Percent of Households Owning Selected Appliances

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Appliance	Belgium	Denmark	France	Germany¹	Italy	Nether- lands	Spain	Sweden	Switzer- land	U.K.	U.S.²
Cassette recorder	75%	82%	76%	74%	64%	81%	67%	88%	82%	82%	n.a.
Clothes dryer	39	30²	12	17	10	27	5	18	27	32	72%
Clothes washer	88	74²	88	88	96	89	87	72	78	88³	77
Dishwasher	26	36²	32	34	18	11	11	31	32	11	45
Food processor	91	83	83	92	48	84	50	77	91	80	n.a.
Microwave oven	21	31²	19	36	6	22	9	37	15	48	84
Radio	90	98	98	84	92	99	95	93	99	90	n.a.
Television	97	98	95	97	98	95	98	97	93	98³	98
Vacuum cleaner	92	96	89	96	56	98	29	97	93	98	n.a.
Video recorder	42	63	35	42	25	50	40	48	41	69	n.a.

NOTE: n.a. = not available.

1. Former West Germany.

2. 1993 data.

3. 1992 data.

Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1996.

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