Economic statistics terminology · MLC-0116

Economic statistics terms: P (154)

• PacificThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Pacific IslandsThe Pacific Islands include American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and...
• Pacific RimThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Packing listA list showing the number and kinds of items being shipped, as well as other information needed for...
• Paid sick leavePaid absence from work when an employee is unable to work because of a non-work-related illness or injury.
• Paid vacationsPaid time away from work (or pay in lieu of time off) provided on an annual basis and normally taken in...
• PandemicA global epidemic.
• ParadataData captured as part of the process of producing a survey statistic.
• Parental place of birthRefers to the respondent's mother's and father's places of birth.
• ParishA type of governmental unit that is the primary legal subdivision of Louisiana, equivalent to a county in...
• Parking facilitiesConstruction, purchase, maintenance, and operation of public-use parking lots, garages, parking meters, and...
• Parks and recreationProvision and support of recreational and cultural-scientific facilities and activities including golf...
• PartWhen appearing in parenthesis after a geographic name, such as "Houston city (part)" this term indicates that...
• Part of bodyArea of the body affected by an injury or illness.
• Part timeLess than 35 hours of work per week.
• Part time for economic reasonsPeople who usually work part time and were at work 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic...
• Part time for noneconomic reasonsPeople who usually work part-time and were at work 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for a noneconomic...
• Participation in a benefit planFulfillment of applicable service and contribution requirements for eligible workers in an insurance or...
• Partnership agenciesU.S. government agencies that have statistical and analytical reporting and/or monitoring and enforcement...
• Part-time employeesEmployees-Persons paid on a part-time basis during the designated pay period. Included are those daily or...
• Party ID typeIdentifies whether the Party ID is an Employer Identification Number (EIN), Dun and Bradstreet Number (DUNS)...
• PatioA floored area, with or without a roof, sitting directly on the ground. This does not include small concrete...
• Payment in lieu of benefitPayment to employees instead of the employer providing a benefit.
• PayrollThis item includes the gross earnings of all employees on the payrolls of operating manufacturing...
• Payroll deduction individual retirement account (IRA)Retirement savings account established by the employer on behalf of the employee, with no employer...
• Pension equity planRetirement savings plan based on each year worked, for which employees receive a percentage applied to their...
• People in familyTotal number of people living in one household and related to the householder.
• People in householdTotal number of people living in one housing unit.
• Per capita incomePer capita income is the mean income computed for every man, woman, and child in a particular group. It is...
• Percent change (in an index)Quantity calculated as [(index period 2 minus index period 1) divided by index period 1] multiplied by 100...
• Percent of credit financing products income from fees (%)Percent of credit financing products income from fees.
• Percent of credit financing products income from interest (%)Percent of credit financing products income from interest.
• Percent of credit financing products income from other fees (%)Percent of credit financing products income from other fees.
• Percent of loan products income from interest (%)Percent of loan products income from interest.
• Percent of loan products income from origination fees (%)Percent of loan products income from origination fees.
• Percent of loan products income from other fees (%)Percent of loan products income from other fees.
• Percent population changeThe difference between the population of an area at the beginning and end of a time period, expressed as a...
• PercentageThis measure is calculated by taking the number of items in a group possessing a characteristic of interest...
• Percentage of unreduced accrued benefitMethod in which the participant's pension is not reduced to adjust for survivor benefits.
• Performance-based stock optionStock option offered to employees only if certain company performance criteria are met.
• Period of military serviceThese periods represent officially recognized time divisions relating to wars or to legally-relevant...
• Permanent job losersUnemployed individuals whose employment ended involuntarily and who began looking for work.
• Permit-issuing placeA geographic area that issues building or zoning permits for the construction of residential structures. The...
• PersonAny natural person, corporation partnership or other legal entity of any kind, domestic or foreign.
• Personal leave (paid)General-purpose paid time off not provided by other specified forms of leave.
• Personal protective equipmentEquipment used or worn to minimize exposure to serious workplace injuries and illnesses.
• Personally identifiable informationInformation that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, either alone (such as name or...
• PersonasRepresentations of a product's target audience(s) based on data, presented as specific details about...
• Petroleum productsProducts including crude oil, petroleum preparations, and liquefied propane and butane gas. End-use code 100...
• PHC-1 tablesThese are Census 2000 Summary Population and Housing Characteristics tables, a publication series which...
• Physical demandsLevels and/or durations of physical exertion generally required for a worker to perform occupational tasks.
• Physical disabilityAccording to the American Housing Survey, a person with a physical disability has serious difficulty walking...
• Pilot testSmall-scale preliminary study conducted to evaluate the feasibility of a system or project prior to its...
• PlaceThe Census Bureau uses this term to refer to most cities, some towns, villages and boroughs.
• Place of birthPlace of birth refers to the U. S. state, U.S. Island Area, or foreign country where a person was born.
• Place of residenceLocation where a respondent resides.
