Description & Citation--Study No. 8348

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

08348

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

Bibliographic Citation:

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS, 1981 [UNITED STATES]: U.S. SUMMARY, STATE, AND COUNTY DATA. 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.v1

Series:

County Business Patterns [United States] Series

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 Terms:

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 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 Types:

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:

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:

  • 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

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