The charts give information about the percentage of men and women who had driving licences in one European country in various years.

The charts illustrate the percentage of

men

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and women who hold driving licences in one European country between 1976 and 2006,

as well as

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the proportion of young drivers aged 17-20 from 1996 to 2006.

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,

it is clear that

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males consistently recorded a higher proportion of driving licences than females throughout the entire period. Both genders experienced steady growth without stop, with young drivers decreasing considerably by 2006. Looking first at licenced driver, the proportion of

men

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remained relatively stable at approximately 70% from 1976 to 1981, and

then

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increased steadily to reach 80% in 2006.

By contrast

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, women were 40% less than

men

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in the first year.

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, women increased significantly, representing with 60% in the final year, but

this

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remained 20% lower than the level for

men

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. Turning to the 17-24 age group,

men

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dominated in both years, but in the first year represented 50%,

whereas

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females were around half of the young

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in 1996.

However

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, the male category fell to 45%,

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the figure for females declined significantly, to 20%.