Appendix - The Sample

A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

Reports
Wartime Social Survey
RG 23/16 - Workers and the War: A series of Short Studies dealing with the Domestic Problems of Working Women, Housewives' Auxillary Occupation, Jobs done at home by Working Men, Shopping and Transport Difficulties, Health and the Use of Canteens, 1942

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APPENDIX
The Sample

Occupational Groups

Factories & Shipyards		% Men	%Women
Heavy Industry	347	98.6	1.4
Light (1)	610	52.4	47.6
Light (2)	601	42.3	57.7
Others
Mining	175	100.0	-
Building & Roads	177	100.0	-
Transport & Public Services	244	89.4	10.6
Distributive	433	55.2	44.8
Clerical	414	45.4	54.6
Unclassified	17
Sample:	3018	1923	1095

Sex

	%
Men	63.7
Women	36.3
Sample:	3018

Marital Status

	Men %	Women %
Married & widowed	79.5	47.1
Single	21.5	52.9
Sample:	1923	1095

Age

	Men %	Women %
Under 20	10.2	19.2
20 - 30	11.6	35.8
30 - 45	43.8	34.1
Over 45	34.4	10.9
Sample:	1923	1095

Region

	%
S.W. Scotland	6.8
North of England	27.0
Midlands & Wales	23.9
South, S.W. & E. Anglia	28.6
London	13.7
Sample	3018

AREAS COVERED BY REGIONAL INVESTIGATORS

Glasgow

Newcastle

Leeds

Preston

Sheffield

Manchester

Nottingham

Liverpool

Wolverhampton

Leicester

Peteborough

Birmingham

Ipswich

Aylesbury

Cardif

Bristol

Winchester

London

Tunbridge Wells

Exeter

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