were put into the computer with instructions for combining the information and editing for impossible and inconsistent entries. Similar operations were performed on punchcard equipment to create the master record for large rental properties. The master record for each segment or large rental property contained several types of sampling information needed to process the data: 1. Information from the 1956 National Housing Inventory Master Segment Record, with modifications in weights and identification codes as necessary because of differences in the boundary definitions used for SCARF 2. Weights for SCARF segments which had not been in the National Housing Inventory and for National Housing Inventory segments which were modified by SCARF subsampling 3. Weights for the characteristics subsample of each segment. (In the case of list-sample segments for which there was no characteristics subsample, the weight of course was zero.) 4. As many other weights for each of the individual schedules in the segment as required for the different areas and tabulations for which it was to be used 5. Sample control codes to indicate whether the segment was to be used, for example, just for an SMSA, or for an SMSA and also for the Components of Change Survey national sample, or for both of these and also the Residential Finance Survey national sample, or for one or both of the national samples only, etc. Geographic codes were also given in the Master Segment Record and the Large Rental Property Master Control Record, for data-processing control and for purposes of estimation. BIBLIOGRAPHY U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D. C.: Components of Change, Census of Housing-1960: Guide for Training in Review. SCARF. 19597 46, 2 pp., processed. (Form 60-08-119) Intercensal Housing Surveys. Evaluation of Their Importance, Description of Concepts and Techniques Involved in Producing Reliable Results. 1957. 67 pp., and appendices A-F (151 pp.). 1956 National Housing Inventory. 1958. 3 volumes: Vol. I, Components of Change, 1950 to 1956. 10 parts, paged separately, approx. 265 pp. Vol. II, Financing of Owner-Occupied Residential Properties. 35 pp. Vol. III, Characteristics of the 1956 Inventory. 10 parts, paged separately, approx. 325 pp. 1960 Census of Housing: SCARF Residential Finance Enumerator's Reference Manual. 1960. 60 pp. (Form H-137) 1960 Decennial Censuses of Population and Housing: Decennial Operations Manual. Program. 1959-60. 3 parts: 13 chapters, paged separately, approx. Part I, Components of Change-- Phase I. Vol. I, SCARF 300 pp. 115 pp. 9 chapters, paged separately, approx. SCARF: Components of Change. Census of Housing-1960. Training Guide, Phase II. 1960. 37 PP. (Form 60-08-143) SCARF Enumerators' Manual. 1960 Census of Housing. 45 pp. (Form F-139) Components of Change, Phase II. 1960. SCARF Operations Manual. 1959. Various paging, approx. (For the Components of Change Survey.) 110 pp. (Form F-356) SCARF Residential Finance Program Operations Manual. 1959. Various paging (approx. (Form F-361) 140 pp.). 35 pp. Survey of Components of Change and Residential Finance of the United States Census of Housing, 1960: Principal Data-Collection Forms and Procedures. U.S.Govt. Print. Off., 1962. Other Sources: Kristof, Frank S. "Components of Change in the Nation's Housing Inventory in Relation to the 1960 Census. 11 In: American Statistical Association. Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section, 1959. Washington, D. C., 1960? pp. 92-102. APPENDIX A. BASIC LEGISLATION Proclamation 3337 EIGHTEENTH DECENNIAL CENSUS By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas, pursuant to section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and chapter 5 of title 13 of the United States Code, the Eighteenth Decennial Census of the United States will be taken beginning April 1, 1960; and Whereas this Census, which will mark the one hundred and seventieth anniversary of the first United States Census, is required by the Constitution to determine the apportionment among the several States of members of the House of Representatives; and Whereas during the ten years since the Seventeenth Decennial Census was taken great changes have occurred in the growth, location, and characteristics of our people and in their housing and activities, and these changes have made it more essential than ever before that we have a current inventory of the Nation's people, homes, and other resources to guide us in the future: Now, therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that under the law it is the duty of every person over eighteen years of age to answer all questions in the census schedules applying to him and the family to which he belongs, and to the home occupied by him or his family, and that any person refusing to do so is subject to penalty as provided by law. The sole purpose of the Census is to secure general statistical information regarding the population, its characteristics, and its homes. Replies are required from individuals only to enable the compilation of such general statistics. No person can be harmed in any way by furnishing the information required. Individual information collected in the taking of the Eighteenth Decennial Census will not be used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulations, or in connection with military or jury service, the enforcement of school attendance, the regulation of immigration, or the enforcement of any national, state, or local law, or ordinance. There need be no fear that disclosure will be made regarding any individual person or his affairs. For the due protection of the rights and interests of the persons furnishing information, every employee of the Census Bureau is prohibited, under heavy penalty, from disclosing any information which may come to his knowledge by reason of his employment. Life and liberty in a free country entail a variety of cooperative actions for the common good. The prompt, complete, and accurate answering of all official inquiries made by Census officials should be regarded as one of the requirements of good citizenship. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightyfourth. By the President: Christian A. Herter, 210 Dwight D. Eisenhower TITLE 13, UNITED STATES CODE.--CENSUS CHAPTER 1--ADMINISTRATION SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS 31. Definitions As used in this title, unless the context requires another meaning, or unless it is otherwise provided- "Bureau" means the Bureau of the Census; "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce. SUBCHAPTER II--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES S 21. Director of the Census; duties The Bureau shall be headed by a Director of the Census, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall perform such duties as may be imposed upon him by law, regulations, or orders of the Secretary. S 22. Qualifications of permanent personnel All permanent officers and employees of the Bureau shall be citizens of the United States, and shall be appointed and compensated under the Civil Service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended or supplemented. S 23. Additional officers and employees (a) The Secretary may appoint, without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, at rates of compensation to be fixed by him, as many temporary employees in the Departmental Service as may be necessary to meet the requirements of the work provided for in this title. Census employees who are transferred to any such temporary positions shall not lose their permanent Civil Service status by reason of the transfer. The Secretary shall make all such temporary appointments in conformity with the Civil Service laws and rules. (b) In addition to employees of the Department of Commerce, employees of other departments and independent offices of the Government may, with the consent of the head of the respective department or