Section 3. Proportions of Eggs Bought, Produced and Given to Families.
An attempt was made to assess the number of eggs acquired by families which had bought, produced or been given eggs.
In this section separate analysis is made of (a) where the eggs come from and (b) how this works out in favour of families.
Of all eggs acquired by the families in the sample:-
4284
Were bought, or
80.3%
799
Were produced, or
15.0%
247
Were given
4.7%
5330
100%
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PROPORTIONS OF ALL EGGS ACQUIRED WHICH WERE BOUGHT, PRODUCED OR GIVEN TO FAMILIES SAMPLED.
Social Groups.
Bought.
Produced
Given.
Total
80.3%
15%
4.7%
A.
48.8%
39.6%
11.6%
B.
62.3%
32.1%
5.6%
C.
88.4
7.5%
4.1%
D.
92.8
4.7
2.5%
Urban & Rural
Bought
Produced
Given
Urban
88.1
8.2
3.7
Rural
53.8
38.2%
7.9%
Of all families in the sample:-
1,080 Families bought their eggs, or
37.3%
88 Families produced their eggs, or
3.0% (≠.6)
50 Families were given their eggs, or
1.7% (≠.5)
1,685 Families had no eggs, or
58.0%
2903
100%
(In addition to these figures, 13 families both bought and were given eggs and 6 families both produced and bought eggs.)
Figures tabled below show the average number of eggs bought and produced for families receiving eggs. With these figures are given the Median, Upper and Lower Quartiles.
Average
Median
U.Q.
L.Q.
Eggs Bought per family
3.96
3.24
1.77
5.26
Eggs Produced per family
9.08
5.58
3.09
11.0
Against these figures may be set analogous figures for all families in the sample.
Average
Median
U.Q
L.Q
All families
1.84
0.86
0.43
2.46
It will be seen that the effect of the majority of the sample (58.0%) receiving no eggs is that the number of eggs actually received per person receiving eggs is very different from the national figures.
Social Groups.
Of all eggs acquired by families in the sample, the proportions respectively bought, produced or given were:-
A
%
B
%
C
%
D
%
TOTAL
Bought
48.8
62.3
88.4
92.8
80.3%
Produced
39.6
32.1
7.5
4.7
15.0%
Given
11.6
5.6
4.1
2.5
4.7%
All eggs
598
1052
1739
1941
100%
It will be seen that production is of greater importance in the upper social groups. Further analysis showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the proportions of families in the different social groups buying, producing or being given eggs. The differences shown in the table above may therefore derive from the large number of eggs being produced by a minority of the upper social groups. The actual number of families producing or being eggs is small, so that a Median and Quartiles have not been calculated. (But see p.3).
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Urban and Rural
Of all eggs acquired by families in the sample the proportions respectively bought, produced or given were:-
Urban
%
Rural
%
Total
%
Bought
88.1
53.8
80.3
Produced
8.2
38.2
15.0
Given
3.7
7.9
4.7
All eggs
4094
1207
5301
The proportions of families were:-
Urban
Rural
Total
Bought
38.2%
32%
37.3
Produced
1.3%
12.2%
3.0
These figures show the greater importance of production in rural districts.
Regional Differences.
Of all eggs acquired in the different regions the proportions were:-
Scotland
%
S. Wales
%
N. Midland
%
N.W.
%
N. & N.E.
%
Midland
%
S.E. & London
%
S’th
%
S.W.
%
East
%
Total
%
Bought
90
89
53
82.4
95
94.1
89
61.6
83
47.6
80.7
Produced
2
4.9
43.5
17.2
3.5
4.2
5.9
34.2
13.5
39.8
14.8
Given
8
6.1
3.5
.4
1.5
1.7
5.1
4.2
3.5
12.6
4.5
636
553
558
661
708
533
630
265
311
456
5301
It will be seen that the areas where production was of importance were N. Midland, Southern and Eastern England.
The proportions of families in these areas producing eggs were:-
Scotland
S. Wales
N. Midland
N.W.
N. & N.E.
Midland
S.E. & London
S’th
S.W.
East
Total
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
.9
1.6
9.1
1.9
1.1
1.8
1.9
6.0
3.2
9.6
3.0
Sample
315
184
220
424
455
279
463
166
219
187
2972
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QUEUES.
This section attempts to assess the incidence of queueing to note the commodities for which queues form and to sound housewives’ opinion on queueing.
SUMMARY
1. Some 20.6% of the whole sample had queued during the 7 days. There were sharp differences between regions and social groups.
2. The main commodities for which housewives queued were:-
Fish
26.8% of those queueing
Cakes and Confectionery
23.2% of those queueing
Meat
22.5% of those queueing
Biscuits
18.2% of those queueing
Groceries
27.4% of those queueing
3. On the average, 1 housewife in 2 in the whole sample queued during the 7 days, but the average for those actually queueing was 2.4 queues, or 12 queues for 5 housewives. A statistically significant proportion queued more than 5 times during the 7 days.
4. The commodities for which housewives queued longest were on the whole the same as those for which they queued most, that is to say:- Fish, Cakes and Confectionery, Biscuits, Meat and Groceries. Nearly three quarters of the housewives queueing waited for more than 15 minutes for the commodities for which they queued longest
5. Of all housewives in the sample
35.3% said they did not need to queue.
11.5% Would not queue.
20.8% Expressed strong criticism or disapproval.
5.7% Thought queuers were most to blame.
5.6% Thought queues were fair or could not be helped.
