"c           VAR 0739      08084 UNEMPLY 3R 947-966               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0739         LOC 1212 WIDTH  9             DK  20 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  3                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              UNEMPLOYMENT                                                  "
"c              ------------                                                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:   08084                                          "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF PERSONS, 14 YEARS AND OLDER               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  1947-1966                                   "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1947-12/1966                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DATA FOR 1947-1954:      "
"c              UNPUBLISHED TABULATION OBTAINED FROM COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC      "
"c              ADVISORS; DATA FOR 1955-1966: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT   "
"c              POPULATION REPORTS--LABOR FORCE, SERIES P-50; ANNUAL REPORT   "
"c              OF 1955; AND MONTHLY REPORT ON THE LABOR FORCE THEREAFTER.    "
"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 IN 1947, UNEMPLOYMENT WAS REDEFINED TO         "
"c              INCLUDE PERSONS ON TEMPORARY LAYOFF AND PERSONS WAITING TO    "
"c              REPORT FOR WORK WITHIN 30 DAYS. BEGINNING IN 1957, A SMALL    "
"c              GROUP OF STUDENTS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN THE WAITING GROUP    "
"c              HAS BEEN COVERED BY THE CATEGORY"NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE --    "
"c              IN SCHOOL." 1955 AND 1956 FIGURES, NOT PUBLISHED ACCORDING    "
"c              TO THE NEW DEFINITION, MAY BE DERIVED FROM TABLE C, P. 6,     "
"c              MONTHLY REVIEW ON THE LABOR FORCE, FEBRUARY 1957, AND         "
"c              PREVIOUS MONTHLY FIGURES.                                     "
"c                   ALASKA AND HAWAII ARE INCLUDED BEGINNING IN 1960; THE    "
"c              EFFECT ON THE DATA IS NEGLIGIBLE.                             "
"c                   A NEW METHOD OF SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT WAS BEGUN IN 1961.   "
"c              ADJUSTED DATA ARE THE SUM OF FOUR COMPONENTS -- UNEMPLOYED    "
"c              MALES AND UNEMPLOYED FEMALES, EACH GROUP BROKEN DOWN INTO     "
"c              PERSONS UNDER AND OVER 20 YEARS OF AGE.  SEASONAL MENT WAS    "
"c              REVISED FROM APRIL 1948 ON, THEN AGAIN IN MARCH 1965 (SEE     "
"c              MONTHLY REPORT ON THE LABOR FORCE, JANUARY 1965).             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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