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Description & Citation--Study No. 8348

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:8348
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08348
 
Title:County Business Patterns, 1981 [United States]: U.S. Summary, State, and County Data
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
 
Series:County Business Patterns [United States] Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS, 1981 [UNITED STATES]: U.S. SUMMARY, STATE, AND COUNTY DATA [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1984. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08348
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection provides summary information on business establishments with at least one paid employee. Information is presented on the number of employees for the mid-March pay period, first quarter total payroll, total annual payroll, number of establishments, and the number of establishments by employment-size classes. Part 12 is a reference file that contains two-, three-, and four-digit standard industrial classification (SIC) titles and codes.
 
Subject Term(s):agricultural services, business conditions, businesses, construction industry, counties, economic conditions, employment, finance, manufacturing industry, mining industry, public utilities, real estate, retail industry, service industry, trade, transportation, wages and salaries
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:1981
 
Date(s) of Collection:1981
 
Universe:All businesses in the United States, excepting agriculture production, railroad, government, and household employment, with one or more paid employees.
 
Data Type:administrative records data
 
Data Collection Notes:The SIC Code List is provided as an ASCII text file, and the codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Data Source:Bureau of the Census Standard Statistical Establishment List
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1985-05-24
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2006-01-18.
 
  2006-01-18 - File CB8348.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: 1981 File 1B (State Summary Data)
  • DS2: 1981 File 1B (United States Summary Data)
  • DS3: 1981 File 2, Census Geographic Division 1 (County Summary Data)
  • DS4: 1981 File 2, Census Geographic Division 2 (County Summary Data)
  • DS5: 1981 File 2, Census Geographic Division 3 (County Summary Data)
  • DS6: 1981 File 2, Census Geographic Division 4 (County Summary Data)
  • DS7: 1981 File 2, Census Geographic Division 5 (County Summary Data)
  • DS8: 1981 File 2, Census Geographic Division 6 (County Summary Data)
  • DS9: 1981 File 2, Census Geographic Division 7 (County Summary Data)
  • DS10: 1981 File 2, Census Geographic Division 8 (County Summary Data)
  • DS11: 1981 File 2, Census Geographic Division 9 (County Summary Data)
  • DS12: 1981 SIC Code List