The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in household in one country between 1920 and 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The line graphs indicate the percentage of households with washing machines,
refrigerators
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, and
vacuum
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cleaners
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and the
number
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of
hours
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of
housework
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per household between 1920 and 2019. The
overall
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trends show the percentage of electrical appliances was increasing over time,
while
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the
number
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of time spent on
housework
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was declining. In 1920, not even half of the population owned electrical appliances,
such
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as washing machines,
refrigerators
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and
vacuum
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cleaners
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. Only 40% of the households had a washing machine in 1920, whilst the percentage of households who owned
refrigerators
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and
vacuum
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cleaners
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was smaller with only 30% and 1% respectively.
This
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number
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kept increasing every year until the
number
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of families who had
vacuum
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cleaners
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and
refrigerators
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in their
home
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homes
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reached 100%.
Additionally
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, the
amount
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number
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of families who chose to buy washing machines
was
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were
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increasing, albeit a smaller rise, with only a 35% increase.
Consequently
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, the
number
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of
hours
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of
housework
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per household was dropping significantly. In 1920, people spent 50
hours
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per
week
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doing their
housework
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, like washing clothes, preparing meals, and cleaning.
However
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, that
number
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dropped to only 10
hours
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per
week
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in 2019. All-in-all, there was a negative correlation between the ratio of family with electrical appliances and the amount of
housework
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per
week
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between 1920-2019. The ratio of electrical appliance ownership kept rising,
while
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the
hours
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spent doing
housework
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per
week
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kept declining.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words refrigerators, vacuum, cleaners, number, hours, housework, week with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "ratio" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • ownership
  • electrical appliances
  • household
  • percentage
  • refrigerator
  • vacuum cleaner
  • washing machine
  • steady increase
  • significant decrease
  • correlation
  • housework
  • number of hours
  • per week
  • period
  • rise
  • reach
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