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.

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by families between 1968 and 2018.

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, the highest spending of weekly income by families was on food supplies,

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the lowest spending was on personal goods

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on fuel and power supplies. In 1968 the spending on food supplies was 35%,

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had a rapid reduction being about 16-17%.

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, spending

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leisure in 1968 was around 8-9%, facing a rapid increase of 22% in 2018.

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situation happened in spending for both transport and housing between 1968 and 2018. The spending

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transport was approximately 7% rising to 13-14% and spending on housing was roughly 10% increasing to 18-19% respectively. The lowest spending by families was for fuel and power, clothing and footwear

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personal goods. In 1968 spending for these were in peak around 6%, 10%,

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% respectively. But, in 2018 all of them troughed to 4%, 5% and 4%.

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, only spending for household goods were the same being approximately around 8% between 1968 and 2018.