1 1 MACROECONOMIC TIME SERIES: DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH: MACROECONOMIC TIME SERIES FOR THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY, AND FRANCE (ICPSR 7644) - - - PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH - - - INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH P.O. BOX 1248 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48106 - WINTER, 1980 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ASSISTANCE - ALL MANUSCRIPTS UTILIZING DATA MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CONSORTIUM SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FACT AS WELL AS IDENTIFY THE ORIGINAL COLLECTOR OF THE DATA. THE ICPSR COUNCIL URGES ALL USERS OF ICPSR DATA FACILITIES TO FOLLOW SOME ADAPTATION OF THIS STATEMENT WITH THE PARENTHESES INDICATING ITEMS TO BE FILLED IN APPROPRIATELY OR DELETED BY THE INDIVIDUAL USER. 0 THE DATA (AND TABULATIONS) UTILIZED IN THIS (PUBLICATION) WERE MADE AVAILABLE (IN PART) BY THE INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEACH. THE DATA FOR MACROECONOMIC TIME SERIES FOR THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY AND FRANCE WERE ORIGINALLY COLLECTED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH. NEITHER THE ORIGINAL COLLECTORS OF THE DATA NOR THE CONSORTIUM BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ANALYSES OR INTERPRETATIONS PRESENTED HERE. 0 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FUNDING AGENCIES WITH ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE USE OF ARCHIVAL RESOURCES, AND TO FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ABOUT ICPSR PARTICIPANTS' RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, EACH USER OF THE ICPSR DATA FACILITIES IS EXPECTED TO SEND TWO COPIES OF EACH COMPLETED MANUSCRIPT OR THESIS ABSTRACT TO THE CONSORTIUM. PLEASE INDICATE IN THE COVER LETTER WHICH DATA WERE USED. 1 I. CONTENT AND SCOPE - DURING THE PAST FIVE OR MORE DECADES, THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH (NBER) HAS COMPILED A MASSIVE ARRAY OF ECONOMIC TIME SERIES IN MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, AND ANNUAL FORM. THESE SERIES, PERTAINING TO THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, GERMANY, AND FRANCE, ARE ORGANIZED BY THE NBER IN 16 MAJOR CATEGORIES, AS FOLLOWS: 0 I. PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES II. CONSTRUCTION III. TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES IV. PRICES V. STOCKS OF COMMODITIES VI. DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES VII. FOREIGN TRADE VIII. INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT IX. FINANCIAL STATUS OF BUSINESS X. SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT XI. SECURITY MARKETS XII. VOLUME OF TRANSACTIONS XIII. INTEREST RATES XIV. MONEY AND BANKING XV. GOVERNMENT FINANCE XVI. INDEX OF INDICATORS OPERATING UNDER A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, THE INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH AND THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH HAVE UNDERTAKEN THE TASK OF CONVERTING THIS COLLECTION---NOW CONTAINING AN ESTIMATED 1.4 MILLION DATA OBSERVATIONS---INTO FULLY ACCESSIBLE, READILY USABLE, AND COMPLETELY DOCUMENTED MACHINE-READABLE FORM. + 8 II. DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES TIME SERIES 0 A. ORGANIZATION AND DEFINITIONS THE DATA IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES CATEGORY ARE ORGANIZED, IN THE NBER ARCHIVES, IN 131 DISTINCT "SERIES". BROADLY SPEAKING, AN NBER SERIES IS A COLLECTION OF OBSERVATIONS ON AN ECONOMIC VARIABLE, OR A SET OF ECONOMIC VARIABLES, OVER TIME. A SERIES IS COMPLETELY DESCRIBED BY A THREE-PART SPECIFICATION OF: 1) THE CONSTRUCT OR PROPERTY TO BE MEASURED; E.G., VALUE OF TOTAL CONSTRUCTION, FLOOR SPACE OF TOTAL CONSTRUCTION, AND SO FORTH. 2) THE UNIT OF OBSERVATION; E.G., 27 EASTERN STATES, OHIO, GLASGOW, PARIS. 1 3) THE OPERATIONAL DETAILS; I.E., UNITS OF MEASUREMENT, METHOD OF COLLECTING INFORMATION, FUNCTION OF TIME, AND SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS, IF ANY. THE EXTENT OF THE SERIES COVERAGE IS ALSO GIVEN, E.G. 1791-1919, ETC. QUITE FREQUENTLY, HOWEVER, AN NBER SERIES IS NOT COMPARABLE OVER ITS ENTIRE TIME COVERAGE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE F. W. DODGE CORPORATION, A MAJOR SOURCE OF CONSTRUCTION DATA, GRADUALLY EXPANDED ITS GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE, FROM THE NEW ENGLAND STATES IN 1901 TO 48 STATES IN 1956. WITH EACH EXPANSION A BREAK IN COMPARABILITY OCCURS WITH ONE OR MORE YEARS OF OVERLAPPING DATA BETWEEN SEGMENTS OF A SERIES. WITH EACH EXPANSION A BREAK IN COMPARABILIY IN OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS---BASE OF AN INDEX, CHANGES IN COLLECTION PROCEDURES, AND SO FORTH OCCURS. WHEN SUCH BREAKS OCCUR, SERIES HAVE BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO OR MORE VARIABLES. THE REASONS UNDERLYING SUCH CHANGES ARE NOTED IN THE DOCUMENTATION. THE 131 NBER DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES SERIES HAVE BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO 279 VARIABLES. THESE SERIES ARE DISTRIBUTED AS ONE DATASET. ORDER OF VARIABLES WITHIN THE DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES DATASET FOLLOWS THE OUTLINE OF THE NBER CATALOG: - ***** DATASET 06A, VARIABLES 1-279 ***** 0 VI. DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES A. ORDERS FROM MANUFACTURERS 1. AGGREGATES A. TOTAL MANUFACTURES B. DURABLE AND NONDURABLE GOODS 4. LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT FURNITURE) 7. PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES 12. STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 13. PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 14. FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS A. AGGREGATES B. PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES 15. MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL) A. INDEXES AND AGGREGATE VALUES D. METALWORKING MACHINERY F. GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 16. ELECTRICAL MACHINERY A. AGGREGATES 17. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT A. AGGREGATES B. RAILROAD EQUIPMENT 18. BUILDING MATERIALS 1 B. AGGREGATE BUSINESS SALES C. SALES BY MANUFACTURERS 1. AGGREGATES A. TOTAL MANUFACTURES B. CONSUMERS' AND PRODUCERS' GOODS 13. PRIMARY METALS 14. FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 15. MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL) 16. ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES 17. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT D. SALES BY WHOLESALERS 1. AGGREGATES 2. FOOD AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS A. INDEXES AND AGGREGATES B. MEAT PRODUCTS 2. PREPARED MEAT PRODUCTS 3. TEXTILES AND TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS, INCLUDING APPAREL E. FINISHED TEXTILE PRODUCTS AND APPAREL 5. FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 8. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS B. INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS 11. LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS C. FOOTWEAR 14. FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 16. ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES E. CONSUMER OUTLAY FOR GOODS AND SERVICES 1. AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES 2. RETAIL TRADE A. AGGREGATES B. DURABLE GOODS, INCLUDING SEMIDURABLES C. NONDURABLE GOODS, INCLUDING PERISHABLE 1. AGGREGATES 2. FOOD AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS 8. DRUG STORES 11. LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 3. SERVICES (***** END OF DATASET 06A *****) - IN NBER DATASETS, THE UNIT OF ANALYSIS IS AN INTERVAL OF TIME---A YEAR, QUARTER, OR MONTH. THE BULK OF OBSERVATIONS ARE MONTHLY, AND MOST VARIABLES CONTAINING ORIGINAL MONTHLY DATA CONTAIN ANNUAL VALUES AS WELL. NEXT IN NUMBER TO MONTHLY AND MONTHLY-ANNUAL VARIABLES ARE VARIABLES CONTAINING ONLY ANNUAL DATA. ALSO FOUND IN THE NBER COLLECTION ARE QUARTERLY AND QUARTERLY-ANNUAL VARIABLES. 1 RARELY, A VARIABLE MAY CONTAIN MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, AND ANNUAL VARIABLES. IN VARIABLES CONTAINING ANNUAL AND EITHER QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY DATA, THE ANNUAL VALUE WILL BE THE SUM OR THE MEAN OF THE DATA COLLECTED AT SHORTER TIME INTERVALS, DEPENDENT UPON THE NATURE OF THE TIME SERIES. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CASE OF AN INDEX, THE ANNUAL FIGURE WILL USUALLY BE THE MEAN OF MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY VALUES. IN VARIABLES WHICH MEASURE QUANTITIES OR NUMBER OVER TIME, SUCH AS NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED, THE ANNUAL VALUE WILL BE THE SUM OF MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY DATA. THE NBER DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES DATASET CONTAINS TWO CASE IDENTIFICATION VARIABLES: THE "TIME INTERVAL" AND "INTERVAL TYPE" VARIABLES. THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE IS A FIVE-DIGIT NUMBER OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS EQUAL THE LAST NUMBERS OF THE YEAR OF THE OBSERVATION (911 FOR 1911, 889 FOR 1889) AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR OR QUARTER. FOR EXAMPLE, AN OBSERVATION FOR JANUARY 1901 WOULD HAVE A VALUE OF 90101 FOR THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE; THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1901 WOULD BE EQUAL TO 90103. THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE SPECIFIES WHETHER THE CASE CONTAINS MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, OR ANNUAL DATA. IT IS A ONE-DIGIT INTEGER HAVING A VALUE OF 1 FOR ANNUAL CASES, 2 FOR QUARTERLY CASES, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY CASES. USED TOGETHER, THE TIME INTERVAL AND INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE UNIQUELY IDENTIFY EACH CASE. FOR EXAMPLE, MARCH, 1901 AND THE FIRST QUARTER 1901 WOULD BOTH HAVE A TIME INTERVAL VALUE OF 90103; HOWEVER, THE INTERVAL TYPE VALUE OF 3 FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH AND 2 FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ALLOWS THE TWO CASES TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM ONE ANOTHER. IN ADDITION, THE TIME INTERVAL AND INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLES CAN BE USED TO SUBSET THE DATASET BY TIME OR TYPE OF DATA OR BOTH AND WILL FACILITATE THE MERGING OF OTHER ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, OR POLITICAL VARIABLES INTO THE DATASETS. B. SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS MANY OF THE TIME SERIES IN THE NBER COLLECTION CONTAIN A SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL DATA. DR. GEOFFREY H. MOORE, DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS CYCLE RESEARCH AT NBER, HAS WRITTEN THE FOLLOWING REMARKS ON THE SUBJECT OF SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS: THE MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY DATA IN THE NATIONAL BUREAU'S COLLECTION OF TIME SERIES ARE ADJUSTED, IN MOST INSTANCES, FOR SEASONAL VARIATIONS. VIRTUALLY THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS ARE SERIES WHERE NO SEASONAL VARIATION WAS PRESENT OR COULD BE FOUND. OCCASIONALLY SEASONAL MOVEMENTS WILL DISAPPEAR FROM A SERIES FOR A PERIOD OF YEARS, AS FOR EXAMPLE WHEN PRICES ARE FIXED BY FIAT OR WHEN THE MONETARY AUTHORITIES COUNTER THE SEASONAL PRESSURES ON INTEREST RATES. THE PERVASIVENESS OF SEASONAL VARIATIONS CAN BE TRACED TO THEIR SOURCE: RECURRING CHANGES IN THE WEATHER OR CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND CONVENTIONAL CHANGES DUE TO RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES, HOLIDAYS, AND OTHER CUSTOMS, THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE MONTH, LEGAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS TAX PAYMENT DATES, OR BUSINESS PRACTICES 1 SUCH AS QUARTERLY PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. FOR PURPOSES OF BUSINESS CYCLE ANALYSIS THE REPETITIVE MOVEMENTS CAUSED BY THESE FACTORS ARE LARGELY IRRELEVANT AND CONFUSING. THEY ARE REMOVED BY SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT. ONLY THE ORIGINAL AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA ARE REPRODUCED IN THIS FILE. THE SEASONAL FACTORS USED TO DERIVE THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA ARE NOT SHOWN. THEY CAN BE REPRODUCED, AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY, IN MOST INSTANCES, BY DIVIDING THE ORIGINAL DATA BY THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED. IN SOME INSTANCES, NOTABLY WHERE THE ORIGINAL DATA HAVE PLUS AND MINUS VALUES, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED FIGURES SHOULD BE SUBTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL TO DERIVE THE SEASONAL FACTORS. SINCE THE SEASONAL FACTORS CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME, SOMETIMES EVERY YEAR, IT MAY NOT BE EASY TO REPRODUCE THE FACTORS PRECISELY, BECAUSE OF ROUNDING PROBLEMS. MOREOVER, THE METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE SEASONAL FACTORS HAS NOT BEEN SPECIFIED. THE ORIGINAL FILES FROM WHICH THESE RECORDS WERE TAKEN USUALLY CONTAIN WORKSHEETS WHICH SHOW HOW THE SEASONAL FACTORS WERE ESTIMATED. MOST OF THE SERIES WERE ADJUSTED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU AND A VARIETY OF METHODS WERE USED, WHICH WILL BE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED HERE. FOR FURTHER DETAILS THE USER IS REFERRED TO THE SOURCES LISTED BELOW. METHODS OF SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT USED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU CHANGED DURING THE PERIOD, BEGINNING IN THE 1920'S WHEN THE DATA WERE BEING COLLECTED AND ANALYZED. THE TWO PRINCIPAL METHODS USED WERE THE "MONTHLY MEANS" METHOD AND THE "RATIO TO MOVING AVERAGE METHOD." WITH THE MONTHLY MEANS METHOD THE ORIGINAL DATA FOR ALL THE JANUARIES WERE AVERAGED OVER A PERIOD OF, SAY, TEN YEARS, THEN THE MEAN OF ALL THE FEBRUARIES WAS OBTAINED, AND SO ON. THESE TWELVE AVERAGES ARE THEN ADJUSTED FOR SECULAR TREND AND EXPRESSED AS A RATIO TO THE AVERAGE FOR THE YEAR. THE RESULTING RATIOS FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, ETC. ARE THE SEASONAL FACTORS TO BE DIVIDED INTO THE ORIGINAL DATA TO OBTAIN THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA FOR THE TEN YEAR PERIOD. VARIATIONS ON THIS METHOD INVOLVED TAKING AVERAGES OF THE MIDDLE ITEMS IN THE ARRAY OF JANUARIES, ETC.; APPLYING THE SEASONAL INDEXES TO A PERIOD SHORTER OR LONGER THAN THE PERIOD FROM WHICH THEY WERE DERIVED; AND OPERATING WITH DIFFERENCES INSTEAD OF RATIOS. THE RATIO TO MOVING AVERAGE METHOD RELIES ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT A TWELVE MONTH MOVING AVERAGE IS NOT, AS A RULE, AFFECTED BY SEASONAL VARIATIONS BUT DOES CONTAIN ALL OF THE SECULAR TREND, MUCH OF THE CYCLICAL MOVEMENT, AND LITTLE OF THE IRREGULAR FLUCTUATION. HENCE WHEN IT IS DIVIDED INTO THE ORIGINAL DATA THE RATIOS CONTAIN ALL OF THE SEASONAL VARIATION, NONE OF THE TREND, SOME OF THE CYCLICAL MOVEMENT AND ALL OF THE IRREGULAR. BY AVERAGING ALL THE JANUARY RATIOS FOR A PERIOD OF, SAY, SEVEN YEARS, THEN ALL THE FEBRUARY RATIOS, ETC., ONE OBTAINS A SET OF SEASONAL INDEXES IN WHICH THE RESIDUAL CYCLICAL AND IRREGULAR MOVEMENTS HAVE LARGELY CANCELED OUT. VARIANTS OF THIS METHOD INVOLVED USING WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGES INSTEAD OF A SIMPLE TWELVE MONTH AVERAGE, ALTERING THE PERIODS OVER WHICH THE RATIOS WERE AVERAGED OR ALTERING THE METHOD OF AVERAGING, AND USING DIFFERENCES INSTEAD OF RATIOS. THIS 1 METHOD BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE WIDELY USED ELECTRONIC COMPUTER METHOD OF SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT DEVELOPED BY JULIUS SHISKIN, VAROUSLY CALLED X-11, CENSUS METHOD II, ETC. A NUMBER OF THE SERIES IN THE BUREAU'S COLLECTION WERE ADJUSTED BY THE COMPUTER PROGRAM. THE RATIO TO MOVING AVERAGE METHOD IS READILY ADAPTED TO PRODUCING A MOVING SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT, I.E. SEASONAL FACTORS THAT CHANGE EVERY YEAR IN A SMOOTH, PROGRESSIVE FASHION. ANOTHER METHOD USED TO ADJUST THE SEASONAL FACTORS FROM ONE YEAR TO ANOTHER IS CALLED AMPLITUDE ADJUSTMENT: THE PATTERN OF THE FACTORS DURING THE YEAR IS HELD CONSTANT BUT THE SIZE OF THE SEASONAL SWING IS MADE LARGER IN SOME YEARS THAN IN OTHERS BY MEANS OF A REGRESSION ADJUSTMENT. MANY SERIES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED, USUALLY BY THE COMPILERS, BY AN IMPLICIT MOVING SEASONAL. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPONENTS ARE SUMMED TO FORM THE TOTAL, AND SHIFTS IN THEIR MAGNITUDES CAUSE CHANGES IN THE IMPLICIT SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE TOTAL. FINALLY, IN SOME INSTANCES A SPECIAL METHOD, DEVISED BY ARTHUR F. BURNS, FOR ELIMINATING SEASONAL VARIATIONS FROM HIGHLY IRREGULAR SERIES HAS BEEN USED. IT INVOLVES MULTIPLYING THE SEASONAL FACTORS (EXPRESSED AS DEVIATIONS FROM 100) BY A SMOOTHED VERSION OF THE SERIES (A TWELVE-MONTH MOVING AVERAGE) AND SUBTRACTING THE RESULTING PRODUCTS FROM THE ORIGINAL DATA. THE METHOD ASSUMES THAT THE ABSOLUTE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE SERIES SOULD BE ADJUSTED (I.E., IN ORIGINAL UNITS) IS INDEPENDENT OF THE IRREGULAR COMPONENT OF THE SERIES. FOR FULLER EXPLANATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE METHODS OF SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT USED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU OVER THE YEARS CONSULT THE FOLLOWING NBER PUBLICATIONS: KUZNETS, SIMON, "SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN INDUSTRY AND TRADE," 1933 BURNS, ARTHUR F., AND WESLEY C. MITCHELL, "MEASURING BUSINESS CYCLES," CHAPTER 3 AND ITS APPENDIX, 1946 MITCHELL, WESLEY C., "BUSINESS CYCLES: THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING," PP. 233-249, 1927 MACAULAY, FREDERICK R., "THE SMOOTHING OF TIME SERIES," 1931 SHISKIN, JULIUS, "ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS AND BUSINESS INDICATORS," 1957 (REPRINTED IN MOORE, GEOFFREY H., "BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS," SHISKIN, JULIUS AND HARRY EISENPRESS, "SEASONALLY ADJUSTMENTS BY ELECTRONIC COMPUTER METHODS," 1958 1 (ICPSR 7644) 1 - DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '01' DK 1 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 1 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 1 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 1 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. 1 2 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 1 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 1 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0006 06070 ACT ALL 3R 947-965 MD=-999999 REF 0006 LOC 15 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 17-25 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, ALL INDUSTRIES ----------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06070 1 (ICPSR 7644) 3 - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLION DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963 REVISED," (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965"; THE LAST MONTH IS FROM THE NEXT MONTHLY ISSUE NOTES: THIS SERIES IS ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDER-MONTH VARIATIONS. THE ORDERS ARE THE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. REVISIONS IN 1961-1970 ARE IN M3-1.2, "MANUFACTURERERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, ETC., AND IN M-31, MONTHLY ISSUES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0007 06070 ACT ALL 3S 947-965 MD=-999999 REF 0007 LOC 24 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 26-34 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, ALL INDUSTRIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06070 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLION DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963 REVISED," (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965"; THE LAST MONTH IS FROM THE NEXT MONTHLY ISSUE NOTES: THIS SERIES IS ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDER-MONTH VARIATIONS. THE ORDERS ARE THE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. REVISIONS IN 1961-1970 ARE IN M3-1.2, "MANUFACTURERERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, ETC., AND IN M-31, MONTHLY ISSUES. 1 4 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0008 06097 CON MEN 3S 948-969 MD=-999999 REF 0008 LOC 33 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 35-43 0 NEW ORDERS AND CONTRACTS FOR PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, VALUE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06097 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-12/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS WORKSHEET WITH AN UNPUBLISHED SERIES OF ORDERS OF INVESTMENT EQUIPMENT OBTAINED FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU, AND THE SUM OF SERIES 20017 AND 20175 FOR DATA UNTIL 1961; THEREAFTER, DATA WERE FURNISHED BY "MANUFACTURERS', SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1961-1968" (SERIES M3-1.1). NOTES: BEGINNING IN 1961, DATA ARE REVISED DUE TO A REVISION IN "EQUIPMENT. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0009 06066 MAN LED 3R 947-960 MD=-999999 REF 0009 LOC 42 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 44-52 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, ALL INDUSTRIES ---------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06066 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1960 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1960 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963 REVISED," (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965"; THE LAST MONTH IS FROM THE NEXT MONTHLY ISSUE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 5 - 0 VAR 0010 06066 MAN LED 3S 947-968 MD=-999999 REF 0010 LOC 51 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 53-61 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, ALL INDUSTRIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06066 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-09/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963 REVISED," (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965"; THE LAST MONTH IS FROM THE NEXT MONTHLY ISSUE ............................................................... 0 VAR 0011 06064 MAN ROW 3S 953-968 MD=-999999 REF 0011 LOC 60 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURER'S UNFILLED ORDERS, TOTAL, NARROW VERSION I, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06064 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-10/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1953-1960: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, SUPPLEMENT 2, NOVEMBER 1964; FOR 1961-JUNE 1968 DATA: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDER", SERIES M3-1.1; THEREAFTER, DATA FURNISHED BY MONTHLY RELEASES. NOTES: DATA EXCLUDE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND DEFENSE PRODUCTS. 1 6 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0012 06065 MAN ION 3S 953-968 MD=-999999 REF 0012 LOC 69 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 71-79 0 MANUFACTURER'S UNFILLED ORDERS, TOTAL, NARROW VERSION II, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06065 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-10/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1953-1960: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, SUPPLEMENT 2, NOVEMBER 1964; FOR 1961-JUNE 1968 DATA: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDER", SERIES M3-1.1; THEREAFTER, DATA FURNISHED BY MONTHLY RELEASES. NOTES: DATA EXCLUDE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, DEFENSE PRODUCTS, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '02' DK 2 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 2 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 2 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 7 - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 2 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 2 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. 1 8 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 2 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0013 06099 COP OUT 3R 955-967 MD=-999999 REF 0013 LOC 78 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 17-25 0 BUYING POLICY, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, PERCENT REPORTING, COMMITTMENTS 6 MONTHS OR LONGER ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06099 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PERCENTAGE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1958-1966 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 05/1955-06/1967 EXCLUDING 07/1955, 07/1956, 07-08/1957 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PURCHASING AGENTS, DATA FURNISHED DIRECTLY FROM SOURCE FOR 1955-1957; THEREAFTER DATA FURNISHED BY THE "BUSINESS SURVEY," FOUND IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF EACH MONTH OF THE BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PURCHASING AGENTS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0014 06098 COP OUT 3R 950-967 MD=-999999 REF 0014 LOC 87 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 26-34 0 BUYING POLICY, PRODUCTION MATERIALS, PERCENT REPORTING, COMMITTMENTS 60 DAYS OR LONGER ------------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 9 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06098 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PERCENTAGE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1950, 1958-1966 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1950-11/1967, EXCLUDING 07/1951, 07/1952, 07/1953, 07/1954, 07/1955, 07/1956, 07-08/1957 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PURCHASING AGENTS, BULLETINS--FIRST ISSUE OF EACH MONTH SHOWING "BUSINESS SURVEY" NOTES: FROM JANUARY, 1950 TO APRIL, 1955, THESE FIGURES REFER TO PERCENT REPORTING COMMITTMENTS 60 DAYS OR LONGER IN TOTAL BUYING OF ALL TYPES (NO CLASSIFICATION WAS MADE). STARTING MAY, 1955, FIGURES REFER TO THE BUYING POLICY OF PRODUCTION MATERIALS ONLY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0015 06079 ASS CIA 3R 924-941 MD=-999999 REF 0015 LOC 96 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF ORDERS, TOTAL, ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF MASSACHUSETTS ------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06079 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1925-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1924-07/1941 SOURCE: VICTOR ZARNOWITZ, ORDERS, PRODUCTION AND INVESTMENT: A CYCLICAL AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, TABLE A-1, P. 655. NOTES: DATA WERE COMPUTED BY MULTIPLYING 12-MONTH MOVING TOTALS BY THE RATIO OF MONTHLY FIGURES (INDEXES) TO CORRESPONDING MOVING TOTALS. DATA ARE BASED ON REPORTS FROM 160-260 CONCERNS IN TEXTILES, LEATHER AND SHOES, METAL TRDES, PAPER, AND ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES (MOSTLY CONSUMER GOODS SUCH AS OPTICAL, CONFECTIONARY, JEWELRY, RUBBER, PLASTICS, AND SOME ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES). THE SAMPLE THEN CONSISTS MAINLY OF FIRMS IN INDEX GROUP 22, 26, 31, 34, 36 AND 39, AND MARKET GROUPS HG, CM, AND OM. THE COMPOSITE INDEX IS FOR MASSACHUSSETTS. 1 10 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0016 06136 BUY PAL 3R 946-960 MD=-999999 REF 0016 LOC 105 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 44-52 0 ADVANCE BUYING ON PRINCIPAL MATERIALS, PER CENT BUYING 30 DAYS OR LESS --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06136 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PERCENTAGE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1946-1959 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1946-06/1960 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: PURCHASING AGENTS ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO, COMBINED STATISTICAL AND ANALYTICAL REPORT OF THE BUSINESS SURVEY COMMITTEE, MONTHLY ............................................................... 0 VAR 0017 06137 VAN PAL 3R 946-962 MD=-999999 REF 0017 LOC 114 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 53-61 0 ADVANCE BUYING ON PRINCIPAL MATERIALS, PER CENT BUYING 60 DAYS OR LONGER --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06137 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PERCENTAGE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1946-1961 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1946-09/1962 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: PURCHASING AGENTS ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO, COMBINED STATISTICAL AND ANALYTICAL REPORT OF THE BUSINESS SURVEY COMMITTEE, MONTHLY ............................................................... 0 VAR 0018 06138 PER DAY 3R 948-957 MD=-999999 REF 0018 LOC 123 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 62-70 0 BUYING POLICY, PER CENT REPORTING COMMITTMENTS 90 DAYS OR LONGER --------------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 11 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06138 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PERCENTAGE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1950-1959 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1950-08/1960 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PURCHASING AGENTS, H. STERN'S FILES. NOTES: FROM JANUARY 1950 TO APRIL 1955, PER CENTS SHOW ALL PURCHASES (PRODUCTION, M.R.O. AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES). FROM MAY 1955 ON, PER CENTS SHOW PRODUCTION MATERIALS ONLY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0019 06139 PER PAN 3R 948-957 MD=-999999 REF 0019 LOC 132 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 71-79 0 ORDERS, PER CENT EXPANDING -------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06139 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PERCENTAGE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1948-1956 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-05/1957 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PURCHASING AGENTS, BUSINESS SURVEY REPORTS NOTES: SERIES 06139 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, PERCENT EXPANDING, 1948-1957 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, CUMULATIVE NET EXPANDING, I.E., THE CUMULATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FIRST VARIABLE AND 50 %. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '03' DK 3 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 3 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ 1 12 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 3 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 3 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 3 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 13 - (CONTINUED) - LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 3 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0020 06139 PER PAN 3S 948-957 MD=-999999 REF 0020 LOC 141 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 17-25 0 ORDERS, PER CENT EXPANDING, CUMULATIVE -------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06139 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PERCENTAGE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1948-1956 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-05/1957 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PURCHASING AGENTS, BUSINESS SURVEY REPORTS. NOTES: SERIES 06139 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, PERCENT EXPANDING, 1948-1957 1 14 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, CUMULATIVE NET EXPANDING, I.E., THE CUMULATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FIRST VARIABLE AND 50 %. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0021 06091 NEW GOO 3R 920-933 MD=-999999 REF 0021 LOC 150 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF NEW ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06091 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1932 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-08/1933 SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER USING WEIGHTS IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, SEPTEMBER 1928, PP. 19-20. NOTES: FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS OF THIS INDEX: IRON, STEEL, LUMBER, CLAY AND GLASS PRODUCTS, AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MAY BE FOUND FROM WORKSHEETS IN THE NBER DESCRIPTION FILE. THE ORIGINAL DATA FROM WHICH THIS INDEX WAS DERIVED WERE NO LONGER PUBLISHED AFTER THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS ISSUE OF NOVEMBER, 1933. