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 bar chart illustrates the rates of car ownership by households in a certain nation in Europe from 1971 to 2001.

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, the number of households that did not have a car at the beginning of the period exceeded that of automobile owners,

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towards the end of the era, the latter ones surpassed the former ones. In 1971, about 50% of homes in the given country did not own a vehicle;

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, others that had only one car accounted for well less than 40%, and those who had two cars were under 20%.

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, in 1981, the figures for the first and second selections subsided,

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the third group's share increased to well above 20%,

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they remained a minority despite

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change. Afterwards, the percentage of families with no cars continued to decrease in 1991, as they composed approximately 30%, and they held

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ratio in 2001. Individuals who owned a single automobile ,

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, surged dramatically to more or less than 50% in 1991 before declining to over 40% in the

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year, whilst the proportion for others with two cars fell to roughly 21% in 1991, and in 2001, they were marginally higher than people without vehicles.