The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019.
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Two line charts cover 1920, 1940, 1960, 1980, 2000 and 2019. Approximate household ownership percentages for washing machines are 40, 60, 70, 65, 70 and 75; refrigerators 0, 55, 90, 100, 100 and 100; and vacuum cleaners 30, 50, 70, 90, 100 and 100. Weekly housework hours per household fall from 50 to 35, 20, 15, 15 and 10. Housework means washing clothes, preparing meals and cleaning.
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Response 01
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Between 1920 and 2019, the line graphs show how household ownership of various electrical appliances and time spent per week doing housework in the country changed. According to the first graph, the proportion of households that own these devices has increased over time, with every family owning both refrigerators and cleaners by 2019. The most significant change - vacuum overall was observed between 1920 and 1960; whereas the proportion of households with fridges increased markedly from nearly none to 90%, the proportion of households with washers and vacuums increased more- modestly, both reaching 70%. Following that, ownership of refrigerators reached 100 percent in 1980, and ownership of 1960 washing machines followed in 2000. Following that, ownership of 1960 washing machines was acquired. Vacuum cleaner ownership fell to around 65 percent in 1980 before recovering and reaching a high of 75 percent in 2019.
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Response 02
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The charts show the percentage of households who own three types of electrical appliances: washing machine, refrigerator, and vacuum cleaner, and each household’s number of hours of weekly housework from 1920 to 2019. The rate of households with electrical appliances experienced upward trends in all appliances, while the number of hours of a household’s housework per week decreased gradually over the time period.
The rate of household with a washing machine was the highest among other appliances which appeared to be 40% in 1920. It was gradually increased to reach about 75% in 2019. The percentage of household who own a refrigerator was at the lowest in 1920, but the percentage was dramatically rose to 90% in 1960. There was a gradual increased of 10% in 1980 and, after that, the rate was stable until the end of the period.
The amount of time each household spend doing housework was 50 hours per week in 1920 and decreased steadily to 20 hours per week in 1960. Then, the amount of time reached the percentage 0f 10 at 2019.
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Response 03
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The line chart depicts the percentages of households that use appliances with electricity over a 100-year period from 1920 to 2019 and the other line chart describes how much time each household spend on houseworks every week. Overall, the percentages of electricity appliances use grew every 20 years with only a slight fall from 1960 to 1980. In contrast, The number of hours for each household to do houseworks has the tendency to decrease every 20 years.
Refrigerators became popular as time goes by, rising from almost 0%of users to 100% in 2019, shared a same position with vacuum cleaners in the same year. It was notable that washing machines experienced a decrease between 1960 to 1980 from 70% to nearly 65%.
It can be seen that housework was not as common in 1960 as in 1920, declining from 50 hours to only 20 per week, lower than half of the original hours.
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Response 04
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The first line graph outlines how electrical appliance ownership in households in a country changed during a century, commencing from 1920. The second chart delineates how it had affected the time spent on household work per week by the citizens in this country.
As a general trend, with the increasing number of electrical devices possessed by families, their need for doing housework significantly declined.
As the graph reveals, only 30 percent of households in this country had vacuum cleaners and four out of ten families had washing machines in 1920. Refrigerators were a rare electrical appliance at that time. Just after two decades, however, refrigerator possessions shot up, and almost half of the families owned these three electrical items in their homes. More families started to own such devices and at the beginning of the twenty-first century, almost all households had fridges and vacuum cleaners. The washing machine was owned by more than 70% of families which slowly but steadily increased till 2019. At that point, there was hardly any family without a refrigerator or vacuum cleaner.
It is interesting to note that, with the increasing number of families owning those electrical appliances, their need for doing household work like preparing meals, cleaning and washing clothes remarkably diminished. While they used to work for 50 hours a week doing such work in 1920, it decreased to 20 hours in 1960 and 10 in 2019.
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Response 05
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The line graphs show the correlation between the ownership of common household electrical devices and the duration of housework done by families in a country between 1920 and 2019.
Overall, the possession of electrical items by families in this country significantly increased during the period, and as a result, the duration of their weekly housework requirement declined proportionately.
According to the first graph, refrigerators were a rare commodity in houses in 1920, but their presence soared afterwards. Since 1980, every family in this country owned this device at home. A similar, but much smoother trend can be observed with vacuum cleaners, which were present at only three in ten houses a century ago but are now held by 100% of all homes. Lastly, washing machines were owned by 40% of families in 1920 and reached 70% in just four decades. These days, it has remained just below 80%.
The second line chart indicates a direct correlation between the acquisition of essential household appliances and the duration of work required to be done at home. Household work duration dropped dramatically from a high 50 hours per week in 1920 to a mere 10 hours per week in 2019.
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Response 06
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The first line graph illustrates how the rate of electrical appliance ownership changed from 1920 to 2019 in a country, while the second graph displays the time spent on housework weekly during the same period. It can be seen that the percentage of families with washing machines, fridges and vacuum cleaners experienced an upward trend, whereas the amount of time doing housework underwent a decline.
