing, power and personal goods more than people in 2018, which were 10%, 8% and 6% respectively, Use synonyms
while
in 2018, were only 5%, 4% and 4% of their weekly spending.
Linking Words
Secondly
, households in 2018, spent a lot of their weekly Linking Words
income
on their leisure time more than Use synonyms
families
in 1968, which was 22% in 2018, and only 8% in 1968. Use synonyms
Additionally
, by 2018, housing came to second place in weekly spending with 19%, and following that, was transportation which was 14% of their weekly Linking Words
income
, Use synonyms
while
Linking Words
families
in 1968, spent only 10% on housing and 8% on public transport. Use synonyms
Finally
, in both years 1968 and 2018 Linking Words
families
spent the same amount of their weekly Use synonyms
income
on household items which was 7 per cent.Use synonyms
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