A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46
APPENDIX II
WARTIME SOCIAL SURVEY
New Series Regional H.15
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION CONSUMER INQUIRIES
Interviewer:
Town:
Date:
| Age: | Under 35 | 1 | Working | 1 | Income : | Up to £2. 10s. | 1 |
| 36 - 50 | 2 | Not Working | 2 | £2. 10s. - £3. 12s. | 2 | ||
| Over 50 | 3 | N.A | 3 | £3. 12s. - £5. | 3 | ||
| N.A | 4 | £5. - £10. | 4 | ||||
| Over £10. | 5 | ||||||
| N.A | 6 |
Household composition :
No. of families in house or flats
a. Have you any children born since September, 1939?
b. If Yes what is the date of birth?
c. Is the child (children) still living?
d. Have you had any other children?
1. A lot of foods are in much shorter supply nowadays, and in order to make up for this some of us are eating more of other foods than we did a year ago. Does this apply to your household?
2. If Yes, What are you eating more of?
3.Are you eating more or less of the of the following as compared with a year ago?
| More | Less | Same | Never Eat | If more or less: Why? | Code | |
| Bread | Y | X | O | 1 | ||
| Jam | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Milk | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Cakes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Potatoes | Y | X | 0 | 1 |
4. In what way do you eat more potatoes?
9. Have you ever tried any of the suggestions and recipes for using Potatoes issued by the Ministry of Food?
10. Do you use any of the following methods?
11. How often a week do you buy cakes, buns, pastry, etc?
12. Do you ever queue for cakes, buns, pastry, etc?
13. How often did you queue during the last fortnight?
14. For what kinds of cakes, buns, pastry, etc. do you queue?
15. What kind of cakes do you get without queueing?