The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

The bar chart compares how households in one country allocated their weekly spending between various categories in 1968 and 2018.

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, families in 1968 spent much more on food and less on leisure activities,

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the opposite was true fifty years later. Spending patterns became more diversified, reflecting lifestyle changes. In 1968, food accounted for the largest share of household expenditure at around 35 %, followed by housing at 10 % and clothing at 10 %. Transport and leisure each took roughly 8–9 %,

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smaller amounts went on fuel and power, household goods and personal goods. By 2018, the proportion of spending on food had fallen dramatically to about 17 %, overtaken by leisure, which almost doubled to 22 %. Housing

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rose to around 19 %, and transport increased slightly to 14 %.

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, clothing and footwear, fuel and power, and personal goods all declined, indicating shifting priorities towards comfort and entertainment.