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 to 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 to 2019.
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The top line chart illustrates information about the percentage of those who have electrical devices in their homes in one specific territory in a
period
of about a century from 1920 to 2019 and the other chart depicts the number of
hours
spent doing chores per week in the same location and
period
of
time
.
Overall
, it can be seen that at the beginning of the
period
, people used washing
machines
and vacuum cleaners more than refrigerators;
however
,
at the end
of the
period
, the percentage of using refrigerators excelled the washing
machines
.
Also
, the amount of
time
for doing housework witnessed a decreasing trend over the
period
. Regarding ownership of electrical appliances,
it is clear that
washing
machines
and vacuum cleaners were used by 40% and 30%, respectively in 1920,
then
in the
year
1960 they reached an equal percentage of usage with 70%.
However
, washing
machines
saw a decline in 1980 and
then
increased to about 75% in 2019. The vacuum cleaner increased significantly over
time
to reach 100% usage in 2000
then
, remained the same until the end of the
period
. Turning to the refrigerator, it was not used in 1920 but witnessed a drastic climb over
time
to be used by 100% of households in the
year
1980 and remained without any change until the end of the
period
. Alongside the usage of those electrical appliances and turning to the
time
spent by each household on chores each week, 50
hours
was spending for doing housework in 1920 but,
this
number declined significantly until the
year
1960 with 20
hours
of housework done and
then
remained with the same number of
hours
in the
year
1980-2000; after that decreased slightly to 10
hours
each week in 2019.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words period, hours, time, machines, year with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
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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