Men obtained their waistcoats from different sources in the five areas in the following proportions:-
(It should be remembered that as quite a large proportion of men wear for work waistcoats which originally belong to “best" suits . some of the figures in the following table may refer to sources from which these complete suits were purchased.)
Q.5
London No.
S. ,S. W. & E, Anglia
Midlands & Wales
Northern England
Scotland No.
TOTAL
No.
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
Dept. store or large local shop
18
83
43+7.0
91
57+8.0
74
58
25
291
50
Small local shop
13
57
29
28
17
21
17
5
124
21
Mail order
1
4
2
-
-
7
5
-
12
2
Second-hand
9
12
6
9
6
11
9
-
41
7
Not answered
10
39
20
33
20
14
11
16
112
20
SAMPLE
51
195
161
127
46
580
Tweed waistcoats and serge and “others” were obtained from different sources in the following proportions:-
% wearing tweed waistcoats
% wearing serge and “others”
Dept. store or large local shop
54
43
Small local shop
21
23
Mail order
2
3
Second-hand
6
11
No information
19
20
SAMPLE
370
178
V.
ATTEMPTS TO BUY SINCE CHRISTMAS
London No.
S.,S.W. & E. Anglia
Midlands & Wales
Northern England
Scotland No.
TOTAL
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
Tried to buy since Xmas
7
15
8
14
9
11
9
4
51
9
Not tried to buy
37
153
78
127
79
115
90
33
465
80
Not answered
7
27
14
20
12
1
1
9
64
11
SAMPLE
51
195
161
127
46
580
Of the 51 men who had tried to buy waistcoats since Christmas, 17 had experienced difficulty in doing so: 6 of these men said that waistcoats were unobtainable, 4 complained that they couldn’t buy waistcoats separately, 3 said they couldn’t get the size they wanted and 4 men gave other reasons for difficulty.
34 of the 51 men who had tried to buy waistcoats had wanted tweed ones and 11 of these 34 men had experienced difficulty in getting the kind of tweed waistcoat they wanted.
Comparison of (1) Type preferred by type worn.
(2) Type preferred and suggested alternative, in four hazard groups.
TYPES PREFERRED
TYPES WORN
TWEED
SUITING
SERGE
OTHERS
TOTAL OF TYPES WORN
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
No.
%
TWEED
333
94
5
1
18
14
357
63
SUITING
3
1
25
-
2
1
30
5
SERGE
12
3
-
44
5
4
61
11
OTHERS
14
4
-
-
112
86
126
22
N.W.& N.A.
12
3
-
-
2
1
14
2
TOTAL number of preferences given
355
30
52
130
567
ALTERNATIVE TYPES
TWEED
190
54
2
20
24
18
236
42
SUITING
-
-
15
-
-
15
3
SERGE
5
1
-
11
3
2
19
3
OTHERS
87
25
3
10
79
61
179
32
N.W.& N.A.
90
25
11
4
29
22
134
24
TOTAL number of preferences given
355
30
52
130
567
(NOTE. Vertical total under “TYPE WORN” add to more than horizontal total of “Preferences given” because in some cases men mentioned two types of waistcoat, either of which they usually wore for work)
