The line graphs give information about how the ownership of electrical appliances has changed and the number of
hours
designated for housework between 1920 and 2019. Use synonyms
Overall
, even if all the electrical appliances increased their percentages of households over the period, the washing machine was the least popular, Linking Words
while
the refrigerator and the vacuum cleaner were the most bought, reaching both 100% of the households in the Linking Words
last
part of the period. Linking Words
However
, the number of Linking Words
hours
spent on housework experienced a downtrend over the decades decreasing considerably the time designated to Use synonyms
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kind of task.
To start with, the washing machine experienced an upward trend from 1920 to 1960 commencing at 40% of households in 1920, increasing to 60% in 1940 and Linking Words
then
reaching 70% in 1960. After that, it slightly decreased to just over 60% by 1980, when it started to rise again at 70% in 2000 and increased to just over 70% in 2019. Regarding the refrigerator, Linking Words
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one rocketed from 0% in 1920 to just over 50% in 1940, when it continued rising dramatically to 90% in 1960. By 1980, the household of refrigerators reached its peak at 100%, being stable since Linking Words
then
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Finally
, the vacuum cleaner started at 30% by 1920, increasing considerably to 50% in 1940. In 1960, the index had a 10% increase and by 1980, Linking Words
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rate went up to 90%, reaching its peak of 100% in 2000, experiencing a plateau since Linking Words
then
.
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Finally
, comparing the time spent doing housekeeping, Linking Words
this
trend decreased considerably over the decades. Linking Words
While
in 1920, 50 Linking Words
hours
per week were designated to Use synonyms
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activity, in 1940 Linking Words
this
number decreased to less than 40 Linking Words
hours
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This
figure continued to drop to 20 Linking Words
hours
per week in 1960, slightly going down to just under 20 Use synonyms
hours
in 1980, maintaining the same figure in 2000 and Use synonyms
then
dropping one more time to just over 10 Linking Words
hours
in 2019.Use synonyms