TYPE OF DATA COLLECTION OPERATION Complete enumeration of data items obtained from 205,000 firms. Administrative records from Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration used for 145.000 smaller single-unit firms, which were determined by various cutoffs based on size and industry. Sampling frame rs 350.000 firms ri the 1977 Census of Manufacturers (see above), supplemented by Social Security Administration lists of new manufacturers and new manufactunng establishments of multi-establishment companies identified by the Census Bureau's Company Organization Survey from which a probability sample of 55.000 establishments is selected. All establishments with 250+ employees are included along with a probability sample of smaller establishments SUBJECT, SOURCE. TITLE. TABLES UNIVERSE, FREQUENCY. TYPES SECTION 29. MANUFACTURES Census of Manufactures See tables citing Census of Manufactures in source notes in section 29 and also tables 887. 936, 1148. 1466. and 1469. Annual Survey of Manufactures Manufactures in source notes in section 29 and also table 1148. Conducted every five years to obtain information on labor materials, capital input and output characteristics, plant location, and legal form of organization for all plants in the United States with one or more employees. Universe was 350,000 manufacturing firms in 1977. Conducted annually to provide basic measures of manufacturing activity for intercensal years for all manufacturing establishments having one or more paid employees. (See section 24 above for information pertaining to table 1369.) SECTION 30. DOMESTIC TRADE AND SERVICES U.S. Bureau of the Census Census of Wholesale Trade, Census of Retail Trade, Census of Service Industries See tables citing the above censuses in source notes in section 30 and tables 1465 and 1469 tn section 32. Annual Surveys See tables 1398-1402, 1413, 1414, and 1418. Current Business Surveys See tables 1398-1402. 1413, 1414, and 1418. Conducted every five years to obtain data on number of establishments, number of employees, total payroll size, and total sales. In 1977, universe was all employer establishments primarily engaged in wholesale trade, and employer and nonemployer establishments in retail trade or service industries. In 1982. data for service industries are available for employer establishments only; for retail trade summary data for all establishments are available; kind of business detail is available only for establishments with payroll. Annual surveys to obtain estimates of Provides monthly estimates of retail All wholesale firms with paid employees surveyed; alt large retail and service firms with 4 + paid employees surveyed plus a sample of smaller firms. Firms with no employees were not required to file a census return. Probability sample comprised firms in the sample of the Current Business Surveys; see below. Probability sample of firms from a list frame and for retail and service an area frame. List frame is the Bureau's Standard Statistical Establishment List (SSEL) updated quarterly for recent "births" from the Social Security Administration list of establishments having an employer identification number The largest firms are included monthly, a sample of others is included every three months on a rotating basts The area frame covers businesses not subjected to sampling on the list frame. APPENDIX IV Alphabetically arranged by subject, this guide contains references to the important primary sources of statistical information for the United States. Secondary sources have been included if the information contained in them is presented in a particularly convenient form or if primary sources are not readily available. Nonrecurrent publications presenting compilations or estimates for years later than 1974 or types of data not available in regular series are also included. Much valuable information may also be found in State reports (see pp. 904-943) and in reports for particular commodities, industries, or similar segments of our economic and social structures, many of which are not included here. Publications listed under each subject are divided into two main groups: "U.S. Government" and "Other." The location of the publisher of each report is given except for Federal agencies located in Washington, DC. Most Federal publications may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, teL (202) 783-3238, or from Government Printing Office bookstores in certain major cities. In some cases, Federal publications may be obtained from the issuing agency. Major reports, such as the Census of Population, which consist of many volumes, are listed by their general, all-inclusive titles. Bureau of Labor Statistics Civil Aeronautics Board Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration Accident/Incident Bulletin. Summary, sta- Rail-Highway