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Data Dictionary: Census 1940 Census Tract Only
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Data Source: Digitally transcribed by Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Edited, verified by Michael Haines. Compiled, edited, verified and additional data entered by Social Explorer.
Universe: Employed Civilian Population 14 and Over
Variable Details
T51. Class of Worker (Employed Civilian Population 14 and Over)
Universe: Employed Civilian Population 14 and Over
T051_005 Class OF Worker Not Reported
Percent base:
Employed Civilian Population 14 and Over (SE:T051_001)
Aggregation method:
Addition
Formula used to compute this variable:
Return_Value = ORG:T013_008 + ORG:T013_025
Variables used in the formula:
ORG:T013_008
Male 14 and Over: In Labor Force: Employed: Class OF Worker Not Reported
ORG:T013_025
Female 14 and Over: In Labor Force: Employed: Class OF Worker Not Reported
Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; Census Tract Data, 1940-1970: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File
  Census Tract Data, 1940: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File -> Census 1940 Tract Documentation -> Population and Housing-Statistics for Census Tracts -> Definitions of Terms and Explanations -> Occupation and class of worker
Occupation and class of worker
The statistics presented in this bulletin showing workers classified by major occupation groups and class of worker are limited to employed workers, that is, persons 14 years old and over who were actually at work or who had a job in the week of March 2.1 to 30, 1940.
The occupation statistics presented in this bulletin are in terms of 10 major groupings of the 451 specific occupation titles of the 1940 classification system used by the Bureau of the Census. It may be noted that the occupations Farmers (owners and tenants) and Farm managers are included in the major occupation group Proprietors, managers, and officials; and that the occupations Farm laborers (wage workers) and farm foremen and Farm laborers (unpaid family workers) are included in the major occupation group Laborers.