The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-02-07
JLATION CENSUS

POPULATION CENSUS
The questions to be asked by
the enumerator in the 1880 census
of population, as announced today
by William NJ. Stewart, Director.
Bureau Of the Census, are as fol
lows:
Relationship to head of family,
including a statement as to the
homemaker in each family.
2. Whether home is owned or
rented.
8. Value of home, if owned, or
monthly rental, if rented.
4. Radio set? eyes" or MOI.
5. Does this family live on a
farm? eyes" or MOI
6. Sex.
Z. Color or race.
8. Age at last birthday
g.. Marital condition.
10. Age at first marriage. (For
married persons only.)
II. Attended school or college
any time since Sept. /, 1929?
eyes" or MOI
II. Whether able to read and
write? C"Yes" or MOI
49,. Place of birth of person.
Estate or country
IA. place of birth of persons
Estate or country
Is. Place of birth of PERSONS
mother. Estate or country
16. Mother tongue of each for
eign-born person.
II. Years of immigration to the
United States. (For foreign born
only
IS. Whether naturalized. Cor
foreign born only
10. Whether able to speak Eng
fish. Cor foreign born only
20. Occupation of each gainful
worker.
81. Industry in which employed.
%. Whether employer, employee
working on own account.
20. Whether actually at work.
(For each person usually employ
ed but returned as not at work,
additional information will be Sc
cured on a special unemployed
schedule)
"a. Whether a veteran of the
United States military or naval
forces; and for each veteran, in
what war or expedition he serv-
ed.
Among the most important of
he new questions is that calling
or the value of the home if own
I'd, or the monthly rental if rent
ID. This will make possible a
classification of families accord
.ng to economic status, or per-
one might say according to
power. Such a classified
ion is urgently desired by indi-
and firms using the cen
JUS figures as a basis for organ
zing their selling and advertising
campaigns and will serve many
,ther purposes. The replies to
hese questions will be used only
Is a basis for classification for
he families into broad groups,
md particular pains will be TAX
n to see that the information
,iven by any individual for his
is not in any way made
Another new question Is that
which asks for the age at first
marriage. This will serve two pur-
,oses. In the first place it will
i've definite information as to
he relative age at marriage of
ersons in different racial and
economic groups. In the second
lace it will make possible a tab
lation of important data on the
ize of families, such tabulation
0 be based on the number of
hildren reported in the families
f women who have been married
stated number of years.
The question on radio sets will
i've a direct answer to the ques-
ion as to how large the poten-
ial radio audience is.
In the classification of gainful
yorkers according to occupation
nd industry it is proposed to put
luch greater stress than hereto
ore on the returns for industry,
nd to instruct e~numerators to
ay special attention to this sec
ion of the schedule.
Women doing homework in
heir own homes Tor supervising
uch work done by %sefvants) and
.rrying the other responsibilities
f the home will be designated
S home-makers. This designation
ill be entered in the family re-
ltionship column Of the schedule,
ather than in the occupation col
nm, in order that those women
tho follow a profession or 9TH
r gainful occupation, in addition
} being home-makers, may be
classified in respect to
9th lines OF activity.