The bar graph illustrates how much families spent for a week on average in 1968 and 2018.
Overall, it is clear that people in 1968 spent the majority of their income on food. In comparison, the trend of expenditure was even among categories in 2018.
Looking AT the chart more closely, one can see that the proportion of the food was three times higher than other sectors in 1968, accounting for 35%. The portions of other categories except the food stayed similar at less than 10%. The housing, clothing and footware saw 10%, while other sectors including the fuel and power, household goods, personal goods, transport, and leisure accounted for under 10%.
Compared to 1968, the percentage of the food approximately halved from 20% to nearly 17% in 2018. Instead, the leisure became the largest category by overtaking the food, making up almost 22%. The portion of the housing and the transport increased over the fifty-year period, accounting for 19% and 14% respectively. Other categories experienced a slight fall at nearly 5% each, except for the household, remaining the same at roughly 8%.