The provided data comprises a bar chart that delineates the proportion of females and males in Great Britain who had driving licenses, as well as the second bar chart which compares the percentage of both genders, applying for driving license at the age of 17-20.
Overall, it is evident that the number of those who had driving license increased throughout given period, for both, men and women. In contrast, the proportion of youngsters applying for license decreased dramatically for both genders.
According to the first diagram, the number of women, who had license was significantly less than men. In 1976, the men who owned driving license, accounted for 70%, it is also noteworthy that, the same number was observed in 1981. In contrast, the number of females experienced growth, from 30% in 1976 to 35% in 1981. In 1986, the number for male owners of driving license increased from 72% to 75% in 1991. As for the females, the number also demonstrated substantial growth from 40% in 1986 to 44% in 1991.The same pattern was observed for remaining years, which represented escalation for men from 78% in 1996 to 80%. As for the opposite gender, the women comprised growing trend from 50% in 1996 to 60% in 2006.
As regards second chart, percentage of young people, classified in age cohorts between 17-20, who applied for driving licenses, experienced dramatic reduction in number. Starting with 50% of males and 30% of females in 1996, the number significantly decreased to 45% and 20%, respectively.