Band 5+: 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 graph illustrates the amount of money that family spends for various aspects weekly in two distinct years (1968, 2018).

Overall, the most noticable proportion of spending was for food for the first given year, while the results of recent spendings differ much, ( with the greatest spent money on leisure). There is also a sector, where the percentage of average spend money remained unchanged (household goods).

In 1968, the 35% from total income of family was gone for food, and for the latest research it’s value declined almost by half. In contrast, money spent on the housing increased throughout the period, as a result reached just under the 20%, which was the doubled value of initial result. A tiny portion of income expanded for fuel and power, and after half a century it evem decreased.

The individuals used to use much more money on clothing and footware in 1968 than in 2018, with the difference of 5 %. There were also a stable sector (household goods) with the percentage of income spend weekly more than 7%. However, the most expenditure for families in 2018 was leisure with more than 20% and that is the tripple value of 1968. To conclude with, the money spend on transport was 7% and 13% respectively.