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0022 06091 NEW GOO 3S 920-933 MD=-999999 REF 0022 LOC 159 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF NEW ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06091 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-08/1933 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER USING WEIGHTS IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, SEPTEMBER 1928, PP. 19-20. NOTES: FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING 1 (ICPSR 7644) 15 - (CONTINUED) - COMPONENTS: IRON, STEEL, LUMBER, CLAY AND GLASS PRODUCTS, AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MAY BE FOUND FROM WORKSHEETS IN THE NBER DESCRIPTION FILE. THE ORIGINAL DATA FROM WHICH THIS INDEX WAS DERIVED WERE NO LONGER PUBLISHED AFTER THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS ISSUE OF NOVEMBER, 1933. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0023 06135 NON GOD 3R 947-965 MD=-999999 REF 0023 LOC 168 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 44-52 0 MANUFACTURER'S NEW ORDERS, TOTAL, NONDURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06135 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; THE LATEST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS", SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: SERIES 06135 IS ADJUSTED FOR TRADING DAY AND CALENDER-MONTH VARIATIONS. ORDERS ARE THE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. 1961-1970 DATA ARE REVISED IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0024 06135 NON GOD 3S 947-965 MD=-999999 REF 0024 LOC 177 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 53-61 0 MANUFACTURER'S NEW ORDERS, TOTAL, NONDURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, SEASONALLY SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06135 AREA COVERED: U.S. 1 16 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS, 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; THE LATEST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS", SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: SERIES 06135 IS ADJUSTED FOR TRADING DAY AND CALENDER-MONTH VARIATIONS. ORDERS ARE THE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. 1961-1970 DATA ARE REVISED IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0025 06084 DU GOOD 3S 929-939 MD=-999999 REF 0025 LOC 186 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURERS' INDEX OF NEW ORDERS OF DURABLE GOODS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06084 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1935-1939=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1929-12/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NICB SOURCE: NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE BOARD TYPED TABLE NOTES: SERIES 06084 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1939 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1947 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1947 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES ARE INCLUDED IN DURABLE GOODS: AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT (SINCE 1935) BUILDING EQUIPMENT, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, IRON AND STEEL, MACHINERY, METALS-NONFERROUS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT (SINCE 1935), RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, HOUSEFURNISHINGS (SINCE 1934), AND METAL PRODUCTS. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 17 - 0 VAR 0026 06084 DU GOOD 3R 939-947 MD=-999999 REF 0026 LOC 195 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 71-79 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS OF DURABLE GOODS, VALUE ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06084 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1939-1947 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1939-12/1947 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS, MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE: "MANUFACTURERS' NEW AND UNFILLED ORDERS," JULY 1952. NOTES: SERIES 06084 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1939 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1947 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1947 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES ARE INCLUDED IN DURABLE GOODS: AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT (SINCE 1935) BUILDING EQUIPMENT, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, IRON AND STEEL, MACHINERY, METALS-NONFERROUS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT (SINCE 1935), RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, HOUSEFURNISHINGS (SINCE 1934), AND METAL PRODUCTS. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '04' DK 4 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 4 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. 1 18 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 4 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 4 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 4 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 19 - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 4 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0027 06084 DU GOOD 3S 939-947 MD=-999999 REF 0027 LOC 204 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 17-25 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS OF DURABLE GOODS, VALUE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06084 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1939-12/1947 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS, MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE: "MANUFACTURERS' NEW AND UNFILLED ORDERS," JULY 1952. NOTES: SERIES 06084 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1939 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1947 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1947 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES ARE INCLUDED IN DURABLE GOODS: AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT (SINCE 1935) BUILDING EQUIPMENT, 1 20 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, IRON AND STEEL, MACHINERY, METALS-NONFERROUS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT (SINCE 1935), RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, HOUSEFURNISHINGS (SINCE 1934), AND METAL PRODUCTS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0028 06084 DU GOOD 3R 947-969 MD=-999999 REF 0028 LOC 213 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 26-34 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS OF DURABLE GOODS, VALUE ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06084 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1968 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-06/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS, 1947-1953" IS THE MAIN PUBLICATION. 1947-1952 DATA ARE COVERED IN THE SECOND SUPPLEMENT OF THIS PUBLICATION WHICH IS DATED NOVEMBER, 1964; 1953-1960 DATA ARE IN THE REVISION ENTITLED SERIES M3-1; 1961-JUNE 1968 DATA ARE IN SERIES M3-1.1; THEREAFTER DATA COVERED IN CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME NAME AS ABOVE). NOTES: SERIES 06084 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1939 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1947 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1947 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES ARE INCLUDED IN DURABLE GOODS: AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT (SINCE 1935) BUILDING EQUIPMENT, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, IRON AND STEEL, MACHINERY, METALS-NONFERROUS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT (SINCE 1935), RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, HOUSEFURNISHINGS (SINCE 1934), AND METAL PRODUCTS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0029 06084 DU GOOD 3S 947-969 MD=-999999 REF 0029 LOC 222 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 35-43 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS OF DURABLE GOODS, VALUE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 21 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06084 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-06/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS, 1947-1953" IS THE MAIN PUBLICATION. 1947-1952 DATA ARE COVERED IN THE SECOND SUPPLEMENT OF THIS PUBLICATION WHICH IS DATED NOVEMBER, 1964; 1953-1960 DATA ARE IN THE REVISION ENTITLED SERIES M3-1; 1961-JUNE 1968 DATA ARE IN SERIES M3-1.1; THEREAFTER DATA COVERED IN CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME NAME AS ABOVE). NOTES: SERIES 06084 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1939 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1947 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1947 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES ARE INCLUDED IN DURABLE GOODS: AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT (SINCE 1935) BUILDING EQUIPMENT, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, IRON AND STEEL, MACHINERY, METALS-NONFERROUS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT (SINCE 1935), RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, HOUSEFURNISHINGS (SINCE 1934), AND METAL PRODUCTS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0030 06068 ALL GOO 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0030 LOC 231 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 44-52 0 MANUFACTURER'S UNFILLED ORDERS, ALL OTHER DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06068 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1953-JULY 1963: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS, 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; THERAFTER, DATA FURNISHED BY CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, 1 22 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS", SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: 1961-1970 DATA ARE REVISED IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0031 06068 ALL GOO 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0031 LOC 240 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 53-61 0 MANUFACTURER'S UNFILLED ORDERS, ALL OTHER DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06068 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1953-JULY 1963: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS, 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; THERAFTER, DATA FURNISHED BY CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS", SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: 1961-1970 DATA ARE REVISED IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0032 06134 ALL HER 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0032 LOC 249 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURER'S NEW ORDERS, ALL OTHER DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06134 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 23 - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1953-JULY 1963: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS, 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; THERAFTER, DATA FURNISHED BY CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS", SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: 1961-1970 DATA ARE REVISED IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDER MONTH VARIATION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0033 06134 ALL HER 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0033 LOC 258 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 71-79 0 MANUFACTURER'S NEW ORDERS, ALL OTHER DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06134 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1953-JULY 1963: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; THERAFTER, DATA FURNISHED BY CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS", SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: 1961-1970 DATA ARE REVISED IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDER MONTH VARIATION. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '05' DK 5 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 24 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 5 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 5 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 5 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 5 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 25 - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 5 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0034 06106 ILL GOD 3R 939-947 MD=-999999 REF 0034 LOC 267 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 3 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, END OF MONTH --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06106 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1939-1947 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1939-12/1947 1 26 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS, "MANUFACTURERS' SALES, INVENTORIES, NEW AND UNFILLED ORDERS," UNPUBLISHED TABULATION OF JULY 1952. NOTES: SERIES 06106 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1947 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1947 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0035 06106 ILL GOD 3S 939-947 MD=-999999 REF 0035 LOC 276 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 3 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, END OF MONTH, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06106 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1939-12/1947 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS, "MANUFACTURERS' SALES, INVENTORIES, NEW AND UNFILLED ORDERS," UNPUBLISHED TABULATION OF JULY 1952. NOTES: SERIES 06106 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1947 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1947 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0036 06106 ILL GOD 3R 947-969 MD=-999999 REF 0036 LOC 285 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 3 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, END OF MONTH --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06106 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1968 1 (ICPSR 7644) 27 - (CONTINUED) - QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-09/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, FOR 1947-1960 DATA: "MANUFACTURERS' SALES, INVENTORIES, NEW AND UNFILLED ORDERS: 1947-1963 REVISED" (SERIES M3-1); FOR 1961-1969 DATA: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1961-1968" (SERIES M3-1.1) NOTES: SERIES 06106 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1947 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1947 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0037 06106 ILL GOD 3S 947-969 MD=-999999 REF 0037 LOC 294 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 3 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, END OF MONTH, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06106 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-09/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, FOR 1947-1960 DATA: "MANUFACTURERS' SALES, INVENTORIES, NEW AND UNFILLED ORDERS: 1947-1963" (SERIES M3-1), AND SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 (DATA FOR 1947-1953 ARE IN THE SUPPLEMENT); DATA FOR 1961-1969: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1961-1968 NOTES: SERIES 06106 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1947 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1947 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0038 06069 GOOD IN 3R 947-965 MD=-999999 REF 0038 LOC 303 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 53-61 0 MANUFACTURER'S UNFILLED ORDERS, NONDURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, 1 28 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06069 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1947-1960: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; DATA FOR 1961-1965: "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965 BIENNIAL EDITION"; MOST RECENT DATA ALSO IN CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS", SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: 1961-1970 DATA ARE REVISED IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDER MONTH VARIATION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0039 06069 GOOD IN 3S 947-965 MD=-999999 REF 0039 LOC 312 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURER'S UNFILLED ORDERS, NONDURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06069 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1947-1960: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; DATA FOR 1961-1965: "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965 BIENNIAL EDITION"; MOST RECENT DATA ALSO IN CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS", SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: 1961-1970 DATA ARE REVISED IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 29 - (CONTINUED) - DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDER MONTH VARIATION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0040 06109 NEW PRO 3R 953-969 MD=-999999 REF 0040 LOC 321 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 71-79 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, DEFENSE PRODUCTS ------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06109 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1968 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-09/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963 ,REVISED," (SERIES M3-1) (FORMERLY INDUSTRY SURVEY, OCTOBER, 1963) FOR DATA THROUGH 1960; SERIES M3-1J OF THE SAME SOURCE FOR FOR 1961-1968 DATA; THEREAFTER, DATA FURNISHED BY CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME SOURCE ABOVE). DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '06' DK 6 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 6 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 6 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- 1 30 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 6 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 6 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 31 - 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 6 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0041 06109 NEW PRO 3S 953-969 MD=-999999 REF 0041 LOC 330 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 17-25 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, DEFENSE PRODUCTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06109 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, FOR 1947-1960 ' DATA: "MANUFCTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963, REVISED" (SERIES M3-1, FORMERLY "INDUSTRY SURVEY," OCTOBER 1963), AND SUPPLEMENT NO.2, (DATA FOR 1953-JUNE 1954 ARE FROM THE SUPPLEMENT); FOR 1961-1968 DATA: SAME TITLE FOR 1961-JUNE 1968 (SERIES M3-1.1); AND CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS (SERIES M3-1) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0042 06100 MON MON 3R 939-947 MD=-999999 REF 0042 LOC 339 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 3 0 MONTH TO MONTH CHANGE IN MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, 1 32 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06100 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1940-1947 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1940-12/1947 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM SERIES 06106 ENTITLED MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, END OF MONTH. NOTES: SERIES 06100 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1940-1947 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1940-1947 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. ALTHOUGH THE FIRST SEGMENT WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1949, DATA ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH 1955. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0043 06100 MON MON 3S 939-947 MD=-999999 REF 0043 LOC 348 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 3 0 MONTH TO MONTH CHANGE IN MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06100 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1940-12/1947 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM SERIES 06106 ENTITLED MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, END OF MONTH. NOTES: SERIES 06100 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1940-1947 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1940-1947 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. ALTHOUGH THIS SEGMENT WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1949, DATA ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH 1955. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 33 - 0 VAR 0044 06100 MON MON 3R 947-969 MD=-999999 REF 0044 LOC 357 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 3 0 CHANGE IN MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06100 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1968 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-09/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM SERIES 06106 ENTITLED MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, END OF MONTH. NOTES: SERIES 06100 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1940-1947 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1940-1947 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0045 06100 MON MON 3S 947-969 MD=-999999 REF 0045 LOC 366 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 3 0 CHANGE IN MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06100 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-09/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM SERIES 06106 ENTITLED MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, END OF MONTH. NOTES: SERIES 06100 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1940-1947 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1940-1947 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. 1 34 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0046 06063 UN SHIP 3S 953-968 MD=-999999 REF 0046 LOC 375 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 62-70 0 RATIO OF UNFILLED ORDERS TO SHIPMENTS, MANUFACTURERS OF DURABLE GOODS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06063 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: RATIO ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-09/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BUSINESS CYCLE DEVELOPMENTS, SEPTEMBER 1968 NOTES: THE DURABLE GOODS COMPONENTS OF THIS SERIES ARE PARTLY UNPUBLISHED. IN COMPUTING THE RATIO, THE VALUE OF SHIPMENT OF THOSE DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES (METAL CONTAINERS; WOODEN CONTAINERS; METAL CANS, BARRELS, AND DRUMS; AND MOTOR VEHICLE ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS) WHICH HAVE NO UNFILLED ORDERS BACKLOGS, WAS SUBTRACTED FROM THE VALUE OF TOTAL DURABLE SHIPMENTS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0047 06036 LES BOO 3R 919-935 MD=-999999 REF 0047 LOC 384 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 SALES BOOKS, NEW ORDERS ----------------------- NBER SERIES: 06036 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF BOOKS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1935 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1935 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JULY 1926, ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS OF 1932 AND 1936; SOURCE FOR THE JULY 1929 FIGURE IS FROM A PHOTOSTAT SENT BY THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. NOTES: SERIES 06036 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1935 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1935 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1942 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1938. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 35 - (CONTINUED) - DATA COVER 11 MANUFACTERERS OPERATING EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, REPRESENTING ABOUT 90 % OF THE BUSINESS OF THAT AREA. THE FIGURES APPLY TO DUPLICATE, TRIPLICATE OR QUADRUPLICATE BOOKS USED BY RETAIL STORES IN RECORDING SALES; ALL SIZES AND STYLES INCLUDED, BUT NOT INTERCHANGEABLE COVERS AND ACCESSORIES. SMALL DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE FIGURE FOR JULY 1929 AND IT'S SOURCE ARE CAUSED BY ROUNDING, WHICH WAS NOT CORRECTED. BEGINNING IN 1935, REPORTS WERE CHANGED TO COVER TOTAL U.S. DATA. THEREFORE A SECOND VARIABLE SEGMENT HAS BEEN CREATED FOR 1935-1942. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '07' DK 7 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 7 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 7 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 7 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- 1 36 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 7 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 7 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL 1 (ICPSR 7644) 37 - (CONTINUED) - USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0048 06036 LES BOO 3S 919-935 MD=-999999 REF 0048 LOC 393 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 SALES BOOKS, NEW ORDERS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06036 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF BOOKS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1935 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JULY 1926, AND ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS OF 1932 AND 1936; SOURCE FOR THE JULY 1929 FIGURE IS FROM A PHOTOSTAT SENT BY THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. NOTES: SERIES 06036 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1935 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1935 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1942 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1938. DATA COVER 11 MANUFACTERERS OPERATING EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, REPRESENTING ABOUT 90 % OF THE BUSINESS OF THAT AREA. THE FIGURES APPLY TO DUPLICATE, TRIPLICATE OR QUADRUPLICATE BOOKS USED BY RETAIL STORES IN RECORDING SALES; ALL SIZES AND STYLES INCLUDED, BUT NOT INTERCHANGEABLE COVERS AND ACCESSORIES. SMALL DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE RAW FIGURE FOR JULY 1929 AND IT'S SOURCE ARE CAUSED BY ROUNDING, WHICH WAS NOT CORRECTED. BEGINNING IN 1935, REPORTS WERE CHANGED TO COVER TOTAL U.S. DATA. THEREFORE A SECOND VARIABLE SEGMENT HAS BEEN CREATED FOR 1935-1938. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0049 06036 LES BOO 3R 935-942 MD=-999999 REF 0049 LOC 402 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 SALES BOOKS, NEW ORDERS ----------------------- 1 38 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06036 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF BOOKS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1935-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1935-08/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS OF 1936, 1938, 1940 AND 1942, AND MONTHLY ISSUES SOURCE FOR THE JULY, NOTES: SERIES 06036 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1935 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1935 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1942 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1938. REPORTS COVER TOTAL U.S., 13 MANUFACTURERS REPORTING FOR 1935-1940,AND 11 THEREAFTER, THE REDUCTION RESULTING FROM THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE REPORTS OF 3 ASSOCIATED COMPANIES. 90 % OF ALL SALES BOOKS SOLD WERE COVERED BY THE 1935-1940 FIGURES, AND 75 % BEGINNING IN 1941. THE DECLINE IN COVERAGE RESULTING FROM INCREASED SALES BY NON-MEMBERS. RAW DATA PUBLISHED AFTER AUGUST, 1942 ARE NO LONGER COMPARABLE; THE SOURCE DISCONTINUED PUBLICATION AFTER 1943. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0050 06036 LES BOO 3S 935-938 MD=-999999 REF 0050 LOC 411 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 SALES BOOKS, NEW ORDERS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06036 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF BOOKS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1935-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS OF 1936, 1938, 1940 AND 1942, AND MONTHLY ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 06036 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1935 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1935 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1942 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1938. REPORTS COVER TOTAL U.S., 13 MANUFACTURERS REPORTING FOR 1935-1940, AND 11 THREAFTER, THE REDUCTION RESULTING FROM THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE REPORTS OF 3 ASSOCIATED 1 (ICPSR 7644) 39 - (CONTINUED) - COMPANIES. 90 % OF ALL SALES BOOKS SOLD WERE COVERED BY THE 1935-1940 FIGURES, AND 75 % BEGINNING IN 1941. THE DECLINE IN COVERAGE RESULTING FROM INCREASED SALES BY NON-MEMBERS. RAW DATA PUBLISHED AFTER AUGUST, 1942 ARE NO LONGER COMPARABLE; THE SOURCE DISCONTINUED PUBLICATION AFTER 1943. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0051 06035 ARCH OF 3R 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0051 LOC 420 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 NEW ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA --------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06035 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-06/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "TERRA COTTA" RELEASES OF JANUARY 28, 1932 AND FOLLOWING. NOTES: DATA ARE FROM REPORTS OF 16 MANUFACTURERS WHO PRODUCED OVER 99 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA MADE IN 1929. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0052 06035 ARCH OF 3S 919-949 MD=-999999 REF 0052 LOC 429 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 NEW ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06035 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-06/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "TERRA COTTA" RELEASES OF JANUARY 28, 1932 AND FOLLOWING. NOTES: DATA ARE FROM REPORTS OF 16 MANUFACTURERS WHO PRODUCED OVER 99 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL ARCHITECTURAL TERRA 1 40 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - COTTA MADE IN 1929. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0053 06126 MAN ACT 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0053 LOC 438 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, PRIMARY METALS ----------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06126 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR MONTH VARIATION. ORDERS ARE THE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0054 06126 MAN ACT 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0054 LOC 447 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 71-79 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, PRIMARY METALS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06126 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST 1 (ICPSR 7644) 41 - (CONTINUED) - MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR MONTH VARIATION. ORDERS ARE THE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '08' DK 8 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 8 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 8 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 8 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN 1 42 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 8 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 8 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 43 - 0 VAR 0055 06127 MAN NEW 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0055 LOC 456 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 17-25 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, BLAST FURNACES, STEEL MILLS ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06127 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR MONTH VARIATION. ORDERS ARE THE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0056 06127 MAN NEW 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0056 LOC 465 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 26-34 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, BLAST FURNACES, STEEL MILLS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06127 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR MONTH VARIATION. ORDERS ARE THE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. 