Men's Waistcoats

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MEN'S WAISTCOATS

I. TYPE CONSIDERED BEST FOR WORK IN FOUR HAZARD GROUPS

	HEAT & BURNING		OIL, GREASE & FATS		ACIDS & CORROSIVES		AGRICULTURE		TOTAL
	Type Worn%	Type Best%	Type Worn%	Type Best%	Type Worn%	Type Best%	Type Worn%	Type Best%	Type Worn%	Type Best%
Tweed	20	20	22	20	24	19	49	44	33	29
Suiting	4	3	5	6	2	2	2	1	3	3
Serge	4	4	6	5	5	4	6	4	6	4
Others	9	7	16	17	11	11	13	10	12	11
Not worn	63	62	49	48	55	56	27	26	44	44
Not answered	-	4	1	4	3	8	3	15	2	9
SAMPLE	293	293	198	198	236	236	485	485	1212	1212

From this analysis, it may be seen that almost half the men interviewed did not wear waistcoats for their work: a significantly higher proportion of agricultural workers than men in any of the other three hazard groups did wear waistcoats for work. There are no large differences between types worn and types preferred. Of those men who wore waistcoats, considerably more wore tweed waistcoats than any other type.

In a comparison of types preferred and types worn, figures show that 94% of those men who preferred tweed waistcoats were wearing them. Of the 130 men who preferred various “other” types, 14% were wearing tweed and 86% were, in fact, wearing “other” varieties.

Alternatives suggest by the men who preferred tweed and “other” types of waistcoats are given below.

II. ALTERNATIVES

TYPE PREFERRED	Tweed	Suiting	Serge	Other Types	Not given	SAMPLE
TYPE PREFERRED	%	%	%	%	%	SAMPLE
Tweed	(54)	-	1	25	25	355
Other types	18	-	1	(61)	22	130

III. REASONS FOR PREFERENCE

Separate analysis is given below of the reasons for wearing tweed waistcoats for work: the total figure includes, for purposes of comparison, reasons given for wearing serge, suiting and other types of waistcoats.

Reasons for Preference	Tweed	Total
Reasons for Preference	%	%
Hardwearing	37	30
Use waistcoat from old suit, any type will do	22	29
Warm	21	18
Protective: resist damp, oil & heat	7	6
Have always worn this type: used to it	3	3
Convenient	3	2
No reason given	13	14
SAMPLE	355	569

IV. ANALYSIS BY REGION

The proportions of men in the different hazard groups were distributed as follows:-

	London	S., S.W., S.E. & E. Anglia	Midlands & S. Wales	Northern England	Scotland	TOTAL
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Heat & Burning	28	19	31	22	24	24
Oil, grease & fats	38	14	13	14	17	16
Acids & corrosives	34	9	24	29	20	20
Agriculture	-	58	32	44	39	40
SAMPLE	134	350	312	324	130	1250

Reference should be made to the significant differences in proportions of men interviewed in each of the four hazard groups in the five areas as explained in the section of this report relating to Men’s Footwear, page 12.

Best Type of Waistcoat for Work

Analysed by Five Areas

	London		S.,S.W.,S.E. & E. Anglia		Midlands & Wales		Northern England		Scotland		TOTAL
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Tweed	22	16	151	43	108	34	56	17	33	25	370	29
Suiting	1	1	5	1	8	3	13	4	4	3	31	3
Serge	3	2	11	3	9	3	23	7	8	6	54	4
Others	26	19	32	9	36	11	40	12	1	1	135	11
Not worn	82	61	140	40	127	41	147	45	61	46	557	44
Not answered	1	1	15	4	24	8	50	15	23	18	113	9
SAMPLE	135		354		312		330		131		1262

(Total figure of 1262 shown on above table is 50 larger than total figure of 1212 shown on table relating to best type and type worn, because in these latter breakdowns, 50 cards were unclassified for “length of time in job” - one of the factors involved in these breakdowns.)

The above table should be considered in conjunction with the analysis of hazard group by area given above.

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