"c           VAR 0743      08291 LAY OFF 3R 947-966               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0743         LOC 1248 WIDTH  9             DK  20 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NUMBER OF PERSONS ON TEMPORARY LAYOFF                         "
"c              -------------------------------------                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08291                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF PERSONS, 14 YEARS AND OLDER              "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1947-12/1966                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA FOR 1947-1956: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT    "
"c              POPULATION REPORTS--LABOR FORCE, SERIES P-50, ANNUAL REPORT,  "
"c              NOS. 13, 19, 31, 40, 45, 59, 67, 72; DATA FOR 1957-JUNE       "
"c              1959: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, SERIES P-57, MONTHLY REPORT;      "
"c              DATA FOR JULY 1959-1966: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS,,         "
"c              MONTHLY REPORT ON THE LABOR FORCE, AND"EMPLOYMENT AND         "
"c              EARNINGS"; ALSO SEE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS,   "
"c              VOL. II, P. 7.                                                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA REPRESENT PERSONS TEMPORARILY LAID OFF FROM      "
"c              THEIR JOBS WITH DEFINITE INSTRUCTIONS TO RETURN TO WORK       "
"c              WITHIN 30 DAYS OF LAYOFF.  FIGURES RELATE TO THE SURVEY WEEK  "
"c              CONTAINING THE 8TH OF THE MONTH THROUGH JUNE 1955; THE 12TH   "
"c              OF THE MONTH THEREAFTER.  ACCORDING TO THE LETTER OF AUGUST   "
"c              4, 1961, FROM H. GOLDSTEIN, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF          "
"c              MANPOWER AND EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, BLS, NO MONTHLY DATA      "
"c              PRIOR TO 1947 ARE AVAILABLE.  THE AVERAGE FOR THE YEAR 1946   "
"c              WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN 97,000 (SEE G. MOORE FOR A MORE    "
"c              DETAILED EXPLANATION).                                        "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1953 THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE      "
"c              BUREAU OF THE CENSUS IS BASED ON A 230-AREA SAMPLE,           "
"c              REPLACING THE PREVIOUSLY USED 68-AREA SAMPLE.  DATA BASED ON  "
"c              THE FIRST SAMPLE BASIS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH FEBRUARY 1954,   "
"c              BUT HAVE BEEN SUPERCEDED AND THE SERIES IS CONSIDERED         "
"c              CONTINUOUS.  IN 1956 ANOTHER CHANGE WAS MADE, THE NEW SAMPLE  "
"c              COVERS 330 AREAS AND AGAIN THE SERIES IS CONTINUOUS.  FOR     "
"c              THE 1953 CHANGE SEE THE ANNUAL REPORT ON THE LABOR FORCE,     "
"c              1954, SERIES P-50, NO. 59; FOR 1956 SEE NO. 72.               "
"c                   THE FIGURE FOR FEBRUARY 1957 IS FROM THE COUNCIL OF      "
"c              ECONOMIC ADVISORS AND WAS UNPUBLISHED.  BEGINNING IN MARCH    "
"c              OF 1957 THESE FIGURES WERE SHOWN IN FOOTNOTES TO TABLES       "
"c              GIVING PERSONS UNEMPLOYED BUT NOT AT WORK -- TEMPORARY        "
"c              LAYOFFS ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED EMPLOYED, BUT ARE INCLUDED   "
"c              IN UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATES.                                    "
"c                   BEGINNING IN APRIL 1962, DATA ARE BASED ON THE 1960      "
"c              CENSUS BENCHMARKS; EARLIER FIGURES ARE BASED ON THE 1950      "
"c              CENSUS.  THE FIGURES FOR APRIL 1962, BASED ON THE EARLIER     "
"c              CENSUS ARE -- ORIGINAL, 95; ADJUSTED, 109.                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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