1970
Census questions as they appeared on the schedule or questionairre.
| Questions | Options Appearing on Schedule or Questionairre | Instructions to Marshalls and Assistant Marshalls | Column/Question Number |
|
Color or Race Fill one circle. |
White, Negro or Black, Indian (Amer.) (print tribe), Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Korean, Other (print race) (pp. 75) |
All answers were designed for self-identification on the part of the respondent, but the enumerate was allowed to fill in blanks by observation when this was possible. For item 4 (color or race), it was assumed that the respondent's relatives living in the unit were also of the same race unless the census taker learned otherwise. The enumerator's manual included a long list of possible written-in entires and how they were to be classifed: For example, "Chicano," "La Raza," "Mexican American," "Moslem," or "Brown" were to be changed to White, while "Brown (Negro)" would be considered as Negro or Black for census purposes. (pp. 75) |
4 |
| Where was this person born? Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions 1790-1980. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. pp. 75 |
This state OR __________ (Name of State or foreign country; or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.) (pp. 75) | 13a | |
|
Is this person's origin or descent-- |
Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, Other Spanish, No, none of these (pp. 75) | 13b | |
|
What country was his father born in? |
United States OR ___________ (name foreign country, or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc. (pp. 75) | 14 | |
| What country was his mother born in? Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions 1790-1980. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. pp. 75 |
United States OR ___________ (name foreign country, or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc. (pp. 75) | 15 | |
| For all persons born in a foreign
country-- Is this person naturalized? Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions 1790-1980. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. pp. 75 |
Yes, naturalized No, alien Born abroad to American parents (pp. 75) |
16a | |
| When did he come to the United States to stay? Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions 1790-1980. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. pp. 75 |
1965 to 70 1960 to 64 1955 to 59 1950 to 54 1945 to 49 1935 to 44 1925 to 34 1915 to 24 Before 1915 (pp. 75) |
16b | |
| What language, other than English, was spoken
in this person's home when he was a child? Fill in one circle. Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions 1790-1980. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. pp. 75 |
Spanish, French, German, Other--specify __________, None, English only (pp. 75) | 17 |