The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
THE POPULATION SCHEDULE

HE POPULATION SCHEDULE
1t is announced on the authority Of
| the department of commerce and
labor, bureau of the census, that the
census schedule which will be carried
by the enumerators, beginning April
10 next, contains thirty-two questions
concerning every man, woman, and
child in this country, the total Of
whom is expected to reach the mum.
Der Of 90,000,000. These questions
are classified under thirteen groups.
/ The first is Location. and under this
head the enumeration must write down
the street, avenue, road, etc; the
house number in cities or towns; and
the number of the dwelling house and
the number Of the family, in the nu-
merical order of the enumerator's visi.
| tation.
Under the subject Name for each
person whose place of abode on April
15 was in the family being enumerat-
ed, the census taker is instructed to
enter the surname first, then the
given name and middle initial, if any.
He must include every person living
on April 10, 1910, and must omit child
rem born since that date.
The third group, Relation, calls for
a statement of the relationship which
the person enumerated bears to the
head of the family in which he re-
sides.
The Personal Description group asks
for the sex; color or race-that is,
whether white, black, bulatto, Chi
nese, Japanese, or Indian; age at last
birthday; whether single, married,
widowed, or divorced; the number Of
years of present marriage; and, un-
der the subject of Mother of how
many children the number of child
rem each woman has had and the num-
Der now living.
The group relative to Nativity re-
quires answers stating the place of
birth of the person enumerated and
also Of his of her father and mother.
The instructions are that if either
is born in the United States, the
the enumerator must give the state
or territory, but if of foreign birth
he must give the country
The two questions regarding Citizen
ship apply to foreign-born persons
only, and call for a statement of the
year of immigration to the United
States, and, in the case of adult males,
whether naturalized or alien.
The next question requires the emu
merator to ascertain whether the per-
son is able to speak English, or, If
not, to give the language spoken.
There are five question touching
upon Occupation. The first calls for
the trade or profession, or particular
kind of work done by, the person be-
ing enumerated, such as to quote the
schedule, spinner, salesman, laborer,
etc" The second wants to know wheth-
er the person is an employer, en-
ployee, or working on his or her own
account and under the fourth and
fifth questions, whether out of work
on April 10, 1910, and the number
of weeks out of work during the year
1909.
The questions in the Education
group are whether able to read"
whether able to write" and attend
ed school any time since September
/, 1907
Information regarding Ownership
OF Home" will be obtained by these
questions: Whether the home is
owned, whether it is a farm or sim
ply house, as in a village or city;
if a farm, the schedule carries for
purposes of Identification the number
of the farm schedule.
/ The schedule further contains in
/ qlliries as to whether the person emu
merated is survivor of the Union
or Confederate army or navy; wheth-
er blind in both eyes, and whether
deaf and dumb.