The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.

The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.
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The bar graph illustrates the number of owned and rented
accommodation
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by
households
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in England and Wales from 1918 to 2011.
Overall
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, the proportion of
households
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owning
accommodation
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experienced an upward trend,
while
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the opposite trend was true for the equivalent number of those renting.
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, rented
accommodation
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was the most popular option for
households
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in England and Wales during the first fifty-three years, after that owned ones surpassed its position until the end of the period.
Households
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in rented
accommodation
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accounted for over 75% in 1918, which was four times higher than the number of
households
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owning
accommodation
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. It
then
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decreased to under 70% in 1939 and
leveled
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off until the year
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1953, after which
this
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figure saw a rapid fall to 50% in 1971.
In contrast
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, the corresponding percentage of those owning
accommodation
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increased from about 22% to nearly 31% between 1918 to 1939. After remaining the same during the next
fourteen-year
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,
this
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figure reached the same level as its
households
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in rented
accommodation
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counterparts in 1971.
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the proportion of
households
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having their own
accommodation
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witnessed a remarkable growth from 1981 to 2001 from 60% to roughly 70%, the equivalent for those who rented
accommodation
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declined by nearly 10% in the same period. The former figure
then
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dropped to under 65%,
whereas
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the latter increased to over 35% in 2011.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words accommodation, households with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • ownership
  • tenancy
  • trend
  • fluctuation
  • proportion
  • residence
  • dwelling
  • shift
  • transition
  • migration
  • fluctuate
  • stabilize
  • rise
  • fall
  • increase
  • decrease
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