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Additional Questions
1.
Clothes that informants could not find in the shops
Informants were asked whether there were any things that they had been unable to find, and if so, what these were and what had been the difficulty in each case (question 16). Their answers are shown in tables 8 and 9.
Table 8
Were there any items of clothing which you wanted but were unable to find in the shops?
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|
MEN
|
|
Number of men
|
Yes
|
No
|
Don’t know
|
% Yes
|
% No
|
% Don’t know
|
|
Whole sample
|
512
|
158
|
350
|
4
|
31
|
68
|
1
|
|
Occupation
|
|
Non-manual
|
104
|
48
|
56
|
-
|
46
|
54
|
-
|
|
Factory work
|
95
|
31
|
64
|
-
|
33
|
67
|
-
|
|
Other manual work
|
165
|
43
|
119
|
3
|
26
|
72
|
2
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
61
|
20
|
40
|
1
|
33
|
65
|
2
|
|
Unoccupied
|
87
|
16
|
71
|
-
|
18
|
82
|
-
|
|
Whether dependants
|
|
Dependants
|
456
|
143
|
310
|
3
|
31
|
68
|
1
|
|
No dependants
|
56
|
15
|
40
|
1
|
27
|
71
|
2
|
|
Time since demobilisation
|
|
Under 2 months
|
172
|
54
|
117
|
1
|
31
|
68
|
1
|
|
2 and under 3 months
|
136
|
36
|
100
|
-
|
26
|
74
|
-
|
|
3 months and over
|
204
|
68
|
133
|
3
|
33
|
65
|
2
|
|
|
WOMEN
|
|
Number of women
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
% Yes
|
% No
|
|
|
Whole sample
|
245
|
119
|
126
|
|
49
|
51
|
|
|
Time since demobilisation
|
|
Under 2 months
|
35
|
17
|
18
|
|
49
|
51
|
|
|
2 and under 3 months
|
58
|
33
|
25
|
|
57
|
43
|
|
|
3 months and over
|
152
|
69
|
83
|
|
45
|
55
|
|
Table 9
Clothes informants could not find in the shops, and what their difficulty had been
|
|
MEN
|
|
Item
|
Difficulty
|
No.
|
Total
|
% of all the men
|
|
Shirts
|
Wrong size
|
7
|
|
|
|
Poor quality
|
7
|
|
|
|
Price too high
|
3
|
|
|
|
No white shirts
|
4
|
|
|
|
Wrong type
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
24
|
5
|
|
Suits
|
Price too high
|
3
|
|
|
|
Quality and cut poor
|
4
|
|
|
|
Wrong type
|
1
|
|
|
|
Wrong size
|
3
|
|
|
|
Take too long to get made
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
4
|
|
Shoes and Slippers
|
Poor quality
|
8
|
|
|
|
Wrong size
|
6
|
|
|
|
No slippers
|
2
|
|
|
|
Wrong type
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
17
|
3
|
|
Knitting wool
|
Wrong colour
|
9
|
|
|
|
Poor quality
|
1
|
|
|
|
None in shops
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
3
|
|
Flannel trousers
|
Wrong size
|
5
|
|
|
|
None in shops
|
4
|
|
|
|
Poor quality
|
4
|
|
|
|
No choice
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
14
|
3
|
|
Overcoat
|
Poor material
|
5
|
|
|
|
Price too high
|
4
|
|
|
|
No choice
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
2
|
|
Sports jackets
|
Poor quality
|
4
|
|
|
|
No choice
|
2
|
|
|
|
Price too high
|
2
|
|
|
|
None in shops
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
2
|
|
Socks
|
Poor quality and too short
|
3
|
|
|
|
Too short
|
4
|
|
|
|
Wrong size
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
2
|
|
Trousers
|
Wrong size
|
2
|
|
|
|
No gabardine ones
|
1
|
|
|
|
Poor quality
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
1
|
Other items each mentioned by a few informants were: underwear, swimming pants, pyjamas, dressing gown, pullovers, suiting, cardigans and handkerchieves
Sample: 508 (4 men did not answer this question)
Table 9(Contd.)
