A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

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Proportion of total contacts who had (a) registered;
(b) had interview.

Of the 1,031 girls and women interviewed as possible entrants into the Women’s Service, the following proportion per region had (a) registered, and (b) had had their interviews (based on the number who had registered).

Questions 1 and 1.a: Have you registered under your age group?

Have you had your interview?

Region Total Interviews Registered (Question 1) Have had interview (Question 1.a) % of those interviewed
No. No. % No. %
North 141 51 36 18 35
N.E. 118 53 45 12 23
N.M. 132 50 38 15 30
E. 97 50 52 20 40
S.E. 177 72 41 22 31
S. 81 35 43 11 31
S.W. 85 42 49 14 33
Scotland 121 64 53 27 42
Wales 79 37 47 13 35
Britain 1,031 511 50% 152 30%

93, or 9% of the 1,031 women interviewed by the investigators stated they had handed in their names for a Service within the following periods from 23rd October, 1941.

QUESTION 2

Within last week 11
2 weeks age 7
One month ago 23
Two-three months ago 12
Three-Six months ago 8
Six-Twelve months 2
Over a year 13
Date not given 17
Total 93

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