The given graphs illustrate the proportion of individuals who hold full driving licenses in Great Britan by the age and gender in 1975/76 and 2006.
Overall, is can clearly be seen that the percentage of the men who have full licenses always larger than women at all age in both 1975/76 and 2006. Additionally, in every age group, the rate of women holding full licenses in 2006 account of larger than in 1975/1976, while in men it has a different trend.
Turning to the men’s graph, at the age of 17 to 20 there were approximately 38% of men in 2006 who have driving licenses, which is 5% lower than in 1975/76. Afterward, in the group of people range from 21 to 29, men from year 1975/76 account for a larger percentage of 75 before dropping in other older age group, which is slightly larger than 70% of 2006. From the age of 30 and over, it can easily be seen that men in 2006 that have full licenses took a larger proportion than in 1975/76 and the amount of people who have it reach peak at the age group of 50 to 59 with over 90% in 2006 and then decrease in older ages group.
Regarding the women’s graph, begin with the age group of 17 to 20, people that have full licenses in 2006 account for around 30%, with is 12% larger than in 1975/76 but 5% lower than men in the same year. Next to the 2 older group 21 to 29 and 30 to 39 they have the same pattern of increasing and reach it peak at the age of 30 to 39 with women in 2006 took 80%, while women in 1975/76 took 50%. Afterward in older groups both 2006 and 1975/76 had a decrease pattern with 1975/76 decrease faster than in 2006 and end up in the group age of 70 and over with women that have full driving licenses accounted for 30% while in 1975/76 it only took 5%.