"c           VAR 0299      08041 AVE INDU R 917-934               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0299         LOC 2652 WIDTH  9             DK  42 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS IN TWELVE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES    "
"c              ----------------------------------------------------------    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08041                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  DOLLARS                                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1917-02/1934                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  COMPUTED BY NBER FROM DATA IN THE MONTHLY LABOR      "
"c              REVIEW.                                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  THE TWELVE INDUSTRIES ARE: AUTOMOBILES; BOOTS AND     "
"c              SHOES; CAR BUILDING AND REPAIRING FOR STEAM RAILROAD; CIGARS  "
"c              AND CIGARETTES; MEN'S CLOTHING; COTTON GOODS; HOISERY AND     "
"c              UNDERWEAR; IRON AND STEEL; LEATHER; PAPER AND PULP; SILK      "
"c              GOODS; WOOLENS.                                               "
"c                   THE FIGURES FOR THE AMOUNT OF PAYROLL AND THE NUMBER ON  "
"c              THE PAYROLL OF EACH INDUSTRY WERE TAKEN FROM MONTHLY LABOR    "
"c              REVIEW. THE TOTAL PAYROLL FOR ALL TWELVE INDUSTRIES WAS THEN  "
"c              DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER ON THE PAYROLL TO GET THE         "
"c              AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS PER MONTH. THE AVERAGE WEEK WAS       "
"c              TAKEN TO BE THE WEEK INCLUDING THE 15TH OF THE MONTH. AS      "
"c              SOME FIGURES WERE ORIGINALLY GIVEN FOR TWO WEEKS OR HALF A    "
"c              MONTH, SUCH AS PAYROLL DATA, THEY HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED BY       "
"c              MULTIPLYING BY 1/2 OR 7/15 OR 7/15.5.                         "
"c                   DATA FOR MARCH-JULY 1922 ARE FOR ELEVEN INDUSTRIES;      "
"c              WOOLEN REPORTS ARE NOT INCLUDED.                              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "