The given line graph illustrates the proportion of households possessing different numbers of computers in a European country from 1997 to 2011.
The initial impression from the graph is that the percentage of families with no computers took the lead at the beginning but that of households with one computer only was the dominant category for most of the period. Moreover, both “two computers” and “three or more computers” witnessed an upward trend while the opposite was true for “no computers” and “one computer only” remained stable over the period.
The proportion of homes owning no computers started at roughly 47% in 1997, which is also its highest point, after that gradually hitting a low of 20% at the end of the period. On the other hand, the percentage of households with one computer outnumbered that with no computers in 1999 at precisely 45% to be the most popularly used. This figure remained relatively stable until the final years.
Following the opposite trend, both “two computers” and “three or more computers” experienced a considerable increase between 1997 and 2011. The percentage of families possessing two computers began low at approximately 7% then dramatically climbed to its peak of around 28% in 2007. Likewise, starting at a mere 3%, the figure for households with three or more computers marginally increased and ended the period with nearly 10%.