he table below shows the consumer durables (telephone, refrigerator, etc.) owned in Britain from 1972 to 1983.

The given table compares the percentage of households durable which are owned by a range of British families between 1872 and 1983.

Overall

, the ratio of British families owning all household goods steadily increased during a given period.

Moreover

, the most common electronic item in Britain was a television,

while

the least household-owned ones were dishwashers and video players. In 1972, TVs and vacuum cleaners were highly popular amongst English citizens with percentages of 93 and 87 ,respectively. The refrigerator and washing machine stood around 73% and 66%, respectively in 1972 and both gradually rose to 94 % and 80 %, respectively in 1983.

Furthermore

,

although

central heating and telephone were the least owned by 33% and 42% respectively in 1972, they both grew almost double in 1983 by 64% and 77 % respectively. Only 18% of total Britain households owned a video in 1983, and before 1983, none of them had possession of a video player. 1978 was the year of the introduction of the dishwasher, the fewest British people had

this

electronic device.

In addition

,

this

rate slightly increased to 5% in 1983.