The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and the amount of time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019.
The two line graphs illustrate changes in the proportion of households owning three categories of electrical appliances-washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and refrigerators and the average weekly hours spent on housework in a country from 1920 to 2019.
Overall, it is clear that the percentage of households with three electrical appliances experienced a significant upward trend, with vacuum cleaner and refrigerator reaching the highest feature by the end of the period. Conversely, the amount of time dedicated to household chores witnessed a substantial decline over the century.
In 1920, washing machine was the most common appliance, owned by 40%, followed by vacuum cleaner at 30% while refrigerator had a negligible presence near 0%. Over the next few decades, refrigerators grew rapidly, overtaking two appliances to reach 90% in 1960 and peaking at 100% in 1980, then it remained until 2019. Similarly, vacuum cleaners followed an identical upward trajectory, reaching 100% in 2000. In contrast, the proportion of washing machines fluctuated, it rose to 60% in 1960, after which it fell to 1980 before climbing steadily to approximately 75% in 2019.
Regarding the time devoted to domestic chores, households spent an average 50 hours per week in 1920. This figure then decreased considerably over the next forty years, decreasing to 35% in 1940 and 205 in 1960. The downward trend leveled off between 1980 and 2000 at 15%, before finally falling to just 10% in 2019.