A Background data

• 1. Name, address and age of respondent

• 2. Number, sex and ages of children

• 3. Children at playgroup/childminder/nursery school/primary school? Which child and for how many hours each day?

• 4. Occupation of husband

• 5. Hours of husband’s work-absence from home

• 6. Present occupation of wife, if any (any paid work whether done at home or outside home)

• 7. Hours of wife’s paid work-absence from home

• 8. Who looks after the children while wife is out at work?

• 9. Wife’s education

• (a) Education to 15

• (b) Education to 15 + 1-2 years training/further education

• (c) Education to 16, O Level + 1-2 years training/further education or school till 17-18

• (d) School till 18 + 1-2 years training/further education

• (e) School till 18 + university

• (f) School till 18 + university + extra training/further education

B Domestic work conditions

• 1. Number in household (for whom housewife cooks)

• 2. Type of home

• (a) House

• (b) Flat

• (c) Rooms

• (d) Furnished

• (e) Unfurnished

• (f) Rented, council

• (g) Rented, other

• (h) Owned

• 3 Amenities

• (a) Separate kitchen

• (b) Inside lavatory

• (c) Bath

• (d) Running hot and cold water

• (e) Garden/play area

• (f) Within five minutes’ walk of shops

• (g) Within five minutes’ walk of launderette

• (h) Within ten minutes’ walk of school/playgroup/nursery

• (i) Separate bedrooms for parents and children

• (j) Television

• (k) Telephone

• 4 Household aids

• (a) Washing machine (type?)

• (b) Mechanical drier (type?)

• (c) Vacuum cleaner

• (d) Refrigerator

• (e) Separate freezer

• (f) Dishwasher

• (g) Central heating

• (h) Car/use of car

• (i) Other

• (j) Paid domestic help

• (k) Use of commercial services (e.g. laundry)

C Domestic work routine

Now, can I ask you about what you do on an ordinary day? What about yesterday? Was yesterday out of the ordinary in any way? Could you please tell me everything you did, beginning with when you woke up?