Electrical Appliance Ownership and Housework Time

The charts show the percentage of Suggested change: households that ownedhouseholds that owned1households who own three types of electrical appliances: Suggested change: washing machines, refrigerators, and vacuum cleanerswashing machines, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners2washing machine, refrigerator, and vacuum cleaner, and Suggested change: the average weekly hours spent on domestic chores per householdthe average weekly hours spent on domestic chores per household3each household’s number of hours of weekly housework from 1920 to 2019. The Suggested change: proportion of households owning these appliancesproportion of households owning these appliances4rate of households with electrical appliances Suggested change: increased across all three categories,increased across all three categories,5experienced upward trends in all appliances, while the number of hours of Suggested change: weekly domestic work per householdweekly domestic work per household6a household’s housework per week decreased gradually over the time period.

The Suggested change: percentage of households withpercentage of households with8rate of household with a washing machine was the highest Suggested change: of all three appliances, atof all three appliances, at9among other appliances which appeared to be 40% in 1920. Suggested change: It gradually increasedIt gradually increased10It was gradually increased to reach Suggested change: around 75% by 2019, despite dipping slightly in 1980.around 75% by 2019, despite dipping slightly in 1980.11about 75% in 2019. The Suggested change: percentage of households that ownedpercentage of households that owned12percentage of household who own a refrigerator Suggested change: was lowest in 1920 (around 2%),was lowest in 1920 (around 2%),13was at the lowest in 1920, but the percentage Suggested change: rose dramaticallyrose dramatically14was dramatically rose to 90% in 1960. There was a Suggested change: gradual increase to 100%gradual increase to 100%15gradual increased of 10% in 1980 and, after that, the rate was stable until the end of the period.

The amount of time Suggested change: each household spenteach household spent17each 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 Suggested change: fell to around 11 hours per week in 2019.fell to around 11 hours per week in 2019.18reached the percentage 0f 10 at 2019.