"c           VAR 0280      02012 RES BLD  R 925-956               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0280         LOC  376 WIDTH  9             DK   6 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              TOTAL RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONTRACTS, FLOOR SPACE, F.W.       "
"c              DODGE CORPORATION                                             "
"c              -------------------------------------------------------       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  02012                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S., 37 STATES                                "
"c              UNITS:  MILLION SQUARE FEET                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1925 - 12/1956                          "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  1925-41, F.W. DODGE CORP. FILES; 1942-56, F.W.       "
"c              DODGE CORP.,"CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED, 37 EASTERN       "
"c              STATES.  (ANNUAL DATA IS FROM SAME SOURCES EXCEPT 1932-44,    "
"c             "RECORD OF CONTRACTS AWARDED, 37 EASTERN STATES")              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES: SERIES 02012 IS PRESENTED HERE AS 4 VARIABLES:  (1)    "
"c              ORIGINAL DATA, 27 STATES, 1919-26; (2) ORIGINAL DATA, 36      "
"c              STATES, 1923-28; (3) ORIGINAL DATA, 37 STATES, 1925-56; (4)   "
"c              ORIGINAL DATA, 48 STATES, 1956-63.                            "
"c                  IN 1956 NEW PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTING DATA ON ONE AND     "
"c              TWO-FAMILY HOUSES WERE INTRODUCED (SEE INTRODUCTORY NOTES).   "
"c              REVISIONS BASED ON THIS NEW METHOD WERE MADE FOR THE 37       "
"c              STATE SEGMENT BACK TO 1947, GIVING A REVISED SERIES           "
"c              COMPARABLE IN COLLECTION COVERAGE - ALTHOUGH NOT IN           "
"c              GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE - TO THE LATER 48 STATE SEGMENT.        "
"c                  THE DATA PRESENTED HERE ARE THE UNREVISED SERIES.         "
"c              REVISED DATA FOR 1947-56, IN MILLION SQUARE FEET, ARE AS      "
"c              FOLLOWS:  1947, 706.9; 1948, 673.3; 1949, 694.4; 1950,        "
"c              989.0; 1951, 805.2; 1952, 845.1; 1953, 814.4; 1954, 953.4;    "
"c              1955, 1088.8; 1956, 914.7.                                    "
"c                 SEE V012                                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                             "
"c           ...............................................................  "