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The total number of replies obtained from the two groups of questions under examination can be seen from the following figures :
Days of Attendance :
Replies : 1 7,659, whereof 1 3,022 from boys and 4,637 from girls ;
Hours of Attendance :
Replies ; 17,418, whereof 12,222 from boys, and 5,196 from girls.
In respect to these queries, there is a clear majority both from boys and girls and from all centres of inquiry and for all ages for attendance during working days and during the evening. The proportions vary according to the following table :
Days of Attendance :
Boys :
Girlt
Large Centres
Small Centres
Large Centres
Small Centres
Weekday
Holiday
Weekday Holiday
Weekday
Holiday
Weekday Holiday
10-12 years. .
. 32.08
67.92
9.23 90.77
38.13
61.87
17.67 8233
13-16 » . .
. 23.59
76.41
19.23 80.77
44.67
55.33
42.89 57.11
17 upwards .
. 47.65
52.35
33.01 66.99
47.20
52.80
45.45 54.55
The frequency of attendance on holidays diminishes with the age, both for boys and girls, and especially for the latter. The phenomenon is easily explicable by the greater variety of amusement offered on holidays in the way of excursions, sport in the open air, and closer family life, all of which are more noticeable on Sundays than on weekdays.
Another fact is that in the smaller centres, although the general tendency remains about the same, the percentage of those who frequent the cinemas on holidays is, especially for the boys, very much higher than for urban centres or the chief towns of provinces. In the villages and small towns, there is of course, much less opportunity of distraction than in the cities. The cinemas are open very often only on the days of rest from factory or agricultural labour, and it is logical that the young people are attracted to amusements with greater intensity on these days.
Hours
of Attendance :
Boys
;
Girls :
Large
Centres
Small C
-entrcs
Large
Centres
Small Centres
Aitnoon.
Evng.
Attn.
Evng.
Artn.
Evng.
Aftn. Evng.
10-12 years. .
. 30.15
60.85
8.67
91.33
25.82
74.18
6.78 93.22
13-16 ' « .
. 29.29
70.71
12.88
87.12
22.19
77.81
20.06 79.94
17 years up. .
. 40.03
59.97
7.61
92.39
21.94
78.06
38.18 61.82
The variations in frequency of attendance in this group of questions are more remarkable than for the preceding one. Both in larger and smaller centres, both for boys and girls and especially the latter, the preference for evening visits to the cinema is clearly shown. There is, however, a big disproportion between the figures for the boys and those for the girls. The boys show for urban centres a maximum of evening