ASM_A2 RECORD LAYOUT

                          ANNUAL SURVEY OF MANUFACTURES:
                    General Statistics by SIC by State by Year
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FIELD   TYPE SIZE   DESCRIPTION
NAME              
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GEOTYPE   C   1     Type of geography                                           
                      1    United States                           
                      2    State                                   
ST        C   2     FIPS State code                                             
TRADEKEY  C   1     Trade area/SIC division code                (M=Manufactures)
SICKEY    C   4     SIC code                                                    
YR        C   2     Reference year                     (current year back to 87)
VALUE     N  10     Value of industry shipments  ($1,000)                       
VALUEF    C   1       Flag for VALUE                                            
EMP       N   8     Number of employees                                         
EMPF      C   1       Flag for EMP                                              
PAY       N   9     Annual payroll  ($1,000)                                    
PAYF      C   1       Flag for PAY                                              
WORKERS   N   8     Production workers, average number                          
WORKERSF  C   1       Flag for WORKERS                                          
HOURS     N   8     Production worker hours  (1,000)                            
HOURSF    C   1       Flag for HOURS                                            
WAGES     N   9     Production worker wages  ($1,000)                           
WAGESF    C   1       Flag for WAGES                                            
VALADD    N  10     Value added by manufacture  ($1,000)                        
VALADDF   C   1       Flag for VALADD                                           
MATERLS   N  10     Cost of materials  ($1,000)                                 
MATERLSF  C   1       Flag for MATERLS                                          
CAPEXP    N   9     New capital expenditures  ($1,000)                          
CAPEXPF   C   1       Flag for CAPEXP                                           
INVET     N   9     Inventories, total, end of year ($1,000)                    
INVETF    C   1       Flag for INVET                                            
EMPE      N   2       Relative standard error of EMP                         (%)
VALADDE   N   2       Relative standard error of VALADD                      (%)
CAPEXPE   N   2       Relative standard error of CAPEXP                      (%)
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