The chart illustrates the percentages of households with electronic device ownership in New Zealand from 1998 to 2002.
Overall, the ownership of most household electronic goods was an upward trend, except for video recorders which experienced a noticeable decline in popularity. It is also clear that dishwashers, digital cameras, and cellphones had the most dramatic growth, while the opposite was true for the remaining sites.
Looking first at 1998, washing machines were the highest owned electronic items, with 98%, followed by color TV at 95%. Video recorders were also popular, found in 75% of homes, while computers had a more modest ownership rate of 50%. The ownership rate of cell phones is 20%, which is around ten times as much as that of digital cameras, with 2%.
By 2002, color TVs and washing machines had been the most popular household appliances for four years, with rates neither increasing nor decreasing much. The ownership of electronic goods had increased significantly in cellphones digital cameras, computers, and dishwashers with 80%, 39%, 78%, and 55%, respectively. Conversely, video recorders were the only category to decline, decreasing to 60%.