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

The given graph illustrates the car ownership in a European nation over the specific 30-year period.

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, the

number

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of households that do not have

cars

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decreased between 1971 and 2001. Compared to that, single-car homes and

houses

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where owners have two vehicles showed mixed patterns over the given period.

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,in 1971, almost half of the

houses

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in

this

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EU country had no

cars

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.

This

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number

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reduced to 30% by 1991, after which

this

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number

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remained stable in the next decade. Single-car ownership was roughly one-third in 1971. These figures

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decreased in the next twenty years, reaching just under 20%, by 1991. After that single car

houses

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skyrocketed to just over 40%, in 2001. In comparison to homes that do not have any vehicles or that have one car only,

houses

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that have 2

cars

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showed mixed patterns. Their

number

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fluctuated over the mentioned period. In 1971, one-fifth of the homes had two

cars

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, by 2001 their

number

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was just over 30%.