Economic statistics terminology · MLC-0116

Economic statistics terms: R (140)

• RaceConcept of dividing people into populations or groups based on various sets of physical characteristics that...
• Race alonePeople who responded to the question on race by indicating only one race are referred to as the race alone...
• Race alone or in any combinationThe concept "race alone or in any combination" applies only to detailed race groups, such as American Indian...
• Race alone or in combinationThe concept "race alone or in combination" includes people who reported a single race alone (e.g., Asian) and...
• Race in combinationThe concept "race in combination" includes people who reported more than one of the major race groups (e.g...
• Random-digit dialingMethod of selecting survey participants by randomly generating a phone number, rather than drawing from a...
• Range indicating imputed percentage of total annual payrollRange indicating percent of annual payroll that was imputed based on historic data, industry averages, or...
• Range indicating imputed percentage of total employeesRange indicating percent of total employees that was imputed based on historic data, industry averages, or...
• Range indicating imputed percentage of total NAPCS collection code sales, value of shipments, or revenuePercent of total North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) collection code sales, value of...
• Range indicating imputed percentage of total sales, value of shipments, or revenueRange indicating percent of total sales, value of shipments, or revenue that was imputed based on historic...
• RankAn array or list of values placed in numeric order.
• Ranking tableA table or product type in American FactFinder that orders the states according to the numeric value of the...
• RateThis is a measure of occurrences in a given period of time divided by the possible number of occurrences...
• Rate of changeRatio between a change in one variable relative to a corresponding change in another variable.
• Rate of natural increaseThe difference between the crude birth rate and the crude death rate, but usually expressed as a percent...
• Rate provisionThe rate a tariff or duty is set according to the provision allowed by a trade agreement.
• RatioThis is a measure of the relative size of one number to a second number expressed as the quotient of the...
• Real dollarsA constant dollar or real dollar refers to dollars adjusted for inflation/deflation and includes adjustments...
• Real earningsAverage hourly and weekly earnings, adjusted for inflation.
• Real estate and rental and leasingThe Real Estate and Rental and Leasing sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting, leasing...
• Real estate taxesThe statistics from this question refer to the total amount of all real estate taxes on the entire property...
• Real gross outputTotal output produced, which includes changes in inventories, output to final users in the economy, and...
• Real hourly compensationAverage monetary payments made to individuals for an hour of labor service, adjusted for inflation.
• Real value-added outputOutput produced that has been adjusted for changes in inventory (gross output) and the removal of...
• Reason for movingThe Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS-ASEC) asks people who had a...
• Receipts/Revenue (Services)For firms subject to payment of federal income tax, receipts/revenues are the total amounts received from...
• Recent high school graduatesPeople who completed high school in the calendar year of the survey (January through October).
• Recent moversIn the American Housing Survey, data are for respondents who moved into the present unit 12 months prior to...
• Recordable casesSevere-to-fatal work-related injuries and illnesses that result in time away from work and are diagnosed by a...
• RedistrictingThe process of revising any geographic area that elects representatives based on census population...
• Redistricting Data ProgramA decennial census program that provides state officials the opportunity to identify the small area...
• ReentrantsUnemployed people who previously worked but were out of the labor force before beginning their job search.
• Re-exportsFor statistical purposes: These are exports of foreign-origin goods that have previously entered the United...
• Reference mapA map that shows selected geographic boundaries with identifiers along with selected features of a geographic...
• Reference personPerson with respect to whom the relationship of the other consumer unit or household members is determined.
• Reference weekThe calendar week preceding the date on which the respondents completed their questionnaires or were...
• Reference week (CPS), see Reference week
• Referral bonusBonus given to an employee for recommending a qualified applicant who is hired by the organization.
• Refined petroleum products storage capacity, December 31 (1,000 gallons)Total shell stationary storage capacity for refined petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel fuels...
• RefundingThe issuance of long-term debt in exchange for, or to provide funds for, the retirement of long-term debt...
• RegionFour groupings of states and the District of Columbia (Northeast, South, Midwest, and West) established by...
• Regional OfficeOne of 6 permanent Census Bureau offices established for the management of all census and survey operations...
• Regular contactsPeople with whom a worker has an established working relationship.
• Regular highway facilitiesState expenditure for highways, other than toll facilities, is classified under this heading.
• RehabilitationTherapy intended to restore someone to health or a normal life after imprisonment, addiction, injury, or...
• Related childrenIncludes all people in a household under the age of 18, regardless of marital status, who are related to the...
• Related party transactionA transaction involving trade between a U.S. Principal Party in Interest (USPPI) and an ultimate consignee...
