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

the bar chart illustrates the proportion of people who owned and rented houses in 2 countries from 1918 to 2011.

Overall

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the data showed an increasing trend of households buying accommodation,

in contrast

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, there was a declining trend in renting homes,

moreover

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, in 1971, they were the same percentage and it was 50% In the beginning, most citizens rented houses ,which reached 80%,

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, people who had their own house were only 20%.

However

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,from 1939 to 1953, it levelled off at 70% and 39% respectively .

Then

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the percentage of renting apartments experienced a substantial drop from 58% in 1961 to 32% in 1991 , at the same time there was a dramatic growth in the figure for buying accommodation.

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from 1991 to 2001 ,they stayed at 58% and 32% respectively.

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, from 2001 to 2011 there was a decline in the owned accommodation, by 65%.