Economic statistics terminology · MLC-0116

Economic statistics terms: H (62)

• Hardship withdrawalsMoney withdrawals from an employee's retirement account that are due to financial hardship.
• Hard-to-count (HTC) populationsThe Census Bureau refers to a population as hard to count when our traditional methods of counting may not be...
• Harmonized systemA six-digit international classification system which classifies traded goods based on physical...
• Harmonized tariff schedule of the United StatesTen-digit U.S. classification system (based upon the Harmonized System) that classifies imported merchandise...
• Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States AnnotatedThe import statistics are initially collected and compiled in terms of approximately 18,000 10-digit...
• Hawaiian home landLands held in trust for Native Hawaiians by the State of Hawaii, pursuant to the Hawaiian Homes Commission...
• Hazardous contaminantsContaminants such that exposure to them harms the respiratory system, eyes, skin, or other living tissue via...
• HealthOutpatient health services, other than hospital care, including: public health administration; research and...
• Health care and social assistanceThe Health Care and Social Assistance sector comprises establishments providing health care and social...
• Health insurance coverageFor reporting purposes, the Census Bureau broadly classifies health insurance coverage as private or public...
• Health maintenance organizationHealth plan provider that assumes both the financial risks associated with offering comprehensive medical...
• Health savings accountEmployee-owned portable account that uses tax-exempt contributions to pay for medical expenses. HSAs are used...
• Healthcare benefitsBenefits in the form of preventive and protective medical, dental, vision, or prescription drug coverage to...
• Healthcare reimbursement accountsAccounts allocate a declared pretax amount of earnings to an account used to pay out-of-pocket healthcare...
• Hearing disabilityIn the American Housing Survey, a person with a hearing disability is deaf or has a hearing impairment that...
• Hearing lossRegressive change in hearing threshold relative to the baseline audiogram.
• Heating fuelThe type of fuel used most often to heat the house, apartment, or mobile home.
• Heating systemWarm-Air Furnace - A type of space-heating equipment in which a central combustor or resistance unit...
• Heavy vibrationVibration of one or more shaking objects or surfaces such that exposure to the vibration causes a strain on...
• Hedonic modelRegression model designed to isolate and measure the influence on price of economically meaningful product...
• Herfindahl-Hirschman index (%)The Herfindahl index (also known as the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index or HHI) is a common measure of industry...
• High risk populationIndividuals at greatest risk of developing HIV/AIDS.
• High schoolIncludes schools with either the ninth through the twelfth grade or the tenth through the twelfth grades.
• High school diploma or equivalentAward for the completion of high school or an equivalent program.
• High-deductible health planHealth plan that typically features a higher deductible and lower insurance premiums than traditional health...
• Higher educationIncludes local government degree granting institutions which provide academic training above grade 12...
• HighwaysConstruction, maintenance, and operation of highways, streets, and related structures, including toll...
• HiresAll additions to the payroll during the reference month.
• Hires rateHires during the month, divided by the number of employees who worked during or received pay for the pay...
• Hiring bonusPayment offered by an employer to attract candidates to persuade them to take a job with the company.
• Hispanic categories incl. SpainThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Hispanic or Latino ethnicityEthnicity of individuals who identify themselves in the Current Population Survey (CPS) questionnaire as...
• Hispanic or Latino originHispanic or Latino refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other...
• Historically undercounted populationsHistorically undercounted populations are a critical subset of hard-to-count populations. We restrict the...
• HIVHuman immunodeficiency virus. The virus that causes AIDS.
• Holiday bonusAdditional payment to employees made on a holiday as a sign of appreciation for their work.
• Holidays (paid)Days of special religious, cultural, social, or patriotic significance on which work and business ordinarily...
• Home healthcareSkilled-nursing and therapeutic services for patients in their own homes.
• Home improvementThe American Housing Survey asks questions about where the work was done, if any rooms were created or...
• Home-equity mortgagesThe two types of home-equity mortgages referenced in the American Housing Survey are home-equity lump-sum...
• Homeowner association feeIn the American Housing Survey, this is a fee charged for services such as upkeep of common property...
• Homeowner vacancy rateThe homeowner vacancy rate is the proportion of the homeowner housing inventory which is vacant for sale. It...
• Hospice careNursing care and psychological support for terminally ill patients and their families, either on an inpatient...
• HospitalsFinancing, construction acquisition, maintenance or operation of hospital facilities, provision of hospital...
• Hourly compensationSum of wages and benefits paid per hour of work.
• Hourly earningsHourly rate of pay earned by a worker.
• Hours of workActual and usual hours of work.
• Hours workedNumber of labor hours worked by all workers, including wage and salary workers, unincorporated self-employed...
• HouseholdAll people-related family members and unrelated people-who occupy a housing unit and have no other usual...
• Household incomeThe sum of the income of all people 15 years and older living in the household. A household includes related...
• Household languageHousehold language identifies the language spoken if anyone in the household speaks a language other than...
• Household populationAll U.S. residents who live in housing units such as single family homes, townhouses, apartments, and mobile...
• Household sizeThe total number of people living in a housing unit.
• Household typeHouseholds are classified by type according to the sex of the householder and the presence of relatives...
• Household type and relationshipHouseholds are classified by type according to the sex of the householder and the presence of relatives...
• HouseholderThe person, or one of the people, in whose name the home is owned, being bought, or rented.
• Housing and community developmentConstruction and operation of housing and redevelopment projects, and other activities to promote or aid...
• Housing tenureTenancy arrangement of a family's principal place of residence during the Consumer Expenditure survey.
• Housing unitA house, an apartment, a mobile home or trailer, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied as separate...
• Housing unit (construction), see Housing unit
• Housing unit densityNumber of housing units within a geographic entity (for example, United States, state, county, place) divided...
• Housing vacancies and homeownershipQuarterly economic indicator providing current information on rental and homeowner vacancy rates, and...
• HUD-code Manufactured (mobile) HomeA manufactured home is defined as a movable dwelling, 8 feet or more wide and 40 feet or more long, designed...

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