1 44 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0057 06021 PIG CIA 3R 919-926 MD=-999999 REF 0057 LOC 474 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 35-43 0 NEW ORDERS OF MERCHANT PIG IRON ------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06021 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF LONG TONS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1926 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1926 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 18. NOTES: DATA ARE COMPILED FROM REPORTS OF FROM 94 TO 131 STACKS EACH MONTH REPORTING THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL MERCHANT PIG IRON PRODUCTION: 1919-1977; 1920-1971; 1921-1968; 1922-1957; 1923-1951; 1924-1958; 1925-1955. IT IS STATED, HOWEVER, THAT THESE DATA REPRESENT ABOUT 90 % OF PRODUCTION INSTINCT BY MERCHANT FURNACES, THAT THOSE MADE OF IRON FOR SALE INSTEAD OF FOR FURTHER USE IN THEIR OWN PLACES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0058 06022 CIA LED 3R 919-936 MD=-999999 REF 0058 LOC 483 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 NEW ORDERS OF STEEL SHEETS -------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06022 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1936 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1936 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 1 (ICPSR 7644) 45 - 0 VAR 0059 06022 CIA LED 3S 919-931 MD=-999999 REF 0059 LOC 492 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 NEW ORDERS OF STEEL SHEETS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06022 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1931 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS ............................................................... 0 VAR 0060 06056 NEW FAB 3R 923-940 MD=-999999 REF 0060 LOC 501 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 NEW ORDERS, FABRICATED STEEL PLATE ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06056 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1923-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-06/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE -- "FABRICATED STEEL PLATE," DECEMBER 1931 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES; ALSO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SUPPLEMENTS NOTES: DATA COVER 46-51 FIRMS, MOST OF THE LARGER MANUFACTURERS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0061 06024 TEE RAT 2R 902-911 MD=-999999 REF 0061 LOC 510 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 U.S. STEEL CORPORATION, UNFILLED ORDERS --------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06024 AREA COVERED: U.S. 1 46 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - UNITS: MILLIONS OF MIXED TONS (LONG AND SHORT COMBINED) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1903-1911 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: SECOND, 1902 - FOURTH, 1911 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. STEEL, DATA FOR 1902-1908: STANDARD STATISTICS BULLETIN, BASE BOOK, 1932, P. 263; DATA FOR 1909-1911: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 22. NOTES: SERIES 06024 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1902-1911 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1902-1911 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1910-1933 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1910-1933. UNFILLED ORDERS REFER TO THOSE OF CUSTOMERS AND NOT UNFILLED ORDERS OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES. DATA WERE ALSO CHECKED WITH THE "COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE" AND THE "STANDARD CORPORATION RECORD REPORT CARD OF U.S. STEEL CORPORATION", MARCH 26, 1920. FINALLY, THE ENTIRE SERIES WAS REMITTED BY LETTER FROM U.S. STEEL (JANUARY 22, 1935) AND ALL DISCREPANCIES WERE SETTLED. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '09' DK 9 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 9 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 9 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 47 - 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 9 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 9 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 9 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF 1 48 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0062 06024 TEE RAT 2S 902-911 MD=-999999 REF 0062 LOC 519 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 U.S. STEEL CORPORATION, UNFILLED ORDERS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06024 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF MIXED TONS (LONG AND SHORT COMBINED) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: SECOND, 1902 - FOURTH, 1911 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. STEEL, DATA FOR 1902-1908: STANDARD STATISTICS BULLETIN, BASE BOOK, 1932, P. 263; DATA FOR 1909-1911: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 22. NOTES: SERIES 06024 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1902-1911 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1902-1911 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1910-1933 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1910-1933. UNFILLED ORDERS REFER TO THOSE OF CUSTOMERS AND NOT UNFILLED ORDERS OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES. DATA WERE ALSO CHECKED WITH THE "COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE" AND THE "STANDARD CORPORATION RECORD REPORT CARD OF U.S. STEEL CORPORATION", MARCH 26, 1920. FINALLY, THE ENTIRE SERIES WAS REMITTED BY LETTER FROM U.S. STEEL (JANUARY 22, 1935) AND ALL DISCREPANCIES WERE SETTLED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0063 06024 TEE RAT 3R 910-933 MD=-999999 REF 0063 LOC 528 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 U.S. STEEL CORPORATION, UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH ----------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 49 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06024 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF MIXED TONS (LONG AND SHORT COMBINED) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1911-1932 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1910-09/1933 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S.BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1910-1922: RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 22; DATA FOR 1923-1933: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT AND SUCCESSIVE ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 06024 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1902-1911 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1902-1911 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1910-1933 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1910-1933. UNFILLED ORDERS REFER TO THOSE OF CUSTOMERS AND NOT UNFILLED ORDERS OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES. DATA WERE ALSO CHECKED WITH THE "COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE" AND THE "STANDARD CORPORATION RECORD REPORT CARD OF U.S. STEEL CORPORATION", MARCH 26, 1920. FINALLY, THE ENTIRE SERIES WAS REMITTED BY LETTER FROM U.S. STEEL (JANUARY 22, 1935) AND ALL DISCREPANCIES WERE SETTLED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0064 06024 TEE RAT 3S 910-933 MD=-999999 REF 0064 LOC 537 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 U.S. STEEL, UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06024 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF MIXED TONS (LONG AND SHORT COMBINED) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1910-09/1933 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1910-1922: RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 22; DATA FOR 1923-1933: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT AND SUCCESSIVE ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 06024 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1902-1911 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1902-1911 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1910-1933 1 50 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1910-1933. UNFILLED ORDERS REFER TO THOSE OF CUSTOMERS AND NOT UNFILLED ORDERS OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES. DATA WERE ALSO CHECKED WITH THE "COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE" AND THE "STANDARD CORPORATION RECORD REPORT CARD OF U.S. STEEL CORPORATION", MARCH 26, 1920. FINALLY, THE ENTIRE SERIES WAS REMITTED BY LETTER FROM U.S. STEEL (JANUARY 22, 1935) AND ALL DISCREPANCIES WERE SETTLED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0065 06132 MAN LED 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0065 LOC 546 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 44-52 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, PRIMARY METALS, TOTAL ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06132 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0066 06132 MAN LED 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0066 LOC 555 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 53-61 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, PRIMARY METALS, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06132 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 1 (ICPSR 7644) 51 - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0067 06133 MAN ACE 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0067 LOC 564 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, BLAST FURNACES, STEEL MILLS ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06133 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0068 06133 MAN ACE 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0068 LOC 573 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 71-79 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, BLAST FURNACES, STEEL MILLS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06133 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 52 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '10' DK 10 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 10 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 10 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 10 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS 1 (ICPSR 7644) 53 - (CONTINUED) - VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 10 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 10 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. 1 54 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0069 06128 FAB CAT 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0069 LOC 582 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 17-25 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06128 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR MONTH VARIATION. ORDERS ARE THE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0070 06128 FAB CAT 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0070 LOC 591 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 26-34 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06128 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR MONTH VARIATION. ORDERS ARE THE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 55 - (CONTINUED) - DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0071 06067 FAT CAT 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0071 LOC 600 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 35-43 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06067 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0072 06067 FAT CAT 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0072 LOC 609 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 44-52 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06067 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1953", REVISED (SERIES M3-1), OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS,1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH FIGURE IS FROM SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. 1 56 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: DATA WERE REVISED BY THE SOURCE, SERIES M3-1.1 FOR 1961-1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0073 06030 BAT TUB 3R 917-931 MD=-999999 REF 0073 LOC 618 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 NEW ORDERS OF BATH TUBS ----------------------- NBER SERIES: 06030 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF PIECES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1918-1931 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1917-12/1931 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS ............................................................... 0 VAR 0074 06030 BAT TUB 3S 917-931 MD=-999999 REF 0074 LOC 627 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 NEW ORDERS OF BATH TUBS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06030 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF PIECES ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1917-12/1931 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS ............................................................... 0 VAR 0075 06031 LAVA OR 3R 917-931 MD=-999999 REF 0075 LOC 636 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 LAVATORIES, NEW ORDERS ---------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 57 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06031 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF LAVATORIES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1918-1931 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1917-12/1931 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 37; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, P. 206 DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '11' DK 11 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 11 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 11 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 11 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET 1 58 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 11 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 11 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED 1 (ICPSR 7644) 59 - (CONTINUED) - BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0076 06031 LAVA OR 3S 917-931 MD=-999999 REF 0076 LOC 645 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 LAVATORIES, NEW ORDERS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06031 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF LAVATORIES ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1917-12/1931 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 37; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, P. 206 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0077 06032 SIN NEW 3R 917-931 MD=-999999 REF 0077 LOC 654 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 SINKS, NEW ORDERS ----------------- NBER SERIES: 06032 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF SINKS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1918-1931 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1917-12/1931 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 38; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, PP. 208-209 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0078 06032 SIN NEW 3S 917-931 MD=-999999 REF 0078 LOC 663 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 SINKS, NEW ORDERS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------- 1 60 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06032 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF SINKS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1917-12/1931 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 38; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, PP. 208-209 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0079 06033 TAR WAR 3R 917-931 MD=-999999 REF 0079 LOC 672 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS SANITARY WARE, NEW ORDERS --------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06033 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF PIECES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1918-1931 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1917-12/1931 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 39; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, PP. 208-209 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0080 06033 TAR WAR 3S 917-931 MD=-999999 REF 0080 LOC 681 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS SANITARY WARE, NEW ORDERS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06033 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1917-12/1931 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 39; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1932 1 (ICPSR 7644) 61 - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, PP. 208-209 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0081 06111 NEW MAC 3R 957-969 MD=-999999 REF 0081 LOC 690 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 62-70 0 INDEX OF NEW MACHINERY ORDERS FOR EXPORT ---------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06111 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1957-1968 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1957-02/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: MCGRAW-HILL, ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, UNPUBLISHED TABLE; LATER FIGURES IN MCGRAW-HILL NEW ORDERS INDEX, MONTHLY ............................................................... 0 VAR 0082 06111 NEW MAC 3S 957-969 MD=-999999 REF 0082 LOC 699 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 71-79 0 INDEX OF NEW MACHINERY ORDERS FOR EXPORT, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06111 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1957-02/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: MCGRAW-HILL, ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, UNPUBLISHED TABLE; LATER FIGURES IN MCGRAW-HILL NEW ORDERS INDEX, MONTHLY NOTES: SEASONAL FACTORS ARE PROJECTED BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER 1968. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '12' DK 12 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 62 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 12 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 12 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 12 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 12 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 63 - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 12 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0083 06129 EX ELEC 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0083 LOC 708 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 17-25 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, MACHINERY EXCEPT ELECTRICAL, TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06129 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 1 64 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, REVISED, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LATEST MONTH IS FROM SERIES M3-1, SAME TITLE, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATIONS. ORDERS ARE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. REVISIONS MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2 FOR 1961-1970. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0084 06129 EX ELEC 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0084 LOC 717 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 26-34 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, MACHINERY EXCEPT ELECTRICAL, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06129 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 12/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, REVISED, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LATEST MONTH IS FROM SERIES M3-1, SAME TITLE, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA WERE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATIONS. ORDERS ARE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. REVISIONS MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2 FOR 1961-1970. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0085 06115 MANU RE 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0085 LOC 726 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 35-43 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, MACHINERY EXCEPT ELECTRICAL, TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------------ 1 (ICPSR 7644) 65 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06115 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", SERIES M3-1, REVISED, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LATEST MONTH IS FROM SERIES M3-1, SAME TITLE, MONTHLY. NOTES: REVISIONS MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2 FOR 1961-1970. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0086 06115 UN FILL 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0086 LOC 735 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 44-52 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, MACHINERY EXCEPT ELECTRICAL, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06115 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (END OF MONTH) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965," (BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS). CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS MONTHLY ISSUES. THE LATEST MONTH IS FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 DATA ARE IN SERIES M3-1.2. 1 66 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0087 06029 TO GING 3R 919-947 MD=-999999 REF 0087 LOC 744 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF ORDERS FOR MACHINE TOOLS AND FORGING MACHINERY ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06029 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: AVERAGE MONTHLY SHIPMENTS (1926=100) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1946 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-06/1947 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: DATA FOR 1919-1938 ARE FROM SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JULY 1934 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES; DATA FOR 1939-1947 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER NOTES: DATA PUBLISHED IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WERE COMPUTED BY THE MACHINE TOOL BUILDER'S ASSOCIATION. THEY CONSTITUTE AN ADJUSTMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DATA CURRENTLY BEING COLLECTED AND THE SERIES PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO FORM A CONTINUOUS SERIES. IN MAKING THE ADJUSTMENT, THE WHOLE CURVE WAS RAISED TO BRING IT INTO LINE WITH THE 1926 SHIPMENTS LAW. THIS WAS DONE BY DIVIDING THE WHOLE INDEX THROUGH A CONSTANT FACTOR WHICH REPRESENTED THE AVERAGE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE NEW AND OLD INDEX NUMBERS FOR ALL THE COMPANIES WHICH HAD REPORTED CONTINUOUSLY OVER THE 15 YEAR PERIOD. THE FACTOR USED WAS 180.3. THE ASSOCIATION RECEIVED REPORTS FROM 50-60 COMPANIES FOR THE YEARS 1919-1927; 60-80 COMPANIES FOR 1928-1933; AND 163 BEGINNING WITH JANUARY 1934. SINCE JANUARY 1934, DATA HAVE BEEN GATHERED FROM THE MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE AND ALSO FROM THE FORGING MACHINERY GROUP WHICH REPRESENTS LESS THAN 3% OF THE COMBINED GROUPING. NO CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR SEASONAL VARIATIONS FOR THE REASON THAT SUCH INFLUENCES ARE RELATIVELY SLIGHT. THE INDEX WAS PUBLISHED THROUGH AUGUST 1939 AND THEN REPLACED BY A SERIES BASED ON PRODUCTIVE HOURS AND CAPACITY OF COMPANIES REPORTING, NOT USED HERE. DATA FOR 1939-1947 WERE DERIVED BY NBER BY MULTIPLYING DOLLAR FIGURES BY THE RATIO: INDEXES 1938/DOLLAR FIGURES 1938 = 1233.0/103.89 = 11.86832. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 67 - 0 VAR 0088 06093 MA CHIN 3R 945-963 MD=-999999 REF 0088 LOC 753 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 METAL CUTTING TYPE MACHINE TOOLS, GROSS NEW ORDERS, TOTAL --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06093 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1945-1962 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1945-03/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, "TOTAL INDUSTRY ESTIMATE OF METAL CUTTING TYPE MACHINE TOOLS" ............................................................... 0 VAR 0089 06093 MA CHIN 3S 945-963 MD=-999999 REF 0089 LOC 762 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 METAL CUTTING TYPE MACHINE TOOLS, GROSS NEW ORDERS, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06093 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1945-03/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, "TOTAL INDUSTRY ESTIMATE OF METAL CUTTING TYPE MACHINE TOOLS DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '13' DK 13 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 13 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY 1 68 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 13 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 13 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 13 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 1 (ICPSR 7644) 69 - (CONTINUED) - 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 13 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0090 06101 TO DOME 3R 945-966 MD=-999999 REF 0090 LOC 771 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 METAL CUTTING MACHINE TOOLS, GROSS NEW ORDERS, DOMESTIC ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06101 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1946-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 09/1945-08/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, "TOTAL INDUSTRY ESTIMATE OF METAL CUTTING TYPE MACHINE TOOLS" 1 70 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0091 06101 TO DOME 3S 945-965 MD=-999999 REF 0091 LOC 780 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 METAL CUTTING TYPE MACHINE TOOLS, GROSS NEW ORDERS, DOMESTIC, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06101 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 09/1945-09/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, "TOTAL INDUSTRY ESTIMATE OF METAL CUTTING TYPE MACHINE TOOLS" NOTES: SEASONAL FACTORS ARE FORECAST BEGINNING IN MAY 1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0092 06107 ME TOO 3R 945-963 MD=-999999 REF 0092 LOC 789 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 METAL CUTTING TYPE MACHINE TOOLS, CANCELLATIONS OF NEW ORDERS ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06107 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1945-1962 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1945-06/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, "TOTAL INDUSTRY ESTIMATE OF METAL CUTTING TYPE MACHINE TOOLS" ............................................................... 0 VAR 0093 06107 ME TOO 3S 945-963 MD=-999999 REF 0093 LOC 798 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 METAL CUTTING TYPE MACHINE TOOLS, CANCELLATIONS OF NEW ORDERS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ 1 (ICPSR 7644) 71 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06107 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1945-06/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY IBM SOURCE: NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, "TOTAL INDUSTRY ESTIMATE OF METAL CUTTING TYPE MACHINE TOOLS" ............................................................... 0 VAR 0094 06096 NEW MEN 3R 953-968 MD=-999999 REF 0094 LOC 807 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 53-61 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES, VALUE -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06096 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1967 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-09/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1953-1963: UNPUBLISHED TABLE (SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED IN CENSUS SERIES M3-1, SUPPLEMENT NO. 2, NOVEMBER 1964, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS"); DATA FOR 1964-1968: SERIES M3-1.1, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, 1961-1968", AND CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0095 06096 NEW MEN 3S 948-968 MD=-999999 REF 0095 LOC 816 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES, VALUE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06096 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 72 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-09/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1948-1963: UNPUBLISHED TABLE (SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED IN CENSUS SERIES M3-1, SUPPLEMENT NO. 2, NOVEMBER 1964, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS"); DATA FOR 1964-1968: SERIES M3-1.1, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, 1961-1968", AND CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE) NOTES: FIGURES FOR 1948-1952 HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO THE LEVEL OF THE REVISED SERIES BEGINNING IN 1953 BY USING THE RATIO OF APRIL 1953, NEW ESTIMATE (2410) TO APRIL 1953, OLD ESTIMATE (3839). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0096 06113 NEW GOD 3R 962-968 MD=-999999 REF 0096 LOC 825 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 71-79 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR EXPORTS OF DURABLE GOODS EXCLUDING MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06113 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1963-1967 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 10/1962-09/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, SERIES M4-A, "MANUFACTURERS' EXPORT SALES AND ORDERS OF DURABLE GOODS,1963-1968," AUGUST 21, 1968; MONTHLY RELEASES OF SERIES M4-A THEREAFTER; SEE M4-A OF JUNE 1968 FOR THE REVISION OF JULY 1965. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '14' DK 14 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 14 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ 1 (ICPSR 7644) 73 - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 14 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 14 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 14 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE 1 74 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 14 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0097 06113 NEW GOD 3S 963-968 MD=-999999 REF 0097 LOC 834 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 17-25 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR EXPORTS OF DURABLE GOODS EXCLUDING MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06113 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1963-09/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, SERIES M4-A, "MANUFACTURERS' EXPORT SALES AND ORDERS OF DURABLE GOODS,1963-1968," AUGUST 21, 1968; MONTHLY RELEASES OF SERIES M4-A THEREAFTER; SEE M4-A OF JUNE 1968 FOR THE REVISION OF JULY 1965. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 75 - 0 VAR 0098 06131 FAT MAC 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0098 LOC 843 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 26-34 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06131 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965," (BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS). CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS MONTHLY ISSUES. THE LATEST MONTH IS FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATIONS. ORDERS ARE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 DATA ARE IN SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0099 06131 FAT MAC 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0099 LOC 852 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 35-43 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06131 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965," (BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE 1 76 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS). CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS MONTHLY ISSUES. THE LATEST MONTH IS FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATIONS. ORDERS ARE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 DATA ARE IN SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0100 06114 UN CHIN 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0100 LOC 861 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 44-52 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, TOTAL ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06114 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965," (BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS). CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS MONTHLY ISSUES. THE LATEST MONTH IS FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 DATA ARE IN SERIES M3-1.2. DATA ARE END OF MONTH. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0101 06114 UN CHIN 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0101 LOC 870 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 53-61 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06114 1 (ICPSR 7644) 77 - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965," (BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS). CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS MONTHLY ISSUES. THE LATEST MONTH IS FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 DATA ARE IN SERIES M3-1.2. DATA ARE END OF MONTH. