Topic from Task 1 The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households

The first line graph shows the percentage of

families

owning a washing

machine

,

fridge

and vacuum cleaner at

home

between 1920 and 2019,

while

the second figure illustrates the number of

hours

that a family engaged in

household

chores in the same reporting period.

Overall

, there was a significant growth of

families

owning three electrical machines at

home

,

although

the

ownership

of a washing

machine

has declined gradually throughout the period.

Moreover

, the time spent on

household

chores has dropped over the 99-year duration. Looking at the details, the washing

machine

was the most popular

household

appliance in 1920, with 40% of

families

reported to have owned one.

This

figure continued to surge, until 1960, there was a 30% increase in

families

reported having a washing

machine

at

home

. The

ownership

of a washing

machine

fluctuated between 60% to 80% from 1960 to 2019. Interestingly, there was no

household

reported to have a

fridge

in 1920,

however

, it

then

experienced a dramatic jump to 90% of the

families

reported having owned one in 1960. Since

then

, all households reported having a

fridge

at

home

. The

ownership

of a vacuum cleaner followed a similar trend where starting with 30% of households owning the

machine

. By 1980, it was tripled what it was in 1920. The

ownership

of a vacuum cleaner ended at the same level as the

fridge

at 100% in 2019.

Additionally

, the

hours

spent on

household

chores fell gradually, from 50

hours

a week in 1920 to 20

hours

a week in 1960. After 1960, the number of

hours

spent on housework fluctuated between 20 to 10

hours

per week.