The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The given charts provide the percentage of household equipment
ownerships
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ownership
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regarding three distinct devices and how many hours per week
dedicate
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to domestic work on average in a particular nation over a decade period beginning from 1920 to 2019. As can be seen, the figure for ownership of all electrical appliances experienced significant growth with refrigerators and vacuum cleaners becoming the most ubiquitous.
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, a reversed trend could be observed in the amount of time allocated for doing housework. Looking at the first chart,
initially
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washing
machine
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machines
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and vacuum
cleaner
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cleaners
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were owned by 40% and 30% respectively. Over the
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4 decades, ownership of refrigerators surpassed two other mechanical consumer durables accounting for 90%
ownership
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of homes.
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electrical device was 20% higher than the two others. From 1980 onwards, almost all families installed refrigerators and vacuum cleaners,
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from 90% to 100%. Meanwhile, in 1980, the percentage of households utilizing laundry machines experienced a slight decline
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5% but
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increased to approximately 75% in 2019. Regarding the
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chart, in 1920 each family spent 50 hours per week on household chores,
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dropped
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low of 20 hours in 1960. Since
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,
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figure underwent several highs and lows over the following 40-years stage and started to decrease to merely 10% in 2019.

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Vocabulary: The word "charts" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • household appliances
  • time-efficient
  • labour-saving devices
  • technological innovations
  • ownership rate
  • housework chores
  • domestic workload
  • automation
  • advancements
  • trend analysis
  • societal shifts
  • economic impact
  • durability
  • lifespan of appliances
  • maintenance
  • historical comparison
  • time allocation
  • drudgery reduction
  • energy consumption
  • disruption in trends
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