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 bar chart illustrates data on how to distribute weekly spending in a particular country in 1968 and in 2018.

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, there was the largest average spending on food in 1968;

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, the graph shows that fuel and power were the lowest average spending.

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the leisure was the highest average spending in 2018, in 1968, there was a small proportion. Meanwhile, the average weekly spending on household goods remain samein 1968 and 2018.

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the graph, in 1968, families spend 35% of their money on food,

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percentage was reduced, and the graph shows that it was between 15% and 20% in 2018.

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, there was a significant percentage increase in leisure, which was recorded at over 20% in 2018;

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, in 1968, it was recorded at nearly 10%. The spending on household goods was not changed in 1968

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and 2018 and those were recorded at between 7.5%.