The line graph below compares the proportion of families with five distinct types of technology in America between 1995 and 1999.
In sum, all kinds of technology show positive growth during the 4 years. The washing machine was always the most popular household technology among them, and the phone represents the most dramatic increase in percentage over the period from 1995 to 1999.
In terms of the DVD player, it dropped from approximately 25% to 15% by 1996, then rose steadily 3 years in a row, reaching around 40% in 1999, which became the lowest percentage among several technologies in house.
On the other hand, the washing machine, the computer, and the Internet climbed from 60%, 40%, and 10% in 1995 to 80%, 70%, and 50% or so in 1999 respectively. The washing machine accounted for the largest proportion of four-fifths, which was twice as high as the figure for the DVD player in 1999.
For the phone, its percentage of households jumped over fourfold from approximately 18% to 75% over the four years, reaching the second largest proportion of households’ technology.
