The charts illustrate the
percentage
of Use synonyms
households
that owned an electrical device (washing machine, refrigerator, vacuum cleaner) and the amount of time spent on doing chores per week per household in a country from 1920 to 2019. Use synonyms
Overall
, Linking Words
although
ownership of electrical appliances increased over the period, the amount of time spent on housework decreased. Linking Words
Moreover
, washing machines had the highest ownership at the beginning, but by the end of the period, they had the lowest Linking Words
percentage
among the three appliances
In 1920, no household owned a refrigerator. Use synonyms
However
, by 1940, the Linking Words
percentage
of Use synonyms
households
with refrigerators had exceeded those with the other two electrical appliances, rising sharply to 100% in 1980 before plateauing over the next 40 years. In 1920, 30% of Use synonyms
households
owned a vacuum cleaner, mirroring the trend of refrigerators and reaching its peak at 100% in 2000 before remaining unchanged for the next 20 years. Washing machines were the most common electrical device in 1920, with 40%. Their Use synonyms
percentage
grew steadily, and by Use synonyms
2019
about 80% of Punctuation problem
2019,
households
owned a washing machine.
The average number of Use synonyms
hours
spent on housework per week per household declined significantly from 50 Use synonyms
hours
to around 20 Use synonyms
hours
in 1960, and Use synonyms
then
declined more gradually to about 10 Linking Words
hours
in 2019.Use synonyms