FOR PERSONS 14 YEARS OLD AND OVER
FOR ALL WOMEN
WHO ARE OR
HAVE BEEN
MARRIED
For Persons Enumerated
on Lines 14 and 29.
PLACE OF BIRTH OF
FATHER AND MOTHER
USUAL OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, AND CLASS OF WORKER
Enter that occupation which the person regards as his usual occupation
and at which he is physically able to work. If the person is unable to
determine this, enter that occupation at which he has worked longest
during the past 10 years and at which he is physically able to work.
Enter also usual industry and usual class of worker.
Has this woman been married more
than once? (Yes or No)
Number of children ever born.
(Do not include stillbirths.)
If born in U.S. give state,
territory or possession. If
foreign born, give country
in which birthplace was
situated on Jan. 1, 1937.
Distinguish: Canada-
French from Canada-
English and Irish Free
State from Northern
Ireland.
Language
spoken in
home in
earliest
childhood.
Is this person a veteran of the
United States military forces: or the
wife, widow, or under 18-year-old
child of a veteran?
Does this person have a Federal
Social Security Number?
(Yes or No)
Were deductions for Federal Old-
Age Insurance or Railroad
Retirement made from this persons
wages or salary in 1939? (Yes or
No)
If so, were deductions made from
all, ½ or more, part but less than
½, of wages or salary?
If child, is veteran-
father dead?
(Y or N)
National Archives and Records Administration NA 14129 (6-09)
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Col. 24 DID THIS PERSON HAVE A JOB ?
Enter ―Yes‖ for a person (not seeking work)
who had a job, business, or professional
enterprise, but did not work during week of
March 24–30 for any of the following
reasons: Vacation; temporary illness;
industrial dispute; layoff not exceeding 4
weeks with instructions to return to work at a
specific date; layoff due to temporarily bad
weather conditions.
SYMBOLS
AND
EXPLANATORY
NOTES
Col. 5 VALUE OF HOME, IF OWNED:
Where owner’s household occupies
only a part of a structure, estimate value
of portion occupied by owner’s
household. Thus the value of the unit
occupied by the owner of a two-family
house might be approximately one-half
the total value of the structure.
Col. 10 COLOR OR RACE:
White W
Negro Neg
Indian In
Chinese Chi
Japanese Jp
Filipino Fil
Hindu Hin
Korean Kor
Other races, spell out in full.
Other races, spell out in full
Col. 14 HIGHEST GRADE OF SCHOOL COMPLETED:
None 0
Elementary school, 1st – 8th 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
High school, 1st – 4th year H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4
College, 1st – 4th year C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4
College, 5th or subsequent year C-5
Col. 11 AGE AT LAST BIRTHDAY:
Enter age of children born on or after April 1,
1939, as follows. Born in:
April 1939 11/12
May 1939 10/12
June 1939 9/12
July 1939 8/12
August 1939 7/12
September 1939 6/12
October 1939 5/12
November 1939 4/12
December 1939 3/12
January 1940 2/12
February 1940 1/12
March 1940 0/12
(Do not include children born on or after April 1, 1940.
Col. 16 CITIZENSHIP OF THE FOREIGN BORN:
Naturalized Na
Having first papers Pa
Alien Al
American citizen born abroad Am Cit
Col. 21 WAS THIS PERSON AT WORK ?
Enter ―Yes‖ for persons at work for pay or profit in
private or nonemergency Government work.
Include unpaid family workers – that is, related
members of the family working without money
wages or salary on work (other then housework or
incidental chores) which contributed to the family
income.
Cols. 30 and 47 CLASS OF WORKER:
Wage or salary worker in private work PW
Wage or salary worker in Gov’t work GW
Employer E
Working on own account OA
Unpaid family worker NP
Col. 41 WAR OR MILITARY SERVICE:
World War W
Spanish -American War; Philippine
Insurrection or Boxer Rebellion S
Spanish-American War & World War SW
Regular establishment (Army, Navy or
Marine Corps) Peace-Time Service only R
Other war or expedition Ot
