The image compares the share of households bearing different types of technology in the UK in a time period of 1997 to 2001. Overall, the biggest percentage throughout the years is accounted for by homes with a CD player , with the lowest being ones that had a DVD player. Over the years, the percent of houses that had a telephone, shows a steady rise, similarly with those that had Internet.
Starting with technologies that are constituting a consistent rise, telephones, computers and internet became more popular over the period. Households that had a telephone, accounted for 40% in the year 1997 and steadily increased in proportion, reaching approximately 75% in 2001. Internet in 1997 is the least common item, starting at 10% and gaining popularity in 2000, with 30% and jumping up to 60% in the end. The share of computer houses stayed didn’t see much change, staying just above 40%, reaching 50% in 1999 and peaking at 70% in the last year of the period.
Although CD players stayed the winning category of technology over time, the proportion of houses with them witnessed slight fluctuations, generally staying above 60% and finishing off at 80% in 2001. DVD players were more used in 1997 than both telephones and Internet, representing 25% at the start of the period before dropping to 15% in the next year and then gradually going up to 50% in the end, taking up the smallest proportion of all.