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0102 06130 SPORTME 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0102 LOC 879 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06130 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965," (BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS). CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS MONTHLY ISSUES. THE LATEST MONTH IS FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATIONS. ORDERS ARE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 DATA ARE IN SERIES M3-1.2. 1 78 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0103 06130 SPORTME 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0103 LOC 888 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 71-79 0 MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06130 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965," (BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS). CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS MONTHLY ISSUES. THE LATEST MONTH IS FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATIONS. ORDERS ARE NET OF CANCELLATIONS. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 DATA ARE IN SERIES M3-1.2. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '15' DK 15 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 15 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 79 - 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 15 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 15 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 15 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. 1 80 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 15 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0104 06116 RAN MEN 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0104 LOC 897 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 17-25 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, TOTAL --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06116 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965," (BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS). CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS MONTHLY ISSUES. THE LATEST MONTH IS FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 81 - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 DATA ARE IN SERIES M3-1.2. DATA ARE END OF MONTH. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0105 06116 RAN MEN 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0105 LOC 906 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 26-34 0 MANUFACTURERS' UNFILLED ORDERS, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06116 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1), PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965," (BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS). CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS MONTHLY ISSUES. THE LATEST MONTH IS FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 DATA ARE IN SERIES M3-1.2. DATA ARE END OF MONTH. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0106 06090 IN ROAD 2R 890-926 MD=-999999 REF 0106 LOC 915 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF ORDERS OF RAILROAD EQUIPMENT ------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06090 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1870-1926 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1870 - FOURTH, 1926 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE 1 82 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA OF ORDERS FOR PASSENGER CARS, FREIGHT CARS, AND LOCOMOTIVES USING FIXED WEIGHTS. NOTES: SERIES 06090 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1922-1942 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1955. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0107 06090 IN ROAD 2R 922-942 MD=-999999 REF 0107 LOC 924 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF ORDERS OF RAILROAD EQUIPMENT ------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06090 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1922-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1922 - SECOND, 1942 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA OF ORDERS FOR PASSENGER CARS, FREIGHT CARS, AND LOCOMOTIVES USING FIXED WEIGHTS. NOTES: SERIES 06090 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1922-1942 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1955. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0108 06090 IN ROAD 2R 941-955 MD=-999999 REF 0108 LOC 933 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF ORDERS OF RAILROAD EQUIPMENT ------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06090 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1947-1949=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1941-1955 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1941 - FOURTH, 1955 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA OF ORDERS FOR PASSENGER CARS, FREIGHT CARS, AND 1 (ICPSR 7644) 83 - (CONTINUED) - LOCOMOTIVES USING FIXED WEIGHTS. FOR 1945-1951 WEIGHTS WERE 16.1 FOR PASSANGER CARS, 36.7 FOR LOCOMOTIVES, AND 1 FOR FREIGHTS. WEIGHTS WERE DERIVED FROM INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION DATA ON VALUE AND QUANTITY OF NEW EQUIPMENT INSTALLED FOR 1942-1955. NOTES: SERIES 06090 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1922-1942 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1955. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0109 06026 LOCO RR 2R 870-926 MD=-999999 REF 0109 LOC 942 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 62-70 0 LOCOMOTIVES ORDERED BY RAILROADS -------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06026 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF LOCOMOTIVES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1870-1926 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1870 - FOURTH, 1926 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: JOHN PARTINGTON, RAILROAD PURCHASING AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE (BROOKINGS INSTITUTION), PP. 219-226. NOTES: SERIES 06026 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1925-1950 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1925-1950 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1961 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1941-1961. THIS VARIABLE WAS COMPILED FROM DATA COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. DATA WERE OBTAINED CHIEFLY FROM NEWS ITEMS APPEARING IN ISSUES OF RAILWAY AND IRON TRADE PERIODICALS. SOURCES MADE NO CLAIMS TO COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY OF INFORMATION. DATA WERE ALSO COLLECTED FROM THE BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION, THE U.S. BUREAU OF STATISTICS "MONTHLY REPORTS", AND FROM FILES OF RAILROAD COMPANIES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0110 06026 LOCO RR 2S 870-926 MD=-999999 REF 0110 LOC 951 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 71-79 0 LOCOMOTIVES ORDERED BY RAILROADS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- 1 84 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06026 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF LOCOMOTIVES ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1870 - FOURTH, 1901; FIRST, 1904 - FOURTH, 1917; FIRST, 1920 - FOURTH, 1926 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: JOHN PARTINGTON, RAILROAD PURCHASING AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE (BROOKINGS INSTITUTION), PP. 219-226. NOTES: SERIES 06026 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1925-1950 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1925-1950 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1961 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1941-1961. THIS VARIABLE WAS COMPILED FROM DATA COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. DATA WERE OBTAINED CHIEFLY FROM NEWS ITEMS APPEARING IN ISSUES OF RAILWAY AND IRON TRADE PERIODICALS. SOURCES MADE NO CLAIMS TO COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY OF INFORMATION. DATA WERE ALSO COLLECTED FROM THE BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION, THE U.S. BUREAU OF STATISTICS "MONTHLY REPORTS", AND FROM FILES OF RAILROAD COMPANIES. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '16' DK 16 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 16 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 16 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 85 - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 16 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 16 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. 1 86 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 16 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0111 06026 LOCO RR 2R 925-950 MD=-999999 REF 0111 LOC 960 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 17-25 0 LOCOMOTIVES ORDERED BY AMERICAN RAILROADS FOR DOMESTIC USE ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06026 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF LOCOMOTIVES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1925-1950 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1925 - FOURTH, 1950 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: RAILWAY AGE, "ANNUAL STATISTICAL AND OUTLOOK" ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 06026 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1925-1950 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1925-1950 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1961 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1941-1961. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0112 06026 LOCO RR 2S 925-950 MD=-999999 REF 0112 LOC 969 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 26-34 0 LOCOMOTIVES ORDERED BY AMERICAN RAILROADS FOR DOMESTIC USE, 1 (ICPSR 7644) 87 - (CONTINUED) - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06026 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF LOCOMOTIVES ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1925 - FOURTH, 1950 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: RAILWAY AGE, "ANNUAL STATISTICAL AND OUTLOOK" ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 06026 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1925-1950 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1925-1950 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1961 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1941-1961. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0113 06026 LOCO RR 2R 941-961 MD=-999999 REF 0113 LOC 978 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 35-43 0 NEW ORDERS OF LOCOMOTIVES, INCLUDING UNDATED ORDERS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06026 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF LOCOMOTIVES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1941-1961 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1941 - FOURTH, 1961 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1941-12/1955 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: ANNUAL LISTS OF EQUIPMENT ORDERS ARE PUBLISHED IN "RAILWAY AGE", JANUARY REVIEW ISSUES; ALSO FROM WORKSHEETS IN NBER FILES NOTES: SERIES 06026 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1925-1950 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1925-1950 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1961 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1941-1961. ORDERS FOR WHICH NO MONTH IS INDICATED IN THE SOURCE HAVE HERE BEEN DISTRIBUTED OVER THE WHOLE YEAR BY NBER. FOR SECURITY REASONS ORDERS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION CORPS WERE NOT GIVEN IN 1952 AND 1953. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY DURING THE KOREAN WAR YEARS TWO SETS OF FIGURES FOR 1951 ARE PRESENTED. THE DATA PRESENTED WITHIN THE 1 88 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - CHRONOLOGY OF THE VARIABLE EXCLUDES TANSPORTATION CORPS ORDERS. THE DATA INCLUDING THESE ORDERS (41 IN APRIL, 20 IN JULY, 129 UNDATED) ARE AS FOLLOWS: ANNUAL TOTAL--3935; JANUARY--209; FEBRUARY--156; MARCH--710; APRIL--186; MAY--624; JUNE--212; JULY--146; AUGUST--238; SEPTEMBER--657; OCTOBER--214; NOVEMBER--407; DECEMBER--176. IN NORMAL TIMES TRANSPORTATION CORPS ORDERS DO NOT MAKE A GREAT DIFFERENCE. BEGINNING IN 1960, DATA EXCLUDE INDUSTRIAL ORDERS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0114 06026 LOCO RR 2S 941-961 MD=-999999 REF 0114 LOC 987 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 44-52 0 NEW ORDERS OF LOCOMOTIVES, INCLUDING UNDATED ORDERS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06026 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF LOCOMOTIVES ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1941 - FOURTH, 1961 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: ANNUAL LISTS OF EQUIPMENT ORDERS ARE PUBLISHED IN "RAILWAY AGE", JANUARY REVIEW ISSUES; ALSO FROM WORKSHEETS IN NBER FILES NOTES: SERIES 06026 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1925-1950 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1925-1950 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1961 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1941-1961. ORDERS FOR WHICH NO MONTH IS INDICATED IN THE SOURCE HAVE HERE BEEN DISTRIBUTED OVER THE WHOLE YEAR BY NBER. FOR SECURITY REASONS ORDERS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION CORPS WERE NOT GIVEN IN 1952 AND 1953. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY DURING THE KOREAN WAR YEARS TWO SETS OF RAW FIGURES FOR 1951 ARE PRESENTED. THE DATA PRESENTED WITHIN THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE VARIABLE EXCLUDES TANSPORTATION CORPS ORDERS. THE RAW DATA INCLUDING THESE ORDERS (41 IN APRIL, 20 IN JULY, 129 UNDATED) ARE AS FOLLOWS: ANNUAL TOTAL--3935; JANUARY--209; FEBRUARY--156; MARCH--710; APRIL--186; MAY--624; JUNE--212; JULY--146; AUGUST--238; SEPTEMBER--657; OCTOBER--214; NOVEMBER--407; DECEMBER--176. IN NORMAL TIMES TRANSPORTATION CORPS ORDERS DO NOT MAKE A GREAT DIFFERENCE. BEGINNING IN 1960, DATA EXCLUDE INDUSTRIAL ORDERS. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 89 - 0 VAR 0115 06027A OF CAR 3R 913-941 MD=-999999 REF 0115 LOC 996 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 53-61 0 NEW ORDERS OF FREIGHT CARS -------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06027A AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: IRON TRADE REVIEW, FOR DATA THROUGH JULY, 1930; THEREAFTER, "STEEL" UNTIL 1941. NOTES: SERIES 06027A IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1941 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1913-1935 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1964 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1941-1955. DATA REFER TO ORDERS FROM BOTH OUTSIDE BUILDERS AND FROM OWNED SHOPS. THE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER, 1913 AND DECEMBER, 1918 ARE ESTIMATED. (N.B. WHERE SOME MONTHLY FIGURES ARE OBVIOUSLY MISPRINTED OR ERRONEOUSLY REVISED THE CORRECT ITEM HAS BEEN DETERMINED WITH THE ANNUAL SUM). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0116 06027A OF CAR 3S 913-935 MD=-999999 REF 0116 LOC 1005 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 62-70 0 NEW ORDERS OF FREIGHT CARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06027A AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1935 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: IRON TRADE REVIEW, FOR DATA THROUGH JULY, 1930; THEREAFTER, "STEEL" THROUGH 1935. NOTES: SERIES 06027A IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1941 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1913-1935 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1964 1 90 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1941-1955. ORIGINAL DATA WERE USED AS SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA FOR THE FOLLOWING YEARS: 1913-1914, 1920-1921, AND 1931-1935. EITHER AN ARITHMETIC OR RELATIVE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT WERE APPLIED IN OTHER YEARS. DATA REFER TO ORDERS FROM BOTH OUTSIDE BUILDERS AND FROM OWNED SHOPS. THE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER, 1913 AND DECEMBER, 1918 ARE ESTIMATED. (N.B. WHERE SOME MONTHLY FIGURES ARE OBVIOUSLY MISPRINTED OR ERRONEOUSLY REVISED THE CORRECT ITEM HAS BEEN DETERMINED WITH THE ANNUAL SUM). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0117 06027A OF CAR 3R 941-964 MD=-999999 REF 0117 LOC 1014 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 71-79 0 NEW ORDERS OF FREIGHT CARS -------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06027A AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1941-1963 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1941-SECOND, 1953; FOURTH, 1953-FIRST, 1955 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1941-07/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: STEEL TRADE REVIEW; RAILROAD CAR FACTS, STATISTICS ON CAR BUILDING AND REPAIRING: 1952, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE, SEPTEMBER 1953, FOR DATA THROUGH 1951; 1957 EDITION (OCTOBER, 1958) FOR DATA THROUGH AUGUST, 1957; MONTHLY PRESS RELEASES THEREAFTER. NOTES: SERIES 06027A IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1941 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1913-1935 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1964 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1941-1955. DATA COVER DOMESTIC NEW ORDERS. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '17' DK 17 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 91 - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 17 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 17 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 17 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 17 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 92 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 17 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0118 06027A OF CAR 2S 941-955 MD=-999999 REF 0118 LOC 1023 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 17-25 0 NEW ORDERS OF FREIGHT CARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06027A AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1941-SECOND, 1953; FOURTH, 1953-FIRST, 1955 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 93 - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: STEEL TRADE REVIEW; RAILROAD CAR FACTS, STATISTICS ON CAR BUILDING AND REPAIRING: 1952, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE, SEPTEMBER 1953, FOR DATA THROUGH 1951; 1957 EDITION (OCTOBER, 1958) FOR DATA THROUGH AUGUST, 1957; MONTHLY PRESS RELEASES THEREAFTER. NOTES: SERIES 06027A IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1941 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1913-1935 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1964 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1941-1955. DATA COVER DOMESTIC NEW ORDERS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0119 06027 DER CAR 2R 870-924 MD=-999999 REF 0119 LOC 1032 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 ORDERS FOR FREIGHT CARS PLACED BY AMERICAN RAILROADS FOR DOMESTIC USE -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06027 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF FREIGHT CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1870-1924 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1870-FOURTH, 1924 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: RAILWAY AGE, MONTHLY REPORTS OF CARRIERS AND EQUIPMENT BUILDERS. NOTES: SERIES 06027 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1924 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1924 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1924-1950 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1924-1950. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0120 06027 DER CAR 2S 870-924 MD=-999999 REF 0120 LOC 1041 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 ORDERS FOR FREIGHT CARS PLACED BY AMERICAN RAILROADS FOR DOMESTIC USE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06027 AREA COVERED: U.S. 1 94 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - UNITS: NUMBER OF FREIGHT CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1870-FOURTH, 1917; FIRST, 1920-FOURTH, 1924 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: RAILWAY AGE, MONTHLY REPORTS OF CARRIERS AND EQUIPMENT BUILDERS. NOTES: SERIES 06027 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1924 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1924 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1924-1950 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1924-1950. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0121 06027 DER CAR 2R 924-950 MD=-999999 REF 0121 LOC 1050 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 44-52 0 ORDERS FOR FREIGHT CARS PLACED BY AMERICAN RAILROADS FOR DOMESTIC USE -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06027 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF FREIGHT CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1924-1931, 1933-1950 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1924-SECOND, 1932, FOURTH, 1932-FOURTH, 1950 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: ANNUAL STATISTICAL AND OUTLOOK ISSUES OF RAILWAY AGE. NOTES: SERIES 06027 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1924 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1924 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1924-1950 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1924-1950. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0122 06027 DER CAR 2S 924-950 MD=-999999 REF 0122 LOC 1059 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 53-61 0 ORDERS FOR FREIGHT CARS PLACED BY AMERICAN RAILROADS FOR DOMESTIC USE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 95 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06027 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF FREIGHT CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1924-FOURTH, 1932; FIRST, 1935-FOURTH, 1950 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: ANNUAL STATISTICAL AND OUTLOOK ISSUES OF RAILWAY AGE. NOTES: SERIES 06027 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1924 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1924 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1924-1950 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1924-1950. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0123 06028 TIN TON 2R 870-926 MD=-999999 REF 0123 LOC 1068 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 62-70 0 ORDERS OF RAILROAD PASSENGER CARS --------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06028 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF FREIGHT CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1870-1926 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1870-FOURTH, 1926 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, JOHN E. PARTINGTON, RAILROAD PURCHASING AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE, PP. 219-226. NOTES: SERIES 06028 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1942 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1920-1942 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1934-1964 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1934-1957. THIS SERIES IS COMPILED FROM DATA COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES OBTAINED CHIEFLY FROM NEWS ITEMS APPEARING IN ISSUES OF RAILWAY AND IRON TRADE PERIODICALS. THE SOURCES MADE NO CLAIM OF COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY OF INFORMATION; SEE ALSO THE BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION, MONTHLY REPORTS OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AND THE FILES OF RAILROAD COMPANIES. 1 96 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0124 06028 TIN TON 2S 870-926 MD=-999999 REF 0124 LOC 1077 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 71-79 0 ORDERS OF RAILROAD PASSENGER CARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06028 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF FREIGHT CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1870-FOURTH, 1926 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, JOHN E. PARTINGTON, RAILROAD PURCHASING AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE, PP. 219-226. NOTES: SERIES 06028 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1942 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1920-1942 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1934-1964 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1934-1957. THIS SERIES IS COMPILED FROM DATA COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES OBTAINED CHIEFLY FROM NEWS ITEMS APPEARING IN ISSUES OF RAILWAY AND IRON TRADE PERIODICALS. THE SOURCES MADE NO CLAIM OF COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY OF INFORMATION; SEE ALSO THE BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION, MONTHLY REPORTS OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AND THE FILES OF RAILROAD COMPANIES. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '18' DK 18 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 18 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 97 - 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 18 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 18 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 18 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. 1 98 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 18 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0125 06028 TIN TON 3R 920-942 MD=-999999 REF 0125 LOC 1086 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 17-25 0 ORDERS OF RAILROAD PASSENGER CARS --------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06028 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF FREIGHT CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1922-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1920-SECOND, 1942 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-05/1920, 07/1920, 09/1920-10/1920, 12/1920-01/1921, 03/1921-04/1921, 07/1921-08/1921, 10/1921, 12/1921-09/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: RAILWAY AGE FILES FOR 1920-1924 DATA; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR 1932 AND FOLLOWING; FOR 1925-SEPTEMBER, 1938 DATA; THE ANNALIST FOR OCTOBER, 1938-1939 DATA; RAILWAY AGE FILES FOR 1940-1942 DATA. NOTES: SERIES 06028 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1942 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1920-1942 (5)--ORIGINAL 1 (ICPSR 7644) 99 - (CONTINUED) - DATA, 1934-1964 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1934-1957. THIS SERIES IS COMPILED FROM DATA COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES OBTAINED CHIEFLY FROM NEWS ITEMS APPEARING IN ISSUES OF RAILWAY AND IRON TRADE PERIODICALS. THE SOURCES MADE NO CLAIM OF COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY OF INFORMATION; SEE ALSO THE BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION, MONTHLY REPORTS OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AND THE FILES OF RAILROAD COMPANIES. DATA FROM RAILWAY AGE COVER THE PRINCIPAL TRANSACTIONS. 1942 DATA EXCLUDE GOVERNMENT ORDERS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0126 06028 TIN TON 2S 920-942 MD=-999999 REF 0126 LOC 1095 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 26-34 0 ORDERS OF RAILROAD PASSENGER CARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06028 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF FREIGHT CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1920-SECOND, 1942 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: RAILWAY AGE FILES FOR 1920-1924 DATA; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR 1932 AND FOLLOWING; FOR 1925-SEPTEMBER, 1938 DATA; THE ANNALIST FOR OCTOBER, 1938-1939 DATA; RAILWAY AGE FILES FOR 1940-1942 DATA. NOTES: SERIES 06028 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1942 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1920-1942 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1934-1964 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1934-1957. THIS SERIES IS COMPILED FROM DATA COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES OBTAINED CHIEFLY FROM NEWS ITEMS APPEARING IN ISSUES OF RAILWAY AND IRON TRADE PERIODICALS. THE SOURCES MADE NO CLAIM OF COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY OF INFORMATION; SEE ALSO THE BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION, MONTHLY REPORTS OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AND THE FILES OF RAILROAD COMPANIES. DATA FROM RAILWAY AGE COVER THE PRINCIPAL TRANSACTIONS. 1942 DATA EXCLUDE GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 1 100 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0127 06028 TIN TON 3R 934-964 MD=-999999 REF 0127 LOC 1104 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 35-43 0 NEW ORDERS OF PASSENGER TRAIN CARS ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06028 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1934-1963 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1934 - FIRST, 1957 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1934-07/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE, RAILROAD CAR FACTS: STATISTICS ON CAR BUILDING AND REPAIRING, 1954 AND 1960; DATA FOR 1961-1964 WERE RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1964 FROM ARCI; ALSO SEE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS NOTES: SERIES 06028 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1942 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1920-1946 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1934-1964 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1934-1957. DATA COVER ALL RAILWAY CARS INCLUDING NON-PASSENGER CARRYING AND PULLMAN, ORDERED FROM CARBUILDER SHOPS AND RAILROAD SHOPS (ALL DOMESTIC PURCHASES). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0128 06028 TIN TON 2S 934-957 MD=-999999 REF 0128 LOC 1113 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 44-52 0 NEW ORDERS OF PASSENGER TRAIN CARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06028 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NUMBER OF CARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1934-FIRST,1957; EXCLUDING 1942 AND 1946 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE, RAILROAD CAR FACTS: STATISTICS ON CAR BUILDING AND REPAIRING, 1954 AND 1960; DATA FOR 1961-1964 WERE RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1964 FROM ARCI; ALSO SEE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 1 (ICPSR 7644) 101 - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: SERIES 06028 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1926 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1870-1926 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1942 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1920-1942 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1934-1964 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1934-1957. NOTES: DATA COVER ALL RAILWAY CARS INCLUDING NON-PASSENGER CARRYING AND PULLMAN, ORDERED FROM CARBUILDER SHOPS AND RAILROAD SHOPS (ALL DOMESTIC PURCHASES). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0129 06102 NU RING 3S 939-948 MD=-999999 REF 0129 LOC 1122 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 53-61 0 MANUFACTURING AND TRADE SALES, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06102 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1939-12/1948 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: DATA WERE COMPILED BY SUMMING SERIES 06089 (SALES BY RETAIL STORES) PLUS SERIES 06092 (MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, TOTAL) PLUS SERIES 06094 (WHOLESALE SALES, TOTAL TRADE) NOTES: SERIES 06102 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1948 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1948-1969 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1948-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0130 06102 NU RING 3R 948-969 MD=-999999 REF 0130 LOC 1131 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURING AND TRADE SALES, TOTAL ------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06102 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1948-1968 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 102 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-03/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1948-1958: UNPUBLISHED TABLE FROM THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS ON "MANUFACTURING AND TRADE SALES", TABLE 3A FOR RAW DATA/TABLE 3 FOR SEASONALLY ADJUSTED (FILE NO.