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 line chart shows the percentage of households with three kinds of electrical appliances and how many
hours
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people
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spend
on
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doing household chores in a particular nation
during
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1920 to 2019.
It is clear that
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the lowest percentage of all categories of electrical appliances was in 1920. By 2019,
people
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tended to use more electrical appliances,
such
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as washing machines, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners,
while
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at the same time spending less time on doing housework. Looking at the information in more detail, in 1920, the proportion of households with refrigerators was 0%, which
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saw a significant increase to 100% by 1980, remaining at
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level until 2019. As for washing machines, ownership started at 30% and peaked at 100% from 2000 to 2019.
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, the proportion of households with vacuum cleaners witnessed a slump
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1960 to 1980, after which it slightly grew to approximately 75% in 2019." In terms of how much time
people
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spend on household chores, in 1920,
people
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spent 50
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on
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doing household chores each week, which
then
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dramatically declined to 20
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in 1960.
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, the figure gradually decreased to roughly 12
hours
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in 2019.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words hours, people with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" 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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