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Page 9 - Act and shall also have the duty of studying and making recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance, and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy concerning old-age pensions, unemployment compensation, accident compensation, and related subjects.
Page 5 - Agriculture in developing the section on food and of the Bureau of Research and Statistics of the Social Security Board on the section on medical care.
Page 78 - ... 2 persons 3 persons 4 persons 5 persons 6 persons 7 persons 8 persons . 9 persons 10 or more persons Total persons in families Average per family Mérite) Helm end se...
Page 9 - A family may therefore be defined in general as a group of persons related either by blood or by marriage or adoption, who live together as one household, usually sharing the same table. Single persons living alone are counted as families, however, as are a few small groups of unrelated persons sharing the same living accommodations as "partners.
Page 9 - Board desired information on family composition, necessitated a definition of "family" which differed from those used in the census and in the National Health Survey.^/ In the census a "family" may be defined in general as a group of persons, related either by blood or by marriage or adoption, who live together in one household, usually sharing the same table.
Page 9 - Administration under the supervision of the United States Public Health Service. Through a house-to-house canvass, information was obtained on family composition in relation to income, occupation, and employment opportunities incidental to information on sickness and medical care, for nearly three-quarters of a million households, including more than two and one half million persons, in many cities and States. The schedules thus obtained were made available by the United States Public Health Service...
Page 14 - CCC waaes), direct relief, mothers' pension, pension for the blind, or a grant for any similar purpose from public funds administered by a Federal, State, or local government. Households which reported the receipt of relief were not asked to specify the amount of income received during the...
Page 5 - ... sample includes 140,500 individuals from 23 rural counties in 3 States. The cities were selected for the survey on the basis of size and geographic location, to provide a representative sample of the urban population as a whole. In the rural counties and in the 52 cities with a popuI/ The original sample included 95 cities, but some of them were dropped for various administrative reasons.
Page 5 - A unique opportunity to obtain information on these fundamental relationships, especially on the interrelationship between size of family and its composition as related to its socio-economic status, was presented by the data recorded in the National Health Survey, made in the winter of 1935-36. The National Health Survey was a Nation-wide project of the Works Progress Administration, sponsored by the United States Public Health Service. The original schedules and the code sheets were made available...
Page 192 - ... head 5 to 9 head 10 to 19 head 20 to 49 head 50 to 99 head 100 to 199 head 200 to 499 head 500 head and over Number of permanent agricultural workers (042221, 042222) This classification covers all holdings (a) Holdings without permanent agricultural workers (b) Holdings with permanent agricultural workers 1 worker 2 workers 3 workers 4 workers 5 workers 6 workers and over Land tenure (0522) This classification covers all holdings. The breakdown (c) may not be applicable In some cross tabulations.

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