The two line graphs illustrate the percentage of
households
that owned three electrical Use synonyms
appliances
(washing Use synonyms
machines
, refrigerators, and Use synonyms
vacuum
cleaners) and the average number of Use synonyms
hours
spent on Use synonyms
housework
per week in a particular country between 1920 and 2019.
Use synonyms
Overall
, the proportion of Linking Words
households
with electrical Use synonyms
appliances
increased significantly, with refrigerators and Use synonyms
vacuum
cleaners becoming more common than washing Use synonyms
machines
. At the same time, the amount of time spent on Use synonyms
housework
declined sharply.
In 1920, only 30% of Use synonyms
households
owned Use synonyms
vacuum
cleaners, Use synonyms
while
40% had washing Linking Words
machines
. No household had a refrigerator at that time. Over the following decades, ownership of all three Use synonyms
appliances
rose. Refrigerator ownership saw the most dramatic increase, reaching 60% by 1960 and 100% by 1980, after which it remained unchanged. Use synonyms
Vacuum
cleaner ownership followed a similar pattern, reaching full adoption by 2000. Use synonyms
In contrast
, washing Linking Words
machines
experienced slower growth, increasing to just over 70% by 2019.
Meanwhile, the number of Use synonyms
hours
spent on Use synonyms
housework
per week declined steadily. In 1920, Use synonyms
households
spent around 50 Use synonyms
hours
on Use synonyms
housework
, but Use synonyms
this
figure dropped significantly to 20 Linking Words
hours
by 1960. The decline continued, reaching just 10 Use synonyms
hours
per week by 2019, likely Use synonyms
due to
the widespread use of electrical Linking Words
appliances
.Use synonyms
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