The charts below show the changes in ownership of electric appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019.

The graphs illustrate how the possession of electronic devices and the

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dedicated to washing clothes, preparing meals and cleaning have

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changed in one country’s group over the period between 1920 and 2019.

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, it is clear to see that the number of households holding electric tools (e.g. washing machines, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners) has increased over the 99 years considered with a substantial reduction in the number of freedom per week spent by people. Looking at the percentage of houses with electric appliances, the most popular tool was given by the refrigerator, which has known

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exponential growth from 1920 to 1960 when it reached a peak at 100% and

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levelled off over the

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39 years. A different trend was represented by the possession of vacuum cleaners, which was at 30 in 1920 and

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rose gradually over time, with a more constant increase of 20% every 20 years until 2000, after which it jumped to 100% and remained the same by the end of 2019.

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(Comparatively), the washing machine had a stable fluctuation throughout the whole period, passing from 40% in 1920 to approximately 65% in 2019.

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, the introduction of electric appliances gave a very remarkable change in the hours spent by families doing housework with a significant fall of 40%, from 50 hours in 1920 to just over 10 in 2019. In conclusion, the most popular tools in homes were refrigerators and vacuum cleaners which

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improved the quality of life of families, resulting in a massive reduction of hours spent on housework.