the chart below shows the changes in the percentage of households with car in one European country between 1971 and 2001

The bar chart delineates the alterations in the proportion of possessing cars

families

in a specific country in Europe from 1971 to 2001.

Overall

, all

households

were on the rise throughout the surveyed period, with the exception of no-car

families

. Notably,

while

households

without cars were consistently the leading between 1971 and 1981, it was overtaken by one-car

families

in 1991.

Although

the percentage of

households

without a car in

this

country declined from 50% to just over 40% in the first ten years, it remained at the highest figure in

this

period before dropping to only 30% in 1991. After that, the statistics levelled off at around 30% until 2001. Regarding the rate of one-car

families

, it initiated at around 38% before shooting up to 48% in 1991 and superseding the figure of no-car

families

to rank first in the chart. Despite a minor drop to roughly 43% by 2001, it remained the greatest proportion through the timescale. Meanwhile,

households

with two cars showed more volatility. The percentage grew from under 20% in 1971 to nearly 30% in 1981.

Subsequently

, it went down to exactly 20% in 1991, followed by another increase to around 30% in the year 2001, when it equalled the proportion of no-car

families