United States Census of Manufactures, 1929-1935 (ICPSR 37114)
Version Date: Aug 7, 2018 View help for published
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Chris Vickers, Auburn University;
Nicolas L. Ziebarth, Auburn University and National Bureau of Economic Research
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37114.v1
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These data are sourced from transcriptions of the original establishment-level schedules from the United States Census of Manufactures taken in 1929, 1931, 1933, and 1935. This dataset combines industries currently archived by ICPSR with new transcriptions. In total, twenty-five industries are included representing some 20 percent of manufacturing output. In addition to information transcribed verbatim from Census schedules, the dataset includes establishment identifiers constructed to link establishments across the censuses.
The twenty-five industries included are Agricultural Implements, Aviation, Beverages, Blast Furnaces, Bone Black, Cement, Cigars and cigarettes, Concrete, Glass, manufactured Ice, Ice cream, Linoleum, Macaroni, Malt, Matches, Motor Vehicles, Petroleum Refining, Planing-mill products, Radio, Rubber tires, Soap, Steel works, Cane Sugar, Refining Sugar.
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Some of the variables in this dataset [ICPSR 37114] may also be in: ICPSR 37208 - United States Census of Manufactures, Blast Furnace Industry, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935; ICPSR 35605 - United States Census of Manufactures, Cotton Goods Industry, 1929-1935; ICPSR 31761 - United States Census of Manufactures, Motor Vehicle and Textile Industry Plants, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935; ICPSR 35604 - United States Census of Manufactures, Motor Vehicle Industry, 1929-1935; and ICPSR 37211 - United States Census of Manufactures, Sugar Refining Industry, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935.
Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose
The schedules for 1931 and 1933 are retained in their original paper format while the schedules for 1929 and 1935 only exist on microfilm that are rapidly deteriorating. For this reason, the National Archives has been in the process of digitizing the microfilm and making them available online.
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The data represent complete cross-sections of twenty-five industries in 1929, 1931, 1933, and 1935, along with identifiers which connect individual establishments across time.
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All enumerated establishments in twenty-five selected industries in the United States
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Variables include plant location, operations and costs, employee and salary information, and sales information.
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