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## 1990 (Population)

The 1990 census asked only seven population and seven housing questions.  A sample of respondents received the "long form," which included 23 more population inquiries.  The 1990 census collected the following information, listed by question number:

The following questions were asked of all respondents:
                        - Name
                        - Relationship to person in column 1
                        - Sex
                        - Race
                        - Age and year of birth
                        - Marital Status
                        - Is this person on Hispanic or Spanish origin?

The following questions were asked of a sample of respondents:
                        - In what U.S. State or foreign country was this person born?
                        - Is this person a citizen of the United States?
                        - If this person was not born in the United States, when did this     person come to the United States to stay?
                        - At any time since February 1, 1990, has this person attended regular       school or college?
                        - How much school has this person completed?
                        - What is this person's ancestory or ethnic origin?
                          - Did this person live in this house or apartment 5 years ago?
                          - If no, where did this person live 5 years ago?
                          - Does this person speak a language other than English at home?
                          - If yes, what is this language?
                          - If yes, how well does this person speak English?
                          - Has this person ever been in active-duty military service in the Armed Forces of the        United States or ever been in the United States military Reserves or the National Guard?
                          - If on active-duty, was it during:                                     - September 1980 or later
                            - May 1975 to August 1980
                            - Vietnam era (August 1964 - April 1975)
                            - February 1955 - July 1964
                            - Korean conflict (June 1950 - January 1955)
                            - World War II (September 1940 - July 1947)
                            - World War I (April 1917 - November 1918)
                            - Any other time
                          - In total, how many years of active-duty military service has this person had?
                        - Does this person have a physical, mental, or other health condition that has lasted for six or more months and which-                               - Limits the kind or amount of work this person can do at a job?
                          - Prevents this person from working at a job?
                        - Because of a health condition that has lasted for 6 or more months, does this person have any difficulty-                               - Going outside the home alone, for example, to shop or visit a doctor's office?
                          - Taking care of his or her own personal needs, such as bathing, dressing, or getting        around inside the home?
                        - If this person is female, how many babies has she ever had, not including stillbirths?
                          - Did this person work last week?
                          - If yes, how many hours did this person work last week?
                        - At what location did this person work last week?
                          - How did this person usually get to work last week?                                     - Car, truck, or van
                            - Bus or trolley bus
                            - Streetcar or trolley car
                            - Subway or elevated
                            - Railroad
                            - Ferryboat
                            - Taxicab
                            - Motorcycle
                            - Bicycle
                            - Walked only
                            - Worked at home
                            - Other
                          - If the person used a car, truck, or van, how many people, including this person, usually        rode to work in the same vehicle last week?
                          - What time did this person usually leave home to go to work last week?
                          - How many minutes did it usually take this person to get from home to work last week?
                        - If this person did not work last week, was he temporarily absent or on layoff from a job or business last week?
                          - Has this person been looking for work during the last four weeks?
                          - If yes, could this person have taken a job last week if one had been offered?
                        - When did this person last work, even for a few days?
                        - Industry or Employer                                 - From whom did this person work?
                          - What kind of business or industry was this?
                          - Is this job mainly...                                       - Manufacturing
                            - Wholesale trade
                            - Retail trade
                            - Other
                        - Occupation                               - What kind of work was this person doing?
                          - What were this person's most important activities or duties?
                        - Was this person-                               - Employee of a private for profit company, business, or individual, for wages, salary, or commissions
                          - Employee of a private not-for-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization
                          - Local government employee
                          - State government employee
                          - Federal government employee
                          - Self-employed in own not incorporated business
                          - Self-employed in own incorporated business
                          - Working without pay in family business or farm
                          - Last year (1989), did this person work, even for a few days, at a paid job or in a business or farm?
                          - If yes, how many weeks did this person work in 1989?
                          - During the weeks worked in 1989, how many hours did this person usually work each week?
                        - Income in 1989-                               - Wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, or tips from all jobs
                          - Self-employment income from own non-farm business, including proprietorship and partnership
                          - Farm self-employment income
                          - Interest, dividends, net rental income or royalty income, or income from estates and trusts
                          - Social Security or Railroad Retirement
                          - Supplemental Security (SSI), Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), or other public assistance or public welfare payments
                          - Retirement, survivor, or disability pensions
                          - Any other sources of income received regularly such as Veterans' (VA) payments, unemployment compensation, child support, or alimony
                        - What was this person's total income in 1989?

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