The table below shows the consumer durables (telephone, refrigerator, etc.) owned in Britain from 1972 to1983. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

The table below shows the consumer durables (telephone, refrigerator, etc.) owned in Britain from 1972 to1983.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
The provided table depicts the proportions of the household goods owned by British citizens over the period of 1972 to 1983.
Overall
, what stands out most from the graph is that there has been an upward trend in the
ownerships
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ownership
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of all the consumer goods in British
household
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households
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throught
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through
throughout
the given period. The popularity of television, refrigerator and
vaccum
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vacuum
cleaner
have
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been
all time
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high,
where as
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video and dishwasher were the least popular as these were introduced late.
Along with
that, other durables
also
saw a significant rise over the years. In detail, the ownership of TV, fridge and
vaccum
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vacuum
cleaner was 93%, 73% and 87%
recpectively
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respectively
, in 1972.
This
proportion jumped to 98% for the TV and 94% for the refrigerator in 1983.
Whereas
, for the
vaccum
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vacuum
cleaner no data is given for the year 1983,
however
, 95%
Britishers
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of Britishers
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owned it in 1982. In 1972,
onwers
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owners
of other contraptions like central heating
system
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systems
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(37%),
telephone
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telephones
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(42%) and washing
machine
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machines
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(66%) were not that many in Britain.
Washing
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machine was far more popular than
the
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apply
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telephone and heaters in 1983 which accounted for 94% compared to the other two i.e. 64% and 77%
corespondingly
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correspondingly
. Video system was introduced in 1983 and 18%
residents
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of residents
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had it.
Furthermore
, only 3%
citizens
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of citizens
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owned
dishwasher
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dishwashers
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in 1978 when
it
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they
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arrived in the market and
its
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their
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popularity
inclined
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increased
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gradually to 5% in 1983.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportions" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Consumer durables
  • Annual trends
  • Ownership percentage
  • Notable increases/decreases
  • Milestones
  • Initial/final ownership
  • Comparative analysis
  • Significant changes
  • Overall trend
  • Shifts in ownership
  • Patterns in data
  • Year-on-year analysis
  • Implications
  • Data highlights
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