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 upper chart clearly demonstrates the alternations in the percentage of households facilitated by electric appliances in a country from 1920 to 2019,

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the second one illustrates how long each household pursued housework weekly throughout the same period.

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, it is evident that people gradually took up less housework as they owned more electrical appliances. Looking at the years 1920 to 1960, an upward tendency is noticeable regarding buying washing machines, vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. The figures kept rising significantly until 1940 when they reached the same percentage of approximately 50. Meanwhile, the

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people participate in manual work dwindled considerably from 50

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to just above 30

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per week.

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, the three appliances surged even

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, with refrigerators being the absolute leader at 90% and vacuum cleaners and washing machines following with 70%.

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, the housework figure plummeted to only 20

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. In terms of 1960 to 2016, the capture for refrigerators and vacuum cleaners saw a gradual rising trend and commenced at 100% in the

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year. In comparison, that of washing machines witnessed a slight surge to well below 70%. During the same timeline, households dedicated fewer

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to manual work and

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plunged to merely 10

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weekly in 2016, thanks to the great emergence of household gadgets.