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 line chart shows to family's weekly

expenditure

Use synonyms

in a particular country, in 1968 and 2018.

Overall

Linking Words

, we can see a striking and pleasant change in individual

expenditure

Use synonyms

;

While

Linking Words

they were involved with providing food as the most expensive matter in 1968, they were engaged in investment in leisure in 2018 as the most important

expenditure

Use synonyms

. In 1968,

refreshment

Fix the agreement mistake

refreshments

show examples

accounted for 35% of a family's income and

was

Correct subject-verb agreement

were

show examples

by far the largest payout. Second place belonged to housing and clothing, which stood at the same level with 10%. Other categories ,

such

Linking Words

as fuel and power, household and personal goods, transport and leisure, allocated between 7% to 9% of families'

salary

Fix the agreement mistake

salaries

show examples

to themselves. Five decades later, income distribution transformed significantly; investment in leisure was the biggest spending with 22% of people's salaries and after that housing with 19%, food with 17%, and transport with 14% followed the

expenditure

Use synonyms

trend.

While

Linking Words

providing household goods allocated 8% of incomes, fuel and power, clothing and personal goods stood at a low level with around 4% and 5%. Surprisingly, nothing had the record of food expense in 1968.