The bar graph compares the proportion of households in one country that had various items between 2001 and 2008.
Overall, the percentage of households with the majority of the given goods increased, while telephones bucked the rising trend by decreasing slightly by 2008. Microwaves, telephones, and CD players accounted for the largest share, presenting identical figures in 2008, whereas the proportion of households with dishwashers ended the period with the lowest figures.
Focusing on the percentage of families with certain goods that grew more sharply, mobile phones showed the greatest rise. Starting at 20% in 2001, the figure then rocketed, reaching 80% by the end of the period. A similar trend was noticed in the proportion of households with internet. It stood at 10% before surging to 60% by 2008. Although dishwashers shared a similar standing with internet, they experienced a less marked growth, climbing to 40% in 2008. Home computers followed a comparable pattern, doubling over the period. There was a rise of 40 percentage points in the proportion of households with computers, reaching 80% by the end of the timeframe.
CD players, microwaves, and clothes dryers exhibited an upward trend, albeit to lesser extents. The proportion of households with CD players and microwaves began at 70% and 80%, respectively before increasing marginally to the identical figures of 90% by 2008. Clothes dryers stood at 60%, and this was followed by a negligible rise of 10 percentage points.
The share of households having telephones started the period with the highest figures of a staggering 95% before falling modestly to 90%.