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The line graph illustrates how households in a particular nation allocated their weekly income in 2 separate years: 1968 and 2018. Overall, while the expenditure on recreational activities, transportation, and housing witnessed an upward trend over the 50-year period, the share of other sectors, most notably food, declined significantly. Additionally, the figure for leisure exceeded that of food in 2018 and became the leading category in the end. Regarding the categories that experienced an increase in their number, the trio of entertainment, transport, and housing accounted for similar proportions in 1968, which oscillated between 8% and 10%. By 2018, expenditure on leisure activities recorded the highest rise to 22%, becoming the largest spending category. Additionally, the costs of housing nearly doubled their initial share to reach 19% in the final year, whereas transportation documented a modest increase to 14%. As for the remaining categories, noticeably, food clearly dominated the household expenditure in 1968 at 35%, while the money spent on personal goods, clothing, and fuel each remained under the 10% mark However, in 2018, spending on food halved to just 17%; the other 3 sectors registered similar percentages, around 4-5%. Meanwhile, the expense of household goods remained steadily at 8% in both surveyed years.