The bar chart provides information about the proportion of families using electronic goods from 2001 to 2008.
Overall, it is clear that telephone was the most dominant option chosen by various households in 2001 while telephone, microwave, and CD player were more attractive to families in 2008. Moreover, the proportion of families using household products experienced an upward trend except Telephone that represented an opposite pattern in cross two year.
Regarding the use of telephone in various households, it showed a modest reduce, which was around 95% in 2001 and slightly decreased to 90% in the following year. In contrast, mobile phone witnessed a tripled increase, raising from only 20% to exactly 80% in 2008. Meanwhile, the percentage of Home computer in families doubled from 40% to 80% over the same period. Furthermore, there were the significant increases in the proportions of microwave and CD player from 2001 to 2008, the use of microwave rose from 80% to 90% demonstrating a slight increase compared to that of CD player, growing from 70% to 90% in the final year.
Concerning the proportion of Internet and dishwasher used in households, despite the similar pattern of merely 10% in 2001, the internet usage jumped to 60% in 2008 compared to only 40% increase was observed in Dishwasher at the same stage. Moreover, there was a modest growth in the usage of Clothes dryer in both years, boosting from 60% to 70% in 2008.