The bar chart shows the percentage of households with cars in a European country between 1971 and 2001. Summarise the information by selecting reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given bar chart compares data about the proportion of people who had no Car, one, or two or more from 1971 to 2001.

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, it was important that the rate of all groups other than No car increased over the period of 3 decades.

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the diagram, in the beginning, households with cars, the main group in 1971, hit roughly 47%;

then

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their fraction declined significantly to nearly 27% in 2001.

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, the population with one car scored 35% in 1971;

thereafter

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, it went down slightly to the minimum mark of 30% in 1981;

although

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, they rose sharply and reached the vertex at almost 47% in 1981;

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they dipped moderately to nearly 47% in 2001. The graph demonstrates that the community with 2 or more vehicles recorded just over 15% at the start and after that, they leapt considerably to approximately 27% in 1981, but they dropped to nearly 20% in 1981;

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they grew somewhat to just under 27% in 2001.