The line graph illustrates the proportion of families possessing four different electronic items over the 20-year period from 1995 to 2015.
Overall, all devices became more popular/ prevalent over the period shown. Additionally, MP3 player showed the most insignificant increase in popularity compared to other gadgets.
Mobile phone, computer, tablet exhibited a considerable increase in ownership rates. Nearly one tenth of families possessed cell phone in 1996, after which this percentage surged dramatically to 70%, prior to a more constant rise to the peak of around 95% in the last year reported. The proportion of households owning computer was relatively comparable with that of mobile phone in the initial year. Following this, computer gained its popularity at a constant extent, reaching the joint-highest with mobile phone in 2015. Notably, tablet was first introduced in around 2002, which underwent significant growth in ownership rate, accounting for roughly 80% in the final year.
MP3 player indicated the slowest climb in owning proportion compared to other devices. Initially, this number stood at approximately 15% in 1995, slightly higher than that of mobile phone and computer. Then, this figure experienced a sharp soar before witnessing a continuously increasing period to over 40% in 2015.