The charts below show the changes in ownership of electric appliances and amount of time spend doing housework in household in one country between 1920 and 2019.

The provided chart illustrates the evolution in

ownership

of electric appliances and the corresponding reduction in

housework

hours

in a town from 1920 to 2019.

Overall

, it is evident that refrigerator and

vacuum

cleaner

ownership

experienced substantial growth over the decades

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while

washing machine

ownership

showed modest increases. Concurrently, there was a notable decline in the

hours

devoted to

housework

.

Initially

, in 1920, washing machines were the most prevalent appliances, owned by 40% of households, followed by

vacuum

cleaners at 30%, and refrigerators at a mere 2%. By 1940, there was a significant rise:

vacuum

cleaner

ownership

notably increased to 50%, refrigerators surged to 53%, and washing machines

also

saw a slight uptick to 60%. Moving into 1980, washing machine

ownership

slightly decreased to 60%, down from its peak of 70% in the 1970s. Refrigerator

ownership

reached saturation at 100%,

while

vacuum

cleaner

ownership

approached 90%. Regarding

housework

hours

, in 1920, an average of 50

hours

per week was spent on

housework

.

This

figure decreased to 30

hours

by 1940 and continued to decline steadily over the decades, reaching a minimal 10

hours

per week by 2019.