A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

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THE SOCIAL SURVEY
DEFENCE MEDAL
NEW SERIES 78

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

Region 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Urban...............Y Rural........................ X

Occupation SEX Age Economic Group
Housewife 1 Male Y 18-24 1 (Wage rate of C.W.E.)
Agriculture 2 Female X 25-34 2 Up to £ 3 1
Mining 3 35-44 3 Over £3-£4 2
Factory 4 Status 45-54 4 Over £4-£5.10 3
Blg. Trans. Pub. Util 5 Single 7 55-64 5 Over £5.10-£10 4
Clerical 6 Married 8 65 & over 6 Over £10 5
Distributive 7 Widowed & Divorced 9 Occupation of C.W.E
Miscellaneous 8
Prof. & Manag. 9
Ret. & Unocc. 0

SECTION I

1. Have you seen or heard anything about the Defence Medal?

2. Do you think you have the qualifications required for one?

Yes 4 Uncertain 5 3
No 6 9

SECTION II

3. Have you obtained the forms to be used in submitting a claim?

4. Have you completed them?

Completed and sent in 1 Stop
Completed but not sent in 2
Not completed - difficulties with form 3 9
(Specify)
Not completed - other reasons 4
(Specify)

5. Do you intend to obtain them?

Yes 6 6
Uncertain 7 9
No 8 8

6. When do you intend to obtain them?

Any definite intention 1 7
No definite intention 2

7. Where would you go to get the forms?

Post office 4 9
Any definite intention 5

8. Why aren't you going to obtain them? Stop

9. Would you mind discussing what qualifications for the Defence Medal you have?

Agree to discuss and is convinced of sufficient qualifications 1 10
Agree to discuss but is not sure if sufficient qualifications 2
Is convinced of insufficient qualifications 3 Stop
Blankly refuses to discuss 4

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SECTION III

10. Which of these services were you in during the war? When did you join? When did you leave? (List in order - starting with most recent). 11. Do you know the present address of these authorities? 12. Do you think they will have a record of your services? 13. Will it be easy to get them to certify to your qualifications?
No. Service FROM Month Year TO Month Year TOTAL Months Years Yes Uncertain No Yes Uncertain No Easy Difficult Impossible
A. Y X 0 2 3 4 6 7 8
B. Y X 0 2 3 4 6 7 8
C. Y X 0 2 3 4 6 7 8
D. Y X 0 2 3 4 6 7 8
E. Y X 0 2 3 4 6 7 8
F. Y X 0 2 3 4 6 7 8

4. Do you think you will have any difficult in filling up these forms?

If Yes or Uncertain . What difficulties?

Yes 1 Uncertain 2 No 0

15. How many people would you guess are likely to be qualified for a Defence Medal?

Under 1 million 1
1 - 2 million 2
2 - 5 million 3
5 - 10 million 4
10 million and over 5

16. About how many of them do you think will go to the trouble of completing the necessary forms?

¼ or less 6
Over ¼ - ½ 7
Over ½ - ¾ 8
Over ¾ 9

17. Will you do so?

Yes 1 Uncertain 2 No 0

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