A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

APPENDIX I SAMPLE

Age %
Up to 30 578 25
35 - 50 880 39
Over 50 795 35
Unclassified 16 1
Sample 2269 100
Housewives working and not working
%
Housewives working 502 22
Housewives not working 1745 77
Unclassified 22 1
Sample 2269 100
Urban and Rural
%
Urban 1842 81
Rural 427 19
Sample 2269 100
Income Group
%
Up to £2. 10s. 380 17
£2. 10s. - £3. 12s. 523 23
£3. 12s. - £5 793 35
£5 - £10 436 19
Over £10 104 5
Unclassified 33 1
Sample 2269 100

Towns in which interviews took place

Newcastle

Gateshead

Tynemouth

Leeds

Batley

Sheffield

Chesterfield

Barnsley

Dronfield

Nottingham

Ilkeston

Leicester

Market Harboro’

Peterborough

Spalding

Ipswich

Woodbridge

Lewisham

Wandsworth

Fulham

Poplar

Clerkenwell

Willesden

Acton

Mitcham

Camden Town

Aylesbury

Chesham

Basingstoke

Alton

Bristol

Weston-super-mare

Exeter

Crediton

Cardiff

Cowbridge

Caerleon

Birmingham

Droitwich

Kenilworth

Wolverhampton

Wellington

Bridgnorth

Preston

Blackburn

Accrington

Manchester

Glossop

Bury

Liverpool

Frodsham

Bootle

Tunbridge Wells

Sevenoaks

Glasgow

Edinburgh

Dundee

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