"c           VAR 0412      08336 SELF EMP R 945-965               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0412         LOC  942 WIDTH  9             DK  16 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS, NONAGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES, BUREAU OF  "
"c              THE CENSUS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.                       "
"c              ------------------------------------------------------------  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08336                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF PERSONS                                  "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  FOURTH, 1945                             "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  07/1945-04/1965                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE: "THE LABOR FORCE BULLETIN," NO.7, APRIL 1947 FOR      "
"c              1945-46 DATA;"ANNUAL REPORT ON THE LABOR FORCE" FOR 1947-58   "
"c              (UNITED STATES BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT POPULATION       "
"c              REPORTS: LABOR FORCE, SERIES P.50, NOS.13, 19, 31, 40, 45,    "
"c              59, 67, 72, 85, AND 89) AND"SPECIAL LABOR FORCE REPORT" FOR   "
"c              1959-63 (UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BES, NOS.4, 14,   "
"c              23, 31, 43). BES AND MONTHLY REPORT ON THE LABOR FORCE FOR    "
"c              1964 AND 1965 DATA.                                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA REFER TO PERSONS 14 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER.       "
"c                   BEGINNING WITH DATA FOR JULY 1955, THE ESTIMATES RELATE  "
"c              TO THE CALENDAR WEEK (SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) WHICH          "
"c              CONTAINS THE 12TH OF THE MONTH. FOR PRIOR MONTHS, DATA        "
"c              RELATE TO THE CALENDAR WEEK CONTAINING THE 8TH OF THE MONTH.  "
"c              (SURVEY WEEK)                                                 "
"c                   IN 1954, A CHANGE WAS MADE FROM THE 68-AREA SAMPLE THAT  "
"c              SERVED AS BASIS FOR THE ESTIMATES TO A 230-AREA SAMPLE. THE   "
"c              DATA SHOWN FOR 1953 HERE REPRESENT ESTIMATES THAT WERE        "
"c              REVISED ON THE BASIS OF NEW ESTIMATION PROCEDURES APPLIED TO  "
"c              THE 230-AREA SAMPLE FROM 1954 ON (SEE THE ANNUAL REPORT ON    "
"c              THE LABOR FORCE; 1954, P.50, NO.59, P.10). THE NUMBER OF      "
"c              SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS PRIOR TO REVISION WAS 68,969 IN 1953.   "
"c                   ANOTHER SAMPLE CHANGE TO 330 AREAS WAS MADE IN MAY       "
"c              1956; THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS SURVEYED INCREASED FROM AN     "
"c              AVERAGE OF 21,000 TO AN AVERAGE OF 35,000. THE ESTIMATES ARE  "
"c              CONSIDERED CONTINUOUS AND NO OVERLAPPING FIGURES ARE SHOWN    "
"c              FOR THE DETAILED LABOR FORCE COMPONENTS (SEE SOURCE CITED     "
"c              ABOVE. P.50, NO.72, P.12.  THE INCREASE IN TOTAL EMPLOYMENT   "
"c              IN NONAGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES IN MAY 1956 WAS 0.16% (FROM     "
"c              57,999 TO 58,092).                                            "
"c                   FROM 1957 ON, THE DATA ARE BASED ON NEW DEFINITIONS OF   "
"c              LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND UNEMPLOYMENT. WHILE THE MAJOR    "
"c              AGGREGATES WERE REVISED FROM 1947 ON, NO CHANGES WERE MADE    "
"c              FOR SMALL COMPONENTS AND THE FIGURES ARE CONSIDERED AS BEING  "
"c              CONTINUOUS (P.50, NO.85).                                     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 2/20/94.                          "
"c                                                                            "
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