Economic statistics terminology · MLC-0116

Economic statistics terms: F (100)

• Families and primary individualsIn the American Housing Survey, while any occupant of a housing unit is called a household member, each...
• FamilyGroup of two or more people residing together who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption.
• Family householdA family includes a householder and one or more people living in the same household who are related to the...
• Family IncomeThe sum of the income of all family members 15 years and older living in the household. Families are groups...
• Family leave (paid)Paid leave granted to an employee to care for a family member.
• Family leave (unpaid)Unpaid leave granted to an employee to care for a family member.
• Family sizeRefers to the number of people in a family.
• Family typeRefers to how the members of a family are related to one another. Families may be a "Married Couple Family,"...
• Far visual acuityClarity of vision at 20 feet or more.
• Farm residenceDwelling or household located in a rural farm area and concerned with growing crops or raising livestock.
• Fatal error messageAn electronic response sent to the filer by the Automated Export System (AES) when invalid or missing data...
• FeatureAny part of the landscape, whether natural (such as a stream or ridge), man-made (such as a road or power...
• Federal Government UnitAny of a variety of civil divisions; places and is used for sampling.
• Federal home heating and cooling assistance programThe data on this topic are designed to measure the number of households receiving benefits from the federal...
• Federal Information Processing Series/StandardsStandardized system of numeric coding originally issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
• Federal Register NoticePublished by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the...
• Federal-State Coopertive Program for Population EstimatesFSCPEs are state-level organizations, designated by their respective governors, to work cooperatively with...
• Female householder, no husband presentA female maintaining a household with no husband of the householder present.
• Fiber CementA durable building product made from cellulose fiber, Portland cement, ground sand, and additives mixed with...
• Field(1) staff who oversee or conduct data collection; (2) setting in which data are collected, such as a call...
• Field of degreeThis term refers to the major(s) of any bachelor's degrees among respondents who have completed a bachelor's...
• Field RepresentiativeA Census Bureau employee who interviews people to obtain information for a census or survey.
• Field testStudy conducted to evaluate the feasibility of a system or project prior to its becoming operational.
• File Transfer ProtocolA process that allows a user to download large census and survey files and datasets from American FactFinder...
• Filer IDThe Employee Identification Number of the company who is filing the export information in the Automated...
• FilersThose U.S. Principal Party in Interest (USPPI) or authorized agents of either the USPPI or the Foreign...
• Filing electronic export informationThe act of entering the Electronic Export Information (EEI) in the Automated Export System (AES).
• FilterFilters in American FactFinder are the predefined subjects or categories used to organize Census data...
• Final closingLast opportunity to report data for a given reference period.
• Final demand core indexSpecial aggregate price index that excludes the relatively volatile categories of foods, energy, and trade...
• Final demand (PPI)Portion of the Final Demand-Intermediate demand (FD-ID) system that measures price changes from the...
• Finance and InsuranceThe Finance and Insurance sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in financial transactions...
• Financial administrationActivities involving finance and taxation. Includes central agencies for accounting, auditing, and budgeting...
• Financial Operating RatiosFinancial ratios are those derived from comparisons of balance-sheet items, or of balance sheet items with...
• Financial planning servicesServices provided to employees to aid them in decisions regarding savings, borrowing, investing, home...
• Financing, Types ofFor houses sold, the type of financing is the type reported at the time the original sales agreement was...
• Fine manipulationPicking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with the fingers rather than the whole hand or arm (as in...
• Fines and forfeitsPenalties imposed for violation of law and forfeits of amounts on deposit as performance guarantees. Does not...
• Finished Good InventoryThe value of all completed products ready for shipment and all inventories and goods bought for resale...
• Finished goods or minerals products, crude petroleum, and natural gas liquids inventories, beginning of year ($1,000)The total value of merchandise inventories owned on December 31st of the year prior to the reporting year...
• Finished goods or minerals products, crude petroleum, and natural gas liquids inventories, end of year ($1,000)The total value of merchandise inventories owned on December 31st of the reporting year (and/or the prior...
• FIPS class codeA two-character code to differentiate between various classes of populated places, other geopolitical and...
• Fire protectionFire fighting organization and auxiliary services; fire inspection and investigation; support of volunteer...
• Fireplace (indoor)The data include those made of masonry, tile, metal, or other permanently installed materials that are a...
• FirmBusiness that consists of one or more establishments such that each establishment may participate in a...
• First closingFirst deadline to report data for a given reference period.
• First-in, first-out (FIFO) inventory valuation, end of year ($1,000)Total value of merchandise inventories using the first-in, first-out valuation method on December 31st of the...
• First-quarter payroll ($1,000)First-quarter payroll includes the payroll paid before deductions to persons employed at any time during the...
