Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-02-06
WILLIAM /. STEUART|
ANNOUNCES THE 1890
PROGRAM OF CENSUS

monthly rental, ii renLeu.
4. Radio set? Eyes" or "No".
5. Does this family live on a farm?
eyes" or mo-.
6. Sex.
7. Color or race.
8. Age at last birthday.
9. Marital condition.
10. Age at first marriage Cor mar
ried persons only.
II. Attended school or college any
time since Sept. l, 1929 Eyes or no).
IL. Whether able to read or write?
(Yes or no).
ID. Place of birth of person, Estate
or country.
/ ii. Place Of birth of persons father
Estate or Country.
Is. Place of birth of persons
mother. Estate or Country.
l6. Year of immigration to the
United States. (For foreign born
only.
II. Mother tongue of each foreign
born person.
IS. Whether naturalized. Cor
foreign born only.
10. Whether able to speak English
(For foreign born only.
20. Occupation of each gainful
worker.
81. Industry in which employed.
%. Whether employer, employee, or
working on own account.
%. Whether actually at work. (For
each person usually employed but re-
turned as not at work, additional i'm
formation will be secured on a spec
ial unemployment schedule).
"a. Whether a veteran of the I'm
tied States military or navel forces;
and for each veteran, in what wal or
expedition he served.
Among the most important Of the
new questions is that calling for the
value of the home if owned, or the
monthly rental if rented. This will
make possible a classification of
families according to economic stat
US, or perhaps one might say accord
ing to buying power.
Such a classification is urgently de-
sired by individuals and firms using
the census figures as a basis for or
| ganizing their selling and advertis-
ing campaign and will serve many
other purposes. The replies to these
questions will be used only as a basis
| for classification of the families into
broad groups, and particular pains
will be taken to see that the inform
alton given by any individual for his
home is not in any way made public.
Another new question is that which
asks for the age at first marriage.
This will cry two purposes. In the
first place it will give definite infor-
nation as to the relative age at mar
riage Of persons in different social
and economic groups. In the second
place it will make possible a tabula-
ton of important data on the size OF
families, such tabulatibn to be based
on the number of children reported
in the families of women who have
been married a stated number of
years.
The question on radio sets will
give direct answer to the question as
to how large the potential radio aud
fence is.
In the classification of gaiiful
workers according to occupation and
industry it is proposed to put much
greater stress than heretofore on the
returns for industry, and to instruct
enumerators to pay special attention
to this section of the schedule.
Women doing house work in their
own homes Cor supervising such
work done by ~servants) carrying the
responsibilities Of the home will be
designated as home-makers. This
designation will be entered in the
family relationship column of the
schedule, rather than in the occupa-
ton column, in order that those
women for following a profession or
other gainful occupation, in addition
to being home-makers, may be prop
erly classified in respects to both
lines of activity.
A special schedule for unemployed
will contain ia number Of questions
designed to separate those not work
ing into several classes, including,
besides those absolutely unemployed,
those who have a job but are for the
time being IN lay-of without pay
etc.
Provision is again made for class
flying the foreign born, which still
form a very important element in
our population, in five different Ways,
namely, by country Of birth; by
mother tongue (Which is sometimes
a better index Of nationality than is
country Of birth); by year of immi-
grafton to the United States; byciti-
zcnship THAT is whether naturaliz-
ed, having first papers, or alien); and
by ability to speak English.
The form Of the scheule was det-
ermined after a long series OF con-