The charts illustrate the percentage of families owning electrical appliances and the amount of hours spent doing chores in a country from 1920 to 2019.
Overall, it is clearly shown that the number of electronic machines used for cleaning have increased throughout the years, whereas the amount of time spent doing housework have decreased.
In 1920, the number of households owning all 3 appliances were under 50% with the washing machine at 40%, vacuum cleaner at 30% and the refrigerator with 0%. By the next 20 years, the number of families owning refrigerators has skyrocketed to more than 50%. The washing machine and vacuum cleaner also showed a strong growth of 20%. In 1960, the ownership of the washing machine have displayed a slight drop, however from 1980 toward 2019 it have increased to around 70%. The percentage of families having the fridge has a dramatic rise. By 1980, it have peaked at 100% of families owning it and this continued steadily. In 2000 the vacuum cleaner ownership has hit its peak of 100% as well after a steady growth of rise 10% each year.
With the rise of electronic devices, the number of hours of housework per week has dropped significantly from 50 hours in 1980 to a little over 10 hours in 2019.