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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two line graphs show the number of

hours

spent by housewives on housework and the percentage of homes with appliances from 1920 to 2019.

Overall

, it is noticeable that with a gradual increase in the percentage of electrical house appliances, there was a significant decline in

hours

on house

chores

that housewives spent during the almost 100-year period. In 1920, housewives spent about 50

hours

a

week

on housekeeping.

However

, by 1940,

this

time

had decreased to 30-40

hours

a

week

. In

such

a short period of

time

, homemakers managed to reduce the

time

spent on cleaning by almost 20%. By 1960, the

hours

spent on

chores

had decreased to 20

hours

a

week

. It is interesting that in the period from 1980 to 2000, the

time

for

chores

remained virtually unchanged.

This

was

due to

the fact that during

this

era there were no technological changes that could simplify household

chores

.

However

, by 2019, technological progress has made a significant step forward and the

time

spent on housekeeping has decreased to 10

hours

a

week

. In the future,

this

time

will probably continue to decrease as technology does not stand still and continues to simplify the process of working at home, which makes life much easier for homemakers.