The graph shows the percentage of households with different kinds of technology in the UK from 1997 to 2001.
Overall, as a general trend, there was an upward movement with five categories. Furthermore, the percentage of household with CD players had the highest figure, whereas the percentage of household with DVD players had the lowest figure.
The percentage of household with DVD players had a flactuating trend, it slight declined from 25% in 1997 to approximately 15% in 1998, but afterwards increased and reached 50% in 2001, however remained the lowest. Whereas, the figure for household using internet rose from 10% to 55% over the four-year period. A same trend can be senn with the percentage of household using telephones dramatically increased from 20% in 1997 to about 72% in 2001. Similarly, the percentage of household with computers steadily rose from 40% in 1997 to 65% in 2001. Also, the figure for household using CD players increased from 60% to 78% over the four-year period and reached the highest figure.
