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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The given charts illustrate the number of households with electrical appliances and how many
hours
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of housework were spent in each household from 1920 to 2019.
Overall
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, it can clearly be seen that the changes in electrical appliance ownership rose during the given period, whilst the trend in the number of
hours
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doing housework decreased. In the first period, the washing machine was the most dominant, which was replaced by refrigerators and vacuum cleaners from 1960 until the end of the year. In terms of the electrical with the highest level of use at the start, the number of washing machines stood at exactly 40%, compared to the two ones. It
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saw a significant increase to just above 70% in the final year. Refrigerators, which were the lowest at the beginning, rose dramatically to exactly 90% in 1960 and hit the rough at 100%, the same level as vacuum cleaners in the following years. Regarding the amount of time spent doing housework, it started at exactly 50
hours
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per week and experienced a dramatic decline to just above 10
hours
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weekly in 2019.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words hours with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "dramatically" 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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