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 two line graphs illustrate how many households have owned electrical appliances and how much time has been spent on doing housework including washing clothes, preparing meals, and cleaning in one country during a century from 1920 to 2019.

Overall

, what stands out from the graphs is that the owning of electrical instruments had an upward trend ,

however

, the number of

hours

per week spent on doing household chores was reversed. Looking at the details, a significant increase in the

ownership

of refrigerators was observed; from no users in 1920 to the level that all households had in 1980, since

then

the stable status of 100%

ownership

was recorded. The vacuum cleaner

ownership

trend enjoyed a steady rise from 30% in 1920 to 100% in 2000,

then

it remained unchanged till the end of the period. It is worth mentioning that in 1960 owning the vacuum cleaner overtook the washing machines. Despite the popularity of washing machines among other appliances in 1920 with 40%

ownership

, it did not grow like the others.It had a gradual improvement and reached almost 70% in 2019, except for a dip in 1980. The amount of time spent on doing housework showed a reverse relationship with the

ownership

of electrical appliances. A steep decrease from 50

hours

per week in 1920 to nearly 10

hours

in 1980 was observed. Having 20 years of stability from 1980 to 2000, a slight drop to 10

hours

was recorded during the

last

twenty years.