THE GIVEN BAR CHARTS COMPARE THE PROPORTION FEMALE AND DRIVERS WHO HELD DRIVING LICENSES IN A SPECIFIC EUROPEAN NATION BETWEEN 1976 AND 2006 ALONGSIDE AN EXAMINATION OF  YOUNG DRIVERS AGED 17 TO 20 OVER A TEN-YEAR INTERVAL FROM 1976.

OVERALL,IT IS CLEAR THAT WHILE THE DRIVING LICENSE OWNERSHIP EXPERIENCED UPWAR TREND AMONG GENERAL ADULT PROPORTION OF BOTH GENDERS,THE OPPOSIET WAS TRUE THE YOUNGER GROUP OF DRIVERS.IN ADDITION,ALTHOUGH MALE DRIVERS CONSISTENTLY REMAINED A HIGHER RATE OF DRIVING LICENSE POSSESSION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PERIOD,THE GENDER GAP WAS NARROWED WGNIFICANTLY OVER TIME.

LOOKING AT THE DETAILS OF+...,IN 1976,THERE WAS A STARK CONTRAST IN LICENSE OWNER SHIP,WITH 70% MEN HOLDING LICENSE COMPARED TO A MERE 30% OF WOMEN.OVER THE NEXT 3 DECADES,THE RATE OF MALE LICENCED HOLDERS ROSE GRADUALLY BEFORE PEAKING AT 80% IN 2006.IN CONTRAST,FEMAL LICENSE PROSSESSION WITNESSED A PRONOUNCED AND CONTINUOS GROWTH,DOUBLED TO REACH 60% IN FINAL YEAR

REGARDING THE REMAIN FACTORS,A DIFFERENT PATTERN EMERGED AMONG YOUNG DRIVERS AGE 17-20.IN 1996,50% OF YOUNG MEN AND 28% OF YOUNG WOMEN OWNED DRIVING LICENSES.HOWEVER,BY 2006,THESE FIGURES DECLINED NOTICABLY TO 44% FOR YOUNG MALES AND 19% FOR YOUNG FEMALES,RESFLECTING A DWINDLING MTERESR OF BOTH YOUNG GENDERS.