The bar graph illustrating the percentage of car-owned families in a European country over a 31-year period ( from 1971 to 2001)

The bar graph illustrates the proportion of car-owned families in a European country over a 31-year period ( from 1971 to 2001). Overall, the most striking feature of the chart is that, in terms of 1 and 2 or more car owners, they followed a similar pattern, having a significant increase, after only a slight drop in 1991, with the exception of households with no car. Moreover, families which own only 1 car made up the highest proportion over the entire period, with the exception of 1971, when people did not tend to purchase cars for their households. Although, there was a reversing tendency by the end of the period, families with 2 cars, which was previously the least tendency, this situation changed to the households with no cars in 2001. As far as 1 and 2 or more car owners are concerned, they experienced more or less the same tendency, with the proportion of families with 1 car, which stood at roughly 35% in 1971, rising to 40% in 1981, then falling to the former figures over the next 10 years, and finally growing to 47% by the end of the period. Likewise, the percentage of families preferring 2 or more cars underwent approximately a similar changes over the period, standing at 25% in 1971, increasing to 30% in the next decade, which had the same level with households with no cars in 1991. It also saw a drop by 5%(from 30% to 25%) by 1991, when the purchase power had fallen generally, but again grew to just under 35% by the end of the period. In contrast, as for the proportion of people who did not buy any cars had a consistent fall over the entire period, which stood at roughly 47% in 1971, kept decreasing to 40% in the following decade, then to 35% in 1991. Additionally, the percentage of families who preferred not to buy a car fell to its minimum, amounting to just under 30% by the end of the period.