office, be employed and compensated for field work in connection with the work provided for in this title. S 24. Special agents, supervisors, supervisors' clerks, enumerators, and interpreters; compensation; details (a) The Secretary may appoint special agents, supervisors, supervisors' clerks, enumerators, and interpreters on a temporary basis to carry out the provisions of this title. Such appointments shall be made without regard to the Civil Service laws or the Classification Act of 1949. The enlisted men and officers of the armed services may be appointed and compensated for the enumeration of personnel of the armed forces. (b) The special agents, supervisors, supervisors' clerks, enumerators, and interpreters appointed under this section shall receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary; and the compensation on a piece-price basis may be fixed without limitation as to the amount earned per diem. (c) The Secretary may authorize the expenditure of necessary sums for travel expenses for attendance at training courses held by the Department of Commerce with respect to any of the work provided for in this title. S 25. Duties of supervisors, enumerators, and other employees (a) Each supervisor shall perform the duties imposed upon him by the Secretary in the enforcement of chapter 5 of this title in accordance with the Secretary's orders and instructions. (b) Each enumerator or other employee detailed to serve as enumerator shall be charged with the collection in his subdivision of the facts and statistics called for on such schedules as the Secretary determines shall be used by him in connection with any census or survey provided for by chapter 5 of this title. 211 (c) Each enumerator shall visit personally each dwelling house in his subdivision, and each family therein, and each individual living out of a family in any place of abode, and by inquiry made of the head of each family, or of the member thereof deemed most competent and trustworthy, or of such individual living out of a family, shall obtain every item of information and all particulars required for any census or survey provided for in chapter 5 of this title. In case no person is found at the usual place of abode of such family, or individual living out of a family, competent to answer the inquiries, the census employee may obtain the required information as nearly as may be practicable from the families or persons living nearest to such place of abode who may be competent to answer such inquiries. S 26. Transportation by contract The Secretary may contract with field employees for the rental and use within the continental limits of the United States of means of transportation, other than motorcycle, automobile, or airplane, and for the rental and use outside of the continental United States of any means of transportation, which means may be owned by the field employee. Such rental contracts shall be made without regard to section 4 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as mended (5 U.S.C. 837). The rentals shall be at rates equivalent to the prevailing rental rates of the locality. The rental contracts within the continental United States may be entered into only when the use by the field employee of such other means of transportation is safer, more economical, or more advantageous to the Government than use of his motorcycle, automobile, or airplane in conducting the census. CHAPTER 5--CENSUSES SUBCHAPTER II--POPULATION, HOUSING, AGRICULTURE, S 141. Population, unemployment, and housing (a) The Secretary shall, in the year 1960 and every ten years thereafter, take a census of population, unemployment, and housing (including utilities and equipment) as of the first day of April, which shall be known as the census date. (b) The tabulation of total population by States as required for the apportionment of Representatives shall be completed within eight months of the census date and reported by the Secretary to the President of the United States. SUBCHAPTER V--GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE, PRELIMINARY AND S 191. Geographic scope of censuses (a) Each of the censuses authorized by this chapter (other than censuses of population) shall include each State, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and as may be determined by the Secretary, such other possessions and areas over which the United States exercises jurisdiction, control, or sovereignty. Censuses of population shall include all geographic areas referred to in the preceding sentence. Inclusion of other areas over which the United States exercises jurisdiction or control shall be subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. (b) For censuses taken in the Virgin Islands, Guam, or any possession or area not specifically designated in (a) above, the Secretary may utilize or adopt census data collected by the Governor or highest ranking Federal official, when such data are obtained in accordance with plans prescribed or approved by the Secretary. S 193. Preliminary and supplemental statistics In advance of, in conjunction with, or after the taking of each census provided for by this chapter, the Secretary may make surveys and collect such preliminary and supplementary statistics related to the main topic of the census as are necessary to the initiation, taking, or completion thereof. S 195. Use of sampling Except for the determination of population for apportionment purposes, the Secretary may, where he deems it appropriate, authorize the use of the statistical method known as "sampling" in carrying out the provisions of this title. CHAPTER 7--OFFENSES AND PENALTIES SUBCHAPTER I--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES S 214. Wrongful disclosure of information Whoever, being an employee referred to in subchapter II of chapter 1 of this title, having taken and subscribed the oath of office, publishes or communicates, without the written authority of the Secretary or other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, any information coming into his possession by reason of his employment under the provisions of this title, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. SUBCHAPTER II--OTHER PERSONS S 221. Refusal or neglect to answer questions: false answers (a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or survey provided for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of chapter 5 of this title, applying to himself or to the family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or farms of which he or his family is the occupant, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both. (b) Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a) of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is false, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. S 223. Refusal, by owners, proprietors, etc., to assist census employees Whoever, being the owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, or agent of any hotel, apartment house, boarding or lodging house, tenement, or other building, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary or by any other officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, acting under the instructions of the Secretary, to furnish the names of the occupants of such premises, or to give free ingress thereto and egress therefrom to any duly accredited representative of such Department or bureau or agency thereof, so as to permit the collection of statistics with respect to any census provided for in subchapters I and II of chapter 5 of this title, or any survey authorized by subchapter IV or V of such chapter insofar as such survey relates to any of the subjects for which censuses are provided by such subchapters I and II, including, when relevant to the census or survey being taken or made, the proper and correct enumeration of all persons having their usual place of abode in such premises, shall be fined not more than $500. |