The line graphs provide information about the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and the amount of time spent doing households in one country between 1920 and 2019.
Generally, the chart which shows the percentage of families with electrical appliances was the upward trend and in 2019 the figure for the washing machine was lowest of electrical devices. However, the number of hours of housework per week, per household went down from 1920 to 2019.
As can be seen from the chart of the percentage of households with electrical types of equipment between 1920 to 2019, in 1920, the highest proportion of households was washing machine, with 40% then there is a slightly increase in the figure for families from 1920 to 1960, at 60% and 70% respectively. But it fell to around 60% in 1980 and after that, the percentage of households increased from around 60% to nearly 75%. Followed by the percentage of families of the refrigerator in 1920 was lower than others tools with 0% then the proportion of households saw a dramatic increase from 1920 to 1960 with nearly 45% and 90% respectively. Moreover, the figure for the refrigerator was also rose to 100% in 1980 and remained unchanged to 2019. About the proportion of vacuum cleaner was 30% in 1920 than the figures for households went up the strength to 2000 and saw the proportion similar with the percentage of the refrigerator with 100% and kept level off to 2019.
Otherwise, the number of hours of washing clothes, preparing meals, and cleaning per week, per household from 1920 to 2019 was a downward trend. Begin in 1920 with 50% but there is a significant decline to 1960 from 50% to 20%. Moreover, the figure of hours of housework fluctuated, but generally, the trend also was downward from 1960 to 2019, with approximately 20% to 10%.
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