A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

HOUSEWIVES’ STATEMENTS OF THEIR PREFERENCE FOR BUYING CARPETS OUTRIGHT OR ON THE HIRE PURCHASE SYSTEM

The 557 housewives in need of room-carpet(s) and the 410 housewives in need of stair-carpet(s) were asked whether they would want to buy them outright or on the hire-purchase system.

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(l) Room-Carpets

The answers with regard to room-carpets are given as Table 35, both in Total and as analysed by economic group.

Table 35
Economic group
SUMMARY Up to £3 Over £3-£4 Over £4-£5.10
No. % No. % No. £ No. £
Hire purchase 159 29 24 28 50 27 84 29
Outright 358 59 43 51 107 59 177 62
Don’t know 40 7 5 6 14 8 19 7
No answer 30 5 13 15 10 6 6 2
All who need room-carpet(s) 557 100 85 100 181 100 286 100

It will be noticed that the percentage who say they intend to use hire-purchase is constant throughout the income-groups.

(2) Stair-carpets

The answers with regard to stair-carpets are given similarly as table 36

Table 36
Economic Group
SUMMARY Up to £3 Over £3-£4 Over £4-£5.10
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Hire Purchase 118 29 14 21 45 36 58 27
Out right 227 55 37 54 58 47 132 62
Don’t know 35 9 7 10 11 9 14 7
No answer 30 7 10 15 10 8 9 4
All who need stair-carpet(s) 410 100 68 100 124 100 213 100

In 5 cases economic group was not available.

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