gmatpassage 1在19世纪人口普查每十年进行一次人口统计提供有关妇女职业.pdfVIP

During the n eenth century, occupational information about women that was provided by the United States census--a 1. The primary purpose of the passage is to population count conducted each decade--became more detailed and precise in response to social changes. Through ▪ (A) ex in and critique the methods 1840, simple enumeration by household mirrored a home- used by early statisticians based agricultural economy and hierarchical social order: the head of the household (presumed male or absent) was ▪ (B) compare and contrast a historical specified by name, whereas other household members were only indicated by the total number of s counted in various situation with a current-day one categories, luding occupational categories. Like farms, most enterprises were family-run, so that the census measured ▪ (C) describe and ex in a historical economic activity as an attribute of the entire household, rather change than of individuals. The 1850 census, partly responding to lavery and ▪ (D) discuss historical opposition to an womens rights movements, initiated the collection of specific established institution information about each individual in a household. Not until 1870 was occupational information yzed by gender: the census superintendent reported 1.8 millionwomen employed ▪ (E) trace the origin of a contemporary outside the home in gainful and reputable occupations. In controversy addition, he arbitrarily attributed to each family one woman kee house. Overlap between the two groups was not calculated until 1890, when the rapid entry of women into the paid labor and social issues arising from industrializati