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

The bar graph illustrates how households in a specific country spent their weekly income in 8 different categories in 1968 and 2018.

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, household expenditure patterns changed considerably over the 50-year period. There has been a significant decrease in spending on food, but the cost of leisure, housing, and transport has significantly increased. In 1968, food accounted for 35% of weekly expenditure, making it by far the largest category, followed by housing

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well as clothing and footwear, both

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at 10%. Fuel and power

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represented the smallest proportion at around 7%. The remaining categories: household

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, personal

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, and transport, had the same level of approximately 8%. By 2018, leisure had become the dominant category, increasing dramatically from just below 10% to just above 20%.

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, spending on housing and transport

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showed an

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trend to around 18% and 14%, respectively.

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, clothing and footwear expenditure had been reduced by half, from 10% to 5% in 2018, whilst spending on household

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remained stable

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both years. Both personal

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and fuel remained the smallest categories, at around 5%.