In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male's income; and forty-four percent in 1984.
(A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984
(B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent
(C) income, and in 1984 forty-four percent
(D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure
(E) income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984

[spoiler]OA Later.
what's wrong with C. By Elliptical construction :
In 1973 <X> represented twenty-one percent of <Y>, and in 1984 <X represented> forty-four percent <of Y>
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