Do-it-yourself work in North-Western Europe
Written by: Søren Brodersen
Søren Brodersen analysed the extent of DIY work in Denmark in the 1990s on behalf of the ROCKWOOL Foundation Research Unit. In this paper, he presents the results of questionnaire-based studies of the amount and nature of DIY work carried out in Germany, the United Kingdom and the Scandinavian countries.
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