The lines graph illustrates the number of people who own electrical appliances and the amount of time spent doing housework in one country from 1920 to 2019.
Overall, there were increases in the percentage of individuals having all electrical appliances, with refrigerators witnessing the most dramatic rise. Additionally, the amount of time doing housework saw a substantial fall throughout the period, with the weekly housework hours falling to one-fifth of the 1920 level by 2019.
In 1920, the rate of households owning washing machines was the highest, at 40%, then it significantly grew to 70% in 1960 before there was a fluctuation in the number of people having washing machines, between 67 and 73 % from 1960 to 2019. In addition, about 30% of households had vacuum cleaners in 1920, after that it dramatically went to 100% in 2000, then this figure remained unchanged in the last years. Furthermore, the proportion of households owing refrigerators was the lowest in the first year, afterward it dramatically increased to 100 in 1908 and passing the number of using the washing machine and vacuum cleaners. Finally, this figure still exist in 2019.
The amount of time spending on housework in 1920 was the highest, at about 50 per household, then it significantly dropped to 20 per household in 1960 and fell to 15 per household, before there was a decrease slightly in the time dedicated to household chores, from 15 per household to 10 per household, between 1960 and 2019.