• Place of workUsual geographic location at which workers carried out their occupational activities during the employment...
• Placement and average sales price dataThe placement and average sales price figures are based on the initial sale to private individuals for...
• Plumbing facilitiesThe data on plumbing facilities were obtained from both occupied and vacant housing units. Complete plumbing...
• Point-of-service planMedical benefit plan that provides services through a network of participating healthcare providers.
• PoisoningIngestion or absorption of toxic substances into the body, as evidenced by abnormal concentrations of such...
• Police protectionPreservation of law and order and traffic safety. Includes police patrols and communications, crime...
• PolynesiaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• PopulationAll people, male and female, child and adult, living in a given geographic area.
• Population control adjustmentsIndependent estimates of a population that are used to weight sample results to reflect population totals.
• Population densityTotal population within a geographic entity (for example, United States, state, county, place) divided by the...
• Population estimate (Population Estimates Program)The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program (PEP) produces July 1 estimates for years after the last...
• Population estimatesThe calculated number of people living in an area as of a specified point in time, usually July 1st. The...
• Population in occupied housing unitsThe total population minus any people living in group quarters.
• Population inferenceProcess of deducing characteristics of an underlying distribution from observed data.
• Population projectionsEstimates of the population for future dates. They illustrate plausible courses of future population change...
• Population pyramidA graphical representation of the age and sex distribution of a population. Numbers or proportions of males...
• PorchA floored area with a roof, enclosed or open, not sitting directly on the ground. This does not include small...
• Port of exportThe seaport or airport where the goods are loaded on the exporting carrier that is taking the goods out of...
• Portability of assetsParticipant's ability to withdraw his or her accumulated retirement plan assets or transfer them to another...
• Portability of benefitsParticipant's ability to maintain and transfer accumulated benefits when changing jobs.
• Portability of credited serviceAbility to receive credit for years of service with a previous employer when determining benefits with the...
• Portable document fileA type of computer file that looks the same on the screen and in print, regardless of what kind of computer...
• Postcensal estimatesPopulation estimates produced for the years after a decennial census when only the beginning population is...
• Postdeparture filingThe privilege granted to approved U.S. Principal Party in Interest (USPPI)s for their Electronic Export...
• Postdeparture filing citationA notation placed on the bill of lading, air waybill, export shipping instructions, or other commercial...
• Posttax contributionsFunds that employees establish as part or all of their retirement plan contributions after taxes have been...
• PovertyFollowing the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) Directive 14, the Census Bureau uses a set of money...
• Poverty status of households in (designated calendar year)Determined by the poverty status of the householder.
• Power of attorneyA legal authorization, in writing, from a U.S. Principal Party in Interest (USPPI) or Foreign principal party...
• PreferencesSpecial trade advantages (e.g. tariff preferences) given to least developed countries by governments of...
• Preferred provider organizationHealth plan provider that contracts with medical personnel to create a healthcare network that accepts a...
• Premium (insurance)Charge for coverage of an insurance benefit for a defined period.
• Prepackaged softwarePrepackaged software is purchased off-the-shelf through retailers or other mass-market outlets for internal...
• Preretirement survivor annuityLifetime payment provided to the spouse of a worker who died before retirement or prior to eligibility for...
• Prescription drug planPlan that provides coverage for outpatient prescription drugs.
• Pretax contributionsFunds that employees establish as part or as all of their benefit plan contributions before taxes have been...
• PretestingAdministration of a set of methods for improving the validity and reliability of survey questions, tools...
• Preventive servicesHealthcare services covered under an insurance plan that are designed to help keep people well rather than to...
• Price deflatorFactor used to adjust the value of currency over time.
• Primary benefitReceiving the majority payment or exchange of item of value or other legal consideration resulting from an...
• Primary metropolitan statistical areaFormerly, a geographic entity delineated by the Office of Management and Budget for use by federal...
• Principal and interestReferred to in the American Housing Survey, any time money is borrowed, the amount borrowed (principal) and...
• Principal cityThe largest incorporated place with a population of at least 10,000 in a core based statistical area (CBSA)...
• Principal federal economic indicatorThe major statistical series that describe the current condition of the economy.
• Principal parties in interestThose persons in a transaction that receive the primary benefit, monetary or otherwise, from the transaction...
• Privacy ActA 1974 act that places restrictions on the collection, use, maintenance, and release of information about...
• Private business sectorSector that includes privately-owned (nongovernment) establishments that are operated for profit. Equals the...
• Private household workersWorkers employed by private households to perform tasks related primarily to the operation of the household...
• Private industry employmentEmployment in businesses owned by individuals or groups of individuals.
• Private nonfarm business sectorSector that includes privately-owned (nongovernment) establishments outside of the farm sector that are...
• Private vehicle occupancyPrivate vehicle occupancy refers to the number of people who usually rode to work in the vehicle during the...
• Privately-OwnedStructures not owned by any federal, state, or local government. Units in structures built by private...
