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 graph compares the data about weekly expenditures for one family in the chosen country in the years 1968 and 2018.

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, it was usual for people to spend more money on food and clothing, as they started to use their money for leisure and housing. By that time all sources of spending showed an increase or decrease , except for household products. Habitation and leisure expenses have risen significantly , from approximately 10% of income to 20% , doubling their expenditure . Transport expenditure

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rose and reached from 8% to a little less than 15% of weekly income. In the 70th, things like food and clothes were prioritized. The average expenditure on food accounted for 35% of the weekly profit ,

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clothing accounted payed 10% of it. These numbers declined by 2018 , hitting 17 and 5 percent, respectively. Other outlays , like fuel and personal goods , fell by a small amount and reached 8

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