The table below shows the percentage of households with electronic goods in New Zealand in 1998 and 2002.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table provides key information about the percentages of households with electronic devices in New Zealand throughout

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decade. The units are measured in percentages.

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, it is clear from the graph that during 2002, the utilization of electronic goods in general, increased compared to the year 1998.

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, the video recorder was the only device that experienced a decline by 2002.

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the data shown, the washing machine has insignificant growth, which was only 1%

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the whole decade. Color TVs

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indicated a slight increase from 95% in 1998 to 99% by 2002. Computers and

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smartphones have clearly jumped by 2002 from 50% and 20% to 78% and 80% respectively. In terms of the video recorders, it is obvious that they were the only devices that represented a decrease by 2002, which was about 15%. The dishwasher,

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, remained constant.

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the digital cameras soared from 2% in 1998 to 40% in 2020.