The bar chart demonstrates the proportion of males and females with driving licenses in total in Britain, and another bar chart illustrates the percentage of young drivers between 17-20 years old with two genders.
Overall, it is clear that most males have driving licenses no matter in total, and the 17-20 age group.
In detail, from 1976 to 2006, the proportion of males increased by 10%, with 80% of males who had a driving license in 2006. Similarly, more and more females had a driving license, and the percentage continue rose from 30% in 1976 to 60% in 2006. In addition, the proportion of males who had driving licenses was higher than the proportion in females each year.
When considering the percentage drivers between 17 to 20 years, we can see that the proportion of men was always highers than women over a period of 2 years. Compared with the proportion in 1996, the proportion of males and females decreased, with the percentage of males decreasing by less than 10% and the proportion of males still higher than females, while ****only 20% of females in the 17-20 age group who had the driving licenses in 2006.
