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ERIC Number: EJ401508
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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200 Years of Census Factfinding.
Bohme, Frederick G.
Social Education, v53 n7 p427-35 Nov-Dec 1989
Surveys changes in the content of the U.S. census from 1790 to 1990. Focuses on how the information collected changed with the growth and development of the country. Lists principal topics covered in the population census since 1790, and in the housing census since 1940. Includes facsimiles of 1910 and 1990 census forms. (LS)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Citizenship Education, Data Collection, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys, Primary Sources, Recordkeeping, Research Methodology, Social Studies, United States History, Worksheets
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Bicentennial; Bureau of the Census; Census 1990