Connecticut western news., 1910-01-06
TAKING THE CENSUS
 LIST OF QUESTIONS
TO BE ASKED BY ENUMERATORS
When You Have Answered Them All You Will Have Given a Comprehen- sive Family History Shortage of Enumerators.
Enumerators.

 sive Family History Shortage of
 Enumerators.
 i The United States census population schedule which will be carried by the enumerators during the thirteenth de- cennial United States census, April 13 next, contains thirty-two questions con- corning every man, woman and child i'll this country, the total of whom is ex- 1 pected to reach the number of 90, 900, ,000.
 The thirty-two questions are classified under thirteen groups.
 The first is location, and under this head the enumerator must write down ! the street, avenue, road, etc; the house number in cities or towns, and the nun Der of the dwelling house and the mum Der of the family in numerical order, a' ! the time of the enumerator1s visitation.
 Under the subject Name" for each 1 person whose place of abode on April Ii was i'll the family being enumerated, tn, census taker is instructed to enter tn, surname first, then the given name and middle initial, if any. He must include every person living on April l5, 1910 and must omit children born since that date.
 The third group, relationship, calls for statement of the relationship which the person enumerated bears to the head of the family in which he resides,
 Tho personal description group asks for the sex; the color or race-that is, whether white, black, mulatto, Chinese, Japanese, or Indian; age at last birth day; whether single, marrisd, widowed or divorced; the number of years present marriage; and, under the subject oi "Mother of how many children" tht number of children each woman has had and the number now living.
 The group relative to nativity re quires answers stating the place of birth of the person enumerated and also of his or her father and mother. The instruc tions are that if either was born in the United States, 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 oi immigration u the United States, and, in the case of adult males, whether nat. uralized or alien.
 The next question requires the enum- orator to ascertain whether the person is able to spellz- English. or, if not, to give the langulga spoken.
 TherA are five questions touching upon occupation. The first calls for the trade, profession of, or particular kind of work done by, the person being enumerated, such as, to quote the schedule, spinner, salesman. laborer, etc." The next in, quiry calls for statement of the general nature of tic industry. business, or es- tablishment in which tbe person works, as, again to quote verbatim from the schedule, "cotton mill, dry goods store, i farm, etc" The third wants to know whether the person is an employer, em- ploye, or working on his or her own ac. count, and, under the fourth and fifth questions, whether ont of work on April l5, 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 ''attended school any time since September 1, 1909."
 Information regarding ownership of home will be obtained by these questions: Whether the home is owned or rented; ] if owned, whether free or mortgaged, and whether it. is farm or simply a house, as in village or city; if farm, the schedule carries for purposes of iden- tification the number of the farm sched- ule.
 The schedule further contains inqui- ries as to whether the person enumerated is a survivor of the Union or Confederate army or navy; whether blind in both eyes, and whether deaf and dumb.
 United States Census Director Durand is considerably Terturbed over the pros pective shortage of census enumerators. The difficulty is ill the West and South. and especially in the cities. Director Durand explains the lack of applicants for census jobs only on the theory that there is so much general prosperity in the country that the government Jobs are not wanted. The time for applica- tons for these jobs ends on January %, and MT Durand invites public spirited and patriotic people to join in the census work even if the ray proves no induce ment. Applicants are required to pass Il test, but only common school educa- tion is needed to qualify. There are Go, ,000 enumerators' places to be filled.