--U.S. COMM. DC 30861-P63); DATA FOR 1959-1968: DERIVED FROM U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS MONTHLY RELEASES FOR WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, AS WELL AS NBER SERIES 06094 (WHOLESALE SALES, TOTAL TRADE), SERIES 06089 (SALES BY RETAIL STORES), AND SERIES 06092 (TOTAL MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS) NOTES: SERIES 06102 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1948 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1948-1969 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1948-1969. THE 1948 RAW DATA FOR "MANUFACUTURERS' SHIPMENTS" (SERIES 06092) WERE REVISED IN JANUARY 1965 AND ARE NOT INCLUDED WITH THE 1948 DATA REFERRED TO IN THE SOURCE (SEE SERIES 06092 FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION.) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0131 06102 NU RING 3S 948-969 MD=-999999 REF 0131 LOC 1140 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 71-79 0 MANUFACTURING AND TRADE SALES, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06102 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-03/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1948-1958: UNPUBLISHED TABLE FROM THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS ON "MANUFACTURING AND TRADE SALES", TABLE 3A FOR RAW DATA/TABLE 3 FOR SEASONALLY ADJUSTED (FILE NO.--U.S. COMM. DC 30861-P63); DATA FOR 1959-1968: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS NOTES: SERIES 06102 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1948 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1948-1969 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1948-1969. THE 1948 RAW DATA FOR "MANUFACUTURERS' SHIPMENTS" (SERIES 06092) WERE REVISED IN JANUARY 1965 AND ARE NOT INCLUDED WITH THE 1948 DATA REFERRED TO IN THE SOURCE (SEE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 103 - (CONTINUED) - SERIES 06092 FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION.) DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '19' DK 19 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 19 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 19 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 19 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. 1 104 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 19 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 19 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0132 06006 PER CEN 3R 946-967 MD=-999999 REF 0132 LOC 1149 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 17-25 0 VENDOR PERFORMANCE, PERCENT REPORTING SLOWER DELIVERIES ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06006 1 (ICPSR 7644) 105 - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PERCENTAGE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1946-1966 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1946-02/1967 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: PURCHASING AGENTS ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO, COMBINED STATISTICAL AND ANALYTICAL REPORT OF THE BUSINES SURVEY COMMITTEE (MONTHLY); UNPUBLISHED TABLES FURNISHED TO V. ZARNOWITZ AND G. H. MOORE. DATA REPRESENT THE PERCENTAGE REPORTING SLOWER DELIVERIES PLUS 1/2 OF PERCENTAGE REPORTING "NO CHANGE." ............................................................... 0 VAR 0133 06104 IN VENT 3S 948-969 MD=-999999 REF 0133 LOC 1158 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 SALES AS PER CENT OF INVENTORIES, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06104 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PERCENTAGE ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-03/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY IBM SOURCE: IBM COMPUTED DATA -- DIVIDING SERIES 06102 (TOTAL MANUFACTURING AND TRADE SALES) BY SERIES 05123 (TOTAL MANUFACTURING AND TRADE INVESTMENT); IN 1961 REVISED DATA ARE DERIVED DIRECTLY FROM THE TWO SERIES DATA ARE DERIVED FROM SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPONENTS. SALES DATA REPRESENT THE TOTAL MONTH; INVENTORIES ARE THE END OF THE MONTH. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0134 06092 FAT HIP 3S 929-944 MD=-999999 REF 0134 LOC 1167 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 35-43 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, TOTAL, VALUE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06092 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1935-1939=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE 1 106 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1929-07/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE BOARD, FOR 1929-1939 DATA: THE ECONOMIC RECORD, SUPPLEMENT OF DECEMBER 26, 1940, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, ORDERS, 1929-1940, REVISED ORDERS"; FOR 1940-MAY 1944 DATA: THE ECONOMIC ALMANAC, 1942-1943, 1943-1944, 1944-1945; DATA FOR JUNE-JULY 1944: THE CONFERENCE BOARD BUSINESS RECORD, SEPTEMBER 1944 NOTES: SERIES 06092 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1944 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1942-1963 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1926-1963 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. THE INDEX WAS DISCONTINUED AFTER JULY 1944 AND REPLACED BY SEGMENTS COMPLETED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (SEE THE CONFERENCE BOARD BUSINESS RECORD, OCTOBER 1944, P.261 AND VARIABLES COVERING SUBSEQUENT YEARS.) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0135 06092 FAT HIP 3R 942-963 MD=-999999 REF 0135 LOC 1176 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, TOTAL, VALUE -------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06092 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1942-1962 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1942-09/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1942-1945 AND 1948-1949 ARE FROM UNPUBLISHED TABLES OBTAINED FROM THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS; DATA FOR 1946-1947 AND 1950-1962 ARE FROM SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, OCTOBER 1950, MAY 1955 AND FOLLOWING MONTHLY ISSUES (ALSO SEE 1961 SUPPLEMENT) NOTES: SERIES 06092 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1944 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1942-1963 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1926-1963 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. THE SEGMENT WAS DISCONTINUED AFTER SEPTEMBER 1963 AND WAS REPLACED BY NEW ESTIMATES COMPILED BY THE BUREAU OF THE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 107 - (CONTINUED) - CENSUS AND BASED ON THE ANNUAL SURVEY OF MANUFACTURERS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0136 06092 FAT HIP 3S 926-963 MD=-999999 REF 0136 LOC 1185 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, TOTAL, VALUE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06092 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1926 - FOURTH,1938 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1939-09/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1942-1945 AND 1948-1949 ARE FROM UNPUBLISHED TABLES OBTAINED FROM THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS; DATA FOR 1946-1947 AND 1950-1962 ARE FROM SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, OCTOBER 1950, MAY 1955 AND FOLLOWING MONTHLY ISSUES (ALSO SEE 1961 SUPPLEMENT) NOTES: SERIES 06092 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1944 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1942-1963 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1926-1963 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. THE SEGMENT WAS DISCONTINUED AFTER SEPTEMBER 1963 AND WAS REPLACED BY NEW ESTIMATES COMPILED BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS AND BASED ON THE ANNUAL SURVEY OF MANUFACTURERS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0137 06092 FAT HIP 3R 947-969 MD=-999999 REF 0137 LOC 1194 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 3 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, TOTAL, VALUE -------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06092 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1968 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-03/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE 1 108 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1947-1960: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, 1947-1963, REVISED", BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SERIES M3-1; DATA FOR 1961-JUNE 1968: SAME TITLE AND SERIES BUT FOR 1961-1968; DATA FOR JULY 1968-1969: "CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS", SAME TITLE AND SERIES; ALSO SEE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS NOTES: SERIES 06092 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1944 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1942-1963 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1926-1963 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. THE SERIES WAS RENAMED "MANUFACTURERS' SALES" FROM "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS" WHEN THE SOURCE CHANGED. ORIGINAL ESTIMATES ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDER MONTH VARIATION THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD BEGINNING WITH 1947. UNADJUSTED 1948 FIGURES WERE REVISED, OBTAINED BY TELEPHONE, JANUARY 25, 1965. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0138 06092 FAT HIP 3S 947-969 MD=-999999 REF 0138 LOC 1203 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 3 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, TOTAL, VALUE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06092 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-03/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1947-1948: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SERIES M3-1, SUPPLEMENT 2, NOVEMBER 1964; DATA FOR 1949-1960: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, 1947-1963, REVISED", BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SERIES M3-1; DATA FOR 1961-JUNE 1968: SAME TITLE AND SERIES BUT FOR 1961-1968; DATA FOR JULY 1968-1969: "CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS", SAME TITLE AND SERIES; ALSO SEE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS NOTES: SERIES 06092 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1944 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1942-1963 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1926-1963 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1969 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1969. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 109 - (CONTINUED) - THE SERIES WAS RENAMED "MANUFACTURERS' SALES" FROM "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS" WHEN THE SOURCE CHANGED. ORIGINAL ESTIMATES ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDER MONTH VARIATION THROUGHOUGH THE PERIOD BEGINNING WITH 1947. UNADJUSTED 1948 FIGURES WERE REVISED, OBTAINED BY TELEPHONE, JANUARY 25, 1965. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '20' DK 20 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 20 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 20 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 20 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN 1 110 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 20 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 20 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 111 - 0 VAR 0139 06117 DURA GO 3R 947-965 MD=-999999 REF 0139 LOC 1212 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 17-25 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06117 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1) PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965," (BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS); LATEST ESTIMATES ARE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS MONTHLY ISSUES; LATEST MONTH IS FROM: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATIONS. REVISION FOR 1961-70 DATA ARE IN M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0140 06117 DURA GO 3S 947-965 MD=-999999 REF 0140 LOC 1221 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 26-34 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06117 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1) PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965," (BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE 1 112 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS); LATEST ESTIMATES ARE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS MONTHLY ISSUES; LATEST MONTH IS FROM: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATIONS. REVISION FOR 1961-70 DATA ARE IN M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0141 06118 ALL GOO 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0141 LOC 1230 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 35-43 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, ALL OTHER DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, TOTAL ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06118 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLION DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1) PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963 FOR 1953-JULY, 1963 DATA; THEREAFTER, U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATIONS. REVISION FOR 1961-70 DATA ARE IN M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0142 06118 ALL GOO 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0142 LOC 1239 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 44-52 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, ALL OTHER DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06118 AREA COVERED: U.S. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 113 - (CONTINUED) - UNITS: MILLION DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS: 1947-1963," REVISED (SERIES M3-1) PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1963 FOR 1953-JULY, 1963 DATA; THEREAFTER, U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS," SERIES M3-1, MONTHLY. NOTES: DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATIONS. REVISION FOR 1961-70 DATA ARE IN M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0143 06119 SHIP GO 3R 947-965 MD=-999999 REF 0143 LOC 1248 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 53-61 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, NONDURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06119 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1947-1960: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; DATA FOR 1961-1965: "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965 BIENNIAL EDITION" NOTES: DATA WERE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR MONTH VARIATIONS. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. 1 114 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0144 06119 SHIP GO 3S 947-965 MD=-999999 REF 0144 LOC 1257 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, NONDURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06119 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1947-1960: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1963; DATA FOR 1961-1965: "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965 BIENNIAL EDITION" NOTES: DATA WERE ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR MONTH VARIATIONS. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0145 06110 NET RAT 3R 947-969 MD=-999999 REF 0145 LOC 1266 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 71-79 0 NET SALES, ALL MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS ----------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06110 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1968 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1947-THIRD,1969 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTS, U.S. MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS. NOTES: THESE FIGURES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR SAMPLE CHANGES BY T. HULTGREN. NEWSPAPERS ARE INCLUDED BEGINNING IN 1969. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '21' DK 21 COL 1- 2 1 (ICPSR 7644) 115 - ---------------------------- 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 21 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 21 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 21 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. 1 116 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 21 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 21 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0146 06110 NET RAT 3S 947-969 MD=-999999 REF 0146 LOC 1275 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 17-25 0 NET SALES, ALL MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 117 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06110 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1947-THIRD,1969 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTS, U.S. MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS. NOTES: THESE FIGURES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR SAMPLE CHANGES BY T. HULTGREN. NEWSPAPERS ARE INCLUDED BEGINNING IN 1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0147 06103 FAT PRO 3S 948-954 MD=-999999 REF 0147 LOC 1284 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 26-34 0 MANUFACTURERS' SALES OF PRODUCERS' DURABLE EQUIPMENT, VALUE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06103 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-12/1954 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS AND OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS, PHOTOSTAT OF A TABLE COMPILED BY V. ZARNOWITZ FROM UNPUBLISHED DATA NOTES: SERIES 06103 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1948-1954 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1953-1968 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1953-1968. THE COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN THESE ESTIMATES ARE: ELECTRICAL GENERATING APPARATUS, OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, METAL WORKING MACHINERY, GENERAL MACHINERY, ENGINES AND TURBINES, CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY, OFFICE AND STORE MACHINERY, OTHER NON-ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, AND NON-AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT. 1 118 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0148 06103 FAT PRO 3R 953-968 MD=-999999 REF 0148 LOC 1293 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 35-43 0 MANUFACTURERS' SALES OF PRODUCERS' DURABLE EQUIPMENT, VALUE ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06103 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1967 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-08/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, FOR 1953-1960 DATA: CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, 1953-1963 ", SERIES M3-1, SUPPLEMENT 2, TABLE 3; FOR 1961-JUNE 1968 DATA: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, 1961-1968", SERIES M3-1.1; THEREAFTER, DATA FURNISHED BY "CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS" SERIES M3-1.1 NOTES: SERIES 06103 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1948-1954 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1953-1968 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1953-1968. IN THE SOURCE, THIS SEGMENT IS CALLED THE "VALUE OF SHIPMENTS FOR MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES." ............................................................... 0 VAR 0149 06103 FAT PRO 3S 953-968 MD=-999999 REF 0149 LOC 1302 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 44-52 0 MANUFACTURERS' SALES OF PRODUCERS' DURABLE EQUIPMENT, VALUE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06103 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-08/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, FOR 1953-1960 DATA: CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, 1 (ICPSR 7644) 119 - (CONTINUED) - 1953-1963 ", SERIES M3-1, SUPPLEMENT 2, TABLE 3; FOR 1961-JUNE 1968 DATA: "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, 1961-1968", SERIES M3-1.1; NOTES: SERIES 06103 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1948-1954 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1953-1968 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1953-1968. IN THE SOURCE, THIS SEGMENT IS CALLED THE "VALUE OF SHIPMENTS FOR MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES." ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDER MONTH VARIATION PRIOR TO SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0150 06105 PRO CON 3S 948-968 MD=-999999 REF 0150 LOC 1311 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 MANUFACTURERS' SALES OF PRODUCERS' DURABLE EQUIPMENT PLUS CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE, VALUE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06105 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT ANNUAL RATES ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1948-FOURTH,1952; FIRST-FOURTH,1967 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-08/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1948-1952 ARE A COMPILATION OF SERIES 06103 (MANUFACTURERS' SALES OF PRODUCERS' DURABLE EQUIPMENT, VALUE) AND "VALUE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE, 1946-1953 REVISED", CENSUS SUPPLEMENT C30-61; DATA FOR 1953-JUNE 1968 ARE FROM BUSINESS CYCLE DEVELOPMENTS, SEPTEMBER 1968 (NO. 505); DATA FOR JULY-AUGUST 1968 ARE A COMPILATION OF SERIES 06103 AND "BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE", AS REVISED IN "CONSTRUCTION REPORTS", C30-68-6 AND LATER ISSUES NOTES: "BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE" COVERS ONLY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. 1 120 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0151 06120 SHIP TO 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0151 LOC 1320 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, PRIMARY METALS, TOTAL ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06120 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0152 06120 SHIP TO 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0152 LOC 1329 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 71-79 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, PRIMARY METALS, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06120 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND 1 (ICPSR 7644) 121 - (CONTINUED) - CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '22' DK 22 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 22 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 22 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 22 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. 1 122 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 22 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 22 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0153 06121 ACE TEE 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0153 LOC 1338 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 17-25 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, BLAST FURNACES, STEEL MILLS ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06121 1 (ICPSR 7644) 123 - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0154 06121 ACE TEE 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0154 LOC 1347 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 26-34 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, BLAST FURNACES, STEEL MILLS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06121 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. 1 124 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0155 06122 FAB PRO 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0155 LOC 1356 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 35-43 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06122 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0156 06122 FAB PRO 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0156 LOC 1365 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 44-52 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06122 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND 1 (ICPSR 7644) 125 - (CONTINUED) - CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0157 06123 FAT MEN 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0157 LOC 1374 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 53-61 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, MACHINERY EXCEPT ELECTRICAL, TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06123 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0158 06123 FAT MEN 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0158 LOC 1383 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 62-70 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, MACHINERY EXCEPT ELECTRICAL, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06123 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", 1 126 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0159 06124 ACT HIP 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0159 LOC 1392 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 71-79 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, TOTAL ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06124 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '23' DK 23 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 23 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 127 - 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 23 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 23 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 23 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. 1 128 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 23 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0160 06124 ACT HIP 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0160 LOC 1401 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 17-25 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06124 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 129 - 0 VAR 0161 06042 OLD RAT 3R 930-939 MD=-999999 REF 0161 LOC 1410 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 MANUFACTURERS' SALES OF ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATORS -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06042 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF REFRIGERATORS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1931-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1930-07/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATOR NEWS, MAY 17, 1929, P.11 AND FEBRUARY 21, 1940, P.8. NOTES: ESTIMATES ARE OF WORLD SALES OF ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATORS (COMPLETE UNITS WITH OR WITHOUT CABINETS) MANUFACTURED IN THE U.S. DATA SHEETS HAVE BEEN RECONSTRUCTED BY MULTIPLYING RATIOS BY 12 MONTH MOVING AVERAGES. ANNUAL AVERAGES HAVE BEEN CHECKED WITH JULY MOVING AVERAGES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0162 06037 IRON MA 3R 933-939 MD=-999999 REF 0162 LOC 1419 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 SALES OF IRONING MACHINES ------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06037 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF MACHINES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1933-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1933-11/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, OCTOBER 1939, P. 17; JANUARY 1940, P. 51 NOTES: DATA COVER MANUFACTURERS' SALES OF ELECTRIC AND GAS HEATED IRONERS TO WHOLESALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DEALERS. REPORTS TO THE AMERICAN WASHER AND IRONER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION COVER 98% OF THE INDUSTRY AND HAVE BEEN RAISED TO COMPLETE COVERAGE. 1 130 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0163 06037 IRON MA 3S 933-939 MD=-999999 REF 0163 LOC 1428 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 SALES OF IRONING MACHINES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06037 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF MACHINES ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1933-11/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, OCTOBER 1939, P. 17; JANUARY 1940, P. 51 NOTES: DATA COVER MANUFACTURERS' SALES OF ELECTRIC AND GAS HEATED IRONERS TO WHOLESALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DEALERS. REPORTS TO THE AMERICAN WASHER AND IRONER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION COVER 98% OF THE INDUSTRY AND HAVE BEEN RAISED TO COMPLETE COVERAGE. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0164 06125 HIP MEN 3R 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0164 LOC 1437 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 53-61 0 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, TOTAL --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06125 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1953-1965 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 131 - 0 VAR 0165 06125 HIP MEN 3S 953-965 MD=-999999 REF 0165 LOC 1446 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 62-70 0 MANFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06125 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-12/1965 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, "MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS: 1947-1963", REVISED, SERIES M3-1, OCTOBER 1963; "BUSINESS STATISTICS, 1965", BIENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; LAST MONTH IS FROM CURRENT STATISTICAL REPORTS, SERIES M3-1 (SAME TITLE AS ABOVE), MONTHLY NOTES: DATA HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR TRADING-DAY AND CALENDAR-MONTH VARIATION. REVISIONS FOR 1961-1970 MAY BE FOUND IN CENSUS BUREAU SERIES M3-1.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0166 06094 WHO SAY 3S 939-948 MD=-999999 REF 0166 LOC 1455 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 71-79 0 WHOLESALE SALES, TOTAL TRADE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06094 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1939-12/1948 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS, UNPUBLISHED TABLE (NO. 17311) FOR 1939-1945 DATA; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, DECEMBER, 1953 AND SUBSEQUENT MONTHLY ISSUES FOR 1946-1948 DATA. NOTES: SERIES 06094 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1948 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1948-1969 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1 132 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - 1948-1968. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '24' DK 24 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 24 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 24 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 24 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 133 - 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 24 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 24 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0167 06094 WHO SAY 3R 948-969 MD=-999999 REF 0167 LOC 1464 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 17-25 0 WHOLESALE SALES, MERCHANT WHOLESALERS, TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 134 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06094 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1948-1968 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-08/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1948-1963: UNPUBLISHED TABLES ON "MANUFACTURING AND TRADE SALES", TABLE 3A FOR RAW DATA, TABLE 3 FOR SEASONALLY ADJUSTED; DATA FOR 1964-1969: MONTHLY WHOLESALE TRADE REPORT: SALES AND INVENTORIES NOTES: SERIES 06094 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1948 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1948-1969 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1948-1969. THESE ESTIMATES COVER MERCHANT WHOLESALERS ONLY. THEY EXCLUDE MANUFACTURERS' SALES OFFICES AND BRANCHES, AGENTS AND BROKERS, PETROLEUM BULK STATIONS AND TERMINALS, AND ASSEMBLERS OF FARM PRODUCTS. (SEE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, DECEMBER 1963 AND MAY 1964 ISSUES). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0168 06094 WHO SAY 3S 948-969 MD=-999999 REF 0168 LOC 1473 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 26-34 0 WHOLESALE SALES, MERCHANT WHOLESALERS, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06094 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-08/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1948-1963: UNPUBLISHED TABLES ON "MANUFACTURING AND TRADE SALES", TABLE 3A FOR RAW DATA, TABLE 3 FOR SEASONALLY ADJUSTED; DATA FOR 1964-1969: MONTHLY WHOLESALE TRADE REPORT: SALES AND INVENTORIES NOTES: SERIES 06094 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1939-1948 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1948-1969 (3)--SEASONALLY A1JUSTED DATA, 1948-1969. