A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

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13a.

Corset worn at time of interview

An analysis of the type of garment worn according to number of children in families of married women in sample

Number of children
0 1 2 3 4 5 and More Total
Suspender Belt
Boned 45 4.9 16 2.7 9 2.3 3 1.6 1 1.0 1 0.8 75
Unboned 87 9.6 31 5.3 23 5.8 4 2.2 - - 1 0.8 146
Pull-on Elastic Belt
Boned 37 4.1 20 3.4 12 3.0 2 1.1 3 3.0 1 0.8 75
Unboned 132 14.6 45 7.7 18 4.5 9 4.9 3 3.0 1 0.8 208
Rubber Corset
Boned 8 8 4 2 1 - 23
Unboned 1 6 4 2 3 1 17
Other types of Corset
Boned 468 51.8 374 64.0 277 70.0 131 71.6 72 72.0 102 80.4 1,424
Unboned 20 2.2 14 2.2 11 2.8 1 0.5 3 3.0 5 3.9 54
Corselette
Boned 61 6.7 41 7.0 20 5.1 16 8.7 7 7.0 6 4.7 151
Unboned 18 2.0 10 1.7 7 1.8 3 1.6 - - 3 2.4 41
Expectant Mother’s Corset 3 3 1 - - - 7
Surgical Corset 6 6 4 4 3 4 27
No Corset or Belt 18 11 5 6 4 2 46
Total 904 585 395 183 100 127 2,294
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