Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-23
POPULATION SCHEDULE.
Number and Mature Of the Questions
TO he Asked by the Enume rators.

Number and Mature Of the Questions
TO he Asked by the Enume rators.
The United states census population
schedule which will be carried by the
enumerators during the Thirteenth De-
cennial United States census. April Is
next. contains thirty-two questions con-
! corning every man, woman and child In
! tits country, the total 1T whom Ia ex-
rected to reach the number at eo.ooOoo0
| The preparation of the population
schedule engaged for the past few
months tho joint consideration OF Assist
ent Director Wiloughhy Mr.. William
Hunt. the United states census chief sta
tistic.an for popula ton. and Prot Will
lam u. Bailey, the Yale instructor In po-
lit'cal economy. a prominent member
OF the census bureau advisory board OF
statisticians etc. who later was COM
missoned supervisor OF census for the
state OF Connecticut.
| Tho schedule has been approved by
Census Director Durond, and In It's 1nal
form will be 16 by % inches In size.
printed front and back. with 80 limos on
each side. one for each person enun,er-
ated. The government printing Office Will
| print 100000 copies. SO as to give each
or tho supervisors Of census an ample
supply to meet all the needs Of about
G7oOo enumerators who will enumcrate
tho population in April next.
! The PAPER on which the schedule will
be run OF will be first quality while writ
ing. &c by Sc inches. 60 pounds to the
ream. tie total weight being 80 40
pounds. The entire edition will be
printed on a web press. which will print
two of thu schedules. face and back,
| each revolution. at the rate Of 500 an
hour. It will take about six and half
days for the press 20 print the 1000,
running sixteen hours a day.
MORE CONVENIENT FORM.
The schedule paper Is very heavy and
vii! stand a great deal OF handling. The
form Of the schedule is more convenient
than that used ten years ago. and tho two
pages are so spaced that when the
schedule Is placed in the card-punching
machine the rachel wheel automatical-
Is moves the schedule up ono line. and all
the operator has to do Is to operate the
keys on the punching machine.
For this stage Of the compilation OF the
population statistics IL. 900, 90 manila
cards have been ordered for the card
punching machine
The thirty-two questions arc classified
under thirteen groups.
The first is Location. and under this
head the enumerator must write dow,
the street. avenue, road, cts: the house
number in cities or towns; and the num-
Der CT the dwelling house and the num-
Der OF the family. in the numerical order
Of the enunerator's visitation.
Under the subject Name" for each
person whose place Of abode on April I;
was in the family being enumerated. 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 Is. 1910
and must omit children born since that
date.
The third group, Relationship. calls fol
n statement Of the relationship which the
person enumerated bears to the head OF
tho family in which he resides.
The Personal Description group asks
for the sex: color or race-that Is, wheth-
CT white. black. muatto, Chinese. Japa-
nese. Indian; age at last birthday;
whether single. married, widowed. or di-
vorced; the number of years OF present
marriage: and, under the subject OF
Mother Of how many children" the
number of children each woman has had
ana the nulnber now nNlnE.
THE COUNTRY BIRTH.
The group relative to Nativity requires
answers stating the place of birth Of tn,
. person enumerated and also Of his or he
father and mother. The instructions are
that II either is born in the United States
the enumerator must give the State o.
territory but If of foreign birth he mus
!, give the country.
The two questions regarding Citizen
. ship apply to foreign born persons only
and call for a statement Of the year o
, Immigration to the United States, and. il
- the case of adult males, whether natural
:, lied or alien.
. The next question requires the Gnu
9 mcrator to ascertain whether the perso
?. is able to speak English. or. II not. I
n give the language spoken.
:, There are five questions touching upo
- Occupation. The first calls for the trad
or profession Of. or particular kind q
u WORT, done by. the person being enumer
= ated such as, to quote the schedule
spinner. salesman, lahorer, etc" TIL
. | next inquiry calls for Q statement OF TN
general nature of the industry, bushes:
or establishment In which the perso
a works, as, again to quote verbatim fror
the schedule. cotton mill. dry good
store farm. etc The third wants
know whether the person IL an employer
, employee or working on his own accoun
, and, under the fourth and hfth ques
=, tons whether out OF work on April Il
. 1910. and the number 81 weeks out q
work during the year 1909
The questions in the Education grou
are "whcther able to read ''whethe
!, | able to write" land attended schoC
a | school any time since September I, 1903,
, Information regarding "Ownership c
: Home will be ATTAINED by these Ques
. tons: Whether the home is owned @
a rented: If owned. whether free or NOR,
gagged, and whether It is farm or simpl
: a house, as in a village or city; IL q farm
: the schedule carries for purpose of linden
= tincation tire number o: the farm SEIZED
l., ue
v The schedule further contains inquire
= as TO whether the person enumerated
# survivor Of the Union or Confederat
arm" or navy: whether blind in bot
g eyes, ard whether deaf or dumb.
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