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 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 chart compares the percentage of weekly income on the average expenditures of families,
according to
the year(1968 and 2018) and eight categories.
Overall
, it is noticeable that
food
was the highest expense by families in 1968,
while
in 2018, entertainment spending was higher than
food
, and the spending on
food
was reversed from 1968. To be specific, in 1968, the income spent on
food
stood at 35%, two times higher than in 2018. Regarding housing and clothing, which involved footwear, 10% of salary was spent on both in 1968;
however
, people tended to spend more on the former and less on the latter in 2018, approximately 18% and 5%, respectively.
On the other hand
, there was the same percentage of spending on household goods, personal goods and transport at around 8% in 1968, compared to 2018, personal goods reduced by half, and transport rose to 14%.
Furthermore
, leisure expenses went up from just 9% to 23%, being a dramatic growth among the eight categories from the given year.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words food with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "compares" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • compare
  • spending patterns
  • allocated
  • weekly income
  • significant changes
  • essential items
  • food
  • housing
  • clothing
  • leisure
  • communication
  • increase
  • decrease
  • twofold rise
  • substantial increase
  • quadrupling
  • declined
  • food and drink
  • slight increase
  • prioritizing
  • necessities
  • transitioned
  • portio
  • non-essential items
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