Industrialization is the process of transforming an economy from primarily agricultural to one based on manufacturing goods, characterized by the mechanization of production, the factory system, and technological innovation. This displine has extensively done research on various basic house hold equipments and through it’s hypothesis it recommends the best equipment to use.
This change in industrialization can be clearly seen on the chart presented above. The chart shows the percentage of British Families that had various items in 2001 and 2008.
Firstly, telephones was the most popular house appliance in 2001 with a user percentage of 95%, although there’s decline percentage of 5% in 2008, it is still the most popular family appliance which shows it’s strong relevance in communication. This may be attributed to the fact it uses satellite connection and not the internet. The internet is a recent development as displayed on the graph with a percentage usage of 60% in 2001 in comparison with a demand of 20% percentage in 2001. This attribute is what makes mobile phones more popular in 2008 with a coverage of 80% in households compared to a scarce use of mobile phones in 2001 with a an estimate of 20% percentage. In contrast to the internet connection, home computers were popular back in 2001 because 35% percent of families owned one, the usage has improved to 65% percentage in 2008. Additionally CD players were also common in 2001 , 70 % percentage of British homes owned a boom box and this has only gotten more popular with time as it’s usage in 2008 is 90% percent.
Secondly, the microwave wave was the second most popular appliance in 2001 , about 80% percent of homes used a microwave. The microwave is still an important assert at home as 90% of British families still use it, this demonstrates it’s effectiveness. In contrary, the dishwasher was the among the least popular appliances in 2001 with only 20% of British Folks using it.In 2008, it’s the least preferred iteam in the house with only 40% percentage of British Individuals using it . The low uptake of dishwasher may be related to British population preference of hand washing dishes.