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 135 - (CONTINUED) - THESE ESTIMATES COVER MERCHANT WHOLESALERS ONLY. THEY EXCLUDE MANUFACTURERS' SALES OFFICES AND BRANCHES, AGENTS AND BROKERS, PETROLEUM BULK STATIONS AND TERMINALS, AND ASSEMBLERS OF FARM PRODUCTS. (SEE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, DECEMBER 1963 AND MAY 1964 ISSUES). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0169 06012 NIN LIN 3R 919-928 MD=-999999 REF 0169 LOC 1482 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 35-43 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, NINE LINES ------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06012 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1928 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1928 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD BULLETINS OF DECEMBER, 1927, PP. 826-827, JUNE, 1929, P.377 AND SUCCESSIVE BULLETINS. NOTES: SERIES 06012 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1928 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1928 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1929. THE NINE LINES ARE: (1)--DRUGS (2)--FURNITURE (3)--MEN'S CLOTHING (4)--WOMEN'S CLOTHING (5)--GROCERIES (6)--DRY GOODS (7)--HARDWARE (8)--BOOTS AND SHOES (9)--MEATS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0170 06012 NIN LIN 3S 919-928 MD=-999999 REF 0170 LOC 1491 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 44-52 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, NINE LINES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06012 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1928 1 136 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD BULLETINS OF DECEMBER, 1927, PP. 826-827, JUNE, 1929, P.377 AND SUCCESSIVE BULLETINS. NOTES: SERIES 06012 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1928 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1928 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1929. THE NINE LINES ARE: (1)--DRUGS (2)--FURNITURE (3)--MEN'S CLOTHING (4)--WOMEN'S CLOTHING (5)--GROCERIES (6)--DRY GOODS (7)--HARDWARE (8)--BOOTS AND SHOES (9)--MEATS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0171 06012 NIN LIN 3S 923-929 MD=-999999 REF 0171 LOC 1500 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 53-61 0 WHOLESALE TOTAL SALES, NINE LINES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06012 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1928 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD BULLETIN JUNE, 1929, P.377 AND SUCCESSIVE BULLETINS. NOTES: SERIES 06012 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1928 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1928 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1923. THE EIGHT LINES ARE: (1)--DRUGS (2)--FURNITURE (3)--MEN'S CLOTHING (4)--GROCERIES (5)--DRY GOODS (6)--HARDWARE (7)--BOOTS AND SHOES (8)--MEATS. WOMEN'S CLOTHING IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS VARIABLE. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0172 06013 WHO GRO 3R 919-929 MD=-999999 REF 0172 LOC 1509 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 62-70 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE, GROCERIES SALES ----------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 137 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06013 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1929 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1929 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND SUCCESSIVE ISSUES ............................................................... 0 VAR 0173 06013 WHO GRO 3S 919-930 MD=-999999 REF 0173 LOC 1518 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 71-79 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE, GROCERIES SALES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06013 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1930 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND SUCCESSIVE ISSUES; 1930 DATA WERE DERIVED BY NBER NOTES: CONCERNING DATA FOR 1930: A MIMEOGRAPHED SHEET ISSUED MONTHLY BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD GAVE THE PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE IN WHOLESALE TRADE IN GROCERIES FROM DECEMBER 1929 TO DECEMBER 1930. THESE PERCENTAGE CHANGES WERE USED TO UPDATE THE INDEX. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '25' DK 25 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 25 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ 1 138 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 25 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 25 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 25 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 139 - (CONTINUED) - YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 25 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0174 06046 DE ALES 3R 923-938 MD=-999999 REF 0174 LOC 1527 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, GROCERIES ----------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06046 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF CHICAGO UNITS: JANUARY 1923=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1923-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PERCENTAGE CHANGES SENT BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO (1923-1937 DATA) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938) NOTES: INDEXES WERE COMPUTED FROM FIGURES SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MONTHS FOR CHANGING 1 140 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - GROUPS OF IDENTICAL FIRMS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0175 06046 DE ALES 3S 923-938 MD=-999999 REF 0175 LOC 1536 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, GROCERIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06046 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF CHICAGO UNITS: JANUARY 1923=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PERCENTAGE CHANGES SENT BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO (1923-1937 DATA) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938) NOTES: INDEXES WERE COMPUTED FROM FIGURES SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MONTHS FOR CHANGING GROUPS OF IDENTICAL FIRMS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0176 06052 WHO ALE 3R 920-943 MD=-999999 REF 0176 LOC 1545 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES OF GROCERIES ------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06052 AREA COVERED: U.S.-- DALLAS FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT UNITS: 1920=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-11/1942; 01-11/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPILED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS (1920-1937 DATA) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938-1943); SEE MONTHLY BUSINESS REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS, 1940-1943 NOTES: INDEXES WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PERCENTAGE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 141 - (CONTINUED) - CHANGES BETWEEN CORRESPONDING MONTHS OF SUCCESSIVE YEARS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0177 06052 WHO ALE 3S 920-939 MD=-999999 REF 0177 LOC 1554 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, GROCERIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06052 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1920=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-12/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPILED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS (1920-1937 DATA) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938); SEE MONTHLY BUSINESS REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS, 1940-1943 NOTES: INDEXES WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN CORRESPONDING MONTHS OF SUCCESSIVE YEARS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0178 06054 TWE FOU 3R 926-937 MD=-999999 REF 0178 LOC 1563 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 53-61 0 SALES OF TWENTY-FOUR WHOLESALE GROCERY FIRMS -------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06054 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA UNITS: THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1926-1937 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1926-12/1937 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNESOTA, LETTER OF FEBRUARY 23, 1939 1 142 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0179 06054 TWE FOU 3S 926-937 MD=-999999 REF 0179 LOC 1572 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 62-70 0 SALES OF TWENTY-FOUR WHOLESALE GROCERY FIRMS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06054 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA UNITS: THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1926-12/1937 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNESOTA, LETTER OF FEBRUARY 23, 1939 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0180 06053 IN GROC 3R 923-940 MD=-999999 REF 0180 LOC 1581 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES OF GROCERIES ------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06053 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF RICHMOND, VA. UNITS: 1923=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1923-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-01/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND (FOR 1923-1937) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938-1940); DATA FOR 1938-1940 ARE PUBLISHED IN MONTHLY REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NOTES: INDEXES WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN CORRESPONDING MONTHS OF SUCCESSIVE YEARS. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '26' DK 26 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 143 - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 26 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 26 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 26 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 26 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 144 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 26 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0181 06053 IN GROC 3S 923-940 MD=-999999 REF 0181 LOC 1590 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES OF GROCERIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06053 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF RICHMOND, VA. UNITS: 1923=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 145 - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-01/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND (FOR 1923-1937) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938-1940); DATA FOR 1938-1940 ARE PUBLISHED IN MONTHLY REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NOTES: INDEXES WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN CORRESPONDING MONTHS OF SUCCESSIVE YEARS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0182 06014 IN MEAT 3S 921-929 MD=-999999 REF 0182 LOC 1599 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 26-34 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, MEATS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06014 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1921-12/1929 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES ............................................................... 0 VAR 0183 06016 ME THIN 3R 919-929 MD=-999999 REF 0183 LOC 1608 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 35-43 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE, MEN'S CLOTHING SALES ---------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06016 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1929 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1929 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES 1 146 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0184 06016 ME THIN 3S 919-929 MD=-999999 REF 0184 LOC 1617 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 44-52 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE, MEN'S CLOTHING SALES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06016 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1929 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES ............................................................... 0 VAR 0185 06015 WHO GOD 3S 919-930 MD=-999999 REF 0185 LOC 1626 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 53-61 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, DRY GOODS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06015 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1930 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: CONCERNING 1930 DATA: THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD ISSUED A MIMEOGRAPHED SHEET WHICH GAVE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN WHOLESALE TRADE IN DRY GOODS (THE MONTH OF ONE YEAR OVER THE MONTH OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR). THESE PERCENTAGES WERE USED TO CARRY THE INDEX FROM DECEMBER 1929 TO DECEMBER 1930. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 147 - 0 VAR 0186 06049 DRY GOD 3R 923-935 MD=-999999 REF 0186 LOC 1635 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, DRY GOODS ----------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06049 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF CHICAGO UNITS: JANUARY 1923=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1923-1934 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-03/1935 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SENT BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OF CHICAGO NOTES: THE INDEX WAS DERIVED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MONTHS FOR CHANGING GROUPS OF IDENTICAL FIRMS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0187 06049 DRY GOD 3S 923-935 MD=-999999 REF 0187 LOC 1644 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, DRY GOODS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06049 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDEAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF CHICAGO UNITS: JANUARY 1923=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-03/1935 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SENT BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OF CHICAGO NOTES: THE INDEX WAS DERIVED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MONTHS FOR CHANGING GROUPS OF IDENTICAL FIRMS. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '27' DK 27 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 148 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 27 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 27 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 27 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 27 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 149 - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 27 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0188 06019 WHO DIS 3R 921-929 MD=-999999 REF 0188 LOC 1653 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 17-25 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION, FURNITURE SALES ------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06019 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1921-1929 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1921-12/1929 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE 1 150 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES ............................................................... 0 VAR 0189 06019 WHO DIS 3S 921-929 MD=-999999 REF 0189 LOC 1662 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 26-34 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION, FURNITURE SALES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06019 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1921-12/1929 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES ............................................................... 0 VAR 0190 06018 IN DRUG 3R 919-930 MD=-999999 REF 0190 LOC 1671 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 35-43 0 WHOLESALE TRADE INDEX, DRUGS ---------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06018 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1930 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-12/1930 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: RAW DATA FOR 1930 WERE COMPUTED BY MULTIPLYING ADJUSTED FIGURES BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SEASONAL INDEX. THE DERIVED RAW DATA WERE THEN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY THE NBER INDEX. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 151 - 0 VAR 0191 06018 IN DRUG 3S 919-930 MD=-999999 REF 0191 LOC 1680 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 44-52 0 WHOLESALE TRADE INDEX, DRUGS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06018 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-12/1930 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: RAW DATA FOR 1930 WERE COMPUTED BY MULTIPLYING ADJUSTED FIGURES BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SEASONAL INDEX. THE DERIVED RAW DATA WERE THEN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY THE NBER INDEX. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0192 06047 HO SALE 3R 923-938 MD=-999999 REF 0192 LOC 1689 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, DRUGS ------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06047 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF CHICAGO UNITS: JANUARY 1923=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1923-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO (1923-1937 DATA) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938) NOTES: THE INDEX WAS COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MONTHS FOR CHANGING GROUPS OF IDENTICAL FIRMS. 1 152 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0193 06047 HO SALE 3S 923-938 MD=-999999 REF 0193 LOC 1698 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, DRUGS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06047 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF CHICAGO UNITS: JANUARY 1923=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO (1923-1937 DATA) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938) NOTES: THE INDEX WAS COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MONTHS FOR CHANGING GROUPS OF IDENTICAL FIRMS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0194 06062 WHO SHO 3R 919-942 MD=-999999 REF 0194 LOC 1707 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE SALES OF SHOES, REVISED ------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06062 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1942 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: RUTH P. MACK, CONSUMPTION AND BUSINESS FLUCTUATIONS (NBER), SERIES 34, P. 269 DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '28' DK 28 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 153 - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 28 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 28 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 28 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 28 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 154 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 28 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0195 06062 WHO SHO 3S 919-942 MD=-999999 REF 0195 LOC 1716 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE SALES OF SHOES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06062 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER 1 (ICPSR 7644) 155 - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: RUTH P. MACK, CONSUMPTION AND BUSINESS FLUCTUATIONS (NBER), SERIES 34, P. 269 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0196 06059 JOEL G 3S 919-942 MD=-999999 REF 0196 LOC 1725 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE SALES OF SHOES, REVISED, DEFLATED, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06059 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=40.1 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: RUTH P. MACK, CONSUMPTION AND BUSINESS FLUCTUATIONS (NBER), SERIES 35, P. 269 NOTES: DATA WERE DEFLATED BY THE AVERAGE PRICE OF SHOES (SERIES 06062). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0197 06017 WHO BOO 3R 919-929 MD=-999999 REF 0197 LOC 1734 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 35-43 0 WHOLESALE TRADE INDEX, BOOTS AND SHOES -------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06017 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1929 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1929 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, P. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES 1 156 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0198 06017 WHO BOO 3S 919-929 MD=-999999 REF 0198 LOC 1743 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 44-52 0 WHOLESALE TRADE INDEX, BOOTS AND SHOES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06017 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1929 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, P. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES ............................................................... 0 VAR 0199 06048 IN HOLE 3R 923-933 MD=-999999 REF 0199 LOC 1752 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, SHOES ------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06048 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF CHICAGO UNITS: JANUARY 1923=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1923-1932 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-08/1933 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO NOTES: INDEX WAS COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MONTHS FOR IDENTICAL FIRMS. THE FIGURES WERE COMPILED BY THE FRB OF CHICAGO FROM REPORTS TO THE BANK EACH MONTH OF 5-13 FIRMS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0200 06020 WHO WAR 3R 919-930 MD=-999999 REF 0200 LOC 1761 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 62-70 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE, HARDWARE SALES ---------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 157 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06020 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1930 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1930 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: ORIGINAL DATA FOR 1930 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PERCENTAGE CHANGES FROM THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1929 WHICH WERE SUPPLIED IN A MIMEOGRAPH SHEET BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0201 06020 WHO WAR 3S 919-930 MD=-999999 REF 0201 LOC 1770 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 71-79 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE, HARDWARE SALES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06020 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1930 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1927, PP. 826-827, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: ORIGINAL DATA FOR 1930 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PERCENTAGE CHANGES FROM THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1929 WHICH WERE SUPPLIED IN A MIMEOGRAPH SHEET BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '29' DK 29 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 29 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ 1 158 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 29 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 29 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 29 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 159 - (CONTINUED) - LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 29 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0202 06051 IN HARD 3R 923-938 MD=-999999 REF 0202 LOC 1779 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, HARDWARE ---------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06051 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF CHICAGO UNITS: JANUARY 1923=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1923-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO (1923-1937 DATA) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938) NOTES: INDEXES WERE DERIVED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SHOWING 1 160 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MONTHS FOR CHANGING GROUPS OF IDENTICAL FIRMS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0203 06051 IN HARD 3S 923-938 MD=-999999 REF 0203 LOC 1788 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, HARDWARE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06051 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF CHICAGO UNITS: JANUARY 1923=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO (1923-1937 DATA) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938) NOTES: INDEXES WERE DERIVED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SHOWING PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MONTHS FOR CHANGING GROUPS OF IDENTICAL FIRMS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 06050 SALE AD 3R 928-938 MD=-999999 REF 0204 LOC 1797 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06050 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF CHICAGO UNITS: FEBRUARY 1928=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1928-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1928-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO (1928-1937 DATA) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938) NOTES: THE INDEX WAS DERIVED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SHOWING PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MONTHS FOR CHANGING 1 (ICPSR 7644) 161 - (CONTINUED) - GROUPS OF IDENTICAL FIRMS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0205 06050 SALE AD 3S 928-938 MD=-999999 REF 0205 LOC 1806 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE TRADE SALES, ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06050 AREA COVERED: U.S.--FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT OF CHICAGO UNITS: FEBRUARY 1928=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1928-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO (1928-1937 DATA) AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (1938) NOTES: THE INDEX WAS DERIVED BY NBER FROM FIGURES SHOWING PERCENTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MONTHS FOR CHANGING GROUPS OF IDENTICAL FIRMS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 06073 CON OUT 1R 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0206 LOC 1815 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 53-61 0 CONSUMER OUTLAY, TOTAL, IN CURRENT PRICES ----------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06073 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SIMON KUZNETS, NATIONAL PRODUCT SINCE 1869 (NBER), 1946, TABLE I-5, P. 35 AND PP. 3-13 FOR CONTENTS OF DATA. 1 162 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0207 06074 LAY TAN 1R 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0207 LOC 1824 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 CONSUMER OUTLAY, TOTAL, IN CONSTANT 1929 PRICES ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06074 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SIMON KUZNETS, NATIONAL PRODUCT SINCE 1869 (NBER), 1946, TABLE I-5, P. 35 . ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 06085 SON CON 2R 939-968 MD=-999999 REF 0208 LOC 1833 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, TOTAL ---------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06085 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT ANNUAL RATES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1939-1967 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1967 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1939-1945: "NATIONAL INCOME", 1954 EDITION, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; DATA FOR 1946-1967: "U.S. INCOME AND OUTPUT", A SUPPLEMENT TO SCB, NOVEMBER 1958; AND SCB, ISSUES OF JULY 1959, FEBRUARY 1960, JULY 1961 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES. NOTES: UNADJUSTED FIGURES WERE MULTIPLIED BY FOUR TO DERIVE TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '30' DK 30 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 163 - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 30 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 30 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 30 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 30 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 164 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 30 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0209 06085 SON CON 2S 921-968 MD=-999999 REF 0209 LOC 1842 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06085 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT ANNUAL RATES ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1921 - SECOND, 1968 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 165 - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCES SOURCE: DATA FOR 1921-1938: HAROLD BARGER, "OUTLAYS AND INCOME IN THE UNITED STATES, 1921-1938"; ALSO SEE BARGER AND LAWRENCE R. KLEIN, "A QUARTERLY MODEL FOR THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY" IN JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION, NO. 49, PP. 413-437; DATA FOR 1939-1945: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "NATIONAL INCOME", 1954 EDITION, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; DATA FOR 1946-1967: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JULY ISSUES OF 1958-1964 AND QUARTERLY ISSUES THEREAFTER. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0210 06001 TAIL IN 3R 914-919 MD=-999999 REF 0210 LOC 1851 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL TRADE INDEX ------------------ NBER SERIES: 06001 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1919-100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1915-1919 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1914-12/1919 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, JANUARY 1929, PP. 182-184 NOTES: SERIES 06001 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1919 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1914-1919 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1927 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1927. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0211 06001 TAIL IN 3S 914-919 MD=-999999 REF 0211 LOC 1860 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL TRADE INDEX, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06001 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1919=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1914-12/1919 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER 1 166 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, JANUARY 1929, PP. 182-184 NOTES: SERIES 06001 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1919 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1914-1919 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1927 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1927. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0212 06001 TAIL IN 3R 919-927 MD=-999999 REF 0212 LOC 1869 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL TRADE INDEX ------------------ NBER SERIES: 06001 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1919=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1927 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1927 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, JANUARY 1929, PP. 182-184 NOTES: SERIES 06001 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1919 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1914-1919 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1927 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1927. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0213 06001 TAIL IN 3S 919-927 MD=-999999 REF 0213 LOC 1878 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL TRADE INDEX, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06001 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1919-100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1927 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, JANUARY 1929, PP. 182-184 NOTES: SERIES 06001 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1919 (2)--SEASONALLY 1 (ICPSR 7644) 167 - (CONTINUED) - ADJUSTED DATA, 1914-1919 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1927 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1927. