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 first line graph presents the percentages of

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in one particular country that owned three types of electrical appliances from 1920 to 2019,

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the second graph illustrates the

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spent on

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in the average household during the same period.

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, ownership of these appliances increased during

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period, with refrigerators showing the fastest increase by 1980. At the same

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, the amount of

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spent on

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decreased continuously from 1920 to 2019. In 1920, washing

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were the most common of the three appliances, with ownership reaching 40% of

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.

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number

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had risen to over 70% by 2019, despite a small dip in 1980.

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, nearly a third of

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owned vacuum cleaners in 1920. Even though it experienced a gradual increase, it did not reach 100% until 2000. As for refrigerators, very few

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owned one in 1920.

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, ownership climbed rapidly, and by 1980, there was one in almost every household.

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spent 50 hours per week doing

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in 1920.

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, the

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continued to decrease significantly until 1980. After that, the

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spent on

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saw only a small drop and reached slightly over 10 hours per week in 2019.