The table below shows the percentage of households with electronic goods in New Zealand in 1998 and 2002.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The table compares the proportions of families who possessed electronic devices from 1998 to 2002. Overall, while the percentages of households with Washing machines and Color TVs stood out among other electronic gadgets with consistently higher figures, despite remaining almost unchanged throughout the period, the figures for other devices exhibited noticeable increases, with the exception of Video Recorders.
Focusing on increases first, the proportion of Digital cameras per household accounted for a mere 2% in 1998, but this was followed by a significant increase in 2002, reaching 39%. Similarly, the percentage of families with Cell phones and Dishwashers rose dramatically from 20% and 18% in 1998 to 80% and 55% in 2002, respectively, with the former seeing a staggering increase throughout the period. Additionally, while 50% of households possessed computers in 1998, this trend had increased by 28% to 78% by the end of the period.
Even though the figures for washing machines and color TVs exhibited relatively higher percentages, accounting for a whopping 98% and 97%, respectively, this trend for them remained unchanged over the given period in question. By contrast, the popularity of Video recorders in New Zealand declined by 15%, from 75% to 60%, exhibiting only a downward trend compared to the other categories shown.