Band 6+: 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 the information (expressed in percent) of how families in the same country have spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

Overall, there are 8 categories, such as food, housing, fuel and power, clothing and footware, household goods, personal goods, transport and leisure. Food was the largest expense in 1968, with the other things taking a small percent of income. In 2018, all the expenses balanced, with leisure and housing becoming the biggest spendings.

In 1968, the most significant expense was food. It took a percentage as large as 35. Housing took only 10%, with other categories falling under 10 percent each.

In 2018, all the expenses balanced out rather evenly. Spending on food became half smaller, but the housing turned twice bigger, with both of these expenses falling within 15-20%. Leisure percentage grew greatly, reaching roughly 22%, with the spendings on transport increasing too (by nearly 5%). Other expenses, such as fuel and power, clothing and footware and personal goods slightly decreased, with household goods requiring the same number of spendings throughout the years.