A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

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APPENDIX 3
SAMPLE ANALYSIS

Wage rate of the main wage earner

%
Up to £3. 18
Over £3 - £4 20
£4 - £5 10 38
£5 10 -£10 19
£10 and over 5
No answer 1
SAMPLE: 1934

STATUS

%
Married 85
Single 5
Widowed 13
SAMPLE: 1934

Housewife going out to work

%
Full-time 6
Part-time 8
Not going out to work 86
No answer 1
SAMPLE: 1934

Age of housewife

%
Under 25 3
25 - 29 10
30 - 34 13
35 - 40 41
Over 50 32
SAMPLE: 1934

No. of interviews carried out in different sizes of Towns

Populations %
Rural districts 19
Town up to 40,000 48
40,000 - 80,000
80,000 - 200,000
20,000 and over 33
SAMPLE: 1934

Family Total *

No. in family: %
1 7
2 23
3 24
4 23
5 23
6 6
7 2
8 1
9 1
Un-classified -
SAMPLE: 1934

* Includes only members of the family, not boarders, servants.

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