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

The bar chart compares the proportions of average 1weeklyweek spending by families on eight different categories in one country in 1968 and 2018.

Overall, spending patterns changed considerably over the period. 2Expenditure on foodMoney used for food accounted for the largest share of household income in 1968, whereas leisure became the biggest spending category in 2018. 3The proportions spent on food, fuel and power, clothing and footwear, and personal goods declined, while those allocated to housing, transport, and leisure increased, 4leaving spending on household goods unchangedleaving the household goods unchanged.

Spending on food saw the largest decline, with its share falling from 35% in 1968 to approximately 17% in 2018. Likewise, the proportion spent on clothing and footwear halved from 10% to 5%, while spending on personal goods dropped from around 8% to 4%. Fuel and power also experienced a slight drop, from roughly 6% to 4%.

By contrast, the weekly income allocated to leisure rose markedly from approximately 9% to 22%, making it the largest category in 2018. 6Transport and housing also showed significant 7increasesincrease, from around 889% and 10% to 14% and 19%, respectively. Meanwhile, the 9proportion spent on household goodsproportion of household goods remained stable at 8% in both 1968 and 2018.