A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46
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I Introduction 1
II Summary of Results and Conclusions 2
III Demand : Success and Failure to Buy 8
Hardware 9
Crockery 14
Household Linen 16
Clothing 23
Women’s Clothing 24
Men’s clothing 28
Children’s clothing 28
Miscellaneous Commodities 33
IV Analyses by Region 36
Hardware 36
Household linen 44
Clothing 51
V Analyses of Economic Groups 56
VI Failure to Buy and Dissatisfaction 66
Reasons For Failure to Buy 66
Number of shops Visited 70
Extent of and reason for Dissatisfaction 72
Comparison of Reasons for Dissatisfaction with Reasons for not Buying 75
Appendix I. The Samples 78
Appendix II. The Questionnaire 62
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