A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

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THE SAMPLE *

Marital Status
Sex % Age % Men % Women %
Men 59 Under 20 15 Married 75 40
21 - 30 20 Single 20 56
Women 41 31 - 45 36 Widowed 3 3
46 - 65 28 Unclassified 2 1
Over 65 1

* The figures given above are based on the reduced representative sample of 2944. (See introduction)

Occupation Total Men Women
% % %
Heavy Manufacture 11 14 5
Light Manufacture (1) 39 34 46
Light Manufacture (2)
Mining 6 10 -
Building 6 10 -
Transport, gas, water and electricity 7 10 4
Distributive 16 12 22
Clerical 15 10 23

(1) Light engineering and all light munitions work.

(2) All other light manufacturing.

Size of Town Situation of work-place in town
Population % %
300,000 and over 26 Central area 36
100,000 and under 300,000 16 Inner area 34
50,000 and under 100,000 20 Outer area 30
25,000 and under 50,000 25
Under 25,000 13
REGION Scotland North N.E. N.W. N. Midlands Midlands S. Wales E. Anglia South S.W. S.E. London
No. of interviews 396 302 305 388 321 384 409 300 301 301 149 388
Occupation Group % % % % % % % % % % % %
Heavy Manufacture 21 20 11 5 4 17 12 9 8 7 15 3
Light Manufacture (1) 25 19 38 48 38 35 19 47 45 47 49 48
Light Manufacture (2)
Mining 8 16 13 4 13 3 23 - - - - -
Building and Road-mending 6 5 3 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6
Transport, gas, water and electricity 8 8 7 8 8 6 8 7 8 9 5 8
Distributive 16 17 16 16 16 17 16 16 15 15 11 17
Clerical 16 15 12 13 14 16 16 15 17 16 13 18
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