"c           VAR 0319      02161 PVT HSNG R 889-945               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0319         LOC  727 WIDTH  9             DK  12 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NUMBER OF NEW PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING UNITS STARTED,          "
"c              BLANK-BLS-BUREAU OF THE CENSUS                                "
"c              ----------------------------------------------------          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  02161                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. (SEE NOTE)                                "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSAND UNITS STARTED                                "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  1889-1945                                   "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1939-12/1945                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  1889-1919:  DAVID M. BLANK,"THE VOLUME OF            "
"c              RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION,"  1889-1950, NEW YORK, NBER,        "
"c              TECHNICAL PAPER 9, 1954.  1920- 1938: "NONFARM HOUSING        "
"c              STARTS 1889-1958,"  BLS BULLETIN 1260, 1959.  1939-1945:      "
"c             "CONSTRUCTION DURING FIVE DECADES HISTORICAL STATISTICS,       "
"c              1907-52,"  BLS BULLETIN 1146, 1954.                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  THE SERIES IS PRESENTED HERE AS 4 VARIABLES:  (1)     "
"c              ORIGINAL DATA, BLANK-BLS, 1889-1945; (2) ORIGINAL DATA,       "
"c              CENSUS, 1945-63.                                              "
"c                  THIS SERIES, TAKEN FROM THREE SOURCES, PROVIDES DATA      "
"c              ON PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS.  FOR DEFINITIONS AND       "
"c              FURTHER NOTES, SEE INTRODUCTORY DOCUMENTATION ON              "
"c              BLANK-BLS-BUREAU OF THE CENSUS DATA.                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                             "
"c           ...............................................................  "