The bar graph illustrates the ownership rates across four different types of household appliances among British families between 2001 and 2008.
Overall, all surveyed devices gained more popularity throughout, with the outlier being telephones, which experienced a marginal decline in the proportion of people possessing them. Additionally, while telephones, microwaves, and CD players were the most common options for British households, the reverse was true for dishwashers.
Regarding household items which were the most widely used among British families. Almost every family possessed telephones in 2001, after which the percentage dropped minimally to around 90%, though it still remained the most popular item throughout. In contrast, microwaves and CD players followed a similar rising trend in ownership rates, with figures increasing to roughly 90% to reach parity with telephones by 2001.
Mobile phones and the internet saw a dramatic growth in their ownership rates. The former witnessed an approximately twofold increase, with the percentage increasing from around 25% to 80, making them rank third in terms of household use. A similar pattern, but to a much more significant extent, could be observed on the internet, as its usage increased to 60%, indicating a sixfold expansion of possession rate despite initially ranking the lowest.
Moving onto the proportion of households possessing the remaining items. In 2001, around 60% of families owned clothes dryers, followed by that of computers and dishwashers, at around 35% and 20%, respectively. However, by 2001, while the figure for dishwashers represented a marginal climb to 70%, the ownership rates of home computers and dishwashers inclined dramatically, with respective proportions being roughly 65% and 40%.