The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-04-03
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| ~. Occupation OF eacH galHIui
worker.
81. Industry in which employed.
%. Whether employer, employee,
or working on own account
20. Whether actually at work. (For
each person usually employed but
returned as not at work, addition
information will be secured on spec
al unemployment schedule.)
"a. Whether a veteran of the I'm
tied States military or naval forces;
and for each veteran, in what war
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 according to economic
status, or perhaps one might say ac-
cording to buying power. Such a
classification is urgently desired by
individuals and firms using the cen
sus figures as basis for organic
ing their selling and advertising
campaigns and will serve many 9th
err purposes. The replies to these
questions will be used only as bas-
/ is for classification of the families
into broad groups, and particular
pains will be taken to ssee that the
information given by an 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 serve two purposes. In the
first place it will give definite infor-
nation as to the relative age at mar
riage of persons in different racial
and economic groups. In the second
place it will make possible tabula-
ton of important data on the size Of
families, such tabulation to be bas-
ed on the number of children report
ed in the families of women who have
been married a stated number of
years.
The question on radio seth will
give direct answer to the question
as to how large the potential radio
audience is.
In the classification of gainful
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 homework in their
own homes Tor supervising such
work done by servants) and carrying
the other responsibilities of the home
will be designated as homemakers
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 who follow profession OF
other gainful occupation in addition
to being homemakers, may be proper.
ly classified in respect to both lines
: of activity.
A special schedule for unemploy
ment will contain a number of ques
tions designed to separate those mo-
working in several classes, including
besides those absolutely unemployed
those who have job but are for the
time being on layoff without pay
etc.
/, Provision is again made for elias
styling the foreign born, which still
. form a very important element in thu
population in five different ways
= namely, by country of birth; b.
!. mother tongue (Which is sometime
!. a better index of nationality than il
!. country of BIRTH; by year of i'm
4 migration to the United States; b.
4 citizenship (that is whether natural
f; lied, having first papers, or alien)
and by ability to speak English.
: The form of the schedule was de
: termined after long series of con
: ferences in which about 40 new ques
lions suggested and endorsed b.
numerous organizations and individ
Y uals were carefully considered by tw
8 advisory committees and officials Q
the Census Bureau.