Relationships and MARITAL STATUS Terms Listed
The text catalogs various relation and status categories including husband and wife, natural born, adopted, son, daughter, Chinese, now married, widowed, and divorced. It appears as a classification list for personal data or civil status categories.
How the 1990 Census Will Be Handled
The Census Bureau plans the largest count yet with 250 million people. Computers create 7 million maps, 94 percent will mail in forms by April 1, and 6 percent will be interviewed by enumerators. Forms will be shipped to centers, microfilmed, and read by machines in Suitland Maryland.
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Census Bureau
U.S
Suitland
Census Form Circles Guide for Family Response
Instructions explain how parents fill census forms with O marks for family members in columns one and two. It notes a person three may exist and that the filled circles are read by a computer. The tone mimics a practical, step by step classroom note.
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API
Betty Debnam
Universal
Pittsburg
Kaw
National Archives
Washington, D.C