The line chart gives the information about the shares of households possessing different technological appliances in the United States from 1995 to 1999.
Overall, there was an upward trend in all these technologies, except for the DVD player in 1995-1996 period. Notably, the rate of families having a washing machine remained the highest compared to those of other appliances.
Looking for more details, in 1995, 60% of households in this nation had this appliance at home; however, the figure increased gradually and peaked at 80% in 1999. Although the ownership rate of computers was the second highest in most of these years, phones, which witnessed a significant increase with the figure from under 20% in 1995 to approximately 75% in 1999, eventually took this position in the last year of this period. Initially, around two-fifths of all households had computers before the figure rose steadily to 70% in the last period.
Although the proportion of families with DVD players and an Internet connection experienced significant change, they generally stayed under 50% in most of the years. After dropping from around 25% to only 15% in the first two years, the figure for DVD players recovered, reaching the highest level of 40% in 1999. The lowest in the initial year was the Internet, with only 10% of households owning it; the figure then increased to 50% in 1999.