Contents
Introduction
Summary of Findings
1. Pooling of Clothing Coupons in Families, and the Giving and Taking of Coupons.
2. Estimates of Annual Clothing Requirements
3. Spending of Clothing Coupons
4. Occupational Damage to Clothing
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 1. Women Engineering Machinists
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 2. Men in Heavy Engineering & Shipbuilding
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 3. Men in Heavy Engineering and Shipbuilding
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 4. Men in Iron & Steel Manufacture
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 5. Women in Iron & Steel Manufacture
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 6. Men Distributive Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 7. Women Distributive Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 8. Ironstone Quarry Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 9. Limestone Quarry Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 10. Clay Quarry Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 11. Slate Quarry Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 12. Building Trades
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 14. Women Agriculturalists
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 14. Men Transport Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 15. Men Agriculture
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 1: Women Engineering Machinists
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 2: Men in Heavy Engineering & Ship-building
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 4: Men in Iron & Steel Manufacture
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 6: Men Distributive Workers
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 8: Ironstone Quarry Workers
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 10: Clay Quarry Workers
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 12: Men in the Building Trade
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 13: Women Agriculturists
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 14: Men in non-uniformed Commercial and Passenger Transport
Factory Conditions of Workers Interviewed - Occupational Group No. 1 - Women: Engineering Machinists
Factory Conditions of Workers Interviewed - Occupational Group No. 3 - Women: Heavy Engineering
Factory Conditions of Workers Interviewed - Occupational Group No. 5 - Women: Iron and Steel Manufacture
Number of Persons in Family
Wages (Men and Women): Previous Employment (Women Only)
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NUMBER OF PERSONS IN FAMILY
No. of Persons in Family
Women Engineering, Machinists
Heavy Engineering, and Shipbuilding MEN
Heavy Engineering, and Shipbuilding WOMEN
MEN Iron and Steel
Manufacture WOMEN
MEN Distributive
Workers WOMEN
Quarries
Building Trade
Agriculturists WOMEN
Transport MEN
Agriculturists MEN
Average all Groups
Ironstone
Limestone
Clay
State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Sample=100%
520
516
174
537
286
252
256
121
213
184
173
537
377
483
78
-
%
1
14
6
13
2
5
5
16
4
6
4
6
13
5
4
4
7
2
23
24
13
22
16
26
24
30
23
20
32
19
19
18
23
21
3
19
28
25
31
16
27
23
18
29
29
25
28
23
30
19
25
4
18
21
21
21
19
23
17
24
22
21
17
19
20
26
26
20
5
10
11
13
10
15
10
12
13
8
14
13
11
16
13
17
12
6
7
6
7
7
11
4
4
5
7
6
4
5
7
5
5
6
7
5
2
4
2
6
2
2
3
2
2
.6
3
4
2
-
3
8
2
1
.6
1
5
1
2
.8
2
2
.6
.9
4
1
5
2
9
2
.4
2
.4
5
.4
-
.8
.9
2
1
.2
1
.6
1
2
10
.6
.6
2
.7
2
-
-
.8
-
-
-
.2
.8
-
-
.5
11
-
-
-
.6
.3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
.3
.4
-
.1
12
-
-
.6
.2
.7
-
-
-
.5
-
-
-
-
-
-
.1
13
.2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
.02
Average No. in Family
3.51
3.44
3.75
3.69
9.56
3.35
3.16
3.55
3.53
3.69
3.25
3.28
3.98
3.62
3.72
3.59(a)
(a)In two enquiries, one a sample of 2,087 housewives and the other a sample of 5,000 housewives of all social classes, the Wartime Social Survey found the average number of persons per family to be 3.61.
AGE GROUPS OF WORKERS
Age Groups
%
Under 20
14
1
11
2
14
5
11
2
2
2
3
5
15
8
8
7
20 - 29
49
16
49
13
45
5
43
9
10
11
7
15
31
13
17
23
30 - 39
25
32
27
31
26
16
30
38
39
29
22
38
26
38
33
31
40 - 49
10
29
12
29
13
34
10
30
28
28
27
19
17
27
22
22
Over 50
2
22
1
24
2
40
6
21
21
30
41
23
11
14
21
17
Average Age (Years)
28.6
40.1
29.3
37.6
29.4
44.8
30.7
40.4
40.2
42.0
39.9
40.3
33.0
37.4
37.9
36.5
Contents
Introduction
Summary of Findings
1. Pooling of Clothing Coupons in Families, and the Giving and Taking of Coupons.
2. Estimates of Annual Clothing Requirements
3. Spending of Clothing Coupons
4. Occupational Damage to Clothing
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 1. Women Engineering Machinists
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 2. Men in Heavy Engineering & Shipbuilding
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 3. Men in Heavy Engineering and Shipbuilding
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 4. Men in Iron & Steel Manufacture
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 5. Women in Iron & Steel Manufacture
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 6. Men Distributive Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 7. Women Distributive Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 8. Ironstone Quarry Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 9. Limestone Quarry Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 10. Clay Quarry Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 11. Slate Quarry Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 12. Building Trades
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 14. Women Agriculturalists
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 14. Men Transport Workers
Estimated Clothing Requirements - 15. Men Agriculture
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 1: Women Engineering Machinists
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 2: Men in Heavy Engineering & Ship-building
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 4: Men in Iron & Steel Manufacture
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 6: Men Distributive Workers
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 8: Ironstone Quarry Workers
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 10: Clay Quarry Workers
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 12: Men in the Building Trade
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 13: Women Agriculturists
Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 14: Men in non-uniformed Commercial and Passenger Transport
Factory Conditions of Workers Interviewed - Occupational Group No. 1 - Women: Engineering Machinists
Factory Conditions of Workers Interviewed - Occupational Group No. 3 - Women: Heavy Engineering
Factory Conditions of Workers Interviewed - Occupational Group No. 5 - Women: Iron and Steel Manufacture
Number of Persons in Family
Wages (Men and Women): Previous Employment (Women Only)
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