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 compares how households in one country allocated their weekly income across eight categories in 1968 and 2018.

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, there was a notable shift in

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spending over the 50-year period. Food, which was the largest expense in 1968, saw a substantial decline and was overtaken by leisure in 2018. Meanwhile, housing and transport took up a larger share of

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budgets,

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most other categories either decreased or remained unchanged. In 1968, food dominated

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expenditure, accounting for 35% of weekly income.

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figure was more than three times higher than spending on housing

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clothing

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footwear, which each stood at 10%. The remaining categories were relatively minor, with

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goods, personal goods and transport all representing around 8%,

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fuel and power accounted for the smallest proportion at 7%. By 2018, leisure had become the primary area of expenditure, rising from just under 10% to slightly above 20%. Housing and transport

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experienced considerable growth, reaching approximately 18% and 14%, respectively.

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, the proportion spent on food almost halved to around 17%,

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clothing and footwear declined to 5%. Spending on

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goods remained stable at 8%.