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 given bar chart illustrates the weekly expenditure of families

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their income in the years 1968 and 2018. It can be observed that food had the largest popularity among people in 1968, and the amount spent on fuel and power was the lowest.

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, the average of money spent on food was 35% in 1968, and

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figure halved by 2018, reaching just over 15%.

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, clothing and footwear dropped from 10

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to 5

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after half a century.

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, the expenditure on housing doubled, rising from 10% to nearly 20%.

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, the expenditure on transport and leisure activities increased substantially to 18% and 23% respectively.

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the amount of money allocated to fuel and power dropped minimally from 7% to just 5% in the year 2018,

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figure for household goods remained unchanged at 8%.

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, the money spent on personal goods decreased considerably from 8% to 4% after 50 years.