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 figure displays the rate of expenditure of families' weekly income in a country between 1968 and 2018.

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, some categories of

spendings

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experienced drastic declines since 1968, where families spent less on food, fuel and power, fashion and personal goods and spent more on housing, transport and leisure. Since 1968, Food

expenses

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have decreased significantly by around 18% of weekly income, which recorded

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significant changes compared to other spending.

Expenses

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such

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as fuel, wearable items and personal goods decreased modestly by around 3%, 5% and 4%

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. Leisure

expenses

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is

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are

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one of the highest

expenses

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that families are willing to spend in 2018, where the figure increased significantly by around 10% compared to 1968.

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increments

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showed in other categories,

such

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as housing

that

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which

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increased by 10% and transport by 5%. The remaining

expenses

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, household goods, are still on par since 1968 at 8%.