"c           VAR 0653      08196 MEAT PK 3R 920-942               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0653         LOC  438 WIDTH  9             DK   7 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              AVERAGE ACTUAL HOURS OF WORK PER WEEK, MEAT PACKING, NICB     "
"c              ---------------------------------------------------------     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08196                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  HOURS                                                 "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  06/1920-12/1921, 07/1922-12/1942           "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE BOARD, FOR JUNE,      "
"c              1920-JUNE, 1936 DATA: WAGES, HOURS, AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE     "
"c              UNITED STATES, 1914-1936, NICB STUDIES NO. 229, 1936; FOR     "
"c              JULY, 1936-1937 DATA: SUPPLEMENT TO NICB SERVICE LETTER OF    "
"c              JUNE, 1938; FOR 1938-SEPTEMBER, 1941: NICB ECONOMIC RECORD,   "
"c              MARCH 28, 1940 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES; FOR OCTOBER, 1941-1942:  "
"c              NICB MANAGEMENT RECORD.                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 08196 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1942  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1932-1956.                                                    "
"c                   ACCORDING TO NICB, THIS SERIES"INCLUDED ESTABLISHMENTS   "
"c              ENGAGED IN SLAUGHTERING, DRESSING, AND PACKING MEATS....THE   "
"c              DATA ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRY, COVERING MANY OF     "
"c              THE LARGEST PLANTS IN THE CHICAGO DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE     "
"c              PRINCIPAL INDEPENDENT PLANTS (NICB RESEARCH REPORT NO. 69,    "
"c              1924, P. 75)                                                  "
"c                   THIS SEGMENT COULD BE CONTINUED THROUGH JULY, 1948,      "
"c              WHEN THE NICB DISCONTINUED COMPILING PAYROLL STATISTICS.      "
"c              THIS SEGMENT IS ROUGHLY COMPARABLE WITH THE FOLLOWING         "
"c              SEGMENT, 1932-1956 DATA.                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 2/23/94.                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "