Housewives’ Statements of their Preference for Buying Carpets Outright or on the Hire Purchase System

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HOUSEWIVES’ STATEMENTS OF THEIR PREFERENCE FOR BUYING CARPETS OUTRIGHT OR ON THE HIRE PURCHASE SYSTEM

The 557 housewives in need of room-carpet(s) and the 410 housewives in need of stair-carpet(s) were asked whether they would want to buy them outright or on the hire-purchase system.

(l) Room-Carpets

The answers with regard to room-carpets are given as Table 35, both in Total and as analysed by economic group.

Table 35

	Economic group
	SUMMARY		Up to £3		Over £3-£4		Over £4-£5.10
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	£	No.	£
Hire purchase	159	29	24	28	50	27	84	29
Outright	358	59	43	51	107	59	177	62
Don’t know	40	7	5	6	14	8	19	7
No answer	30	5	13	15	10	6	6	2
All who need room-carpet(s)	557	100	85	100	181	100	286	100

It will be noticed that the percentage who say they intend to use hire-purchase is constant throughout the income-groups.

(2) Stair-carpets

The answers with regard to stair-carpets are given similarly as table 36

Table 36

	Economic Group
	SUMMARY		Up to £3		Over £3-£4		Over £4-£5.10
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Hire Purchase	118	29	14	21	45	36	58	27
Out right	227	55	37	54	58	47	132	62
Don’t know	35	9	7	10	11	9	14	7
No answer	30	7	10	15	10	8	9	4
All who need stair-carpet(s)	410	100	68	100	124	100	213	100

In 5 cases economic group was not available.

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