Electrical Appliance Ownership and Housework Time

The line graphs Suggested change: illustrate changes inillustrate changes in1show the correlation between the ownership of common household electrical devices and the Suggested change: amount of time spent on houseworkamount of time spent on housework2duration 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 Suggested change: present in only about 2% to 3% of households in 1920present in only about 2% to 3% of households in 19203rare commodity in houses in 1920, but their presence soared afterwards. Since 1980, every family in this country Suggested change: has owned this devicehas owned this device4owned this device at home. A similar, but much smoother trend can be observed with vacuum cleaners, which were present Suggested change: in only three in ten housesin only three in ten houses5at only three in ten houses a century ago but are now Suggested change: ownedowned6held by 100% of all homes. Lastly, washing machines were owned by 40% of families in 1920 and reached 70% in just four decades. Suggested change: By 2019, washing machine ownership stoodBy 2019, washing machine ownership stood7These 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 Suggested change: high of 50 hourshigh of 50 hours8high 50 hours per week in 1920 to a mere Suggested change: roughly 12 hours per week in 2019roughly 12 hours per week in 2019910 hours per week in 2019.