The charts display data about the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and how much time was spent doing housework in household in specific country from 1920 to 2019
Overall, it can be seen from the charts that number of hours of housework decreased over the given period. However, proportion of ownership households with electrical devices increased between 1920 and 2019.
People who owned refrigerators increased dramatically from 1920 to 1960 and reached around 90 percent, 20 years later there was a slight rise to 100 percent. Household who used vacuum cleaner in 1920 there were around 30 percent after that there was a moderate rose until achieving its peak in 2000 and 2019 with 100 percent. Moreover, washing machine owners they were approximately 40 percent in 1920 then there was a fluctuation in 1940 to 2000 with no less than 60 percent and no higher than 70 percent. Then 19 years later there was a slight increase.
People used to spent time doing housework like washing clothes and cleaning in 1920 with around 50 hours per week. This time decreased over 40 years later to 20 hours per week and continued to dropping until reached about 10 hours per week spending in housework in 2019.
