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1997 ECONOMIC CENSUS - ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION SERVICES (SECTOR 56)
PURPOSE
To provide periodic and comprehensive statistics about administrative, support, waste management, and remediation establishments and their activities. The United States Code, Title 13, requires this census and provides for mandatory responses.
COVERAGE
All domestic establishments with payroll that primarily perform routine support activities for the day-to-day operations of other organizations. These are establishments classified in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 56: Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services. Data for this sector are shown for establishments of firms subject to Federal income tax. In 1997, over 276 thousand employer establishments accounted for over $295 billion in receipts.
CONTENT
Basic data obtained for all establishments include kind of business, geographic location, receipts, annual and first quarter payroll, and employment for the pay period including March 12. Establishments receiving a census form provide additional data on receipts by source and other industry-specific measures.
COMPARABILITY TO THE 1992 CENSUS
The adoption of NAICS has had a major impact on the comparability of data between the 1997 and 1992 censuses.
The Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services sector (new) primarily includes administrative and business support establishments that were classified in SIC Division I, Services, and waste management establishments that were classified in SIC Division E, Transportation, Communications, and Utilities. Most establishments included in the Administrative and Support subsector were classified in SIC major group 73. Travel agencies and other arrangers of passenger transportation, part of SIC Division E, Transportation, Communications, and Utilities, are also included in this subsector. Most establishments included in the Waste Management and Remediation Services subsector were classified in SIC major groups 42 and 47. Note that landscaping services, although part of this sector, are not in scope of the 1997 Economic Census.
FREQUENCY
Every 5 years for years ending in "2" and "7". Data collection begins in December of the census year and reports are due about 8 weeks later. Data are requested for activities taking place during the census calendar year.
METHODS
A mail-out/mail-back data collection for all establishments of multi-unit companies and most single-establishment employers; administrative records data for some small employers and all nonemployers. All establishments of multi-unit firms and single-unit employers with annualized payroll above a size cutoff receive a census form. A sample of small employers also receives a census form. This sample is selected using a stratified sampling procedure with strata based on industry and geography. Basic data for non-selected small employers and nonemployers are obtained from Federal administrative records. For this sector estimates of receipts by source and other industry-specific data are based partly on small employer sample results.
PRODUCTS
Geographic Area Series reports consist of 52 reports, available in portable document format (PDF) or in manipulable file format; one for the U.S., each state, and the District of Columbia. These files contain data for establishments with payroll by NAICS code for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, and places. These data are disseminated in print and on the Internet.
The ZIP Code Statistics Series summarize data for service employers by 5-digit ZIP Code and give kind-of-business detail for establishments by receipts and employment size category. Data are only available on CD-ROM.
Subject Series reports consist of 3 reports, available in PDF and manipulable file format, presenting tabulations for the US with some additional geographic detail (available in manipulable format only). Titles include Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Forms of Organization), Sources of Receipts, and Miscellaneous Subjects. A new Summary Report provides highlights of the most widely used statistics from previously issued reports and will be available in print and PDF.
USES
The Bureau of Economic Analysis will use the data to benchmark the national income and product accounts and input-output tables. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will use the data in developing productivity measures.
Trade associations will use census data to analyze their industry. Administrative, support, waste management, and remediation enterprises will use census data to analyze their performance relative to the rest of the industry and develop marketing strategies.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The only source of detailed industry and geographic data on receipts, receipts by source, and key industry-specific measures.
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