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> He said up to 70% of the world's population do not have access to electric washing machines. Is this accurate? Seems remarkably higher than I would have gues

> He said up to 70% of the world's population do not have access to electric washing machines. Is this accurate? Seems remarkably higher than I would have guessed, especially given ~90% of the world has access to electricity and roughly half the world is now middle class or better (depending on your definition) Edit: Number seems way too high based on this - https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-the-world-does-laundry-246123 https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-the-world-does-laundry-...

X6S1x6Okd1st 5y ago
apartmenttherapy fails to cite the actual study they are working off of. I'm guessing it is this one: https://www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/Nielsen20Global20Home20Care20Report_2016.pdf https://www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/N... Their methodology states: > ABOUT THE SURVEY METHODOLOGY The findings in this survey are based on respondents with online access in 61 countries (unless otherwise noted). While an online survey methodology allows for tremendous scale and global reach, it provides a perspective only on the habits of existing Internet users, not total populations. In developing markets where online penetration is still growing, respondents may be younger and more affluent than the general population of that country. In addition, survey responses are based on claimed behavior rather than actual metered data. Cultural differences in reporting sentiment are likely factors in the outlook across countries. The reported results do not attempt to control or correct for these differences; therefore, caution should be exercised when comparing across countries and regions, particularly across regional boundaries. Where noted, the survey research is supplemented with purchasing behavior using Nielsen’s Retail Measurement Services data, which is adjusted for inflation. In 2016 it looks like 46% of the population had access to the internet. https://ourworldindata.org/internet https://ourworldindata.org/internet Assuming that people that don't have internet access don't have access to electric washing machines would give 0.69 * 0.46 = 0.31 have access to electric washing machines. 1 - 0.31 gives 69%, remarkably close to the figure given in the article.

X6S1x6Okd1st 5y ago

apartmenttherapy fails to cite the actual study they are working off of. I'm guessing it is this one: https://www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/Nielsen20Global20Home20Care20Report_2016.pdf https://www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/N... Their methodology states: > ABOUT THE SURVEY METHODOLOGY The findings in this survey are based on respondents with online access in 61 countries (unless otherwise noted). While an online survey methodology allows for tremendous scale and global reach, it provides a perspective only on the habits of existing Internet users, not total populations. In developing markets where online penetration is still growing, respondents may be younger and more affluent than the general population of that country. In addition, survey responses are based on claimed behavior rather than actual metered data. Cultural differences in reporting sentiment are likely factors in the outlook across countries. The reported results do not attempt to control or correct for these differences; therefore, caution should be exercised when comparing across countries and regions, particularly across regional boundaries. Where noted, the survey research is supplemented with purchasing behavior using Nielsen’s Retail Measurement Services data, which is adjusted for inflation. In 2016 it looks like 46% of the population had access to the internet. https://ourworldindata.org/internet https://ourworldindata.org/internet Assuming that people that don't have internet access don't have access to electric washing machines would give 0.69 * 0.46 = 0.31 have access to electric washing machines. 1 - 0.31 gives 69%, remarkably close to the figure given in the article.