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 illustrates how households in a particular country allocated their weekly earnings across various categories in 1968 and 2018.

Overall

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, most families spent the biggest part of their money on

food

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but paid less for other categories,

as a result

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, there was a big difference between the figures. In 2018, the expenditure by families on

food

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decreased and society started to pay more for their leisure. Obviously, in both years, the same percentage of average spending was devoted to household

goods

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. To start,

food

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was the top priority for families in 1968 owing to the fact that they spent 35% of their weekly income on it. The same rate, particularly 10% was used on housing

as well as

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clothing and

footware

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footwear

. Clearly, a similar part of the budget was distributed on household

goods

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and personal

goods

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as well as

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transport and leisure, under 10%.

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, less money was spent on fuel and power, a bit over 5%.

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, in 2018, members of society spent more money to address their needs in leisure, housing and

food

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, approximately 23%, 19% and 17% respectively.

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the figure for transport made up about 15%, spending on other items decreased in comparison with 1968 being less equal or less than 5%. The only exception is the spending on household

goods

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due to

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staying in the same position.