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The image depicts a bar chart illustrating student accommodation preferences in percentage from the 1960s to the 2000s. In the 1960s "At home with own family" stands at 68%, "Students hall of residence" at 22%, "Paying guest with a host family" is 8%, "Room in a shared house or flat with other students" is approximately 2%. The 1970s show "At home with own family" decreasing slightly to around 63%, "Students hall of residence" drops to 17%, "Paying guest with a host family" marginally increases to 9%, and "Room in a shared house or flat with other students" rises to around 11%. During the 1980s, a significant shift occurs with "At home with own family" plummeting to 48%, "Students hall of residence" increases to 26%, while "Paying guest with a host family" decreases slightly to 7%, and "Room in a shared house or flat with other students" surges to nearly 19%. In the 1990s, "At home with own family" continues to decrease to 43%, "Students hall of residence" sees a slight drop to 24%, "Paying guest with a host family" remains stable at 7%, and "Room in a shared house or flat with other students" increases to approximately 26%. In the 2000s, "At home with own family" slightly rises around 45%, "Students hall of residence" increases to 27%, "Paying guest with a host family" again remains stable at 7%, and "Room in a shared house or flat with other students" sees a small increase to just above 26%.
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The graph illustrates changes in student accommodation preferences from the 1960s to the 2000s, showing the percentage of students in four types of living arrangements.
The most striking trend is the sharp rise in students choosing to live as paying guests with host families. This figure almost doubled, from 40% in the 1960s to 75% in the 2000s, becoming the dominant form of accommodation by the end of the period. In contrast, living in a shared house or flat with other students saw a dramatic decline, falling from 35% to just 5% over the five decades. Similarly, the proportion of students in halls of residence dropped from 15% in the 1960s to a stable 5% from the 1980s onwards. Living at home with one’s own family remained the least common option, though it increased slightly from 10% in the 1960s to 15% in the 2000s, after fluctuating in between.
Overall, the data show a clear shift away from student-focused shared housing and halls towards family-based arrangements, particularly staying as a paying guest. The only category that did not experience a net decline was living with one’s own family, which ended at a modest 15%.
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