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|
WOMEN
|
|
Item
|
Difficulty
|
No.
|
Total
|
% of all the women
|
|
Shoes
|
Wrong size
|
16
|
|
|
|
None or none in right size
|
No heavy walking shoes
|
11
|
|
No dress shoes
|
7
|
|
No court shoes
|
7
|
|
None with high heels
|
3
|
|
Wrong type
|
8
|
|
Wrong colour
|
1
|
|
None with medium heel
|
2
|
|
|
Poor quality
|
6
|
|
|
No time to queue up
|
7
|
|
|
|
68
|
28
|
|
Stockings
|
No fully fashioned stockings
|
|
20
|
8
|
|
Corsets
|
Poor quality
|
3
|
|
|
|
Wrong size
|
1
|
|
Wrong type
|
2
|
|
None in shops
|
1
|
|
No roll-ons
|
3
|
|
|
|
10
|
4
|
|
Overcoats
|
Price too high
|
2
|
|
|
|
Wrong size
|
2
|
|
Poor quality or selection
|
3
|
|
No wrap-over
|
1
|
|
|
8
|
3
|
|
Dresses
|
Price too high
|
4
|
|
|
|
Wrong colour (woolen dress)
|
1
|
|
Two-piece, too expensive
|
1
|
|
Two-piece, wrong colour
|
1
|
|
|
7
|
3
|
|
Brassières
|
Wrong size
|
4
|
|
|
|
Wrong type
|
2
|
|
None in shops
|
1
|
|
|
|
7
|
3
|
|
Jumpers and cardigans
|
Wrong type and colour
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
1
|
|
Vests
|
No pure wool
|
2
|
|
|
|
Wrong size
|
1
|
|
|
|
3
|
1
|
|
Mackintosh
|
Wrong type
|
|
2
|
1
|
Other items mentioned by one or two informants were:- gloves, house-coat, costs knitting wool, handkerchiefs, material, nightdress, pyjamas and underwear.
Sample: 245
Nearly a third of the women had been unable to get footwear. No other item was mentioned by more than 10% of the informants.
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2.
Informants' opinions of the number of coupons they received
Informants were asked “Do you think the number of coupons issued to demobilised men and women is fair in relation to the ordinary civilian ration?” “Proxies” were not asked the question, so opinions were only collected from 366 men and 237 women, (The number of proxy interviews is given in the column on the right).
Table 10
Do you think the number of coupons issued to demobilised men and women is fair in relation to the ordinary civilian ration?
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|
MEN
|
|
|
Number of men (excluding proxies)
|
Yes
|
No.
|
Don’t know
|
% Yes
|
% No
|
% Don’t know
|
No. of proxy interviews
|
|
Whole sample
|
366
|
21
|
95
|
50
|
60
|
26
|
14
|
146
|
|
Occupation
|
|
Non-manual
|
73
|
44
|
23
|
6
|
60
|
32
|
8
|
31
|
|
Factory work
|
58
|
34
|
15
|
9
|
59
|
26
|
15
|
37
|
|
Other manual work
|
113
|
66
|
32
|
15
|
59
|
28
|
13
|
52
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
43
|
28
|
10
|
5
|
65
|
23
|
12
|
18
|
|
Unoccupied
|
79
|
49
|
15
|
15
|
62
|
19
|
19
|
8
|
|
Whether dependants
|
|
Dependants
|
316
|
192
|
84
|
40
|
61
|
27
|
12
|
140
|
|
No dependants
|
50
|
29
|
11
|
10
|
58
|
22
|
20
|
6
|
|
Time since demobilisation
|
|
Under 2 months
|
132
|
83
|
27
|
22
|
63
|
20
|
17
|
40
|
|
2 and under 3 months
|
95
|
52
|
27
|
16
|
55
|
28
|
17
|
41
|
|
3 months and over
|
139
|
86
|
41
|
12
|
62
|
29
|
9
|
65
|
|
|
WOMEN
|
|
|
Number of women
|
Yes
|
No.
|
Don’t know
|
% Yes
|
% No
|
% Don’t know
|
No. of proxy interviews
|
|
Whole sample
|
237
|
175
|
46
|
16
|
74
|
19
|
7
|
8
|
|
Time since demobilisation
|
|
Under 2 months
|
34
|
27
|
5
|
2
|
79
|
15
|
6
|
1
|
|
2 and under 3 months
|
55
|
42
|
8
|
5
|
76
|
15
|
9
|
3
|
|
3 months and over
|
148
|
106
|
33
|
9
|
72
|
22
|
6
|
4
|
Most of the demobilised persons, rather more of the women than the men, were satisfied with the number of coupons they had received.