In 1920, the rate of washing machine ownership was the highest, with 40%, followed by that of vacuum cleaners, with 30%, while barely any household owned refrigerators. Over the next years, the proportion of families with fridges surged, being the first to reach 100% in 1980. The share of households that possessed vacuums hit 100% in 2000 and remained at this level afterward, whereas the data for washing machines fluctuated during the 100-year period and finished at about 75% by 2019. This made the rate of washing machine ownership the lowest in the final year.
With regard to time spent doing housework, it started at the highest point of 50 hours per week in 1920. This figure fell in the following years, with the most noticeable decline happening between 1920 and 1960, as it dropped to 20. This trend occured much more mildly over the final 60 years, as after a period of relative stability from 1980 to 2000, the amount of time for housework finished at over 10 hours a week per household.
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Response 07
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The line graphs illustrate the evolving patterns of household electrical appliance ownership and the corresponding time dedicated to housework in homes in a country from 1920 to 2019.
In general, there was a noticeable surge in the ownership of various electrical appliances throughout the period, which directly correlates with a dramatic reduction in the average number of hours spent on household chores.
In 1920, none of the listed appliances was widely owned - only 30% of households owned vacuum cleaners and 40% washing machines. However, ownership began to rise steadily from 1930 onwards, with refrigerators and vacuum cleaners experiencing the most significant growth. By 1960, approximately 90% of households possessed a refrigerator, a figure that reached virtually 100% by 1980. Similarly, vacuum cleaner ownership soared from about 30% in 1920 to over 90% by 1980, achieving near-universal penetration by 2019. The washing machine also saw a substantial increase, reaching around 70% ownership by 1970.
Concomitantly, the average weekly hours spent on housework witnessed a steep decline. Starting at a considerable 50 hours per week in 1920, this figure plummeted to approximately 30 hours by 1960. The downward trend continued, with housework hours stabilising at 10 hours per week by 2019, reflecting the increasing automation of domestic tasks.
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Response 08
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The first graph displays the percentages of households that owned electrical appliances in one country between 1920 and 2019, while the second graph illustrates how much time households in that country spent doing housework during the same period.
Overall, ownership of all three appliances increased during this period, with that of refrigerators having the greatest growth. At the same time, the amount of time spent on housework decreased.
Washing machines were the most common of the three electrical appliances in 1920, with ownership reaching 40% of the population. This number then rose to about 75% in 2019, with a small dip in 1980. Nearly a third of households owned vacuum cleaners in 1920. Although ownership climbed steadily, it did not reach 100% until 2000.
In comparison, almost no households had a refrigerator in 1920. However, ownership increased rapidly and by 1980 there was one in every household.
The amount of time spent doing housework, by contrast, first fell significantly from 50 to 15 hours per week between 1920 and 1980. After that, it only experienced a small drop to just over 10 hours a week in 2019.
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Response 09
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The first line graph illustrates the percentage of households that owned electrical appliances - namely washing machines, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners from 1920 to 2019 in one country. The second graph shows the number of hours spent per week on housework per household during the same period.
Overall, ownership of all three appliances increased over time, with refrigerators and vacuum cleaners experiencing the most dramatic growth, eventually reaching near-universal adoption. Conversely, the average weekly hours spent on housework declined steadily, which shows that increased access to electrical appliances is strongly associated with a marked reduction in household labour over the past century.
In 1920, refrigerators had insignificant ownership in this country, while around 30% of households owned vacuum cleaners and 40% had washing machines. Over the following decades, refrigerator ownership rose sharply, surpassing 90% by 1960 and reaching 100% by 1980. Vacuum cleaner ownership followed a similar trajectory, hitting 100% by 2000. Washing machine ownership grew gradually, climbing to about 70% by 1960 and approximately 75% by 2019.
In contrast, the time spent on housework decreased significantly from 50 hours per week in 1920 to roughly 15 hours in 1980 before levelling off at around 10 hours by 2019. This trend appears inversely related to the growing adoption of household appliances.
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Response 10
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The first line chart illustrates the proportions of households owning washing machines, refrigerators and vacuum cleaners while the second one depicts how much time per week every family expended on household chores from 1920 to 2019 in one particular nation.
Overall, it is notable that while the figures for the utensils witnessed a strong surge, the opposite was true for the time quantity. In addition, refrigerators and vacuums gained substantial popularity, making them the most common at the end of the period.
Upon a closer look at appliance ownership, in 1920, the percentages of homes having refrigerators and vacuums were nearly 3% and 30%, respectively. During the next ten decades, the former skyrocketed to its peak of 100% in 1980, followed by a plateau, whereas the latter soared to 100% in 2000, then remained unchanged. As for washing machines, ownership was much higher than the others initially, at 40%. However, it experienced a slower growth to just 70% between 1920 and 1960, but later dipped slightly by about 5% in 1980 and recovered steadily to approximately 75% by 2019.
Turning to the figures for hours spent on housework weekly, a plunge from 50 to 15 was seen over the first 60 years, and it then marginally declined to 10 hours by 2019.
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