Science: Bedroom and Bath

What are the bedroom and bathroom habits of the nation? In the interest of postwar housing design, the John B. Pierce Foundation of Manhattan, a housing research group, investigated this question. The Foundation made a study of 131 typical families (income: $2,000 to $3,000). Findings:

ΒΆ After getting into bed, 22% of husbands read, 12% talk to their wives, 7% listen to the radio, 3% pray, 2% smoke, 2% eat, 2% get up to close the window, 50% say they do nothing. Of the wives. 29% read, 11% talk, 8% listen to the...

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