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Decapitating the U.S. Census Bureau's "Head of Household": Feminist Mobilization in the 1970s

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  • Harriet Presser

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In 1970, as in previous decades, the U.S. Bureau of the Census's household enumeration began with a lead question as to who was the 'head of household'. With the resurgence of feminism, this concept was challenged as an ambiguous concept which implied an authority structure imputed by the Bureau not measured, and offensive to many people. This paper tells the story of successful feminist mobilization in the 1970s that led to the removal of this concept from the U.S. decennial censuses beginning with 1980.

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  • Harriet Presser, 1998. "Decapitating the U.S. Census Bureau's "Head of Household": Feminist Mobilization in the 1970s," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(3), pages 145-158.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:femeco:v:4:y:1998:i:3:p:145-158
    DOI: 10.1080/135457098338356
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    1. Steven Ruggles, 2015. "Patriarchy, Power, and Pay: The Transformation of American Families, 1800–2015," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 52(6), pages 1797-1823, December.

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