human
That's for babies in the sixth division of the first year, or from nine to eleven months old; the first division means under one month, and the rest either one, two, or three months apiece.
gpt
I see it all now, exclaimed the boy,
human
That's the reason exactly.
gpt
The meaning of the section next to the age is easy, too, Hamilton continued.
human
I thought it would, was the reply.
gpt
But it's not so hard if you remember a few things, particularly that the language of a country is not always spoken by the greatest number of its inhabitants. Now the mother tongue of Wales is Welsh, but a large proportion of the people do not speak Welsh. Thus an English-speaking Welshman's card would be punched 'OL,' meaning Other Language, or the language next in importance to the mother language of the country.
human
On that basis, said Hamilton,
gpt
There are--a few, the foreman replied,
human
Some schedules need a good deal of editing, I suppose,
gpt
You may be sure of that, the other answered.
human
If you think for a moment how impossible it would be to have all the supervisors and enumerators work exactly in the same style, you can see how necessary it must be for some group of persons to go over them to make them all uniform. Besides which, there are a lot of obvious mistakes that the editors remedy before the card is punched ready for tabulation. But go on with your explanation, so that I can see if you really do understand it.
gpt
The parent columns run the same way, of course, Hamilton continued,
human
That you have to learn, the instructor said.
gpt
There is a printed list here for reference that contains the principal kinds of employment in the United States and classifies them. In a very little while you will find that you can remember the numbers which signify the more common of these and you will need to refer to the list but seldom. All occupation returns not contained in the printed list will be classified and punched later by a special force of clerks. Holes punched for those out of work and the number of weeks unemployed are all easy. At the top of the last column, too, 'Emp' means Employer, 'W' Wage Earner, while 'OA' means working on his or her own account, and 'Un' is for Unemployed.
human
All right, sir, Hamilton replied,
gpt
I think I can do it now. I should find it harder, though, if I hadn't been writing all those things just exactly as they are here on population schedules for the last month.
human
It makes an astonishing difference, the experienced man agreed,