• Product codes and classes of productsNorth American Industry Classification System (NAICS) United States industries are identified by a six-digit...
• ProductionThe total volume of products produced, including: products sold; products transferred or added to inventory...
• Production and/or development and exploration workers for pay period including March 12Production worker quarterly payroll includes the payroll for production workers at the manufacturing...
• Production worker hoursThis item covers all hours worked or paid for at the manufacturing plant, including actual overtime hours...
• Production workersThe "production workers" number includes workers (up through the line-supervisor level) engaged in...
• Productive capital stockAmount of capital assets used in the production of goods and services. Older assets lose efficiency and...
• ProductivityA measure of economic efficiency that shows how effectively economic inputs are converted into goods and...
• ProductsRefers to data produced by the Census Bureau which present statistics and/or maps about the subjects covered...
• Products and Services CodeIn the Economic Census Manufacturing and Mining sectors, this item is a 6-, 7-, 8-, or10-digit code that...
• Products (Econ)Refers to economic goods produced or for sale by manufacturing, mining, retail and wholesale trade industries.
• Professional employer organizationBusiness that provides a service under which an employer can outsource management tasks (e.g., employee...
• Professional, scientific, and technical servicesThe Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector comprises establishments that specialize in...
• ProfitsPortion of total income from the sale of goods and services that exceeds the total cost of producing those...
• Program indicatorsTypes of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) or Trade Agreements.
• Proof of filing citationA notation placed on the bill of lading, air waybill, export shipping instructions, or other commercial...
• Property tax reliefAmounts received distinctly as reimbursement for state-mandated tax relief programs which have resulted in...
• Property taxesTaxes conditioned on ownership of property and measured by its value. Includes general property taxes related...
• Protective inspection and regulationRegulation of private enterprise for the protection of the public and inspection of hazardous activities...
• Provider networkGroup of healthcare providers with whom a plan has contracted to provide medical care to its members.
• Public administrationThe Public Administration sector consists of establishments of federal, state, and local government agencies...
• Public housingPublic housing is a residential building owned by a federal, state or local agency.
• Public Law 103-430 (P.L. 103-430)The public law that amends Title 13, U.S. Code, to allow designated local and tribal officials access to the...
• Public Law 105-119 (P.L. 105-119)A law enacted in 1997 which requires the Census Bureau to make publicly available a second version of...
• Public Law 94-171 (P.L. 94-171)Public Law (P.L.) 94-171, enacted in 1975, directs the Census Bureau to make special preparations to provide...
• Public safetyComprises the functions of Police protection, Fire protection, Correction, and Protective inspection and...
• Public use microdata areaA statistical area defined to contain a population of 100,000 or greater for which the Census Bureau...
• Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) filesComputerized files containing a small sample of individual records, with identifying information removed...
• Public welfareAssistance to needy persons contingent upon their need. Excludes pensions to former employees and other...
• Publicly held and other firms not classifiable by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran statusFor the Survey of Business Owners, publicly held and other firms not classifiable by gender, ethnicity, race...
• PublishabilityQuality of data that meet all the criteria required for their publication.
• Puerto RicoThe U.S. Census Bureau treats the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as the equivalent of a state for data...
• Puerto Rico Community SurveyThe counterpart to the ACS that is conducted in Puerto Rico.
• Purchase of land and existing structuresPurchase of these assets as such, purchase of rights-of-way, and title search and similar activity associated...
• Purchased advertising and promotional servicesCost of purchases of advertising, marketing and public relations services.
• Purchased communication servicesCost of purchased telephone, cellular, and fax services; computer-related communications (e.g., Internet...
• Purchased electricityCost of electricity paid directly to the utility company and excludes the cost of electricity within lease or...
• Purchased fuels (except motor fuels)Cost of fuels for heating, power, or generation of electricity. It does not include fuel for motor vehicles...
• Purchased packaging and containersPurchases of containers, wrapping, packing and selling supplies used in packaging, processing, shipping, and...
• Purchased professional and technical servicesManagement consulting, accounting, auditing, bookkeeping, legal, actuarial, payroll processing...
• Purchased repairs and maintenance to buildings, structures, and officesNoncapitalized repairs of and maintenance to buildings, structures, storefronts, and offices. Extensive...
• Purchased repairs and maintenance to machinery and equipmentCost of all noncapitalized repairs and maintenance to machinery and equipment.
• Purchased servicesAmount of outside contract work used to produce output.
• Purchased transportation, shipping, and warehousing servicesCost of purchased postage, shipping or delivery services, or warehousing storage. Also included is the cost...
• PurchasesTotal cost of all merchandise purchased for resale to customers net of returns, allowances, and trade and...
• Purchases ($1,000), see Purchases
• Purchases and payroll for developing softwarePurchases and payroll for developing software refers to acquisitions and/or upgrades for computer software...
• Purchases of other materials, arts, and supplies (not for resale)Cost of other supplies, materials and parts purchased for a firm's own use. This item excludes computer...

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