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- 1943-1945 (Creation)
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112 questionnaires; 1.21 cubic feet in two 7.5-inch boxes.
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Created or collected in the Bureau of Research and Statistics.
Consists of completed questionnaires, titled “EXPENDITURES OF FAMILIES OF WAGE EARNERS AND LOWER-SALARIED CLERICAL WORKERS IN HONOLULU, T.H.” A few questionnaires have amplifying information appended. The questionnaires are from two separate surveys. One was conducted in Honolulu in 1943. The 43 questionnaires from that survey have the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (USDOL/BLS) letterhead. The other survey, despite having the same title on its questionnaires, was conducted on the neighbor islands in 1945. Its 69 questionnaires have the Territory of Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Bureau of Research and Statistics (DLIR/BR&S) letterhead. The 28-page questionnaires contain raw demographic and economic data, such as family size, ages, ethnicity, employment, income, and expenses for various items of food and clothing. The data were analyzed and statistics were compiled. The results of the 1943 survey were published by the USDOL/BLS, in the April 1944, issue of their “Monthly Labor Review.” This serial is available at several libraries in the University of Hawaii system. The results of the 1945 survey were published by the DLIR/BR&S, as its Bulletin no. 18, Family Income and Expenditures on the islands of Hawaii-Maui-Kauai, 1944. A copy of this bulletin is available in the Archives library.
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Accruals
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Chronological, 1943 questionnaires followed by 1945. Thereunder arrangement is alpha/numeric by census tract number and thereunder alphabetical by name of individual or ethnic group.
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On page 2 of a majority of questionnaires are the names of individuals surveyed. Access to these pages is restricted under HRS §92F-14. Restrictions are removed, under HRS §94-7, effective July 27, 2023 for the 1943 questionnaires and effective May 1, 2025 for the 1945 questionnaires.
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Consists of letter-size mimeograph leaves on low quality acidic paper with pencil and ink manuscript annotations. They are generally in poor to fair condition. All are dirty and embrittled. Many are torn, frayed, flaking or damaged from repeated stapling. Some have glue or rust stains from cellophane tape, staples, pins and paper clips. Many of the annotations are illegible.
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Information in Bulletin no. 18 reveals that the 69 questionnaires in this series from the 1945 survey are the complete set from which the statistics in the bulletin were compiled.
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The title of Bulletin no. 18 uses the date1944 rather than 1945 because the 1945 survey collected and analyzed December 1944, income and expense information.
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Created on 2001-04-23, Allen H. Hoof
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2020-12-14, Carol Kellett: Entered into AtoM.