The bar chart below provides information about the proportion of households owning different items in a European nation in 2004 and 2008.
Overall, there was a general increase in households possessing most goods, while the telephone was the only category witnessing a decline of ownership. TV was by far the most popular good in both years surveyed, contrasting sharply with the dishwasher, which was the least common household item.
Regarding the modest increases, in 2004, roughly 93% of families had a TV at home. This figure was followed by the CD player, microwave, clothes dryer, and dishwasher categories, which commenced at 73%, 68%, 60%, and 26% respectively. Notably, all these categories experienced an approximately identical increase of about 5%.
More pronounced rises were observed in the figures of mobile phones and home computers, with the former figure starting at a lower percentage of ownership. Just about 28% of families owned mobile phones in 2004, and the number of these households skyrocketed to approximately 78%. Meanwhile, the proportion of households with home computers stood at 30% in 2004, before doubling to around 72% in 2008.