The line graph below shows the percentage of households in Singapore that owned four different consumer items (computer, car, air conditioning and washing machine) between 1973 and 2008.

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electronic devices in terms of the

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of usage in households in Singapore from 1973 to 2008.

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, the

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for properties with washing machines and cars reached the highest

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,

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the

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of households with air conditioning became the lowest

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all 4 figures. In

1973

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the

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for houses

used

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air conditioning was leading with almost 20%,

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of washing machines and cars

was

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the lowest, at about 10%. Coming to 1983,

washing machine’s

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experienced

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significant

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increase to 70%, the

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for cars rose slightly

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up to 20%.

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figures reached the top

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at about 100%

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of the period. (In 2008) From 1988 onwards, Singaporeans

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to use computers in their households. The computer's

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was only 5% until 1993, and

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this

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rosed

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dramatically to almost 60% in 2003. In

2008

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2008,

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this

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became the

second highest

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second-highest

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that

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was 80%. Air conditioning's

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increased

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from 20% to 50% without fluctuations over the period.