Band 6+: 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 revelant.

The chart illustrates how families in a specific country spent their earnings every week in both years 1968 and 2018.

Overall, the weekly income of the families is devided on 8 fields. The spending fluctuated throughout the two years 1968 and 2018, , with the highest expenditure on food in 1968. Meanwhile, the less amount was accounted for fuel and power as well as personal goods in 2018.

To begin with, the families dedicated a huge amount for their weekly spending for food in 1968, reaching 35%, compared to only 10% of it spent on housing and clothing and footware. They approximilitely accounted the same amount of the weekly expenditure that was under 10%, for the household goods, personal goods, transport and leisure . The less amount was dedicated for the fuel and power with about 6% weekly.

On the other hand, These proportions changed in 2018, when the significant amount of the weekly income was spent on leisure time with over 20% compared to what is was in 1968. The spending on food declined to about 16%. In contrast, the money spent on housing experienced a significant increase to under 20%. Similarly, the transport got about 14% of the income compared to 1968. The less amount of money was spent on fuel and power, clothing and footware, personal goods and household goods, which remaind slightly unchangeable in 2018.