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 selectiong and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart provides information on electrical devices and the average time of their utilization in households in the UK between 1920 and 2019. The data clearly illustrates an upward trend in their number with the parallel decrease in their weekly use, which had been experienced in a 99-year period. Refrigerators are the appliance which witnessed the most dramatic increase throughout the period. Beginning at 0% in 1920 it started rising rapidly in the following years.

Consequently

, since 1980, they have been present in 100% of the houses in the country. A similar growth was observed in the case of vacuum cleaners. When in 1290 they were in 30% of households, in the next years a moderate increase was seen achieving 100% in 2000.

In contrast

, washing machines followed a different pattern. They climbed gradually from 40% in 1920 to 70% in 1960.

After

this

, despite a slight fall to 60% in 1980 they managed to maintain an increase, ending at 75% in 2019.

On the other hand

, the number of their weekly utilization experienced a moderate decrease.

While

in 1920

such

devices were working 50 hours per week, in 1980 only 15. Since

then

the number of hours has remained relatively stable.