NAME RELATION Name of each person whose usual place Relationship of this per of residence on April 1, 1940, was in BE SURE TO INCLUDE: 1. Persons temporarily absent from household. Write "Ab" after names of such persons. 2. Children under 1 year of age. Write "Infant" if child has not been given a first name. Enter after name of person furnishing information. son to the head of the household, as wife, daughter, father, mother-in-law, grandson, lodger, lodger's wife, servant, hired hand, etc. CODE (Loare Sex-Male (M), Female (F) 7 PERSONAL DESCRIPTION EDUCATION Color or race Age at last birthday Single (S), Married (M), Attended school or college any time Highest grade of school completed CODE (Leave blank) 8 A RESIDENCE, APRIL 1, 1935 IN WHAT PLACE DID THIS PERSON LIVE ON APRIL 1, 19357 For a person who, on April 1, 1935, was living in the same house as at present, enter in PERSONS 14 YEARS OLD AND OVER-EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMERGENCY WORK Was this person AT WORK for pay or If not, was he at work on, or assigned Was this person If not seeking work, (Yes work (U), or or No) OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, AND CLASS OF WORKER For a person seeking work ("Yes" in Col. 23): (a) If he has previous work experience, enter public school salesman laborer rivet heater 28 cotton mill Instructions to Enumerators In order to make the census as complete as possible, enumerators were provided with several kinds of schedules (not reproduced here) for use in obtaining information about nonresidents who might not be reported at their homes, transients, new occupants of then vacant living quarters, absent households, etc. A "household" was defined in terms of "one set of cooking facilities or housekeeping arrangements." With regard to race, the only change from 1930 was that Mexicans were to be listed as White unless they were definitely Indian or some race other than White. There were detailed rules for completing the employment portion of the schedule (cols. 21-31) and for coding column 30 on the basis of the occupation entered in column 28. Veteran status (col. 39) was extended to peacetime service as well as during wars and expeditions. Enumerators carried a supply of a separate report form, P-16, which persons unwilling to give income information verbally could use. The completed form was to be inserted in an accompanying envelope, sealed, and given to the census taker for mailing. It should be noted that questions 35 through 50 were asked only of a 5-percent sample of the population. 64 Measuring America |