The chart below gives information about how families in one country spend their weekly income in 1968 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relavant.

The data presented in the bar chart shows the average weekly expenditure by households between 1968 and 2018.

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, the weekly amount spent on housing, transport, and leisure activities increased by the end of the period,

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food, energy bills, clothing and personal goods expenses decreased.

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, household items

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the only category that remained the same throughout the

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. In 1968, food expenses accounted for the most part of weekly income, registering 35%.

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, the trend saw a dramatic decline over the

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, ending the year with just under 20% of weekly income. Fuel and power, clothing and shoes, and personal goods followed the same trend, starting with about 7%, 10%, and 9%, and ending with 4%, 5%, and 4%, respectively.

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, money spent on housing, transportation, and free-time activities rose considerably over the

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, with 10%, roughly 8%, and 9% in the first year and approximately 18%, about 14%, and just over 20%, respectively

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the final year. Household goods were the only section which stayed relatively the same at about 8% in both

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