The graph below gives information about car ownership in Britain from 1971 to 2007.

The line graph depicts the proportions of households in British owning

One

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Car

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, No

Car

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,

Two

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Cars

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, and

three

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or more

cars

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over a 36-year timescale from 1971 to 2007. It is noticeable that the percentages of households owning

two

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cars

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and

three

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or more

cars

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exhibited dramatic upward trends,

while

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those of

families

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with no

car

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experienced reverse patterns during the surveyed period. Notably, the majority of

families

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owning only

one

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car

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remained unchanged consistently throughout the duration of the survey. From the outset of 1971, the rate of

families

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owning

three

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or more

cars

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was the lowest number, accounting for a mere 1%, which was almost 8% lower than that of

two

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cars

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.

Thereafter

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, the figures for

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cars

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and

three

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or more

cars

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rose significantly, with around 26% and 7% respectively by the termination of the period. Commencing from 1971, approximately 50% of domestics owned no

car

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, hitting the highest point in the initial year, compared to about 45% of the statistics for

families

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with

one

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car

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. Notwithstanding, there was a plateau in the data of households owning

one

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car

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in 2007, remaining steady at nearly 43%, whilst a remarkable downward trajectory to roughly 25% was witnessed in the level of no

car

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at the same time.