published by Penguin Books Britain in Figures A Handbook of Social Statistics Alan F. Sillitoe This handbook of statistical graphs and diagrams, with explanatory texts, has been prepared by a sociologist to illustrate recent and current social trends in Britain (with foreign figures for comparison). It makes the perfect tool for quick reference on the desk and for settling arguments in the home POPULATION-Growth, ages expectation of life, deaths, density, immigration SOCIAL DATA - Marriage, divorce, pensions, house-building, religion EDUCATION - Numbers at schools and universities, examination passes, expenditure LABOUR- Hours worked, Trade Unions strikes, unemployment THE ECONOMY- Public and private expenditure, prices, incomes, taxation, infiation, exports and imports TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS - Cars, 
telephones etc, road deaths, road-building MASS MEDIA- Newspapers, radio, television, cinemas and their audiences Cover desi ian by Mel Calman and Philip Thompson