• RelativeAny household member related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption.
• Reliability of estimatesExtent to which an experiment, test, or measuring procedure yields the same results on repeated trials.
• RemainderThe portion of a geographic area of one geographic type (e.g., a county subdivision) which is not covered by...
• RemissionThe cancellation or release from a penalty, including fines, and/or forfeiture.
• RemodelingIn the American Housing Survey, a remodel is defined as a job that made substantial changes to the room (a...
• Remote AlaskaRural areas in Alaska which are difficult to access. In these areas, all ACS sample cases are interviewed...
• Rental payments or lease payments for buildings and other structures ($1,000)The total rental payments are rental payments or lease payments for buildings, other structures, machinery...
• Rental payments or lease payments for machinery and equipment ($1,000)The total rental payments are rental payments or lease payments for buildings, other structures, machinery...
• Rental vacancy rateThe proportion of the rental inventory which is vacant for rent. It is computed by dividing the number of...
• Rented dwellings (expenditures)Rent paid for dwellings, and rent received as pay, parking fees, maintenance, and other expenses associated...
• Renter-occupied housing unitAll occupied units which are not owner occupied, whether they are rented for cash rent or occupied without...
• Rents and royaltiesRents from leased properties, mineral leases, royalties, and miscellaneous rentals not relating to facilities...
• RepricingProcess of collecting and providing updated price data for selected items.
• ResalesSales of products bought and sold without further manufacture, processing, or assembly.
• Research and developmentSet of activities directed toward the innovation, introduction, and improvement of products (goods and...
• Research and development funds from federal government contracts and subcontracts ($1,000)Research and development funds from federal government contracts and subcontracts.
• Research and development funds from nonfederal sources ($1,000)Research and development funds from nonfederal sources.
• Research and development funds from other establishments of enterprise ($1,000)Research and development funds from other establishments of enterprise.
• Research participantIndividual who voluntarily participates in a pretesting study, either in person or online.
• Residence 1 year agoIndicates the place of residence in the reference year for those who reported that they lived in a different...
• Residence 5 years agoIndicates the place of residence 5 years prior for those who reported that they lived in a different housing...
• Residence in (designated calender year)Indicates the place of residence in the reference year for those who reported that they lived in a different...
• Residence rule and residence situationsThe residence rule is used to determine where people should be counted in the United States and Puerto Rico...
• Residence to workplace flowsA residence-to-workplace flow provides information about the relationship between where a worker lives and...
• Resident populationThe resident population of the United States includes persons resident in the 50 States and the District of...
• Resident population plus armed forcesAll U.S. residents and members of the Armed Forces on active duty stationed outside the United States. This...
• Residential buildingA residential building is a building consisting primarily of housing units. In a new building combining...
• ResidualResidual Population change that cannot be attributed to any specific demographic component of population...
• Respiratory conditionsIllnesses associated with breathing hazardous substances at work.
• RespondentThe person supplying survey or census information about his or her living quarters and its occupants.
• Respondent burdenActual or perceived effort or costs incurred by a respondent in the process of responding to a survey.
• Respondent (Econ)A business or government that provides valid data for a survey's most critical items.
• Respondent errorsThe respondents failure to provide the correct answer to a survey question for any reason, such as poor...
• Response coverage of administrative expenses inquiry (%)Revenue of firms responding to administrative expenses inquiry as a percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of benefits paid inquiry (%)Revenue of firms responding to benefits paid inquiry as a percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of brokering and dealing products income inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to brokering and dealing products income inquiry as a percent of total...
• Response coverage of brokering or dealing products income inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to brokering or dealing products income inquiry as a percent of total...
• Response coverage of class of customer inquiry (%)Sales, value of shipments, or revenue of establishments responding to class of customer inquiry as percent of...
• Response coverage of construction activity capital expenditures inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to construction activity capital expenditures for new construction...
• Response coverage of construction activity expenses for maintenance and repair inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to construction activity expenses for maintenance and repair inquiry as...
• Response coverage of cost of purchased electricity inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to cost of purchased electricity inquiry as a percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of cost of purchased natural gas inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to cost of purchased natural gas inquiry as a percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of cost of purchased transportation inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to cost of purchased transportation inquiry as a percent of total...
• Response coverage of credit card products income inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to credit card products income inquiry as a percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of direct premiums earned inquiry (%)Revenue of firms responding to direct premiums earned inquiry as a percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of employment by function inquiry (%)Employment of establishments responding to employment by function inquiry as percent of total employment. (%)
• Response coverage of exported energy inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to exported energy inquiry as a percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of exported services employment inquiry (%)Employment of establishments responding to exported services inquiry as percent of total employment.
