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 illustrates data on weekly family expenditure in a specific country in 1968 and 2018.

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, in 2018, families spent the most on leisure items, which was roughly three times that in 1968.

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, the largest expenditure in 1968 was on food. Over the course of fifty years, only household goods remained at the same percentage of total spending. In 2018,

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leisure items were the only

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that exceeded 20% of weekly family

income

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, reaching around 23%.

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, spending on housing and food ranked second and

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at about 19% and 17%, respectively. Among other types of spending,

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as fuel and power, clothing and footwear, household goods, personal goods, and transport, only transport exceeded 10% of weekly family

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and was higher than in 1968. Notably, in 1968, food was the most significant weekly expenditure for families, accounting for 35% of their

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, making it the largest

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of spending that year.

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, no other

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exceeded 10% of weekly

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. That year, families spent 10% of their

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on both housing and clothing & footwear.