The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018

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The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

The given bar chart delineates the families' weekly income distribution in one nation compared in 2 years (1968 and 2018). Overall, the food category dominated the spending in 1968, before changing to leisure type in 2018.

Looking first at the category of food, the money that spent on this feature declined significantly from 35% of weekly income to about 17%. Similarly, the spending on fuel and power, clothing and footwear, and personal goods also witnessed a downward trend when comparing the 2 years of 1968 and 2018.

On the contrary, the opposite was true for categories of housing, transport, and especially leisure activity·During the period of time, the normally weekly spending in these types increased dramatically. The leisure soared more than doubled (from just under 10% to above 21%) in 2018. While the others fluctuated, the household goods weekly spending remain unchanged at approximately 89%.

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