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 diagram compares how families in one country spent their weekly earnings in 1968 and 2018.

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, it is obvious that more money was spent on food in the first year, and on leisure in the next year

than

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, than

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on the remaining categories. Generally, there were 8 groups to which families allocated their money every week. In 1968, the highest proportion of money was allocated to food( 35% of weekly profit),

while

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the smallest fraction was given on fuel and power, just over 5% of weekly revenue.

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, the spending on leisure represented the biggest share, accounting for over 20% in 2018. Just under 20% of

weekly

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the weekly

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royalty was given to the second predominant segment - housing. Four spending categories had similar percentages in 1968 (household goods, personal goods, transport, and leisure), constituting about 8%.

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, in 2018, only three groups had a

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low percentage of expenses( fuel and power, clothing and footwear,

personal

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and personal

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goods), making approximately 5%.