The charts below show the change in ownerships of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in housholds in oun country between 1920 to 2019.
The line graph illustrates the difference in the percentage of
households
with electrical appliances and a
Correct article usage
the
number
of hours
spent doing housework in households
in a country between 1920 to 2019.
Overall
, there were increasing trends towards refrigerator and vacuum cleaner ownership. In 2019, every household owned them. However
, from being the most electrical appliances owned by households
in 1920, the percentage of households
with washing machines dropped to the least owned. During the same period, weekly spending on housework decreased significantly from 1920 to 2019.
In 1920, no households
owned refrigerators. Within 40 years, the number
of refrigerator ownerships increased sharply to 90% of the overall
households
. The number
of refrigerator owners continued to increase, before reaching 100% in 1980 and containing the same rate of ownership until 2019. Similarly
. the number
of vacuum cleaner ownerships rose rapidly from 30% in 1920 to 90% in 1960, before gradually increasing to 100% in 1980. Nevertheless
, households
with washing machines increased from 40% in 1920 to 70% in 1960, followed by a 10% drop in 1980 and increased again to approximately 70% in 2019. At the same time, number
of hours
spent doing housework fell from 50 hours
in 1920 to 20 hours
per week after 40 years. Then
, it gradually dropped to 10 hours
per week in 2019.Submitted by bellchatpavee on
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