United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

916 Appendix III
SUBJECT, SOURCE, TITLE, TABLES
UNIVERSE, FREQUENCY, TYPES
OF DATA
TYPE OF DATA COLLECTION
OPERATION
SECTION 16. ELECTIONS
(See section 1 above for Information perta ning to tables 805 and 606.)
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SECTION 17. BANKING, FINANCE, AND INSURANCE
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(See section 4 above for information pertaining to table 669.)
SECTION 18. BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
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U.S. Internal Revenue Service
S ta tis tic s o f in c o m e
S o le P ro p rie to rs h ip R e tu rn s
See tables 675, 876,876, and 879.
P a rtn e rs h ip R e tu rn s
See tables 875,876,878, and 879.
Annual study of unaudited income tax
returns of sole proprietorships, Form
1040 with business or farm schedules.
Data provided on various financial
characteristics by industry, size of
business receipts, and adjusted gross
income.
Annual study of unaudited Income tax
returns of partnerships, Form 1065. Data
provided on various financial
characteristics by industry and size of
business receipts, and total assets
(partnerships only).
Stratified probability sample of 79,830
sole proprietorships in tax year 1978.
The sample is broken into sample
classes based on type of return and on
combinations of adjusted grose income
or the largest of specific income or loss
items and receipts.
Stratified probability sample of 50,105
partnership returns filed for tax year
1979. The sample is broken into sample
classes based on combinations of gross
receipts, total income or loss, and total
assets, and on industry. Sampling rates
vary from .6% to 100%.
(See section 9 above for information pertt ining to the Internal Revenue Service and sc ction 29 below for table 897.)
SECTION 19. COMMUNICATIONS
(See section 29 for information pertaining o table 950.)
SECTION 20. ENERGY
U.S. Energy Inform ation
Administration
R e s id e n tia l E n e rg y C o n s u m p tio n S u rv e y
See tables 978-981 and tables 1360-
1362 in section 28.
Annual survey of households and fuel
suppliers. Data obtained on energyrelated
household characteristics,
housing unit characteristics, use of fuels,
and energy consumption and
expenditures by fuel type.
Probability sample of 6,634 eligible units
in 131 PSU’s. For responding units, fuel
consumption and expenditure data
obtained from fuel suppliers to those
households.
SECTION 22. TRANSPORTATION-LAND
(See section 1 above for information perta ning to table 1079, section 2 for table 1062 and section 13 for table 1043.)
SECTION 23. TRANSPORTATION-AIR AN D WATER
U.S. Bureau o f the Census
F o reig n T ra d e — E x p o rt S ta tis tic s
See Bureau of the Census citations for
export statistics in source notes In
sections 23 and 31 and also tables 1194,
1289, and 1511
The export declarations collected by
Customs are processed each month to
obtain data on the movement of U.S.
merchandise exports to foreign
countries. Data obtained include value,
quantity, and shipping weight of exports
by commodity, by country of destination,
by Customs district of exportation, and
by mode of transportation.
Shipper’s Export Declarations are
required to be filed for the exportation of
merchandise valued over $500. Customs
officials collect and transmit the
documents to the Bureau of the Census
on a flo w b a s is to r d a ta c o m p ila tio n .
Probability sampling is used in the
compilation process for low-value
shipments i.e., shipments to Canada
vatued $501-51,999 which account for
less than 1 % of total exports.