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Are you sure it was the 1880 census? I have checked out every 15 year old female and 18 year old female, and did not find what you were talking about.
BUT, I have to agree with you. The enumerators were supposed to be the more educated men of the community, but that sure as heck didn't mean that they were the most moral of men. Just that they had people fooled!!!
Did you know the criteria of being an enumerator?
1/ Up until about the 1900 census, the enumerator had to be a man.
2/ He had to be able to WRITE, not to spell, but to write.
3/ It was against the law, for him to ask anyone how to spell either their first or last names. The reason being, that the government didn't want to make them feel stupid if they were unable to tell you how to spell anyone's name that was in the household.
4/ If the head of household or wife were not in at the time of the enumerators visit, then the enumerator had the right to ask the questions of anyone who was in the house at the time of his visit.
5/ If no one was at home at all, he had the right to ask the questions of ANYONE in the area!!!!! (This should clarify why there are so many descrepencies on the different census's.)
6/ He had to use only #10 Black India ink, and he had to pay for it himself. (Some of the enumerators, would water down their ink, to make it go further, and this is why some census images are so light and hard to read.)
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