The chart illustrates the number of households who had large goods in 8 categories from 2001 to 2008.
Overall, telephone had the highest figure in both years, while dishwasher had the lowest. There was a noticeable gap between the most and least popular categories.
In 2001, telephone was clearly the most popular, attracting around 95%. This was followed by microwave and CD player with a lower figure of 80% and 70% respectively. In contrast, internet and dishwaher had a significantly low figure at 10%, a similar item was mobile phone at 20%. Another noticeable figure was home computer and clothes dryer, with 40% and 60%.
In 2008, the number of people choosing telephone was decreased, at about 90%. Besides, microwave and CD player were significantly increased at 90%, which same with telephone. Furthermore, all of others categories also rose up. Mobile phone, home computer, dishwaher and internet went up about 30% to 60% compared to 2001. Finally, clothes dryer slightly grew about 10%.