The WI is a dynamic organisation, offering many opportunities for its members to come together to learn and to participate in the many courses that are available to them. Methodology A questionnaire was constructed and tested by VECs at their annual conference. The questionnaire consisted of closed questions and multi-choice questions. The closed questions were constructed in such a way that the subjects had the choice of two answers ' yes' or 'no'.
Closed questions have the advantage in that they are easy to answer, tabulate and analyse.
It must be noted not all institutes were able to give out 5 questionnaires to the age groups represented on the form. Initial results were collated in the federations and were sent to the Area Base Co-ordinators who collated area and national results. The responses shown in this report are the national totals. Results have also been produced for each area and the findings are similar for all areas. Area results will be sent to the VECs in each of the 6 areas.