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0214 06089 BY TAIL 3R 935-946 MD=-999999 REF 0214 LOC 1887 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 62-70 0 SALES BY RETAIL STORES ---------------------- NBER SERIES: 06089 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1935-1946 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1935-12/1946 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, RELEASE FROM OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS, JANUARY 1952; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, SEPTEMBER 1952 NOTES: SERIES 06089 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1946 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1946 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1946-1974 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1946-1967. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0215 06089 BY TAIL 3S 935-946 MD=-999999 REF 0215 LOC 1896 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 71-79 0 SALES BY RETAIL STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06089 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1935-12/1946 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY OBE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, RELEASE FROM OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS, JANUARY 1952; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, SEPTEMBER 1952 NOTES: SERIES 06089 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1946 (2)--SEASONALLY 1 168 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1946 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1946-1974 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1946-1967. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '31' DK 31 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 31 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 31 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 31 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 169 - 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 31 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 31 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0216 06089 BY TAIL 3R 946-974 MD=-999999 REF 0216 LOC 1905 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 17-25 0 SALES BY RETAIL STORES ---------------------- NBER SERIES: 06089 1 170 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1946-1973 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1946-09/1974 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1946-1950: UNPUBLISHED TABLE ON "SALES OF RETAIL STORES BY KINDS OF BUSINESS, 1946-1950 NEW SERIES" (COMM.-DC 7838); DATA FOR 1951-1952: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JUNE 1957, P. 28, REVISED SERIES--"SALES OF RETAIL STORES"; REVISED DATA FOR 1953-1958: MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE REPORT, SUPPLEMENT 1, SEPTEMBER 17, 1963, NO. BR-63-7; REVISED DATA FOR 1959-1960: SCB, APRIL 1966; DATA FOR 1961-1967: SCB, NOVEMBER 1968; DATA FOR 1968-1974: MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE, JANUARY 1969 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES. SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, RELEASE FROM OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS, JANUARY 1952; SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, SEPTEMBER 1952 NOTES: SERIES 06089 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1946 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1946 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1946-1974 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1946-1967. CONTRARY TO EARLIER DATA IN THE VARIABLES COVERING THE YEARS 1935-1946 WHICH WERE LINKED TO CENSUSES OF RETAIL TRADE, THESE ESTIMATES ARE DERIVED FROM BLOWN UP SAMPLE DATA (SEE SCB, SEPTEMBER 1952, P. 16 FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD OF ESTIMATING). FROM 1961 ON, ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON A NEW SAMPLE (SEE SCB, NOVEMBER 1968, P. 21). THE SAMPLE CHANGES AGAIN IN 1970 (SEE SOURCE). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0217 06089 BY TAIL 3S 946-967 MD=-999999 REF 0217 LOC 1914 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 26-34 0 SALES OF RETAIL STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06089 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1946-12/1967 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS 1 (ICPSR 7644) 171 - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1946-1950: UNPUBLISHED TABLE ON "SALES OF RETAIL STORES BY KINDS OF BUSINESS, 1946-1950 NEW SERIES" (COMM.-DC 7838); DATA FOR 1951-1952: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JUNE 1957, P. 28, REVISED SERIES--"SALES OF RETAIL STORES"; REVISED DATA FOR 1953-1958: MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE REPORT, SUPPLEMENT 1, SEPTEMBER 17, 1963, NO. BR-63-7; REVISED DATA FOR 1959-1960: SCB, APRIL 1966; DATA FOR 1961-1964: SCB, MAY 1969; DATA FOR 1965-1967: UNPUBLISHED MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE REPORT SUPPLEMENT, MARCH 25, 1969. NOTES: SERIES 06089 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1946 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1946 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1946-1974 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1946-1967. CONTRARY TO EARLIER DATA IN THE VARIABLES COVERING THE YEARS 1935-1946 WHICH WERE LINKED TO CONSENSUS OF RETAIL TRADE, THESE ESTIMATES ARE DERIVED FROM BLOWN UP SAMPLE DATA (SEE SCB, SEPTEMBER 1952, P. 16 FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD OF ESTIMATING). A NEW SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT WAS INTRODUCED WITH MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE REPORT OF OCTOBER 1965 AND SCB OF FEBRUARY 1966. A SAMPLE CHANGE, INTRODUCED INTO THE RETAIL TRADE ESTIMATES IN THE OCTOBER 1965 REPORT (STARTING SEPTEMBER 1965) EFFECTS ONLY THE COMPONENT SERIES. FROM 1961 ON, ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON A NEW SAMPLE (SEE SCB, NOVEMBER 1968, P. 21). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0218 06095 FOO STO 3S 935-946 MD=-999999 REF 0218 LOC 1923 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 35-43 0 SALES BY RETAIL STORES EXCLUDING FOOD STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06095 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1935-12/1946 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY OBE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, UNPUBLISHED OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS TABLE, JANUARY 1952 NOTES: SERIES 06095 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO SEASONALLY ADJUSTED VARIABLES--(1)--1935-1946 (2)--1946-1969. 1 172 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - BOTH VARIABLES MAY BE FOUND IN BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOLUME II BY G.H. MOORE, P. 143, NUMBERED AS SERIES 20.2. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0219 06095 FOO STO 3S 946-969 MD=-999999 REF 0219 LOC 1932 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 44-52 0 SALES BY RETAIL STORES, EXCLUDING FOOD STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06095 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1946-03/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY OBE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1946-1950: UNPUBLISHED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED TABLE ON "SALES OF RETAIL STORES BY KINDS OF BUSINESS, 1946-1950, NEW SERIES" (COMM.-DC 7838 AND 14336); REVISED SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT FOR 1953-1963: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT RETAIL TRADE REPORTS, MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE-ADJUSTED SALES SUPPLEMENT, SUPPLEMENT 1, SERIES BR-63-7, RELEASED SEPTEMBER 17, 1963; FOR 1963-1967: RETAIL TRADE REPORT SUPPLEMENT OF MARCH 25, 1969 (UNPUBLISHED); FOR 1968-1969: MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE REPORT, JANUARY 1969 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES; ALSO FOR 1961-1964: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, NOVEMBER 1968, P. 22. NOTES: SERIES 06095 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO SEASONALLY ADJUSTED VARIABLES--(1)--1935-1946 (2)--1946-1969. BOTH VARIABLES MAY BE FOUND IN BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOLUME II BY G.H. MOORE, P. 143, NUMBERED AS SERIES 20.2. FROM 1961 ON, ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON A NEW SAMPLE (SEE SCB, NOVEMBER 1968, P. 21, AND MAY 1969, P. 52). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0220 06002 PART ME 3S 919-946 MD=-999999 REF 0220 LOC 1941 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 53-61 0 INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 173 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06002 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1935-1939=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1946 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY FRB SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, DATA FOR 1919-1938: "REVISED INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORE SALES", FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN, JUNE 1944; DATA FOR 1939-1946: "DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, U.S.", MIMEO RELEASE, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS 1344, CORRECTED AS OF MAY 1947, FURNISHED BY FRB. NOTES: SERIES 06002 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1946 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1963 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1963. DATA REPRESENT AVERAGES PER TRADING DAY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0221 06002 PART ME 3R 919-963 MD=-999999 REF 0221 LOC 1950 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 62-70 0 INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORE SALES ------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06002 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1963 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, DATA FOR 1919-1938: "REVISED INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORE SALES", FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN, JUNE 1944; DATA FOR 1939-1947: "DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, U.S.", MIMEO RELEASE, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS 1344, CORRECTED AS OF MAY 1947, FURNISHED BY FRB; DATA FOR 1948-MAY 1962: FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN OF JULY 1962; DATA FOR JUNE 1962-1963: BULLETINS AND THE RELEASE "MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES". NOTES: SERIES 06002 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1946 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1963 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1963. DATA FROM 1919-1946 WERE CONVERTED FROM A 1947-1949=100 1 174 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - BASE TO A 1957-1959=100 BASE BY MULTIPLYING BY .668002. SEE ALSO FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD BULLETIN, APRIL, 1964, P.446. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0222 06002 PART ME 3S 919-963 MD=-999999 REF 0222 LOC 1959 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 71-79 0 INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06002 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, DATA FOR 1919-1946: RELEASE FROM DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS, JULY 1962; DATA FOR 1947-MAY 1962: FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN OF JULY 1962; DATA FOR JUNE 1962-1963: BULLETINS AND RELEASE "MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES". NOTES: SERIES 06002 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1946 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1963 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1963. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '32' DK 32 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 32 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 175 - 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 32 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 32 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 32 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. 1 176 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 32 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0223 06002A DE END 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0223 LOC 1968 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, ADJUSTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06002A AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NORMAL=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-04/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, DOMESTIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT NOTES: SERIES 06002A IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO SEASONALLY ADJUSTED VARIABLES--(1)--1919-APRIL 1940 (2)--1939-APRIL 1944. THE TWO VARIABLES ARE NOT COMPARABLE. THE FIRST WAS SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N.Y. AND THEN ADJUSTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGES. THE SECOND VARIABLE CONSISTS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEXES CORRECTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGES. THE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 177 - (CONTINUED) - TREND CORRECTION OF THE TWO VARIABLES IS DIFFERENT; THE DEFLATOR IS THE SAME FOR 1939, DIFFERENT FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1940. THE SECOND VARIABLE WAS NEVER COMPUTED BACK OF 1939. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0224 06002A DE END 3S 939-944 MD=-999999 REF 0224 LOC 1977 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, ADJUSTED FOR TREND, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06002A AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NORMAL=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1939-04/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, DOMESTIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT NOTES: SERIES 06002A IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO SEASONALLY ADJUSTED VARIABLES--(1)--1919-APRIL 1940 (2)--1939-APRIL 1944. THE TWO VARIABLES ARE NOT COMPARABLE. THE FIRST WAS SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N.Y. AND THEN ADJUSTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGES. THE SECOND VARIABLE CONSISTS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEXES CORRECTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGES. THE TREND CORRECTION OF THE TWO VARIABLES IS DIFFERENT; THE DEFLATOR IS THE SAME FOR 1939, DIFFERENT FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1940. THE SECOND VARIABLE WAS NEVER COMPUTED BACK OF 1939. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0225 06002B DE ART 3S 919-944 MD=-999999 REF 0225 LOC 1986 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 35-43 0 THE PHYSICAL VOLUME OF DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06002B AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1935-1939=100 1 178 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-04/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER AND FRB SOURCE: NBER DEFLATED FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD DATA BY DIVIDING SERIES 06002 (INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORE SALES) BY SERIES 06002A (DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, ADJUSTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGE). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0226 06002D DE MEN 3R 919-944 MD=-999999 REF 0226 LOC 1995 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 DEFLATOR FOR DEPARTMENT STORE SALES ----------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06002D AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1935-1939=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-04/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM DATA SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, DOMESTIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT ON A 1923-1925=100 BASE. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0227 06003 CAT LOG 3R 911-919 MD=-999999 REF 0227 LOC 2004 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 3 0 CATALOG SALES, TOTAL SALES, TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06003 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1911-1919 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-12/1919 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE NOTES: SERIES 06003 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1911-1919 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1911-1919 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1944 1 (ICPSR 7644) 179 - (CONTINUED) - (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1943 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1945-1957 (6)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1956-1959. THE TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES ARE SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY AND MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0228 06003 CAT LOG 3S 911-919 MD=-999999 REF 0228 LOC 2013 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 CATALOG SALES, TOTAL SALES, TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06003 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-12/1919 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE NOTES: SERIES 06003 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1911-1919 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1911-1919 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1944 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1943 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1945-1957 (6)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1956-1959. THE TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES ARE SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY AND MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0229 06003 CAT LOG 3R 919-944 MD=-999999 REF 0229 LOC 2022 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 3 0 CATALOG SALES, TOTAL SALES, TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06003 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1944 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: DATA FOR 1919-MARCH 1920: STANDARD STATISTICAL BULLETIN, JANUARY 1932, P. 174; DATA FOR APRIL 1920-1944: 1 180 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT AND FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTS NOTES: SERIES 06003 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1911-1919 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1911-1919 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1944 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1943 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1945-1957 (6)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1956-1959. THE TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES ARE MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY AND SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY. THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS BEGINS ITS COVERAGE IN 1920; THE STANDARD STATISTICAL BULLETIN PRESENTS IDENTICAL COVERAGE SINCE 1919. BEGINNING IN 1925, TOTAL SALES INCLUDE SALES BY AN INCREASING NUMBER OF RETAIL STORES OWNED BY THE COMPANIES COVERED. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '33' DK 33 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 33 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 33 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 181 - 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 33 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 33 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 33 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF 1 182 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0230 06003 CAT LOG 3S 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0230 LOC 2031 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 CATALOG SALES, TOTAL SALES, TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06003 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: DATA FOR 1919-MARCH 1920: STANDARD STATISTICAL BULLETIN, JANUARY 1932, P. 174; DATA FOR APRIL 1920-1943: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT AND FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTS NOTES: SERIES 06003 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1911-1919 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1911-1919 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1944 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1943 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1945-1957 (6)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1956-1959. THE TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES ARE MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY AND SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY. THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS BEGINS ITS COVERAGE IN 1920; THE STANDARD STATISTICAL BULLETIN PRESENTS IDENTICAL COVERAGE SINCE 1919. BEGINNING IN 1925, TOTAL SALES INCLUDE SALES BY AN INCREASING NUMBER OF RETAIL STORES OWNED BY THE COMPANIES COVERED. SEASONAL CORRECTIONS FOR 1942 AND 1943 SHOULD BE USED SKEPTICALLY, BECAUSE THE SEASONAL INDEX USED WAS BASED ON AN INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF DATA. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 183 - 0 VAR 0231 06003 CAT LOG 3R 945-957 MD=-999999 REF 0231 LOC 2040 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 CATALOG SALES, TOTAL SALES, TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06003 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1945-1956 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1945-01/1957 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS THROUGH 1953 AND MONTHLY ISSUES THEREAFTER NOTES: SERIES 06003 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1911-1919 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1911-1919 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1944 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1943 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1945-1957 (6)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1956-1959. THE TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES ARE MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY AND SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN UNITS FROM THOUSANDS TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0232 06003 CAT LOG 3R 956-959 MD=-999999 REF 0232 LOC 2049 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 TOTAL SALES, CATALOG AND STORE, TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06003 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1956-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1956-01/1959 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, MONTHLY ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 06003 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1911-1919 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1911-1919 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1944 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1943 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1945-1957 (6)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1956-1959. 1 184 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - DATA REPRESENT THE SUM OF GROSS SALES FOR SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY, AND NET SALES (EXCLUDING DISCOUNTS, RETURNS, AND OTHER ALLOWANCES) FOR MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY. BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY, 1959 THE SALES FOR MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. REPRESENT THE TOTAL IN EACH MONTH OF WEEKLY FIGURES. THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED COMPARABLE WITH OTHER SEGMENTS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0233 06003A OF ALE 3S 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0233 LOC 2058 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 44-52 0 INDEX OF MAIL ORDER HOUSE SALES, ADJUSTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06003A AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PERCENTAGE OF TREND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, DOMESTIC RESEARCH DIVISION ............................................................... 0 VAR 0234 06004 IN FIVE 3S 919-934 MD=-999999 REF 0234 LOC 2067 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 53-61 0 INDEX OF SALES BY FIVE AND TEN CENT VARIETY STORE CHAINS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06004 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 (MONTHLY AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-03/1934 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, MAY 1928, PP. 20-21; 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, PP. 44-45; SUCCESSIVE ISSUES 1 (ICPSR 7644) 185 - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: SERIES 06004 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1934 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1943 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1951 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1951 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1951-1956. DATA WERE COMPILED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS FROM REPORTS OF 14 TEN-CENT CHAINS WITH 2944 STORES AND $560,773,589 IN SALES. IN EARLIER YEARS THE NUMBER OF CHAINS WAS GENERALLY LESS, AND CHANGES WERE MADE IN THE LIST AS NEW CHAINS WERE ADDED, BUT DATA ARE ALL RELATED TO THE SALES OF THE SAME CHAINS IN THE BASE PERIOD. THE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT ALLOWS FOR THE NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS IN THE MONTH (EXCLUDING SUNDAYS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS). SEASONAL VARIATIONS WERE COMPUTED BY THE RATIO-TO-MOVING AVERAGE METHOD. ALLOWANCE IS ALSO MADE FOR THE VARIATION IN THE DATE OF EASTER. AFTER 1929 INDEXES WERE COMPILED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ARE BASED ON REPORTED MONTHLY SALES OF F. AND W. GRAND, S.S. KRESGE CO., S.H. KRESS CO., MCCRORY STORES, MCLELLAN STORES, F.C. MURPHY CO., ISSAC SILVER AND BROS., AND F.W. WOOLWORTH CO. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0235 06004 IN FIVE 3S 929-943 MD=-999999 REF 0235 LOC 2076 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF SALES BY FIVE AND TEN CENT VARIETY STORE CHAINS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06004 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1935-1939=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1929-11/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, AUGUST 1940, P. 10; 1942 SUPPLEMENT; MONTHLY ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 06004 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1934 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1943 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1951 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1951 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1951-1956. THIS INDEX REPRESENTS A REVISION THE SURVEY'S 1 186 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX OF VARIETY STORE SALES (1929-1931=100) COVERING THE PERIOD 1929-MAY 1940 (DESCRIPTION IN SCB, MARCH 1934, PP. 17 FF.), WHICH SUPERCEDED THE ORIGINAL INDEX (1923-1925=100) BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD THROUGH MARCH 1930, AND BY SCB THROUGH MARCH 1934. THIS INDEX WAS DISCONTINUED AFTER NOVEMBER 1943 AND SUPERCEDED BY A COMBINED INDEX OF TOTAL CHAIN STORE AND MAIL-ORDER SALES, 1935-1939=100 (SEE SCB OF FEBRUARY 1944, PP. 12-20). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0236 06004 IN FIVE 3R 935-951 MD=-999999 REF 0236 LOC 2085 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 71-79 0 SALES BY VARIETY CHAIN STORES, FIRMS WITH FOUR OR MORE STORES ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06004 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1935-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1935-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1935-1950 ARE FROM TABLES FURNISHED BY THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS, RELEASE NOS. 17428 AND 17456, JANUARY 1952, AND NO. 17487, FEBRUARY 1952; DATA FOR 1951 ARE FROM SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, SEPTEMBER 1952. NOTES: SERIES 06004 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1934 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1943 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1951 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1951 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1951-1956. FOR THE VARIABLES COVERING 1935-1951, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE AS AN INDEX. COVERAGE FOR THESE VARIABLES ENDS IN 1951; THE FOLLOWING VARIABLES COVER FIRMS WITH ELEVEN OR MORE STORES AND ARE BASED ON A DIFFERENT METHOD OF REPORTING SALES (SEE SCB OF SEPTEMBER 1952). DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '34' DK 34 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 187 - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 34 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 34 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 34 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 34 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 188 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 34 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0237 06004 IN FIVE 3S 935-951 MD=-999999 REF 0237 LOC 2094 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 SALES BY VARIETY STORE CHAINS, FIRMS WITH FOUR OR MORE STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06004 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1935-1939=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1935-12/1951 1 (ICPSR 7644) 189 - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1935-1950 ARE FROM TABLES FURNISHED BY THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS, RELEASE NOS. 17428 AND 17456, JANUARY 1952, AND NO. 17487, FEBRUARY 1952; DATA FOR 1951 ARE FROM SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, SEPTEMBER 1952. NOTES: SERIES 06004 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1934 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1943 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1951 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1951 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1951-1956. FOR THE VARIABLES COVERING 1935-1951, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE AS AN INDEX. COVERAGE FOR THESE VARIABLES ENDS IN 1951; THE FOLLOWING VARIABLES COVER FIRMS WITH ELEVEN OR MORE STORES AND ARE BASED ON A DIFFERENT METHOD OF REPORTING SALES (SEE SCB OF SEPTEMBER 1952). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0238 06004 IN FIVE 3R 951-956 MD=-999999 REF 0238 LOC 2103 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 26-34 0 SALES BY VARIETY STORE CHAINS, FIRMS WITH ELEVEN OR MORE STORES -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06004 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1951-1955 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1951-08/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, SEPTEMBER 1952 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 06004 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1934 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1943 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1951 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1951 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1951-1956. 1 190 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0239 06004 IN FIVE 3S 951-956 MD=-999999 REF 0239 LOC 2112 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 35-43 0 SALES BY VARIETY STORE CHAINS, FIRMS WITH ELEVEN OR MORE STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06004 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1951-08/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, SEPTEMBER 1952 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 06004 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1934 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1943 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1951 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1935-1951 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1951-1956. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0240 06005 PER ORE 3R 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0240 LOC 2121 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF SALES PER STORE, VARIETY CHAIN STORES ---------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06005 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1919=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-03/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE, PUBLISHED IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS OF 1932, 1936, 1938 AND MONTHLY ISSUES NOTES: THE RAW FIGURE FOR MARCH 1933 IS PARTLY ESTIMATED BECAUSE OF THE UNAVAILABILITY OF DATA FOR H.L. GREEN CO. