The charts illustrate the percentages of households owning three types of electrical appliances and weekly
hours
spent on housework in a particular country between 1920 and 2019.
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Overall
, it is evident that the portions of homes equipped with gadgets increased in every category over the period. Meanwhile, the time spent on chores decreased across the same period.
In 1920, the share of households possessing a washing machine and a vacuum cleaner were 40% and 30%, respectively. The two represented a similar growing pattern, reaching 70% in 1960. Linking Words
However
, the most drastic change was observed in the group with a refrigerator; the figure rose from near zero to 90% during the first forty years and Linking Words
further
increased to 100% in 1980. From 1980 onwards, it remained at 100% by 2019. Linking Words
In contrast
, the vacuum cleaner category continued its upward trend, marking 100% in 2000 and 2019, Linking Words
whereas
the washing machine category slightly climbed from 65% in 1980 to only 75% in 2019.
Shifting our focus to the second chart, the number of Linking Words
hours
each household spent on housework dramatically declined from 50 Use synonyms
hours
in 1920 to 20 Use synonyms
hours
in 1960. Since Use synonyms
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, the steep decline of the trajectory has accentuated, and the figure has slightly dropped to ten Linking Words
hours
in 2019.Use synonyms
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