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. Summerise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graphs illustrate the trends in the

rate

of possession of three electrical

appliances

, more specifically washing machine, refrigerator and vacuum cleaner, and the number of

hours

spent doing

housework

in a certain state from 1920 to 2019. The two charts generally show that,

while

the ownership of electrical

appliances

grew, the

hours

of

housework

decreased during

this

frame of time. The most striking trend in the first graph is the sharp increase during the period of refrigerator ownership. Indeed, compared to the other two

appliances

, refrigerators were not used before 1920, but after 20

years

they were already the most used appliance and by 1980 every household had one.

Furthermore

, vacuum cleaners too saw a significant rise during the period, starting from a 30%

rate

in 1920 and reaching 100% in 2000.

On the other hand

, washing machines, the most used appliance in 1920 with a 40%

rate

, saw a more variable trend. After 40

years

of increase, until 1960, when it reached a

rate

of 70%, their usage saw a decline in the next 20

years

and a subsequent new rise, totalling a 75%

rate

in 2019.

Conversely

, the time spent on

housework

saw a different, downward, trend. Starting from 1920, the average number of

hours

spent saw a steady decline for 40

years

, passing from 50 a week to 20 a week, when the decrease started to slow down. In fact, it took 59

years

to pass from the 20

hours

of 1960 to the 10

hours

a week of

housework

that could be seen in 2019. In conclusion, it can be stated that the two charts saw an inverse relation during the considered period.

In particular

,

this

could be caused by the fact that electrical

appliances

have helped households to minimise the time spent in activities of maintenance of the house.