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Description & Citation--Study No. 9711

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:9711
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09711
 
Title:County Business Patterns, 1988 [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, 1988 [UNITED STATES]: U.S. SUMMARY, STATE, AND COUNTY DATA [Computer file]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1990. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09711
 

Scope of Study

Summary:The total number of business establishments, mid-March employment figures, and first quarter and annual payrolls are supplied in this collection at the county, state, and national levels. Also provided are data on the number of establishments by employment-size class.
 
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:1988
 
Date(s) of Collection:1988
 
Universe:All business establishments with one or more paid employees in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, excluding agriculture production, railroad, government, or household employment.
 
Data Type:aggregate data
 

Methodology

Data Source:(1) United States Bureau of the Census economic surveys, the Annual Company Organization Survey, and the Annual Survey of Manufacturers, and (2) United States Internal Revenue Service Quarterly Payroll Files
 

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:1992-03-04
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2006-01-12.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 13 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: 1988 File 1B (United States Summary Data)
  • DS2: 1988 File 1B (State Summary Data)
  • DS3: 1988 File 2, Census Geographic Division 1 (County Summary Data)
  • DS4: 1988 File 2, Census Geographic Division 2 (County Summary Data)
  • DS5: 1988 File 2, Census Geographic Division 3 (County Summary Data)
  • DS6: 1988 File 2, Census Geographic Division 4 (County Summary Data)
  • DS7: 1988 File 2, Census Geographic Division 5 (County Summary Data)
  • DS8: 1988 File 2, Census Geographic Division 6 (County Summary Data)
  • DS9: 1988 File 2, Census Geographic Division 7 (County Summary Data)
  • DS10: 1988 File 2, Census Geographic Division 8 (County Summary Data)
  • DS11: 1988 File 2, Census Geographic Division 9 (County Summary Data)
  • DS12: 1988 SIC Reference Code List