The proportions of weekly income in families, which were spent on eight distinct expenditure categories in two distinct years, 1968 and 2018, are shown in the bar graph. There is no specifications about the country, the information gathered in.
Overall, the larger shares of the weekly income was allocated to food, fuel and power, clothing and footwear, personal goods in 1968 than in 2018, while housing, transport and leisure took more in the latter year. The figures for the food, leisure and housing were not only the ones with largest percentages, but also experienced the most marked change which in this term also involves transport, clothing and footwear. The expenses on household goods took the same proportion from the budget in both years.
In 1968, 35% of weekly earnings of the families were spent on food, which is the largest expenditure among the categories. Yet, this figure halved in 50 years time, being the third largest in the year. All other expenses did not took more than 10% in the first year, among which energy consumption, shopping for clothes, shoes and personal items showed decline in the proportions in 2018 from 6%, 10%, 8% to 4%, 5%, 4% respectively.
10% of the weekly budget was allocated to accommodation in 1968, which almost doubled in 2018. Families spent on leisure purposes the less in the first year, however more than doubled and outgrew that of housing in the later year. Expenditures on transport also experienced a considerable rise from 8% to 14%. Households items is the sole category, which stood at 8% in the both years.