The line graph illustrates the changes in the percentage of households in the UK with access to four modern technologies—CD players, mobilephones, home computers, and internet access—from 1996/97 to 2002/03.
Overall, the percentage of all accessed modern technology had increased significantly. It is notable that CD players were more popular than others based on the percentage of surveyed residents who accessed each of them.
There was a steady rise in access to CD player and home computer, from 60% to 80% and around 30% to 56%, respectively.
Likewise, the trend for Mobile phone was upward. In the first three years, access rate experienced a around 10% increase, then rocketed in 1999 to 42% and stabilized before finishing the line at around 70%, making it the second highest number compared to the remainings. Internet was first accessed in 1998 at around 10% and jumped impressively from only 10% to around 30% in 2003, constituting a three-folds surge.
