The line graph compares the proportion of households using different technologies in the UK between 1997 and 2001.
Overall, the percentage of households using all types of technology increased over the period, with telephone and internet showing the most substantial growth. Notably, DVD player was the only technology to decline at the beginning of the time frame.
As for CD player and computer, in 1997, their figures stood at 60% and 40%, respectively. The figure for CD player increased moderately to 70%, remaining stable between 1998 and 2000, when the percentage began to rise, peaking at 80% in 2001. Meanwhile, the proportion of households with computer rose gradually throughout the period, reaching 50% in 1999 and 70% in 2001.
Regarding the remaining technologies, DVD player started at around 27%, telephone at 20%, and internet at 10%. While the figure for telephone and internet increased, the share of DVD player dropped from approximately 27% to around 16% in 1998. Meanwhile, the proportion of households with telephone remained stable between 1997 and 1998, when it started to rise, recording 40% in 2000. In that year, the figures for internet and DVD player converged at 30%, before internet doubling to 60% in 2002, while the percentage of households using DVD player reached only half. Turning to telephone’s figure, it surged dramatically to roughly 76% in the final year.