The line chart illustrates how the proportion of households’ computer ownership in a particular European country varied every two years over the span from 1997 to 2011.
Overall, the proportion of households using one computer or more increased over the period, while those with no computer decreased. Notably, the majority of one-computer ownership was consistently the highest, except from 1997 to 1999.
At the beginning, owning one computer was one of the two most common types of computer ownership. Commencing with approximately 45% in 1997, it increased gradually to over 45% by 2011, making it the largest share of computer ownership. Conversely, households with no computer plunged from nearly half in 1997 to roughly 20% in 2011. dropping from the most common category to the third most common.
Shifting our focus to the remaining categories, the proportion of two-computer ownership ascended significantly with around 7% in 1997, overtook those of households with no computers around 2010, and ended with approximately 30% in 2011. A similar upward trend was witnessed in terms of three or more computers possession, starting with just about 1% in the first few years, it gradually increased to 7% in 2011. Despite a marginal increase, it remained uncommon in this nation.