A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

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The Sample

Total 2535 housewives.

Area %
Scotland 268 10.6
North of England 699 27.5
Midlands and Wales 555 21.9
South, S.W. and E. Anglia 595 23.5
London 418 16.5
Type of district %
Urban 2170 85.6
Rural 365 14.4
Income Group %
Class A 145 5.7
Class B 523 20.7
Class C 966 38.2
Class D 895 33.4
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Age %
Under 35 543 21.5
35 - 50 1071 42.5
Over 50 910 36.0
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Town included .

Scotland

Glasgow

Prestwick

Carluke

Dumbarton

Helensburgh

North of England

Newcastle

Gateshead

Birtley

Sheffield

Worksop

Elkington

Leeds

Manchester

Hyde

Warrington

Liverpool

Birkenhead

Preston

Chorley

Wigan

Middlands & Wales

Birmingham

West Bromwich

Wolverhampton

Cannock

Brierley Hill

Nottingham

Ripley

Leicester

Melton Mowbray

Cardiff

Caerphilly

Pontypridd

South, S.W. & E. Anglia

Aylesbury

Wendover

Basingstoke

Sevenoaks

Edenbridge

Bristol

Exeter

Ottery St.Mary

Ipswich

Felixstowe

Peterborough

Oundle

London

Wandsworth

Kensington

Fulham

Poplar

Barking

Paddington

Harrow

Acton

Holborn

Rural areas in South, South West, South East, East Anglia, North and East Midlands.

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