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ACE (or ACES) |
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey |
ACS |
American Community Survey |
ADRF |
Account and Data Request Form |
AES |
Assets and Expenditures Survey |
AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
AHS |
American Housing Survey |
AR2P |
Request to Add Researcher |
ARTS |
Annual Retail Trade Survey |
ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ASM |
Annual Survey of Manufacturers |
AUX |
Auxiliary Establishment |
AWTS |
Annual Wholesale Trade Survey |
BDS |
Business Dynamics Statistics |
BES |
Business Expenditures Survey |
BOC |
Bureau of the Census |
BR |
Business Register (same as SSEL) |
BRB |
Business Register Bridge |
BRDIS |
Business Research & Development and Innovation Survey |
CARRA |
Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications |
CCN |
Census of Construction Industries |
CECON |
Chief Economist |
CEN |
Decennial Census Long Form Sample |
CES |
Center for Economic Studies |
CFI |
Census of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate |
CFS |
Commodity Flow Survey |
CIR |
Current Industrial Reports |
CMF |
Census of Manufactures |
CMI |
Census of Mining |
CPS |
Current Population Survey March Supplement |
CRM |
Clearance Request Memo |
CRT |
Census of Retail Trade |
CSB |
Compustat–SSEL Bridge |
CSR |
Census of Services |
CSvD |
Computer Services Division |
CUT |
Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities |
CWH |
Census of Wholesale Trade |
DID |
Data Integration Division |
DOC |
Department of Commerce |
DSD |
Demographic Surveys Division |
ECF |
Employer Characteristics File |
EDB |
Exporter Database |
EHF |
Employment History Files |
EPCD |
Economic Planning and Coordination Division |
ESMPD |
Economic Statistical Methods and Programming Division |
ESR |
Enterprise Summary Report |
EXP |
Foreign Trade Data – Export |
FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standards |
FTD |
Foreign Trade Division |
GAL |
Geo-coded Address List |
GEO |
Geography Division |
HHES |
Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division |
HSPD-12 |
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 |
ICF |
Individual Characteristics File |
ILBD |
Integrated Longitudinal Business Database |
IMP |
Foreign Trade Data – Import |
LBD |
Longitudinal Business Database |
LEHD |
Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics |
LFTTD |
Longitudinal Firm Trade Transaction Database |
MCD |
Manufacturing and Construction Division |
MEC (or MECS) |
Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey |
MEPS–IC |
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Insurance Component |
NAICS |
North American Industry Classification System |
NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics |
NCVS |
National Crime Victimization Survey |
NES |
National Employer Survey |
NLMS |
National Longitudinal Mortality Study |
NLS |
National Longitudinal Survey |
OCD |
Ownership Change Database |
OSY |
Office of Security |
PACE |
Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures |
PCU |
Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization |
PD |
Project Description |
PII |
Personally Identifiable Information |
PIK |
Protected Identification Key |
PIO |
Public Information Office |
PMT |
Potential RDC Methodological Topics |
POL |
Policy Office |
PMT |
Potential RDC Methodological Topics |
POP |
Population Division |
PPC |
Post-Project Certification |
PPS |
Predominant Purpose Statement |
QFR |
Quarterly Financial Report |
QPC |
Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization |
QWI |
Quarterly Workforce Indicators |
RAD (or SIRD) |
Survey of Industrial Research and Development |
RDC |
Reseach Data Center |
RHB |
Researcher Handbook |
SAS |
Service Annual Survey |
SBO |
Survey of Business Owners |
SEC |
Security Office |
SEHSD |
Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division |
SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification |
SIRD (or RAD) |
Survey of Industrial Research and Development |
SIPP |
Survey of Income and Program Participation Panels |
SMT |
Survey of Manufacturing Technology |
SRD |
Statistical Research Division |
SRT |
Statistical Research Topics |
SSEL |
Standard Statistical Establishment List |
SSL |
Standard Statistical Establishment List |
SSS |
Special Sworn Status |
SSSD |
Service Sector Statistics Division |
SynLBD |
Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database |
T13 |
Title 13 U.S. Code |
T26 |
Title 26 U.S. Code |
TC |
Thin Client |
TCO |
Telecommunications Office |
TCUG |
Thin Client User Guide |
TM |
Technical Memorandum |
U2W |
Unit to Worker |
UPD |
User Provided Data |
What are Microdata?
Microdata are data at the level of the establishment, firm, individual, or household that are collected through census and survey programs.
The Virtual RDC provides access to public use data products and a computing environment that mirrors the Census RDCs.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Center for Economic Studies | (301) 763-6460 |
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Last Revised:
August 03, 2012