1992 CENSUS OF RETAIL TRADE Abstract =>CITATION Census of Retail Trade on CD-ROM, 1992: Merchandise Line Sales / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1995. =>TYPE OF FILE File 1. RC92L1.dbf: Merchandise Lines by Kind of Business: 1992 File 2. RC92L2.dbf: Kinds of Business by Broad Merchandise Line: 1992 =>UNIVERSE DESCRIPTION The universe is all retail trade establishments with payroll. Establishments with no paid employees, for example, "mom and pop" stores, are not included in the Merchandise Line Sales files, but are included in the Nonemployer Statistics Series. However, merchandise line sales data was not collected for nonemployers. =>SUBJECT-MATTER DESCRIPTION The information included on the Merchandise Line Sales files of this CD-ROM is the same as that shown in the printed Merchandise Line Sales report, RC92-S-3, except that the "Merchandise Lines by Kind of Business" and "Kinds of Business By Broad Merchandise Line" statistics appear for States and metropolitan areas on the CD-ROM but not in the corresponding printed report. These two files provide 1992 data by merchandise line code within kind of business and by kind of business for each of the 43 broad merchandise line codes. File 1 (RC92L1.dbf) shows the number of establishments handling the line and the sales of that line; the sales of the line as a percentage of the total sales of the establish- ments handling the line; and the sales of the line as a percentage of the total sales. File 2 (RC92L2.dbf) shows the number of establish- ments handling the line and the sales of that line (by kind of business within broad merchandise line); and percentage of sales of the broad merchandise line by kind of business. =>GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE Data are provided for the United States, States, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), consolidated metropolitan statistical areas (CMSAs), primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSAs), and the area outside metropolitan areas (non-MAs). =>SIC/KIND-OF-BUSINESS DETAIL The 1992 Census of Retail Trade covers retail trade as defined in the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual. This includes establishments classified in Major Groups 52-59. The Census includes liquor stores operated by State and local governments; however, all other government-operated businesses are excluded. The Merchandise Line Sales files present data for selected SIC or kind- of-business (KB) codes. The level of KB detail varies by file and geography. The KB codes included in each 'stub' may be referenced in SICKEY92.dbf. NUMBER FILE GEOGRAPHY OF KBs STUB 1 U.S. 116 MLPUB States 113 MLPUB2 MSAs,CMSAs,PMSAs and non-MAs with: 10,000 or more retail establishments 113 MLPUB2 2,000 to 9,999 retail establishments 102 MLPUB3 Less than 2,000 retail establishments 57 MLPUB4 2 U.S. 116 MLPUB States 113 MLPUB2 MSAs,CMSAs,PMSAs and non-MAs with: 10,000 or more retail establishments 113 MLPUB2 2,000 to 9,999 retail establishments 102 MLPUB3 Less than 2,000 retail establishments 57 MLPUB4 =>SOFTWARE ACCESS EXTRACT This software system, included on this CD-ROM, provides access to every file discussed in the Type of File section of this abstract. GO92 This software system, also included on this CD-ROM, provides a more "user-friendly" access to selected statistics from the economic census. These statistics include number of establishments, sales, sales of a merchandise line as a percentage of total sales of a KB, and sales of a kind of business as a percentage of the total sales of a broad merchandise line. GO92 allows the user to display U.S., State, or MA data by merchandise line within kind of business, or by kind of business within broad merchandise line. =>RELEASE SCHEDULE Release 1G of Volume 1 will include Merchandise Line Sales data for Retail Trade. =>RELATED DATA FILES Census of Retail Trade, 1992: Geographic Area Series (RC92A1.dbf, RC92A2.dbf, RC92A3.dbf) provides the number of establishments, sales, payroll, and employment for establishments with payroll by kind of business for the United States, States, metropolitan areas, counties, and places. This data is included in Volume 1 of the CD-ROM series. =>FILE CHARACTERISTICS => RC92L1.dbf - Merchandise Lines by Kind of Business: 1992 File sequence: United States records followed by records for States, MSA/CMSA/PMSAs, and the nonmetropolitan area in each state; by kind of business by merchandise line Available indexes: RC92L1GS.ndx: Geotype by State by metropolitan area by kind of business (unique) RC92L1KS.ndx: Kind of business by geotype by State by metropolitan area (unique) RC92L1ML.ndx: Merchandise line by geotype by State by metropolitan area by kind of business Linkable label files: SICKEY92 (kind-of-business codes) LINEKEY (merchandise line codes) GEOREF92 (geographic area names) EC92MISC (descriptions for data flags and types of geography) => RC92L2.dbf - Kinds of Business by Broad Merchandise Line: 1992 File sequence: United States records followed by records for States, MSA/CMSA/PMSAs, and the nonmetropolitan area in each state; by merchandise line by kind of business Available indexes: RC92L2GL.ndx: Geotype by State by metropolitan area by merchandise line (unique) RC92L2ML.ndx: Merchandise line by geotype by State by metropolitan area by kind of business Linkable label files: SICKEY92 (kind-of-business codes) LINEKEY (merchandise line codes) GEOREF92 (geographic area names) EC92MISC (descriptions for data flags and types of geography)22