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Survey Characteristic:

Is a mapping criteria for selected series IDs. It provides detailed information about the survey you have selected. There can be a variety of survey characteristics, i.e., occupation, age, product, etc., depending upon the survey selected. Furthermore, they can be displayed in the row stub as the main criteria within your output.

Survey Characteristic - Example

Data extracted on: February 18, 1997 (10:36 AM) Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
Series Catalog:
Seasonally Adjusted
Series Title : UNEMP. RATE - Civilian labor force Black Male
Age : 16 Years And Older (null)
Class of Worker : N/A
Ethnicity Origin : N/a
Industry : N/A
Race : Black/Negro
Sex : Male
Status : Civilian Labor Force (Null)
Data:
Occupation	Jan 1996 	Feb 1996 	Mar 1996
N/a		11.1        	11.2       	 12.0

 

Last Modified Date: July 19, 2008