"c           VAR 0010      02222 URB-PUB    856-897               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0010         LOC   70 WIDTH  9             DK   2 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              INDEX OF PHYSICAL VOLUME OF URBAN BUILDING AND PUBLIC         "
"c              UTILITIES CONSTRUCTION, ABRAMOVITZ                            "
"c              -----------------------------------------------------         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES: 02222                                            "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. (SEE NOTE)                                "
"c              UNITS: (SEE NOTE)                                             "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1856-97                                      "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE                                      "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE                                        "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NOT APPLICABLE                          "
"c              SOURCE: SEE V220                                              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ABRAMOVITZ INDEXES IS    "
"c              GIVEN IN THE INTRODUCTORY DOCUMENTATION.  FOR FURTHER         "
"c              INFORMATION, CONSULT THE SOURCE CITED ABOVE.                  "
"c                   THIS VARIABLE REPRESENTS THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THE        "
"c              ABRAMOVITZ PHYSICAL VOLUME INDEX, COMPUTED AS THE WEIGHTED    "
"c              AVERAGE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE SERIES, EACH EXPRESSED AS A    "
"c              RELATIVE OF ITS AVERAGE STANDING IN 1856-97 BEFORE BEING      "
"c              COMBINED.                                                     "
"c                  (1) LONG'S INDEX OF NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS       "
"c              (NBER SERIES 02251).  WEIGHT:  0.51.                          "
"c                  (2) LONG'S INDEX OF NUMBER OF NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS    "
"c              (NBER SERIES02252).  WEIGHT:  0.23.                           "
"c                  (3)  RAIL CONSUMPTION, AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE  "
"c              (NBER SERIES 02084).  WEIGHT:  0.26.                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                             "
"c                                                                            "