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 first line chart gives information about the proportion of

households

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that had electrical appliances (washing

machine

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machines

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,

refrigerator

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refrigerators

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, and vacuum

cleaner

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cleaners

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) in their house,

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the second chart illustrates

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how many

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those

devices

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were used during housework per

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between 1920

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2019.

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, the

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of electrical appliances owned by

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in a particular country rose for almost a hundred years.

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, the increasing

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of the ownership was not followed by the weekly time spent which fell gradually since 1960. In the beginning, the

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households

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household's

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ownership of washing

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machines

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and vacuum

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cleaners

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had the highest proportion, which stood at 40% and 30%, respectively. The proportion for both

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then

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grew significantly and reached the same point at 70% in 1960.

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washing machines owned by

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continued to rise gradually until 2019 at around 72%, the ownership of vacuum cleaners skyrocketed and reached a peak at 100% in 2000 and remained steady until 2019.

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, only a few

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owned a refrigerator in 1920, standing at below 10%.

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, the

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grew significantly

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90% in 1960 followed by a moderate increase

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100% in 2019.

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with the possession of electrical

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that witnessed

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growth, the

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of

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spent

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each appliance dropped over decades. In 1920, electrical

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devices

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usage per household started at 50

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per

week

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. The

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then

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experienced a significant fall to 20

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per

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in 1960, before dropping steadily to just above 10

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per

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per household in the final year.