The chart below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing houswork 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 line charts illustrate how the percentage of different electrical

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in homes and the total hours spent by residents doing

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per week per

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changed from 1920 to 2019.

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, there can be seen a negative correlation between the existence of electrical

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in houses and the amount of time spent doing

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. The rate of homes with electrical

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increased,

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the number of hours of

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per week per

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decreased consistently. Both of the three

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appliances

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climbed up. Even though refrigerators were not used before 1920, the rate of using them sharply went up, reaching 100% in 1980. The line which represents vacuum cleaners is similar to that of refrigerators. Every

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has at least one vacuum cleaner which was used by just 30% of households in 1920.

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, even though 4 houses out of 10 have a washing machine, which was the most possessed appliance until 1940, its rate was the lowest in 2019, with less than 80%.

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, in 1960, the weekly amount of hours that people spent doing

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was 60% less than at the beginning of the period. After 1960, it went down slowly, accounting for nearly 10%.