1982 Census of Retail Trade: Merchandise Line Sales RC82L... These files show the sales of retail establishments with payroll by merchandise line by kind of business. File 1 (corresponding to printed table 1) organizes the data by kind of business; file 2 (table 2) organizes the data by broad merchandise line. Detailed merchandise lines are shown only in file 1. Separate files show data for the U.S. and states (RC82L?XS), metropolitan areas (RC82L?MM), and the nonmetropolitan remainders of states (RC82L?NO). The U.S. data correspond to those in print; the state and metro area data are available only in computerized media and microfiche. On the FILE SELECTION MENU - Select U.S & state vs. metro area data On the MAIN MENU you may 1 Select ITEMS select specific statistics to display out of each record 2 Select RECORDS select merchandise lines, kinds of business and/or areas 3 Add LABELS add mdse line or kind-of-bus. descriptions or area names 4 Select an INDEX resequence records by mdse line (file 1 only--advanced) 5 Format options select a columnar report or rowwise listing 6 Display to Screen 7 Print send output to printer (use option 5 to configure) 8 EXTRACT DATA create an extract file in any of 3 formats