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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.

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.
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We have 2 line graphs, the first one tells us about the change observed in purchasing
of
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electrical gadgets.
While
 the other explains the time spent on house chores in homes in a specific country from 1920 till 2019.
Overall
, we see that
the
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in 1920 the refrigerator had no popularity at all. But after some time, in 1980 and onwards it was owned by all the homes.
On the other hand
,
number
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 of
hours
 of housework is showing
drastic
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 decrease from 1920 to 2019.
Firstly
, the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine
was
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being
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used by 30% and 40% of the
households
 respectively,
whereas
 0%
people
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of people
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 had refrigerators in their homes in
year
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the year
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 1920. In 1940 the use of
refrigerator
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refrigerators
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 suddenly increased and was found in almost 50%
households
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of households
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 which was in between that of washing
machine
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machines
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 (60%) and vacuum
cleaner
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cleaners
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 (50%).
However
, tables took
turn
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 in 1980 and
afterwards
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where
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refrigerator
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the refrigerator
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 was owned by 100% of
households
,
vacuum
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the vacuum
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 cleaner was present in 90% of houses but later in 2000 it was
also
 available in 100% of houses. Surprisingly, the washing machine demand in 2019 remained almost
same
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 as it was in 1960 i.e., slightly higher than 70%.
Secondly
, the housework which includes washing clothes, preparing meals, cleaning etc., in
households
 was seen to decrease over time.
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 1920 it was 50
hours
 per week, in 1960 it decreased to 20
hours
 per week and
lastly
 in 2019 it declined to nearly 10
hours
 per week.
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Conclusion: The conclusion is too long.
Vocabulary: Replace the words hours, households with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • ownership
  • electrical appliances
  • housework
  • time frame
  • variables
  • trends
  • significant milestones
  • turning points
  • correlation
  • reduction
  • influenced
  • societal implications
  • quality of life
  • gender roles
  • economic implications
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