The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework and households in one country between 1920 and 2019. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graphs visualize the ownership of electrical items and time spent on chores between the years 1920 and 2019.

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, during

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period, the availability of machines for doing housework has significantly increased and

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led to fewer

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that are spent on chores. In detail, only 1-2% of families had refrigerators in 1920, but

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number progressively increased and starting from 1980, a refrigerator had been a main facility in every house.

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, in 1920, 30% of houses would contain a vacuum cleaner which was followed by an upward trend by reaching 100% in 2000.

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, a washing machine can be found in two out of five homes in 1920. Afterwards, a significant increase was witnessed between the years 1920 and 1960. During the next 60 years, some fluctuations were observed and

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of the period, the number hit just above 70%. When it comes to working

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, as new technologies emerged, the number of

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spent on housework was reduced. In 1920, an average of 50

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per week were required to handle all chores, but it significantly dropped and in 2019, it was just 10

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