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 191 - 0 VAR 0241 06005 PER ORE 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0241 LOC 2130 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF SALES PER STORE, VARIETY CHAIN STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06005 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1919=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-03/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS OF 1932, 1936, 1938 AND MONTHLY ISSUES NOTES: THE RAW FIGURE FOR MARCH 1933 IS PARTLY ESTIMATED BECAUSE OF THE UNAVAILABILITY OF DATA FOR H.L. GREEN CO. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0242 06009 AIN ORE 3S 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0242 LOC 2139 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 VARIETY CHAIN STORE SALES, ADJUSTED FOR TREND, PRICE, AND SEASONAL CHANGES --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06009 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NORMAL=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, DOMESTIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT NOTES: COVERAGE INCLUDES VARIETY, TEN-CENT, AND DRUG CHAINS. DATA REPRESENT THE DAILY AVERAGE BASIS. 1 192 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0243 06002C DE PAR 3R 919-939 MD=-999999 REF 0243 LOC 2148 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 71-79 0 DEFLATED PURCHASES OF DEPARTMENT STORES --------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06002C AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1919-08/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM SERIES 05031 (INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS, UNADJUSTED) AND SERIES 06002 (INDEX OF DEPARTMENT SALES, UNADJUSTED) NOTES: BOTH SERIES FROM WHICH NBER DERIVED THIS VARIABLE WERE DEFLATED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK PRICE ADJUSTOR -- FOR STOCKS: THE 1929 CENSUS END OF THE YEAR STOCK FIGURE ($980 MILLION) WAS DEFLATED BY THE AVERAGE OF DECEMBER 1929-JANUARY 1930 PRICE ADJUSTOR (91.35), GIVING AN END OF THE YEAR DEFLATED DOLLAR VALUE OF $1072.8 MILLION. THIS WAS THEN EXTRAPOLATED ALONG THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD INDEX OF DEFLATED STOCKS. FOR SALES: 1929 AVERAGE MONTHLY CENSUS SALES ($325 MILLION) WAS DEFLATED BY THE 1929 ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICE ADJUSTOR (91.9) GIVING A DEFLATED DOLLAR VALUE SALES FIGURE OF $353.6 MILLION. THIS WAS EXTRAPOLATED ALONG THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD INDEX OF DEFLATED SALES. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '35' DK 35 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 35 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 193 - 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 35 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 35 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 35 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. 1 194 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 35 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0244 06002C DE PAR 3S 919-939 MD=-999999 REF 0244 LOC 2157 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 17-25 0 DEFLATED PURCHASES OF DEPARTMENT STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06002C AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1919-08/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM SERIES 05031 (INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS, UNADJUSTED) AND SERIES 06002 (INDEX OF DEPARTMENT SALES, UNADJUSTED) NOTES: BOTH SERIES FROM WHICH NBER DERIVED THIS VARIABLE WERE DEFLATED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK PRICE ADJUSTOR -- FOR STOCKS: THE 1929 CENSUS END OF THE YEAR STOCK FIGURE ($980 MILLION) WAS DEFLATED BY THE AVERAGE OF DECEMBER 1929-JANUARY 1930 PRICE ADJUSTOR (91.35), GIVING AN END OF THE YEAR DEFLATED DOLLAR VALUE OF $1072.8 MILLION. THIS WAS THEN EXTRAPOLATED ALONG THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD 1 (ICPSR 7644) 195 - (CONTINUED) - INDEX OF DEFLATED STOCKS. FOR SALES: 1929 AVERAGE MONTHLY CENSUS SALES ($325 MILLION) WAS DEFLATED BY THE 1929 ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICE ADJUSTOR (91.9) GIVING A DEFLATED DOLLAR VALUE SALES FIGURE OF $353.6 MILLION. THIS WAS EXTRAPOLATED ALONG THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD INDEX OF DEFLATED SALES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0245 06112 SIN OUT 3R 940-963 MD=-999999 REF 0245 LOC 2166 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 26-34 0 DEPARTMENT STORE MERCHANDISING, OUTSTANDING ORDERS, END OF MONTH ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06112 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1940-1962 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1940-11/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: RUTH MACK'S DRAWERS; ALSO SEE FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN, OCTOBER 1952, PP. 1098-1102 FOR DESCRIPTION AND EARLY DATA. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0246 06112 SIN OUT 3S 940-963 MD=-999999 REF 0246 LOC 2175 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 35-43 0 DEPARTMENT STORE MERCHANDISING, OUTSTANDING ORDERS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06112 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 08/1940-11/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY CENSUS PROGRAM SOURCE: RUTH MACK'S DRAWERS, ALSO SEE FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN, OCTOBER 1952, PP. 1098-1102 FOR DESCRIPTIONS AND EARLIER DATA. NOTES: DATA ARE END OF MONTH 1 196 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0247 06082 CON GOD 1R 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0247 LOC 2184 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 44-52 0 CONSUMER OUTLAY, DURABLE GOODS, IN CURRENT PRICES ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06082 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SIMON KUZNETS, NATIONAL PRODUCT SINCE 1869 (NBER), NO. 46 1946, TABLE I-5, P. 35. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0248 06077 CON GOO 1R 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0248 LOC 2193 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 CONSUMER OUTLAY, DURABLE GOODS, IN CONSTANT 1929 PRICES ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06077 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SIMON KUZNETS, NATIONAL PRODUCT SINCE 1869 (NBER), NO. 46 1946, TABLE I-5, P. 35. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0249 06086 PER CON 2R 939-967 MD=-999999 REF 0249 LOC 2202 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, DURABLE GOODS ------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06086 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT ANNUAL RATES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1939-1967 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1967 1 (ICPSR 7644) 197 - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1939-1945: "NATIONAL INCOME", 1954 EDITION, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; DATA FOR 1946-1963: "THE NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929-1965", SCB SUPPLEMENT OF AUGUST 1966; DATA FOR 1965-1967: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, AUGUST 1965 AND SUBSEQUENT ISSUES (JULY 1968 AND SUBSEQUENT JULY ISSUES FOR ANNUAL REVISIONS). NOTES: RAW FIGURES WERE MULTIPLIED BY FOUR TO DERIVE TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0250 06086 PER CON 2S 939-968 MD=-999999 REF 0250 LOC 2211 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, DURABLE GOODS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06086 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT ANNUAL RATES ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1939 - SECOND, 1968 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1939-1945: "NATIONAL INCOME", 1954 EDITION, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; DATA FOR 1946-1963: "THE NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929-1965", SCB SUPPLEMENT OF AUGUST 1966; DATA FOR 1965-1968: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, AUGUST 1965 AND SUBSEQUENT ISSUES (JULY 1968 AND SUBSEQUENT JULY ISSUES FOR ANNUAL REVISIONS). NOTES: RAW FIGURES WERE MULTIPLIED BY FOUR TO DERIVE TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '36' DK 36 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 198 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 36 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 36 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 36 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 36 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 199 - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 36 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0251 06081 SEMI GO 1R 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0251 LOC 2220 WIDTH 9 DK 36 COL 17-25 0 CONSUMER OUTLAY, SEMI-DURABLE GOODS, IN CURRENT PRICES ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06081 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE 1 200 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: SIMON KUZNETS, NATIONAL PRODUCT SINCE 1869 (NBER), NO. 46 1946, TABLE I-5, P. 35. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0252 06076 LAY ODD 1R 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0252 LOC 2229 WIDTH 9 DK 36 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 CONSUMER OUTLAY, SEMI-DURABLE GOODS, IN CONSTANT 1929 PRICES ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06076 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SIMON KUZNETS, NATIONAL PRODUCT SINCE 1869 (NBER), 1946, TABLE I-5, P. 35. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0253 06087 NON GOD 2R 939-967 MD=-999999 REF 0253 LOC 2238 WIDTH 9 DK 36 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, NONDURABLE GOODS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06087 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT ANNUAL RATES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1939-1967 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1967 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1939-1945: "NATIONAL INCOME", 1954 EDITION, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; DATA FOR 1946-1963: "THE NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1939-1965", SUPPLEMENT TO SCB, AUGUST 1966; DATA FOR 1964-1967: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS (JULY 1968 AND SUBSEQUENT JULY ISSUES FOR ANNUAL REVISIONS). NOTES: RAW QUARTERLY FIGURES WERE MULTIPLIED BY FOUR TO DERIVE TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 201 - 0 VAR 0254 06087 NON GOD 2S 939-968 MD=-999999 REF 0254 LOC 2247 WIDTH 9 DK 36 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, NONDURABLE GOODS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06087 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1939 - SECOND, 1968 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1939-1945: "NATIONAL INCOME", 1954 EDITION, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; DATA FOR 1946-1963: "THE NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1939-1965", SUPPLEMENT TO SCB, AUGUST 1966; DATA FOR 1964-1968: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS (JULY 1968 AND SUBSEQUENT JULY ISSUES FOR ANNUAL REVISIONS). NOTES: RAW QUARTERLY FIGURES WERE MULTIPLIED BY FOUR TO DERIVE TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0255 06080 CON LAY 1R 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0255 LOC 2256 WIDTH 9 DK 36 COL 53-61 0 CONSUMER OUTLAY, PERISHABLE GOODS, IN CURRENT PRICES ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06080 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SIMON KUZNETS, NATIONAL PRODUCT SINCE 1869 (NBER),1946, TABLE I-5, P. 35. 1 202 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0256 06075 GOD TAN 1R 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0256 LOC 2265 WIDTH 9 DK 36 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 CONSUMER OUTLAY, PERISHABLE GOODS, IN CONSTANT 1929 PRICES ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06075 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SIMON KUZNETS, NATIONAL PRODUCT SINCE 1869 (NBER), 1946, TABLE I-5, P. 35. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0257 06008 GRO ORE 3S 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0257 LOC 2274 WIDTH 9 DK 36 COL 71-79 0 SALES BY GROCERY CHAIN STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06008 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NORMAL=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, DOMESTIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT NOTES: SERIES 06008 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1943 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1951 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935-1951 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1951-1956. DATA ARE ADJUSTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGES THE PUBLICATION OF THIS SERIES WAS DISCONTINUED IN NOVEMBER 1941. THE REMAINDER OF THE DATA GIVEN HERE WAS FURNISHED DIRECT BY THE NEW YORK FEDERAL RESERVE BANK THROUGH 1943. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '37' DK 37 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 203 - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 37 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 37 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 37 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 37 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 204 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 37 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0258 06008 GRO ORE 3R 935-951 MD=-999999 REF 0258 LOC 2283 WIDTH 9 DK 37 COL 17-25 0 SALES BY GROCERY CHAIN STORES ----------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06008 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1935-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1935-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 205 - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS RELEASE, NOS. 17428 (JANUARY 1952) AND 17487 (FEBRUARY 1952) NOTES: SERIES 06008 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1943 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1951 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935-1951 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1951-1956. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0259 06008 GRO ORE 3S 935-951 MD=-999999 REF 0259 LOC 2292 WIDTH 9 DK 37 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 SALES BY GROCERY CHAIN STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06008 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1935-1939=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1935-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS RELEASE NO. 17456 NOTES: SERIES 06008 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1943 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1951 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935-1951 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1951-1956. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0260 06008 GRO ORE 3R 951-956 MD=-999999 REF 0260 LOC 2301 WIDTH 9 DK 37 COL 35-43 0 SALES OF GROCERY CHAIN STORES ----------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06008 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1951-1955 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1951-05/1956 1 206 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT FOR 1955 AND MONTHLY ISSUES THEREAFTER. NOTES: SERIES 06008 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1943 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1951 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935-1951 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1951-1956. BEGINNING IN JANUARY 1951, THE BUREAU OF CENSUS ADOPTED A BASIC CHANGE IN METHODOLOGY, COVERAGE, AND CLARIFICATION AND DISCONTINUED LINKING OF ESTIMATES TO CENSUS OF RETAIL TRADE AS WAS DONE IN PREVIOUS SERIES (SEE SCB, SEPTEMBER 1952 ISSUE). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0261 06008 GRO ORE 3S 951-956 MD=-999999 REF 0261 LOC 2310 WIDTH 9 DK 37 COL 44-52 0 SALES OF GROCERY CHAIN STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06008 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1951-05/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT FOR 1955 AND MONTHLY ISSUES THEREAFTER. NOTES: SERIES 06008 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FIVE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1943 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1951 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935-1951 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956 (5)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1951-1956. BEGINNING IN JANUARY 1951, THE BUREAU OF CENSUS ADOPTED A BASIC CHANGE IN METHODOLOGY, COVERAGE, AND CLARIFICATION AND DISCONTINUED LINKING OF ESTIMATES TO CENSUS OF RETAIL TRADE AS WAS DONE IN PREVIOUS SERIES (SEE SCB, SEPTEMBER 1952 ISSUE). 1 (ICPSR 7644) 207 - 0 VAR 0262 06007 REST IN 3R 920-923 MD=-999999 REF 0262 LOC 2319 WIDTH 9 DK 37 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 RESTAURANT CHAINS, SALES PER STORE ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06007 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1923 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-12/1923 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PUBLISHED DATA ON SALES AND NUMBER OF STORES IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JULY 1927, P. 21 NOTES: SERIES 06007 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1923 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1920-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1938 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1938. THESE DATA ARE FOR THE CHILD'S COMPANY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0263 06007 REST IN 3S 920-923 MD=-999999 REF 0263 LOC 2328 WIDTH 9 DK 37 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 RESTAURANT CHAINS, SALES PER STORE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06007 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-12/1923 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM PUBLISHED DATA ON SALES AND NUMBER OF STORES IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JULY 1927, P. 21 NOTES: SERIES 06007 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1923 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1920-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1938 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1938. THESE DATA ARE FOR THE CHILD'S COMPANY. 1 208 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0264 06007 REST IN 3R 923-938 MD=-999999 REF 0264 LOC 2337 WIDTH 9 DK 37 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 THREE RESTAURANT CHAINS, AVERAGE SALES PER RESTAURANT ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06007 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1923-1937 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-11/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM TOTAL SALES AND NUMBERS OF RESTAURANTS PER MONTH AS GIVEN IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, SUPPLEMENTS FOR 1932, 1936, 1938, AND 1940 AND MONTHLY ISSUES. NOTES: SERIES 06007 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1923 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1920-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1938 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1938. DATA ARE FOR CHILD'S CO., WALDORF SYSTEM, INC., AND J.R. THOMPSON CO. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '38' DK 38 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 38 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 38 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 209 - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 38 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 38 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. 1 210 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 38 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0265 06007 REST IN 3S 923-938 MD=-999999 REF 0265 LOC 2346 WIDTH 9 DK 38 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 THREE RESTAURANT CHAINS, AVERAGE SALES PER RESTAURANT, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 06007 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-11/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM TOTAL SALES AND NUMBERS OF RESTAURANTS PER MONTH AS GIVEN IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, SUPPLEMENTS FOR 1932, 1936, 1938, AND 1940 AND MONTHLY ISSUES. NOTES: SERIES 06007 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1923 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1920-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1938 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1938. DATA ARE FOR CHILD'S CO., WALDORF SYSTEM, INC., AND J.R. THOMPSON CO. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 211 - 0 VAR 0266 06011 OF DRUG 3S 919-929 MD=-999999 REF 0266 LOC 2355 WIDTH 9 DK 38 COL 26-34 0 SALES OF RETAIL CHAIN STORES, DRUG CHAINS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06011 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1929 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN, APRIL 1928, PP. 234-235, AND SUCCESSIVE ISSUES THROUGH FEBRUARY 1930 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0267 06061 OF SHOE 3R 926-942 MD=-999999 REF 0267 LOC 2364 WIDTH 9 DK 38 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL SALES OF SHOES --------------------- NBER SERIES: 06061 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1926-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1926-02/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SEE RUTH P. MACK, CONSUMPTION AND BUSINESS FLUCTUATION, A CASE STUDY OF THE SHOE, LEATHER, HIDE SEQUENCE (NBER), 1956, P. 268, SERIES 31. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0268 06060 DRAWERS 3S 926-941 MD=-999999 REF 0268 LOC 2373 WIDTH 9 DK 38 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 PAIRS OF SHOES SOLD AT RETAIL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06060 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF SHOES 1 212 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1926-FOURTH, 1941 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1926-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: SEE RUTH P. MACK, CONSUMPTION AND BUSINESS FLUCTUATION, A CASE STUDY OF THE SHOE, LEATHER, HIDE SEQUENCE, NBER, 1956. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0269 06010 CH SHOE 3S 919-929 MD=-999999 REF 0269 LOC 2382 WIDTH 9 DK 38 COL 53-61 0 SALES OF CHAIN SHOE STORES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06010 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1923-1925=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-08/1929 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN, APRIL 1928, PP. 224-225 AND SUCCESSIVE ISSUES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0270 06083 KUZNETS 1R 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0270 LOC 2391 WIDTH 9 DK 38 COL 62-70 0 CONSUMER OUTLAY, SERVICES, IN CURRENT PRICES -------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06083 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SIMON KUZNETS, NATIONAL PRODUCT SINCE 1869 (NBER), 1946, TABLE I-5, P. 35. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 213 - 0 VAR 0271 06078 OUT TAN 1R 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0271 LOC 2400 WIDTH 9 DK 38 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 CONSUMER OUTLAY, SERVICES, IN CONSTANT 1929 PRICES -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06078 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SIMON KUZNETS, NATIONAL PRODUCT SINCE 1869 (NBER), 1946, TABLE I-5, P. 35. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '39' DK 39 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 39 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 39 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. 1 214 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 39 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 39 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 39 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF 1 (ICPSR 7644) 215 - (CONTINUED) - OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0272 06088 SON PEN 2R 939-967 MD=-999999 REF 0272 LOC 2409 WIDTH 9 DK 39 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, SERVICES ------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06088 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT ANNUAL RATES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1939-1967 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1939-FOURTH, 1967 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: DATA FOR 1939-1945: "NATIONAL INCOME", 1954 EDITION, A SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; DATA FOR 1946-1967: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JULY 1968 AND SUBSEQUENT JULY ISSUES FOR ANNUAL REVISIONS; SCB MONTHLY ISSUES WERE THE SOURCE FOR QUARTERLY FIGURES. NOTES: UNADJUSTED FIGURES WERE MULTIPLIED BY FOUR TO DERIVE TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0273 06088 SON PEN 2S 939-968 MD=-999999 REF 0273 LOC 2418 WIDTH 9 DK 39 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, SERVICES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06088 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1939-SECOND, 1968 1 216 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: DATA FOR 1939-1945: "NATIONAL INCOME", 1954 EDITION, A SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; DATA FOR 1946-1967: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JULY 1968 AND SUBSEQUENT JULY ISSUES FOR ANNUAL REVISIONS; SCB MONTHLY ISSUES WERE THE SOURCE FOR QUARTERLY FIGURES. NOTES: UNADJUSTED FIGURES WERE MULTIPLIED BY FOUR TO DERIVE TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0274 06058 AD SING 3S 914-943 MD=-999999 REF 0274 LOC 2427 WIDTH 9 DK 39 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF TOTAL ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06058 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1928-1932=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1914-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: DATA FOR 1914-1921 WERE DIRECT FROM MCCANN-ERICKSON, INC.; DATA FOR 1922-1941 WERE FROM SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JULY 1935, P. 19 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 06058 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1914-1943 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1943-1946 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1944-1953 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1953-1958. THE INDEX WAS COMPUTED BY L.D.H. WELD OF MCCANN-ERICKSON FOR "PRINTERS' INK." PUBLISHED FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE ONLY FROM 1922 ON. ALSO AVAILABLE IN "PRINTERS' INK", MAY 9, 1935, P. 85 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES. COMPONENT SERIES WERE ADJUSTED BY RATIO-TO-12-MONTH-MOVING-AVERAGE METHOD AND COMBINED. THESE DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN UNADJUSTED FORM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0275 06058 AD SING 3S 943-946 MD=-999999 REF 0275 LOC 2436 WIDTH 9 DK 39 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF TOTAL ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 217 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 06058 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1935-1939=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1943-12/1946 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS NOTES: SERIES 06058 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1914-1943 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1943-1946 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1944-1953 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1953-1958. INDEXES OF ADVERTISING FROM "PRINTERS' INK" HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO A 1935-1939 BASE AND THE SEASONAL CORRECTION FACTORS REVISED. THE AVERAGE INDEX FOR 1942 IS 104.5 (SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, APRIL AND MAY, 1944). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0276 06058 AD SING 3S 944-953 MD=-999999 REF 0276 LOC 2445 WIDTH 9 DK 39 COL 53-61 0 INDEX OF TOTAL ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06058 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1935-1939=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1944-12/1953 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: 1947-1953 STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTS TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, AND MONTHLY ISSUES BEGINNING IN 1953. NOTES: SERIES 06058 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1914-1943 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1943-1946 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1944-1953 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1953-1958. A NEW INDEX BEGINS IN 1944 WHICH IS BASED ON EXPENDITURES FOR ADVERTISING, WHILE THE INDEX THROUGH 1946 WAS BASED ON LINAGE. BUSINESS PAPERS AND TELEVISION WERE ADDED JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1949, RESPECTIVELY (SEE SCB, STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT, 1953, P. 211). THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF THESE DATA IS "PRINTERS' INK." 1 218 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0277 06058 AD SING 3S 953-958 MD=-999999 REF 0277 LOC 2454 WIDTH 9 DK 39 COL 62-70 0 INDEX OF TOTAL ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06058 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1947-1949=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1953-08/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: 1953-1956 DATA FROM MCCANN-ERICKSON, INC. AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF "PRINTERS' INK" THEREAFTER. NOTES: SERIES 06058 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1914-1943 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1943-1946 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1944-1953 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1953-1958. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0278 06057 MAG ZIN 3R 912-958 MD=-999999 REF 0278 LOC 2463 WIDTH 9 DK 39 COL 71-79 0 MAGAZINE ADVERTISING, LINAGE ---------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06057 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF LINES ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1912-1957 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1912-07/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, OCTOBER 1933, P. 20, AND SUCCESSIVE ISSUES AND BI-ANNUAL STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTS. NOTES: 1933-1934 DATA WERE CHECKED WITH PRINTERS' INK (WEEKLY). BEGINNING JANUARY 1948, THE DATA INCLUDE ADVERTISING IN FARM AND SOME OTHER MAGAZINES NOT INCLUDED PREVIOUSLY. THE 1948 AND FOLLOWING FIGURES ARE NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE TO EARLIER DATA. NO BACK FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '40' DK 40 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 219 - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 40 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 40 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 40 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 06A IS THE FIRST AND ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 6, "DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES". THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 06A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 40 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 220 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1870-1974. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 40 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0279 06057 MAG ZIN 3S 912-941 MD=-999999 REF 0279 LOC 2472 WIDTH 9 DK 40 COL 17-25 0 MAGAZINE ADVERTISING, LINAGE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 06057 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: THOUSANDS OF LINES ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1912-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER 1 (ICPSR 7644) 221 - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, OCTOBER 1933, P. 20, AND SUCCESSIVE ISSUES AND BI-ANNUAL STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTS. NOTES: 1933-1934 DATA WERE CHECKED WITH PRINTERS' INK (WEEKLY). 1 TERMINATION OF CODEBOOK LIST.