• Response coverage of exported services sales, value of shipments, or revenue inquiry (%)Sales, value of shipments, or revenue of establishments responding to exported services inquiry as percent of...
• Response coverage of franchise inquiry (%)Sales, value of shipments, or revenue of establishments responding to franchise status inquiry as percent of...
• Response coverage of hotel property type inquiry (%)Response coverage of hotel property type inquiry.
• Response coverage of inventories by valuation method inquiry (%)Ending inventories of establishments responding to inventories by valuation method inquiry as a percent of...
• Response coverage of inventories inquiry (%)Annual payroll of establishments responding to end of year inventories inquiry as a percent of total annual...
• Response coverage of loan products income inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to type of loan products income inquiry as a percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of losses incurred inquiry (%)Revenue of firms responding to losses incurred inquiry as a percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of mode of instruction inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to mode of instruction inquiry as percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of operating expenses inquiry (%)Operating expenses of establishments responding to grants and transferred contributions inquiry as percent of...
• Response coverage of ownership and control of government hospitals inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to ownership and control of government hospitals inquiry as percent of...
• Response coverage of primary method of receiving bulk liquid products inquiry (%)Establishments reporting primary method of receiving bulk liquid products as a percent of all establishments...
• Response coverage of primary type of food service inquiry (%)Response coverage of primary type of food service inquiry as a percent of total sales.
• Response coverage of self-service restaurant inquiry (%)Response coverage of self-service restaurant inquiry as a percent of total sales.
• Response coverage of total under-roof floor space inquiry (%)Sales of establishments in business at the end of the census year responding to the total under-roof floor...
• Response coverage of type of credit financing products income inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to type of credit financing products income inquiry as a percent of...
• Response coverage of type of media dissemination inquiry (%)Sales, value of shipments, or revenue of establishments responding to type of media inquiry as percent of...
• Response coverage of type of patient care inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to type of patient care inquiry as percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of type of payer inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to type of payer inquiry as percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of type of repair inquiry (%)Response coverage of type of repair inquiry as a percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of type of social assistance inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to type of social assistance inquiry as percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of type of telemedicine inquiry (%)Revenue of establishments responding to telemedicine inquiry as percent of total revenue.
• Response coverage of under-roof selling space inquiry (%)Sales of establishments in business at the end of the census year responding to the under-roof selling space...
• Response coverage ratioIn the economic census manufacturing sector, a response coverage ratio is a measure of the extent to which...
• Response rateProportion of sample units providing data.
• Retail tradeThe Retail Trade sector comprises establishments engaged in retailing merchandise, generally without...
• RetailerBusinesses that sell goods in small quantities directly to consumers.
• RetentionThe necessary act of keeping all documentation pertaining to an export transaction for a period of at least...
• Retention bonusPayment given by an employer to a current employee to retain that individual within the organization.
• Retiree healthcare planPlan providing healthcare coverage to retired individuals beyond what is mandated by law.
• Retirement benefitsBenefits an individual receives after retiring.
• Retirement systemA pension plan in which investments, contributions, and benefits are administered as a separate entity...
• RetirementsRefers to the gross value of assets sold, retired, scrapped, destroyed, etc., during the calendar year.
• Revenue (Business)Includes revenue from all business activities whether or not payment was received, including commissions and...
• Revenue from exports ($1,000)Value of total reported operating revenue from exports to customers in Canada and Mexico.
• Revenue from the sale of electricity purchased for resale ($1,000)Revenue from the sale of electricity purchased for resale.
• Revenue from the sale of natural gas purchased for resale ($1,000)Revenue from the sale of natural gas purchased for resale.
• Revisions or revision policyCorrections and improvements made to the data. Each month, a preliminary estimate for the current month and a...
• ReweightingProcess by which specifications and weights are adjusted to reflect changes in the representativeness of a...
• RHSReproductive Health Survey.
• Room additions and renovationsRoom additions and renovationsIn the American Housing Survey, the question associated with bathroom/kitchen...
• RoomsRooms include living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, finished recreation rooms, enclosed porches...
• Rooms used for businessIn the American Housing Survey, a room used for business is set up for use as an office or business for a...
• Routed export transactionA transaction in which the Foreign principal party in interest (FPPI) authorizes a U.S. agent to facilitate...
• Routine maintenance in last yearIn the American Housing Survey, routine maintenance consists of regular maintenance activities necessary for...
• RuralTerritory, population and housing units not classified as urban. "Rural" classification cuts across other...
• Rural populationAll people living outside a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and within an area with a population of less...

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