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. Summarize 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.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The first chart illustrates the different electrical appliances utilized by families and the second graph reveals how much families spent time on
housework
, both in one particular country over a period of 99 years.
Overall
,
although
the time devoted to
housework
declined considerably by the end of 2019,
people
purchased more electrical appliances in comparison with the year 1920.
Moreover
, at
first,
washing machines were more popular among
people
.
However
, the usage of refrigerators and vacuum cleaners witnessed a more rapid rise. In 1920, the usage of washing machines was the highest at 40% of
people
,
whereas
the figures for refrigerators and vacuum cleaners were lower at nearly 2% and 30%, respectively.
Subsequently
,
people
purchased vacuum cleaners and refrigerators more, as the corresponding figures increased substantially to 100%
at the end
of the period.
However
, the proportion of
people
with washing machines saw a moderate growth to just over 70%, in 2019.
On the other hand
,
people
allocated 50
hours
a week to
housework
in 1920. During the next 60 years, the figure dropped by approximately 35
hours
and remained almost constant for 20 years.
Similarly
, from 2000 onwards, even fewer
hours
were spent on
housework
and the figure again decreased marginally to 10
hours
a week.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words housework, people, hours with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 4 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • ownership of electrical appliances
  • steadily increased
  • dramatically decreased
  • correlating the rise
  • became common
  • households
  • prevalence
  • technological advancements
  • increased affordability
  • household chores
  • labor-saving devices
  • allocated for housework
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