Crossing Accident/Incident Summary Statistics of the National Rail- Mine Safety and Health Administration Accidents—Con. U.S. Government—Con. Mine Safety and Health Administration— Minerals (except stone and coal). National Center for Health Statistics National Transportation Safety Board Other Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New National Fire Protection Association. National Safety Council, Chicago, IL Agriculture—see also Food; Foreign Com- Agriculture—Con. Bureau of the Census Census of Agriculture. Quinquennial. (1982, most recent.) U.S. Commodity Exports and Imports as Related to Output. Annual. (Series ES2.) Bureau of the Census and Bureau of Mines Bureau of Reclamation Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commodity Futures Statistics. Annual. (Statistical Bulletin No. 516.) Department of Agriculture Agricultural Finance Statistics. Annual. Agricultural Outlook. Monthly. Agricultural Price Reports. Reports on prices received for farm commodities, prices paid for farm supplies, indexes and parity ratios. Monthly and annual. Agricultural Statistics. Annual. Commodity Credit Corporation Report of Financial Condition and Operations. Quarterly. Conversion Factors and Weights and Measures for Agricultural Commodities and Products. March 1979. (Statistical Bulletin No. 616.) Crop Production Reports. Acreage, yield, and production of various commodities. Monthly and Annual. Crop Values Report. Price and value of various commodities. Annual. Economic Indicators of the Farm Sector: Income and Balance Sheet Statistics. (ECIFS 2-2.) Economic Indicators of the Farm Sector: Production and Efficiency Statistics. Annual. (ECIFS 2-5.) Economic Indicators of the Farm Sector: State Income and Balance Sheet Statistics. Annual. (ECIFS 2-4.) Farm Real Estate Market Developments, Outlook and Situation. Annual with supplements. Farm Real Estate Taxes. Annual. Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1982. (Statistical Bulletin No. 702.) Revised annually. Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS). Monthly with annual supplements on calendar year and fiscal year trade data. Agriculture—Con. U.S. Government—Con. Foreign Ownership of U.S. Agricultural Fruit and Vegetable Reports. Acreage, Handbook of Agricultural Charts. (Agricultural Handbook No. 574.) Annual. The Hired Farm Working Force. Biennial. Landownership in the United States. 1978. (Agricultural Economic Report No. 435.) Livestock and Livestock Products. Reports pertaining to cattle, cattle on feed, hogs and pigs, lamb crop, livestock slaughter, sheep and goats, and wool and mohair. Periodic. Livestock and Meat Statistics—Supplement for 1982. (Statistical Bulletin No. 522.) Annual Supplements. Major Uses of Land in the United States. Milk and Dairy Products Reports. Milk Other Reports. Reports on varied items Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Exports. Poultry and Egg Reports. Reports cover- Situation Reports. Issued for cotton and Statistics of Farmer Cooperatives. Statistics on Oilseeds and Related Data, Stock Reports. Stocks of grain, hops, U.S. Food Expenditures, 1954-1978. Agriculture—Con. Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin. Farm Credit Administration Loans and Discounts of Farm Credit National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin- Soil Conservation Service Air Force—see National Defense. Air Pollution—see Environment. Aliens—see Immigration. American Samoa—see Outlying Areas. Area—see Geography. Army—see National Defense. Aviation—see Transportation. Banks and Banking—see Money. Births—see Vital Statistics. Broadcasting—see Communications. Building Permits—see Construction. Business—see also Economic Indexes; Investments; Manufactures; Retail and Wholesale Trade; Scientific Resources; and Service Establishments. U.S. Government Administrative Office of the United States Annual Report of the Director. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Corporations. Quarterly. Beginning August 1978 published by the Federal Reserve Board. Bureau of the Census Census of Retail Trade. Quinquennial. (1977, most recent.) Census of Service Industries. Quinquennial. (1977, most recent.) Business—Con. Census of Wholesale Trade. Quinquenni- County Business Patterns. Annual. Current Business Reports. Retail Trade, Minority-Owned Businesses: 1977. Quarterly Financial Report for Manufac- Selected Characteristics of Foreign- Bureau of Economic Analysis Fixed Reproducible Tangible Wealth in Handbook of Cyclical Indicators. 1983. The National Income and Product Ac- Selected Data on U.S. Direct Investment Summary Input-Output Tables of the U.S. Summary Input-Output Tables of the U.S. Economy: 1976, 1978, and 1979. 1983. (Staff Paper No. 39.) 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