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Parents

Interviewer......... Town......... Date.........

Region 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Father 1 Mother 2

No. of children now at Secondary School

Boys......... Girls.........

Age of Parents
Under 40	3
40-49	4
50-59	5
60 & over	6

Economic Group (C.W.E)

Up to £3	1
Over £3 - £4	2
Over £4 - £5.10	3
Over £5. 10. - £10	4
Over £10	5

Age & Sex of selected child

Boys 1 Girls 2

14 years	4
15 years	5
16 years	6
17 years	7
18 years & over	8

Education of Parent

Elementary	7
Secondary or Higher	8

Occupation of C.W.E. .........

1. What career do you think your son/daughter (selected child) will take up?

Do not Prompt	Teaching	1
	Civil Service (Foreign or Colonial only)	2
	Civil Service	3
	Clerical (not Civil Service)	4
	Engineering	5
	Other Professions (Specify)	6
	Business, etc	7
	Forces and Civil Aviation	8
	Travelling and Overseas (not Civil Service)	9
	Miscellaneous (Specify)	0
	Don’t know. Haven’t decided	X

If Civil Service not mentioned

2. Have you ever considered the Civil Service as a career for him/her?

Yes.........1 No.........2

If YES

3. Why did you decide against it?.........

TO ALL

4. What do you consider to be the main advantages and disadvantages of the Civil Service as a career?

DO NOT PROMPT

Advantages		Disadvantages
Security, safe job	1	Routine work. Dull	1
Good pay	2	Exam. Hard to get in	2
Pension	3	Promotion slow. Not on merit	3
Good hours	4	Get into rut. Too safe	4
Social standing	5	Personal restrictions	5
Prospects and Promotion	6	Too regimented	6
Holidays	7	Poor Pay	7
Other (specify)	9	Red Tape. Badly organized	8
Don’t know	0	Other (specify)	9
N.A.	X	Don’t know	0
		N.A.	X

5. In thinking about a career for your children, which of these considerations would you think very important, fairly important and not so important?

		Very Important	Fairly Important	Not so Important
Prompt	Pay	Y	X	0
	Working hours	2	3	4
	Holidays	6	7	8
	Interest of work	Y	X	0
	Prospects and Promotion	2	3	4
	Security	6	7	8
	Social side of job	Y	X	0

6. From what you know, in which of these respects do you think that conditions in the Civil Service are satisfactory?

		Satisfactory	Not satisfactory	Don’t know
Prompt	Pay	2	3	4
	Working hours	6	7	8
	Holidays	Y	X	0
	Interest of work	2	3	4
	Prospects and Promotion	6	7	8
	Security	Y	X	0
	Social side of job	2	3	4

7. Are there any other things you think particularly important?

8. Do you think it is very important that boys and girls just after they leave school should work in their home towns?

Boys	Yes	1	No	3
Girls	Yes	2	No	4

9. How would you feel about your own son/daughter (selected child) going to work in the some other town?

No objection 6 Would not like it 7 Doubtful 8

If ‘Would not like it’ or ‘Doubtful’

10. If there were well-equipped hostels in which to live, with opportunities for social activities, would you still dislike your son/daughter (selected child)

(a) Going to work in London? Yes 4 No 5 Already lives in London Y

(b) Going to work in some other town? Yes 7 No 8

TO ALL

11. Do you think that the Civil Service appeals to a certain type of person?

Yes 1 No 2

If YES, What type?

12. Do you think that Civil Servants are subject to any particular restrictions as regards their personal lives?

Yes X N 0 D.K. 3

IF YES, What?

13. Is there any information you would like to have about the Civil Service?

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THE SOCIAL SURVEY
RECRUITMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE III
NEW SERIES 80/B