The chart below compares the number of people per household* by percentage in the UK in 1981 and 2001.

The chart below compares the number of people per household* by percentage in the UK in 1981 and 2001.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for The chart below compares the number of people per household* by percentage in the UK in 1981 and 2001.
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The bar chart illustrates the distribution of
people
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living together in one family in the United Kingdom in the
years
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1981 and 2001.
It is clear that
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during the observed
years
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, households with 2
people
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took up the largest percentage
while
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the opposite was true for those with 6
people
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.
Besides
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, there was a decrease in the sum of members living in households with more than 3
people
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,
whereas
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families having no more than 2
people
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saw an increase.  As can be seen, in the 2 researched
years
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, families having 2
people
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were recorded to be at the top of the list. They made up 31% in 1981, compared to 34% of the UK population in 2001. Meanwhile, the proportion of
people
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who lived alone stood at 17% in 1981 and
then
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rose significantly to 26% within 20
years
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.
By contrast
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, the total of families which had over 3 members was fewer. Approximately 20% was taken up by houses with 3-4
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in 1981, over the next 2 decades, the figure for those witnessed a drop of 3%.
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, households with 5 and 6 members
also
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declined from about 8% in the year 1981 to 6% and 2% in 2001 respectively.

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