A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46
WARTIME SOCIAL SURVEY
UTILITY FURNITURE N.S. 63
Status If Engaged - proposed date of marriage...
If Married or Widowed - (a) how many years have you been married?...
Single 1 (When married between 5 & 6 years was marriage Before 3. 9. 39 4 After 3.9.39 5)
Engaged 2 (b) Did you set up home immediately you married? Yes 6 No 7 Not yet 8 N.A. 9
Married 3 (c) If NO: how long after?...
Widowed 4 If Married Is your husband:- Living at home...6 In the Force...8 Living away from home...7 N.A.9
Econ. Group 1 2 3 4 5 N.A. O. Occ. of C.W.E. ...
No. in household
* | Both | Male | Female |
Adults | |||
Child. 0-4 | |||
5-9 | |||
10-14 | |||
15-19 | |||
TOTAL |
Age | |||
* Housewife interviewed along | 6 | Up to 21 | 1 |
Housewife interviewed with husband | 7 | 21-34 | 2 |
Other person than housewife interviewed | 8 | 35-49 | 3 |
50 & over | 4 | ||
No. of call-backs made | N.A. | 5 |
Present Accommodation
Occupy whole house/flat...3
Share house/flat...4
If share Do you want a home of your own after the war?
Has informant any children under 10?
* 1. Did you lose any furniture due to enemy action?
2. Have you any Utility Furniture?
3a. Have you got a permit to buy Utility Furniture?.........6 or Applied for one.........7
Neither.........8 N.A9
b. If Neither why?.........
5a. Is there any furniture you need so badly that you must buy it in the near future? Yes 0 No 1
and, if YES:
6a. Is there any furniture you intend to buy later on? Yes 0 No. 1 D.K. 2 and, if YES:
TO THOSE WHO SET UP HOME 10 YEARS AGO or EARLIER
7a. Have you bought any furniture since you set up home? Yes 1 No 2 D.K. 3 N.A. 4 and, If YES:
8a. Have you sold any furniture since you set up home? Yes 6 No 7 D.K. 8 N.A. 9 and, If YES:
TO EVERYBODY
9a. Have you come across any Utility Furniture? Know nothing about it 1 Only heard of it 2 Only looked at it 3 Examined it closely 4 D.K. 5 N.A.6
b. If Codes 2, 3 or 4 - What, in general, do you think of it?...
TO THOSE WHO HAVE BOUGHT OR ORDERED UTILITY FURNITURE
10a. Find out what articles of Utility Furniture have been either bought or ordered, if bought, how long ago, and note down down if on order but not yet delivered. For each Furniture Item find out what Informant thinks of Quality which includes Weight, Finish, Strength and Durability, and whether or not each serves its Functional Purpose, including size, shape, with of wardrobes, depth of drawers, etc.
ITEM OF FURNITURE | Code | How long had | Quality |
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b. Are there any other detailed remarks you want to make?...
TO THOSE WHO HAVE BOUGHT OR ORDERED UTILITY FURNITURE
11. How were you satisfied with the delivery of your Utility Furniture?
12. (What do you think about the number of points allowed on your permit?
13a. Do you think any other items of Furniture should be made in ‘Utility’?
and, if YES
b. What?...
14a. Of what wood is your Utility Furniture made?
b. Were you satisfied with the choice of wood?
c. If NOT satisfied - What would you have like?...
15a. What items of upholstered Utility Furniture have you? b. What color is each? c. Is it the colour you wanted? d. If not - What colour did you want?
a. Item | b. Colour got | c. Wanted? | d. Colour wanted? | ||||
No Upholstered Util. Furn. | Code | Code | Yes | No. | Code | ||
Y | X | ||||||
Y | X | ||||||
Y | X | ||||||
Y | X | ||||||
Y | X |
16. What do you think of the fabric used to cover Utility Furniture?...
17. What do you think of the design of Utility Furniture (in general)?...
* 18. What do you think of the Price?...
19. What do you think of the idea of making this Inquiry?...