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 shows how families in one country spent their weekly income on eight different categories in 1968 and 2018.

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, there were significant changes in spending habits over the period.

Food

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was the biggest expense in 1968,

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leisure

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and housing took the largest shares in 2018. Spending on

food

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, clothing and footwear, fuel and power, and personal

goods

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decreased,

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expenditure on housing, transport and

leisure

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increased. In 1968, families spent the largest proportion of their income on

food

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, at 35%. Housing

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clothing

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footwear each accounted for 10%. Around 9% of weekly income was spent on

leisure

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and personal

goods

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,

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transport and household

goods

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made up about 8% and 7% respectively. Fuel and power

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the smallest category, at just over 6%. By 2018, spending on

food

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had fallen sharply to about 17%. The figures for clothing and footwear, fuel and power, and personal

goods

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also

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decreased to around 5%, 4% and 4%

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. Household

goods

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remained almost unchanged at approximately 7%.

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, housing increased considerably from 10% to about 19%. Transport spending rose from around 8% to 14%.

Leisure

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showed the biggest increase, growing from about 9% in 1968 to 22% in 2018, making it the largest spending category.