The table depicts the percentage of electronic devices in hoseholds in New Zealand in the years 1997 and 2002.
Overall, it is noticeable that, the usage of most electronic goods increased during the period.
Digital camera, firstly, rose significantly. Its trend was only 2% in 1997 which was lowest among all, however, there was about a 20 times growth in that until 2002 although it was still the minimum percentages of the second year. In addition, Personal computer doubled trough this period and reached 90% at the end. Dish-washing machine, moreover, experienced a 30% rise from 52% at the beginning. TV, nevertheless, increased slightly, which was 7% and became 96% at the end of the time.
On the other hand, There was a non considerable reduction in the trend of Video. It was initially near 85% and decrease to 78% in 2002. The percentage of washing machine remained unchanged during the time and was the highest amount among all categories in the both years which was 97%.