• Fiscal yearThe 12-month period at the end of which the government or any government agency determines its financial...
• Fish and gameConservation and development of fish and game resources through regulation, protection, and propagation.
• Fisher indexGeometric mean of a Laspeyres index and a Paasche index.
• Five-Year Estimates (American Community Survey)Estimates based on 5 years of American Community Survey (ACS) data. These estimates are meant to reflect the...
• Fixed-interest securitiesSecurities that pay set interest rates over predetermined periods.
• Fixed-multiple-of-earnings benefit plansPlans that link the benefit amount to employee earnings and that allow for the level of coverage to increase...
• Fixed-percentage-of-profits formulaCalculation method in deferred profit-sharing plans in which the employer contributes a fixed percentage of...
• Flat-dollar-amount benefit plansPlans that provide a fixed life insurance benefit amount.
• Flat-percentage-per-year plansPlans specifying a reduction in the benefit amount to be received upon retirement for each year by which...
• Flexible benefit plansPlans that, under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, provide employees a choice between permissible...
• Flexible spending accountsAccounts that permit the participant to set aside funds (before taxes) for future eligible healthcare cost...
• Flexible workplaceEmployee benefit that permits workers to work at home or at some other approved location.
• Floor AreaSingle-family - Floor area is defined as all completely finished floor space, including space in basements...
• Floors, Number of (for Multifamily Buildings)The basement does not count as a floor unless it contains two or more housing units.
• Focus groupGroup whose members report qualitative data about their experiences and thoughts on a topic collected through...
• Food at homeFood purchased at grocery stores or other food stores.
• Food away from homeAll meals (breakfast and brunch, lunch, dinner and snacks, and nonalcoholic beverages), including tips where...
• Food stamp receiptThe data on participation in the Food Stamp Program are designed to identify households in which one or more...
• Foot/leg controlUse of one or both feet or legs to move controls on machinery or equipment.
• Foreign bornPeople residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth.
• Foreign entityA person that temporarily enters into the United States and purchases or obtains goods for export. This...
• Foreign Exports (Re-exports)For statistical purposes: These are exports of foreign-origin goods that have previously entered the United...
• Foreign Military SalesThe shipment of military goods for sale or repair to a foreign country.
• Foreign principal party in interestThe party shown on the transportation document to whom final delivery or end-use of the goods may be made...
• Foreign residentsPeople or organizations whose economic interests are centered outside the United States and who reside or...
• Foreign Trade ZoneSpecially licensed commercial and industrial areas in or near ports of entry where foreign and domestic...
• ForestryConservation, development, and promotion of forests and forest products. Includes forest fire prevention and...
• Former Soviet UnionThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Former YugoslaviaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Formulary drugGeneric or brand-name drug that is approved by a healthcare provider.
• Forwarding agentThe person in the United States who is authorized by the principal party in interest to facilitate the...
• Foster childrenChildren placed in care by a government agency. The child may be related to their foster parents, or...
• FoundationThe foundation is the first piece of a home to be constructed and creates a base for the rest of the home's...
• Franchising ReportAn Economic Census report with data on franchising across multiple industries.
• Free Along Ship (F.A.S.) Export ValueThe value of exports at the U.S. seaport, airport, or border port of export, based on the transaction price...
• Free or reduced-price meals programsThe data on this topic are designed to measure the number of households where at least one member of the...
• FreightA term for cargo or the cost of shipping.
• Freight ForwarderAn independent business which handles export shipments for compensation.
• Frequency of language usePeople who reported speaking another language other than English at home also reported the frequency with...
• Fringe BenefitsExpenditures made by the employer for legally required and voluntary fringe benefit programs for employees...
• Frozen retirement planPlan that is closed to new enrollees and that limits future accruals of benefits for some or all active...
• Full-faith and credit debtLong-term debt for which the credit of the government concerned, implying the power of taxation, is...
• Full-Quarter (Stable) EmploymentAn estimate of stable jobs, i.e. the number of jobs that are held on both the first and last day of the...
• Full-time employeesPersons employed during the pay period to work the number of hours per week that represents regular full-time...
• Full-time equivalent employmentFull-time equivalent is a computed statistic representing the number of full-time employees that could have...
• Full-time or part-time statusClassification of workers that is based on whether they work full time or part time.
• Full-Time, Year-Round WorkerA person who worked full time (35 or more hours per week) and year round (50 or more weeks) during the...
• Full-time, year-round workers in designated calendar yearAll people 16 years old and over who usually worked 35 hours or more per week for 50 to 52 weeks in the...
• Functional status codeA one-letter code that describes whether a geographic entity is a functioning governmental unit, has an...
• FunctionsPublic purposes served by governmental activities (education, highways, public welfare, etc.). Expenditure...
• FundAn accounting device established to control receipt and disbursement of income from sources set aside to...
• Funeral leave (paid)Leave provided because of a death in the family.

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