REGISTRATION To those who have not registered :

I.A. 1. Do you expect to have to register for National Service? Yes 1 No 2

2. Do you know what will be the next step after registration?

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3. Have you any questions that you would like to discuss when you register instead of waiting until the interview?

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To those who have already registered:

B.4. Did you want to discuss prospects of war work when you registered?

Were you able to?

5. Could you tell me exactly what happened at your registration?

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To both Groups:

C.6. Do you think you will be exempt from war work or service with the Forces?

7. If yes, on what grounds?.........

8. Do you or did you expect to be called up immediately after registration?

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II INTERVIEWED

A.9. What was your experience at your interview? Give your views about the following:-

(a) The Interviewing Officer.........

Serial No.

(b) The place in which you were interviewed.........

(c) Do you consider you have any special qualifications? What?.........

(d) Were you offered work in which you use these qualifications?.........

(e) Did you express preference for any special work? What?.........

(f) Were your preferences considered?.........

III To All who are Working :

10. Are you happy in your present job?.........

IV To Those Who Are Not Working :

11. Would you be willing to undertake war work? Whole time: Yes 1 No 2

Part time 4 hours or according to what you can manage: Yes 1 No 2

12. If yes?.........

To be completed when the answer is qualified or doubt is expressed.

13. If not, why not?

14. Have you ever tried to obtain war-time work?

What happened?

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V TO All:

15. Would you mark which is most important difficulty which you experience in doing full time work or which hinders your entering it. (To Interviewe[Text Missing] mark the most important item with a cross and the least with a tick)

(a) Housework.........

(b) Shopping.........

(c) Care of husband.........

(d) Care of children.........

(e) Paying of Income Tax.........

(f) The nature of factory work.........

(g) Transport facilities.........

(h) Your health.........

(i) Restrictions on changing your job:

Do you know that when you are working in a war factory that you may not be able to change your job without permission?

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(j) Others.........

16. Do you think it is necessary that women should go into war work?

If yes, why?.........

If no, why not?.........

17. Do you know if there are any loopholes in the regulations by which some women avoid National Services?

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18. Do you consider any form of private domestic service should rank as of National Importance? If so, what?

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Please ask the following questions after Question 16:

16a. Do you know that in certain circumstances women may be directed, that is compelled to do particular jobs?

16b. What do you think about this?.........

19. Have you read the half-page announcement of the Ministry of Labour in the papers which was headed “How the Call-up affects the Women of Gt. Britain’?

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20. Was there anything in it you did not know before?.........

Was there anything you did not understand?.........

21. Have you still got it?.........

VI To Mothers with Children:

22. For the under fives. Would you use a day nursery if one were open near your home?

23. If you have any doubts about using them what are they?

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24. For the School children: Would you use play centres provided so that your children would be cared for after school?

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25. Do you children take school meals?

26. If you children don’t take them why not?.........

INTERVIEWERS COMMENTS: Please write comments which are not your own opinion or judgment, but comments of the informant, in the appropriate space on the form.

SOCIAL GRADE. Would you place yourself in the income group in which you belong in your opinion.

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