first bar chart depicts the changes in percentage of male and female owners of driving licenses for motorbikes from 1976 to 2006, while the second illustrates the proportion of young drivers between 17-20 years old in 1996 and 2006 in one European country.
Overall, the share of both male and female driving license owners showed upward trend. In terms of young drivers, the reverse could be witnessed, downward tendency. Male owners of license dominated, as well as male young drivers.
In 1976, the share of male owners of driving license was 70%, while women owners made up 30%. The proportions represented slight increasy by 5% in both two groups each 5 years. There was no year when percentage remained steadily. In latest year in 2006, the percentage of male drivers differed from the first year by 10% as well as woman-owners of license constituted a 30% difference.
In terms of 17-20-year-old male drivers, in 1996, the share represented 50%. However, the percentage decreased to 45%. The percentage of female young drivers made up 30% but it fell down gradually to 20% by 2006.
