"c VAR 0737 08084 UNEMPLY 3R 940-957 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0737 LOC 1194 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 62-70 " "c EXP DEC= 3 " "c " "c UNEMPLOYMENT " "c ------------ " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 08084 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: MILLIONS OF PERSONS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 03/1940-12/1957 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, MONTHLY REPORT ON THE LABOR " "c FORCE, DATA FOR 1940-1946: REPORT FOR 1940-1946, SERIES " "c P-50, NO. 2; DATA FOR JANUARY-JUNE 1947: SERIES P-57, NO. " "c 79, FEBRUARY 4, 1949; DATA FOR JULY-DECEMBER 1947: NO. 84, " "c JULY 8, 1949; FOR 1948-1952: NO. 86, SEPTEMBER 13, 1949, AND " "c FOLLOWING ISSUES THROUGH NO. 139; FOR 1953-1957: NO. 151, " "c FEBRUARY 1955, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES. " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 08084 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1929-1944 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1940-1957 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1966. " "c UNEMPLOYMENT MEANS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF " "c PERSONS IN THE LABOR FORCE AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONS " "c WORKING. NEGATIVE UNEMPLOYMENT ARISES " "c BEGINNING JUNE 1947, FIGURES ARE UNROUNDED. " "c COAL AND STEEL STRIKES ENDING IN NOVEMBER 1949 " "c ACCOUNTED FOR HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT IN OCTOBER 1949. ALSO, A " "c LARGE NUMBER OF COAAL MINERS AND STEEL WORKERS, REPORTED AS " "c LOOKING FOR WORK IN OCTOBER, WERE LATER CLASSIFIED AS"WITH " "c A JOB BUT NOT AT WORK," WHICH LED TO THE DECLINE IN " "c UNEMPLOYMENT IN NOVEMBER (SEE MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW, BLS, " "c DECEMBER 1949). THE USUAL DECLINE IN UNEMPLOYMENT FROM " "c SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER DID NOT OCCUR IN 1949. THEREFORE THE " "c USE OF THE LOW SEASONAL INDEX DISTORTED THE SEASONALLY " "c ADJUSTED FIGURES FOR OCTOBER. " "c THE SAMPLE WAS CHANGED IN JANUARY 1954 TO 230-AREA " "c SAMPLE. FIGURES FOR 1953 WERE REVISED ACCORDINGLY FROM " "c SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER SO THE SERIES IS CONTINUOUS (FOR THE " "c UNREVISED FIGURES SEE CURRENT POPULATION REPORT, P-50, " "c NO. 59, 1954 ANUAL, P. 53). " "c THE SAMPLE CHANGED AGAIN IN MAY 1956 TO A 330-AREA " "c SAMPLE. FIGURES ON THE OLD SAMPLE BASIS ARE-- ORIGINAL, " "c 2.58; ADJUSTED, 2.77. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c "