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Wartime Social Survey
RG 23/22 - Credit Buying: An Investigation based on interviews in 3076 households in July, 1942 carried out for the Board of Trade.
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Contents
Introduction
Summary
Incidence of the Use of Credit
The Articles Bought on Credit
Credit Systems Used and the Amount Paid Weekly
Hardship Arising Should Credit Facilities Be Stopped
Failure to Buy on Credit in Recent Past
Appendix 1. Questionnaires
Appendix 2. Shopkeepers and Credit Buying
Appendix 3. The Sample
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Appendix 3 The Sample
Class Distribution
Class
No.
%
C
1509
49.0
D
1528
49.7
Not answered
39
1.3
SAMPLE
3076
100.0
Age Distribution
Age
No.
%
20 - 30
578
18.8
31 - 50
1507
49.0
Over 50
915
29.7
Not answered
76
2.5
SAMPLE
3076
100.0
Distribution by family size
No. in family
No.
%
1 - 2
1008
32.8
3 - 4
1398
45.5
Over 4
641
20.8
Not answered
29
0.9
SAMPLE
3076
100.0
Distribution by husband’s occupation
Occupation
No.
%
Single, widowed
478
15.5
Services
427
13.9
Agriculture
104
3.4
Mining and Heavy Industry
381
12.4
Light Industry
429
13.9
Building Roads
186
6.0
Transport and Public Services
399
13.0
Clerical and distributive
274
8.9
Unoccupied, Retired Old Age Pensioners
208
6.8
Others
107
3.5
Not answered
83
2.7
SAMPLE
3076
100.0
Regional Distribution
Region
No.
%
Scotland
281
9.2
North-East
234
7.6
North-West
474
15.4
North Midlands
159
5.2
East Midlands
162
5.3
Midlands
318
10.3
East
236
7.6
London
400
13.0
South-East
74
2.4
South
313
10.2
South-West
222
7.2
Wales
161
5.2
Not answered
42
1.4
SAMPLE
3076
100.0
Town Distribution
Town
No.
%
Glasgow
190
6.2
Stirling
91
3.0
Newcastle
234
7.6
Manchester
235
7.6
Liverpool
239
7.8
Leeds
159
5.2
Leicester
162
5.3
Rugby
158
5.1
Birmingham
160
5.2
Norwich
161
5.2
Peterborough
75
2.4
London
400
13.0
Tunbridge Wells
74
2.4
Oxford
160
5.2
Aylesbury
74
2.4
Winchester
79
2.6
Exeter
154
5.0
Bristol
68
2.2
Cardiff
99
3.2
Rhonda
62
2.0
Not answered
42
1.4
SAMPLE
3076
100.0
Urban and Rural Distribution
District
No.
%
Urban
2514
81.7
Rural
465
15.1
Not answered
97
3.2
SAMPLE
3076
100.0
SHOPS
Regions
Shoes-shop
Furniture
Prams Bicycles etc.
Clothing
General Drapers
Total
North-East
-
3
-
3
4
10
North-West
1
5
6
5
6
23
North Midlands
1
3
2
5
2
13
East Midlands
1
3
1
1
3
9
Midlands
1
6
11
4
11
33
East
1
4
5
3
15
28
London
2
4
4
2
10
22
South East
-
-
1
-
3
4
South
2
4
3
4
10
23
South-West
1
6
7
4
12
30
Wales
3
3
2
2
9
19
SAMPLE
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42
33
85
214
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Contents
Introduction
Summary
Incidence of the Use of Credit
The Articles Bought on Credit
Credit Systems Used and the Amount Paid Weekly
Hardship Arising Should Credit Facilities Be Stopped
Failure to Buy on Credit in Recent Past
Appendix 1. Questionnaires
Appendix 2. Shopkeepers and Credit Buying
Appendix 3. The Sample
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