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What level did unemployment reach in 1931?
2.7 million
What internal migration trend was revealed by the 1931 census?
A small movement of people to London to look for work; there was no mass migration from depressed areas to areas with work
What trend in consumer goods could be seen during the 1930s?
A rise in the availability of electrical household appliances such as washing machines, electric cookers and vacuum cleaners. This improved the quality of life of many women, who had a smaller burden of housework.
By how much did prices go up between 1914 and 1940, and by how much did wages go up in the same period?
Prices - up 2.25x
Wages - up 3.5x
How many new council houses were built in the period between the two world wars, and what percentage were built on suburban estates?
1.1 million - 90%
What three amenities were included in new suburban council houses built between the two World Wars, which represented a step up in living standards for many new tenants?
-Electricity
-Running water
-Indoor toilets
What three things did Seebohm Rowntree's second study of poverty in York find in 1936?
-Three quarters of unemployed men and their families lived in poverty, although this was based on a higher poverty line
-The proportion of families in poverty had fallen from 28% to 18% since 1900
-A long-term improvement in working-class living standards and middle-class affluence
What industry mainly catering to females experienced rapid growth during the 1930s, and why?
Cosmetics - more working-class women were wearing make-up and perfume
How many people took a paid holiday in 1939, partly as a result of the 1938 Holidays with Pay Act, and what was the corresponding figure in 1920?
11 million in 1939, 1.5 million in 1920
Why were government public works programmes on a much smaller scale in Britain than in the USA or Germany?
The government, subsequently led by Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain, never embraced John Maynard Keynes' ideas
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