Appendix 3 - Sunday Travelling

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Appendix 3 - Sunday Travelling

About 22% of the sample used the public transport services on the previous Sunday during January, 1943. It must be remembered that this is a winter figure and further that public pressure against unnecessary travel may have reduced the number willing to admit Sunday travel for purposes not considered vital.

Table 40 - “Did you use any public transport service last Sunday?”

	Rep. sample
	%
Yes	22.4
No	76.7
No information	.9
Sample:-	3048

About 47% of those who used the transport services on these Sundays said that they did so for work or civil defence and Home Guard. This figure amounts to about 10% of the sample, leaving about 12% of the sample who travelled for other purposes.

The greatest proportions travelling on Sunday were in Scotland, London and South Wales

WARTIME SOCIAL SURVEY

New Series No. 31

TRANSPORT

Interviewer:......... Town:......... Date:.........

Industrial Group		Sex		Number Employed
(a) Manufacturing		Man	1	Less than 100	1
Engineering, shipbuilding metal, metal mfrs. chemicals explosives and all munitions	Heavy X	Woman	2	100 – 499	2
	Light O			500 – 999	3
				1000 or more	4
Food, drink, tobacco	1	Age
Textiles, clothing, leather	2	Under 20	1	Where situated
Other factory workers	3	20 – 30	2	Centre	1
(b) Non-Manufacturing		31 – 45	3	Inner	2
Mining	4	46 – 65	4	Outer	3
Building and road mending	5	Over 65	5
Transport	6
Gas, water, electricity	7	Married	1	Office use
Distributive	8	Single	2	X 0 1 2
Clerical	9	Widowed	3	3 4 5 6
				7 8 9 X1
Exact Occupation

1. How do you usually travel to work?

(Longest distance travelled by)

Bus or trolley-bus	1
Tram	2
Train	3
Underground	4
Bicycle	5
Walk	6
Other way (say what)

2. If Public Transport used

Do you have to change? (One bus or tram to another bus or tram 1

Change from: (One train to another train 2

(Train (or Underground) to bus or tram or V.V. 3

3. (Ask everyone) Do you usually go home the same way as you come to work?

Yes	1
No	2

4. If NO

(a) How do you go home?.........

(b) Why do you go home this way?.........

5. (Ask everyone) How long does the journey take you?

(a) To work.........

(b) Home from work.........

Reception of Questionnaire

Willing and interested	1
Willing: neutral	2
Willing but not interested	3
Obstructive	4

6. (Ask everyone) Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with this way of getting to and from work?

Satisfied	1
Dissatisfied	2
Doubtful	3

7. If Dissatisfied . Why are you dissatisfied?

7a. Is there any other reason for being dissatisfied?

7b. Can you suggest anything that could be done to remedy this?

8. If Satisfied d . Is there anything at all you find a nuisance or trying, as far as the journey to or from work is concerned?

Yes	1
No	2

8a. If YES. What?

9. (Ask everyone) Do you usually go home to your midday meal?

Yes	1
No	2

10. Those who walk

Why do you walk?

Live near work	1
Prefer to	2
Saves money	3
No transport	4
Transport not good enough	5
Other reason (say what)	6

11. Those who cycle

Why do you cycle?

Prefer to	1
Saves money	2
No transport	3
Transport not good enough	4
Other reason (say what)	5

12. (Ask everyone) As far as transport is concerned how do you think it compares with other places?

Better	1
About average	2
Worse	3
Don’t know	4

12a. If Worse : In what way?

13. (Ask everyone) Did you use any public transport services last Sunday?

Yes	1
No	2

13a. If YES. What service?

Bus or trolley-bus	1
Tram	2
Train	3
Underground	4

13B. What was the purpose of your journey?

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