The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accomodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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of families who owned or rented

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in two different countries England and Wales from 1918 to 2011.

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, we can see two contrasting trends; the one which is about owning

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witnessed a growing trend and the other a decline. Regarding the households in owned

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, an upward trend is observable. At the beginning of the period only about 24% owned a house

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proportion

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increased moderately by 1939 to 32% and

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remained the same until 1953. There was a substantial rise until 1971 when householders in rented

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and owned ones were at an equal

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of 50%. In following years, it can be easily seen

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significant growth in owning

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to 60% in 1981.

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, 68 and 69 per cent in 1991 and 2001 respectively. Despite the whole trend in owning sector

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growth, a slow decline happened

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of the period. Concerning families in rented

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in England, about 78% in the year 1918 lived in these types of

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.

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amount decreased by 10% until the years 1939 and 1953 when the

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of rented

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for families

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at the same level. In 1961, a drastic decline happened to about 58%, after the year of the equilibrium between house owners and renters a plummet happened until 2001 to approximately 31%.

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, as the owners declined, the renters'

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increased to about 35%

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of the period.