The charts illustrate the propotion of ownership of electronic gadgets and duration of time utilized conducting home chores activities in a given country to almost a century.
Overall, the rate of refrigerator ownership in this country increased dramatically at the beginning of the period and remained towards the end, while washing machine and vacuum cleaner ownership proportions increased steadily throughout the period. Nevertheless, the numbers of hours spent on indoor activities in this country fell drastically thoughout the period.
From 1920 to 1960, the number of households that owned refrigerators in this country rose remarkably to 90%, but 20 years later the refrigerator ownership recorded a slight difference of 10%. Morever, this rate remained constant from 1980 to 2000.
Whereas, the rate of washing machine in this particluar country increased gradually from 40% to 70%. In contrast, 59 years later grew by the difference of 2%. Finally, the rate of vacuum cleaner in this country climbed steadily from 30% to 70% after 40 years, 40 years later it grew by 30%. Lastly, after this rate it remained the same from 2000 to 2019. In 1960, both washing machine and vacuum cleaner had the similar rate of 70%.
From 1920 to 1960, hours spent doing the chores dropped drastically by 30 hours per week. However, 59 years later the decline there was a slight of 10 hours per week.