The table illustrates the proportion of electronic devices in New Zealand households in 1998 and 2002.
Overall, it can be seen clearly that there were increases most of the devices, excepting for Video Recorder, and Washing Machine stayed the same among two years. Notably, washing machines were the most common electronic goods for New Zealand households and in 2002 New Zealanders tended to use electronic devices more than 4 years ago.
Looking first at the devices with minimal changes, washing machines had the highest figures in both 1998 and 2002, with 98 percent, which remained unchanged during this period. Followed by Color TV, the second highest in both years, it had 95 percent households owning in 1998, and marginally increased to 97 percent in 2002, which showed the smallest gap in this table. It is also noticeable that before falling slightly to 60 percent in 2002, video recorders ranked third place in 1998 with 75 percent.
Moving next to the goods with the most significant changes, computers held 50 percent of household use in 1998, then increasing significantly to 78 in 2002. Next, before being four times higher in 2002, cell phones used to possess only 20 percent in 1998. Dishwashers marked a considerable variation among two years with 18 percent and 55 percent, respectively. Digital cameras, which had the lowest figure in 1998 with only 2 percent, rose sharply to 39 percent in 2002, representing a remarkable proportional gap in all the tables.