Evening journal., 1910-02-21
SOME VITAL
CENSUS QUESTIONS
How the People Are to An
SWer the EnumeratOrS
In April

Tho character OF the questions concern
ing color or race. age at last birthday.
conjugal condition, number Of years OF
present marriage, the number of chill
dren born and the number Of children
now living, to be asked hy the ouumera-
tors ia the Thirteenth United States Gem
sus beginning April Is, nox' Is explain-
ed in the printed instructions to tho CEN
sus-takers, which have been prepared by
the United states Census Bureau All
the questions relate solely to conditions
existing on the Census Day" which is
April IS.
Answers relative to color or race arc
10 be entered on the schedules as "W"
for white: "B" for black; "Mu" Tor mu-
latto; "Ch' for Chinese. up" for Japan
csc; and 'In" for Indian. For census
purposes. the term "black" CBl includes
All negroes Of fun blood, while "mulat-
TO" CMW includes an negroes not OF fun
blood, but having any perceptible trace
Of negro blood
As 10 age al iast birthday Of the per-
son enumerated. the cnumorators are eau
toned that this question calls only for
the age in completed years al the last
birthday. Therefore a person whose ex-
act age ON April IS is n years. II months,
and 8 days should bo returned simply
as ~. because that Is his age az his last
birthday. In the case OF children not
two years old. tho age should he given
IN complete months. expressed as twelfths
Of a year. Thus. the age Of a child 3
months old should be entered as 3-l2. n
child months old rs 7-i2. child IS
months old as 1 s-i2. etc n child IS nor
vet a month old the enumerators are TO
enter the age as 0-i2 a child who Ia
| Just a year old on the 18th OF April, 1910.
should nevertheless be returned as 11-i2,
because that Is its age I'm completed
months on April IS. The enumerators are
told TO take particular pains 4 get the
exact age Of children.
II the person was born outside the
limited States. the enumerator IS to enter
the country mot city or districD in which
he was born. Instead Of Great Britain
he is told to write ireland. England, Scot
land. or Wales.
In the case OF persons born in the dou
BILE kingdom OF Austria Hungary the emu
merator is cautioned to be sure TO dis
tinguish Austria from Hungary. In tn
case Of those born IN Austria proper, the
are to distinguish also those born II
Bohemia and those > W Austrian Pc
land.
They should write Finland and not Rus
sia for a person born i'm Finland.
The inquiry as 10 the number OF chi
dren born applies TO women who are no.
7 married. or who are widowed. or divor,
: ed. The answer should give the tots
. number of children that each such w
man has had during her lifetime.
should include, therefore. the children
y any former marriage as well as by III
D present marriage. IL should, not inciut
j the children which her present husban
Z may have had by former wife. eve
o though they are members of her family
!. lsstim-born children are not to be IN
= cluded
Tho question concerning the hummer Q
y children now living refers only 70 IN
c children which the woman herself IA
h had. The enumerator IS required to In
h elude all OF these children that are liv
: ing. no matter whether they are living s
q bis district or somewhere else.