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

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of possession of three electrical

appliances

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

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spent doing

housework

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

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the ownership of electrical

appliances

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grew, the

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of

housework

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decreased during

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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

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, refrigerators were not used before 1920, but after 20

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

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

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in 1920 and reaching 100% in 2000.

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

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, saw a more variable trend. After 40

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of increase, until 1960, when it reached a

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

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and a subsequent new rise, totalling a 75%

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in 2019.

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, the time spent on

housework

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

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spent saw a steady decline for 40

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

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to pass from the 20

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of 1960 to the 10

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a week of

housework

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

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,

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could be caused by the fact that electrical

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