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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The line graphs illustrate the
percentage
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of ownership of washing machines, refrigerators and vacuum cleaners from 1920 to 2019,
In addition
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to the
number
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of hours that every household spent on housework in a week, during the same period.
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, the
number
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of individuals who owned electrical appliances had a notable rise during
this
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period, and the total hours that people spent on housework increased gradually during the mentioned century.
According to
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the figures, in 1920, no one owned a refrigerator;
however
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, the
number
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of people who had
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appliance in their house rocketed in the next forty years and by 1960, 90% of households had refrigerators; eventually, the remaining 10
percent
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per cent
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had it by next two decades, and the
percentage
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stabilized until the end of the duration.
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, the
percentage
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of occupants who owned a vacuum cleaner, which was 30% in 1920, has considerably increased and reached 100% in 2000.
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, the
percentage
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of washing machine owners never reached the highest level and ended up over 70% with a total increase of 30
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. As can be seen, the total
number
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of hours, which people spent doing housework fell sharply in the first forty years, when the usage of refrigerators and vacuum cleaners experienced their sharpest rise,
this
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increase continued gradually until the end of the period.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however, in addition".
Vocabulary: Replace the words percentage, number with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "gradually" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • household appliances
  • time-efficient
  • labour-saving devices
  • technological innovations
  • ownership rate
  • housework chores
  • domestic workload
  • automation
  • advancements
  • trend analysis
  • societal shifts
  • economic impact
  • durability
  • lifespan of appliances
  • maintenance
  • historical comparison
  • time allocation
  • drudgery reduction
  • energy consumption
  • disruption in trends
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