MB92A RECORD LAYOUT

                       1992 MINORITY-/WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS:
                                   U.S. by SIC
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FIELD   TYPE SIZE   DESCRIPTION
NAME              
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GEOTYPE   C   1     Type of geography                                           
                      1    United States                           
TABLE     C   3     Table number in corresponding publication                   
TRADEKEY  C   1     Trade area/SIC division code                                
SECTOR    C   1     Industry sector code                                        
                                   All industries                  
                      0          Ag sv, forestry, fish & min(07-14)
                      1          Mining industries (10-14)         
                      2          Construction ind (15-17, inc 6552)
                      3          Manufacturing industries (20-39)  
                      4          Trans, communications &util(40-49)
                      5          Wholesale trade (50-51)           
                      6          Retail trade (52-59)              
                      7          Fin, insur &real est(60-67,ex6552)
                      8          Service industries (70-89)        
                      9          Industries not classified         
SIC       C   4     Standard Industrial Classification code for SMOBE/WOB       
YR        C   2     Reference year                                     (92 only)
SEX       C   1     Sex of owner                                                
                      0    Universe (All firms)                    
                      1    Men                                     
                      2    Women                                   
GROUP     C   2     Group code (women or specific minority, detail varies by geo
                      00   Universe (All firms)                    
                      10   Total minorities                        
                      20   Black                                   
                      30   Hispanic                                
                      31     Mexican                               
                      32     Puerto Rican                          
                      33     Cuban                                 
                      34     Other Central/South American          
                      35     European Spanish                      
                      39     Other Hispanic                        
                      40   Asian&Pac Is, Am.Indian&AK Native       
                      80   Women                                   
FIRMSA    N   8     Number of firms, with or without paid employees             
FIRMSAF   C   1       Flag for FIRMSA                                           
FIRMSAE   N   2       Relative standard error of FIRMSA                      (%)
VALUEA    N  10     Sales, receipts, value of shipments, of all firms ($1,000)  
VALUEAF   C   1       Flag for VALUEA                                           
VALUEAE   N   2       Relative standard error of VALUEA                      (%)
FIRMS     N   8     Number of firms with paid employees                         
FIRMSF    C   1       Flag for FIRMS                                            
FIRMSE    N   2       Relative standard error of FIRMS                       (%)
VALUE     N  10     Sales, receipts, value of shipments, etc. ($1,000)          
VALUEF    C   1       Flag for VALUE                                            
VALUEE    N   2       Relative standard error of 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