The bar graph illustrates the changes in proportion in types of student accommodation chosen by students from the 1960s to 2000s. The types of accommodation include rooms in a shared house or flat with other students, student hall of residence, paying guests with a host family, or at home with their own family.
Overall, the most noticeable changes involved students who shared rooms in a house or flat. Starting with 35 percent, the percentage of this category gradually increased to double the number by the end of the decade. In contrast, the trend for staying with host families declined over the decades.
A more detailed look at the graph reveals that students who chose the student hall of residence and those who stayed with their family fluctuated over the decades.The proportion of students in halls of residence initially rose from the 1960s to the 1970s, dropped in the 1980s, increased slightly in the 1990s, and ended at 12.5% in the 2000s. Similarly, the percentage of students living with their families decreased from the 1960s to the 1970s, went up in the 1980s and 1990s, and then grew to 12.5% by the 2000s.