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 provides key information about the mean of weekly expenditures by families in 1968 and 2018.

Overall

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, it is clear from the chart that the majority of

families

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families'

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spending is on food.

In addition

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, in 2018 people spent mainly on

lesuire

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lesuires

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,

whereas

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in 1968 expenses of

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were limited.

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what is shown, in 1968, 35% of

households

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household

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expenditure was on food,

while

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only 10% on housing.

Additionally

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, around 7% of their spending was on fuel and power,

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however

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and however

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tenth of their income was spent on clothing. People spent an

equivelant

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proportion

in

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on

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household and personal goods with a total of nearly 7%. In terms of 2018, more than a fifth of their expenditure was on leisure,

while

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less than 5% was on transport.

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, approximately 8% of

families

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families'

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income was spent on household goods,

whereas

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less than 5% was on personal items. In

comparision

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comparison

with the low

expeenditure

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expenditure

on housing in 1968, nearly

fifth

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a fifth

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of the weekly income was spent on housing.

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, fuel and clothing expenses were 5% and 4% respectively.