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 presents data on the average weekly family expenses in a specific country in 1968 and 2018.

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household

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spending

underewent

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underwent

significant

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transformation between 1968 and 2018.

While

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food

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consumption dominated in 1968, by 2018,

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household

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households

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placed greater emphasis on leisure, housing, and transportation expenses.

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household

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goods maintained the same share of total consumption. In 2018, leisure activities were the only category that exceeded 20% of total expenditure, accounting for around 23%.

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this

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category, housing and

food

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ranked second and

third,

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accounting for 19% and 17%, respectively. Other areas of spending, including fuel and power, clothing and footwear,

household

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goods, and personal goods, each

consituted

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constituted

less than 10%,

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transport,

suprassed

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surpassed

13%, exceeded the figure for 1968. Notably, in 1968, spending on

food

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represented 35% of family income, making it the highest proportion. Apart from

food

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, no other category exceeded 10% of total consumption. That year, families primarily directed funds into housing, clothing and footwear, both of them making up 10% of family income.