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

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,

whereas

the second chart illustrates

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how many

hours

those

devices

were used during housework per

week

between 1920

to

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2019.

Overall

, the

number

of electrical appliances owned by

households

in a particular country rose for almost a hundred years.

However

, the increasing

number

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

households

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ownership of washing

machine

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machines

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and vacuum

cleaner

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cleaners

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

devices

then

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

While

washing machines owned by

households

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.

On the other hand

, only a few

households

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

However

, the

number

grew significantly

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90% in 1960 followed by a moderate increase

at

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100% in 2019.

In contrast

with the possession of electrical

devices

that witnessed

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growth, the

number

of

hours

spent

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each appliance dropped over decades. In 1920, electrical

devices

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usage per household started at 50

hours

per

week

. The

number

then

experienced a significant fall to 20

hours

per

week

in 1960, before dropping steadily to just above 10

hours

per

week

per household in the final year.