The chart gives information about marriage and children in a selection countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given chart illustrates how money was allocated

into

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to

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different areas by families every week in two specific

year

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years

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of

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1968 and 2018.

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, expenditure on housing, transport and leisure witnessed an upward trend,

while

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the opposite was true for the remaining needs.

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, most

income

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was spent on food in 1968 but switched to leisure in 2018. Looking at the three areas which accounted for the most weekly expenditure, 35% of the family spending per week fell into food in 1968 before contracting by 10% in 2018. For transport and leisure,

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the proportion of money spent on these sectors was similar at around 7% in 1968, which

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went to nearly 15% and over 20% in 2018, respectively. Concerning other basic needs which made up for lower percentages of the weekly

income

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, these

number

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ranged around 6% in 1968, with clothing and

footware

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footwear

standing out with 10% of the

income

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per week. The figures for fuel and power

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clothing and

footware

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footwear

and personal goods

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dropped to 3% and 5% and 3% by 2018, in that order.

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, household goods

was

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the only area to remain stable in both years, at approximately 8% of the weekly

income

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