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This survey was undertaken to assess the effect that the system of changing the clocks has on rural businesses and those employed in rural areas

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Variables Preference between three alternative seasonal time systems: - permanent British Summer Time (GMT plus 1 hour) - British Summer Time from late February to late November - British Summer Time from late March to late October (the present system) Impact of daylight hours on working conditions, especially outdoors, on recreation and tourism and on children's travel to school.

Districts in England ordered by rural population (DoE definition): districts selected with probability proportional to rural population; parish selected randomly within district and matched to local telephone exchange; parish population less than 5000 in 1981; businesses in Yellow Pages categories were enumerated and simple random sample drawn: five in each of three categories (land work, building etc., services). Interviewers had a quota target of 3 employers in each category.

Face-to-face interview