"c VAR 0561 08015 FACT EM 3R 947-951 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0561 LOC 2283 WIDTH 9 DK 37 COL 35-43 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c FACTORY EMPLOYMENT, IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS " "c ----------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 08015 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: THOUSANDS OF PRODUCTION WORKERS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1951 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SUMMARY TABLES, " "c "EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNINGS" (NBER LIBRARY, BINDER VOL. " "c 5). " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 08015 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR " "c VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1942 " "c (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1949 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1951 " "c (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956. " "c NBER DERIVED DATA FROM SOURCE BY ADDING PRODUCTION " "c WORKER EMPLOYMENT IN THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES: BLAST " "c FURNACES; STEEL WORKS AND ROLLING MILLS; IRON AND STEEL " "c FOUNDRIES; MISCELLANEOUS PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES; " "c FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORDINANCE MACHINERY ETC.) " "c MINUS LIGHTING FIXTURES. SEE FILES FOR DETAILS. " "c CERTAIN NONFERROUS METALS AND PRODUCTS CANNOT BE " "c ELIMINATED FROM THE INDUSTRIAL GROUPS COVERED IN THIS " "c SERIES. THROUGH 1950 THE DATA INCLUDE"SECONDARY SMELTING " "c AND REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS", EXCLUDED FROM 1951 ON. " "c THIS INDUSTRY ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 12% OF EMPLOYMENT " "c IN"MISCELLANEOUS PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES" IN 1947 (THEN " "c CALLED"OTHER PRIMARY..."), AND IF ADDED TO THAT GROUP IN " "c 1953 WOULD ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 8%. THE"LIGHTING FIXTURES" " "c GROUP IS INCLUDED THROUGH 1951, AND HAS BEEN EXCLUDED IN THE " "c SECOND SEGMENT OF THIS SERIES BEGINNING IN 1951. NONE OF " "c THE OTHER SERIES REPESENTING NONFERROUS METALS CAN BE " "c ELIMINATED FROM THE GROUP"FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS..." " "c SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER FIGURES FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER " "c 1950 REFLECT WORK STOPPAGE. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "