Economic statistics terminology · MLC-0116

Economic statistics terms: S (193)

• Safety bonusBonus given to employees for maintaining a high level of safety in the workplace, usually in a...
• Salaries and wagesAmount expended for compensation of employees. Consists of gross amounts without deduction of withholdings...
• SalarySee Earnings.
• Sale dateDate when a deposit was made or a sales agreement was signed. If a builder is in the middle of negotiations...
• Sale of propertySale of real property and improvements. Excludes sale of securities and sale of commodities, equipment, and...
• Sales and gross receipts taxesTaxes, including: "licenses" at more than nominal rates, based on volume or value of transfers of goods or...
• Sales made on the account of others ($1,000)Sales made by agents and brokers acting on behalf of buyers or sellers in the wholesale distribution of...
• Sales made on the account of others as percent of total sales, value of shipments, or revenue (%)Sales made by agents and brokers acting on behalf of buyers or sellers over the total sales, value of...
• Sales on own account ($1,000)Sales made by a firm on its own behalf. For sales on own account the firm takes title to the goods being...
• Sales priceThe sales price is the price agreed upon between purchaser and seller (and reported by the latter) at the...
• Sales (Retail Trade and Wholesale Trade)Refers to merchandise sold for cash or credit by establishments primarily engaged in retail trade and...
• Sales, value of shipments, or revenue ($1,000)Sales, value of shipments, or revenue refers to all appropriate dollar volume measures including total sales...
• Sales, value of shipments, or revenue from exported services ($1,000)Sales, value of shipments, or revenue from exported services. Data are shown in thousands of dollars ($1,000).
• Sales, value of shipments, or revenue of largest firms as percent of total sales, value of shipments, or revenue (%)Sales, value of shipments, or revenue for establishments in a specified firm size range as a percent of total...
• Sales, value of shipments, or revenue of NAPCS collection code ($1,000)Total sales, value of shipments, or revenue of a particular NAPCS collection code. Data are shown in...
• Sales, value of shipments, or revenue of the NAPCS products relating to this inquiry ($1,000)Sales, value of shipments, or revenue of the NAPCS products relating to this inquiry. Data are shown in...
• Sales, value of shipments, or revenue per square foot of under-roof selling space (dollars)Sales per square foot of under-roof selling space for establishments in business at the end of the census...
• SampleSubset of a population, usually selected randomly and considered representative of the population.
• Sample dataPopulation and housing information collected from the Census 2000 long form for a one in six sample of...
• Sample frameListing of all units in the population from which a sample can be drawn.
• Sample surveyA data collection activity involving observation or questionnaires for a sample of a population. These data...
• SamplingProcess of selecting a representative subset of units from some population with the aim of making estimates...
• Sampling and Non-sampling ErrorsThe goods data are a complete enumeration of documents collected by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
• Sampling errorError in estimation arising from using a sample rather than the full population.
• Sampling rateProportion of the addresses in a geographical area, or residents of a GQ facility, who are selected for...
• Sampling variabilityVariation that occurs by chance because a sample is surveyed rather than the entire population.
• SanitationComprises Sewerage and Solid waste management, Sanitary engineering, smoke regulation, and other health...
• Savings and thrift planInvestment plan allowing employees to contribute a portion of their (usually pretax) earnings-all or part of...
• Savings incentive match plan for employeesRetirement plan limited to employers with fewer than 100 employees.
• Savings plan with no employer contributionsCash or deferred arrangement plan used to fund savings and retirement plans authorized by the Internal...
• Schedule BTen-digit U.S. classification system (based upon the Harmonized System) that classifies exported merchandise...
• Schedule CThe Classification of Country and Territory Designations. The Schedule C provides a list of country of origin...
• Schedule DThe Classification of CBP districts and ports. The Schedule D provides a list of CBP districts and ports and...
• Schedule KThe Classification of Foreign Ports by Geographic Trade Area and Country. The Schedule K lists the major...
• School districtGeographic entities within which state, county, or local officials provide public educational services for...
• School district governmentsOrganized local entities providing public elementary, secondary, and for higher education which, under state...
• School enrollmentAttendance at a regular school-that is, an elementary school, a junior or senior high school, or a college or...
• Seasonal adjustmentStatistical modification designed to remove the influences of predictable patterns over a year in order to...
• Seasonal adjustment (econ), see Seasonal adjustment
• Seasonal unitsIn the American Housing Survey, these units are intended by the owner to be occupied during only certain...
• Second or junior mortgage payment or home equity loanAll mortgages other than first mortgages (for example, second, third, etc.) are classified as "junior"...
• Secondary familyAs defined by the American Housing Survey, a secondary family is a group of two or more people who are...
• SectorGroup of industries engaged in similar economic activities.
• Sector (Economic), see Sector
• Sectoral outputCurrent dollar value of goods and services produced by an industry for delivery to consumers outside that...
• SecuritiesStocks and bonds, notes, mortgages, and other formal evidences of indebtedness.
• Selected commodity subscription (1-10 service)A monthly, customized data service that consists of detailed data on up to ten 10-digit HS codes that is...
• Selected conditionsThe variable "Selected Conditions" is defined for owner- and renter-occupied housing units as having at least...
• Selected monthly owner costsSelected monthly owner costs are calculated from the sum of payment for mortgages, real estate taxes, various...
• Selected monthly owner costs as a percentage of incomeThe information on selected monthly owner costs as a percentage of income is the computed ratio of selected...
• Selected physical problems - moderateIn the American Housing Survey, a unit has moderate physical problems if it has any of the following four...
• Selected physical problems - severeIn the American Housing Survey, a unit has severe physical problems if it has any of the following four...
• Selected service industriesIn regards to the E-Stats report, this is a special group of service industries created to represent...
• Self-care disabilityIn the American Housing Survey, a person with a self-care disability has serious difficulty dressing or...
• Self-insured healthcare planHealthcare plan whereby employers directly assume the major cost of health insurance for their employees.
• SellerA principal in the transaction, usually the manufacturer, producer, wholesaler, or distributor of the goods...
• SeparationsThe estimated number of workers whose job with a given employer ended in the specified quarter. The Census...
• Separations rateTotal separations during the month, divided by the number of employees who worked during or received pay for...
• SeriesA grouping of related tables.
• Service Annual SurveyProvides estimates of revenue and other measures for most traditional service industries. Collected data...
• Service centerA company, entity, or organization which has been certified and approved to only transmit complete Electronic...
• Service-connected disability ratingThis information is collected for people who reported having a VA service-connected disability rating. These...
• Service-connected disability rating statusPeople who indicated they had served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, military Reserves, or National...
• ServicesThe services statistics are estimates of services transactions between foreign countries and the 50 states...
• Services (Econ), see Services
• Services inputServices purchased from an outside entity, including contract work, for use in the production of goods and...
• Services productivityEfficiency at which services input is used to produce goods and services.
• Services sectorGroup of industries that includes utilities; wholesale and retail trade; transportation and warehousing...
• Severance taxesTaxes imposed distinctively on removal of natural products (e.g., oil, gas, other minerals, timber, fish...
• Sewage disposalHousing units are classified as connected to a public sewer, to a septic tank or cesspool, or they dispose of...
• SewerageProvision of sanitary and storm sewers and sewage disposal facilities and services, and payments to other...
• SexFor the purpose of Census Bureau surveys and the decennial census, sex refers to a person's biological sex.
• Sex ratioA measure used to describe the balance between males and females. It is derived by dividing the number of...
• Sex ratio at birthThe ratio of male to female births.
• Shares of aggregate incomeData on the shares of aggregate income received by the various income quintiles are frequentlycalculated...
• ShipmentUnless as otherwise provided, all goods being sent from one U.S. Principal Party in Interest (USPPI) to one...
• Shipment (Commodity Flow Survey (CFS)A shipment is a single movement of goods, commodities, or products from an establishment to a customer or to...
• Shipment reference numberA unique identification number assigned to the shipment by the filer for reference purposes. The reuse of the...
• Shipments dataFor the Manufactured Homes Survey, the shipments figures are based on reports submitted by manufacturers on...
• Shipper's export declarationThe Department of Commerce paper form used under the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations to collect...
• Shipping documentsDocuments that include but are not limited to commercial invoices, export shipping instructions, packing...
• Shipping weightShipping weight represents the gross weight in kilograms of shipments, including the weight of moisture...
• Short formThe decennial census questionnaire, sent to approximately five of six households for the 1980, 1990, 2000...
• Short-term debtInterest-bearing debt payable within 1 year from date of issue, such as bond anticipation notes, bank loans...
• Short-term disability planPlan that provides benefits for non-work-related illnesses or accidents on a per-disability basis.
• Signing bonus stock optionStock option offered to employees to encourage them to join a firm by giving them a chance to make a...
• Simplified employee pension planIndividual retirement account established by employers for eligible employees that allows employees to direct...
• Single-family houseThe single-family statistics include fully detached, semidetached (semiattached, side-by-side), row houses...
• Sinking fundsFunds established specifically for the redemption of long-term debt principal.
• Size of the consumer unitNumber of people whose usual place of residence at the time of the interview is in the sample unit.
• Size thresholdsPopulation sizes of geographical areas that determine when data products will first be released for that...
• Skilled-nursing facilityInstitution that provides rehabilitation and recovery services, as well as skilled nursing care, to patients...
• Skin diseases or disordersIllnesses associated with the worker's skin that are caused by exposure to chemicals, plants, or other...
• Small area income and proverty estimatesCensus Bureau program that prepares mathematical model-based estimates of selected characteristics of the...
• Social insurance administrationFor state and local governments consists of Employment Security Administration activities, which comprise...
• Social services and income maintenanceComprises the functions of public welfare, hospitals, health, social insurance administration, and veterans'...
• Software Licensing and Service/Maintenance AgreementsSoftware licensing and service/maintenance agreements refer to expenses for software acquired under operating...
• Solid waste managementStreet cleaning, solid waste collection and disposal, and provision of sanitary landfills.
• Some other raceIncludes all other responses not included in the "White," "Black or African American," "American Indian or...
• Source of injury or illnessObject, substance, exposure, or bodily motion that directly produced or inflicted an injury or illness.
• Sources of labor productivity growthTotal factor productivity growth (improvements in technology, improvements in economies of scale...
• SouthAlabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland...
• South AmericaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• South AsiaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• South/Central AmericaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• South-Central AsiaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• South-Eastern AsiaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Southern AfricaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Southern EuropeThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Space research and technologyFederal space activities are primarily programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• Special assessmentsCompulsory contributions collected from owners of property benefited by special public improvements (street...
• Special censusA federal census conducted at the request and expense of a local governmental agency to obtain a population...
• Special district governmentsAll organized local entities (other than counties, municipalities, townships, or school districts) authorized...
• Special districtsThere are three special districts included for statistical purposes in special Customs districts and are not...
• Special placeA special place is an entity that owns and/or manages one or more group quarters (GQ) facilities. A special...
• Special program indicatorCodes used to identify specific General System of Preferences (GSP) preferential tariff treatment program in...
• Special tabulationsTabulations prepared by the Census Bureau, on a cost reimbursable basis, to meet user information...
• Specialization and Coverage ratioDeveloped to measure the relationship of primary product shipments to the data on total shipments for an...
• Specific vocational preparationEducation, training, and experience necessary for a typical worker to learn the techniques, acquire the...
• Specified matching percentageBenefit whereby the employer matches a specified percentage of employee contributions to retirement plans.
• Specified owner occupied housing unitsTotal number of owner occupied housing units described as either a one family home detached from any other...
• Specified renter-occupied unitsTotal number of renter-occupied units that exclude one-family homes on 10 acres or more.
• Split shipmentA shipment booked for export on one aircraft, but split by the carrier and sent on two or more aircrafts of...
• SpouseIncludes a person married to and living with a householder who is of the opposite sex of the householder. The...
• Stage of processingFormer bls price analysis system that provided an index at three major stages of processing: crude materials...
• Stages of constructionNew single-family homes sold and for sale are shown by three stages of construction:
• StandardAny document, established by consensus and approved by a recognized body, that provides for common and...
• Standard Classification of Transported GoodsThe SCTG coding system was developed jointly by agencies of the United States and Canadian governments based...
• Standard cost inventory valuation, end of year ($1,000)Total value of merchandise inventories using the standard cost valuation method on December 31st of the...
• Standard data productForeign Trade Division (FTD) established electronic merchandise trade data products containing most...
• Standard deviationA measure which shows the average variability in population from the mean. It is defined as the square root...
• Standard distributionsTo provide consistency in the values within and among data products, standard distributions from which...
• Standard error (ACS)The standard error is a measure of the deviation of a sample estimate from the average of all possible...
• Standard error of industry contribution to total NAPCS collection code sales, value of shipments, or revenue (%)The standard error is a measure of the estimate's variability, defined as the square root of the squared...
• Standard error of NAPCS collection code sales, value of shipments, or revenue as % of industry sales, value of shipments, or revenue (%)The standard error is a measure of the estimate's variability, defined as the square root of the squared...
• Standard error of NAPCS collection code sales, value of shipments, or revenue as % of total sales, value of shipments, or revenue of establishments with the NAPCS collection code (%)The standard error is a measure of the estimate's variability, defined as the square root of the squared...
• Standard error of number of establishments with NAPCS collection code as % of industry establishments (%)The standard error is a measure of the estimate's variability, defined as the square root of the squared...
• Standard Industrial ClassificationSystem for classifying industries by a four-digit code (no longer used by BLS).
• Standard International Trade ClassificationCommodity classification system defined by the United Nations.
• Standard Occupation ClassificationOccupational classification system used on the demographic surveys. The SOC groups together occupations with...
• Standard Occupational Classification systemSystem used by federal statistical agencies to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose...
• StartStart of construction occurs when excavation begins for the footings or foundation of a building. All housing...
• State and equivalent entityThe primary legal subdivision of the United States. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Island...
• State Data CenterA state agency or university facility identified by the governor of each state and state equivalent to...
• State designated American Indian statistical areaCensus 2000 term used to describe a statistical entity for state recognized American Indian tribes that do...
• State designated tribal statistical areaA statistical entity for state recognized American Indian tribes that do not have a state recognized...
• State governmentThe state government in each case consists of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government...
• State legislative districtAn area from which members are elected to state legislatures. The SLDs embody the upper (senate) and lower...
• State temporary disability planState-required disability plan providing temporary income for a limited period to workers who are unable to...
• Statistical computingUse of computer science to solve statistical problems.
• Statistical modelMathematical description that accounts for randomness in a real-world phenomenon.
• Statistical monthThe month of importation is the month in which the U.S. Customs and Border Protection releases the...
• Statistical significance, test ofA test of statistical significance provides statistical evidence that indicates whether an observed...
• Statistics about Foreign TradeThe Foreign Trade Division is the official source of U.S. merchandise trade data for commodities exported out...
• Statistics about GovernmentsInformation collected about the nation's state and local governments, in accordance with Title 13, Sections...
• Statistics of U.S. businessesProvides detailed annual data for U.S. business establishments by geography, industry, and enterprise size.
• StepfamilyThe Census Bureau generally does not use this term in tabulations. Stepparents and stepchildren must reside...
• Stock bonus planBenefit plan in which the employer pays into a trust fund that invests in securities, including those of the...
• Stock option planContract between a company and its employees giving the employees the right to buy a specific number of...
• StocksTotal quantity of ending finished inventory.
• StoopingBending the body forward and down by bending the spine at the waist and leaning down toward an object or the...
• StoryStory (Single-Family Houses) - That portion of a building between the floor and the ceiling or roof, or the...
• Straight-life annuityPeriodic benefit payment that is made for the life of the retiree, with no additional payments to survivors.
• StrengthCapacity for exertion or endurance, determined by the amount of weight lifted or carried, the duration of...
• StrikeTemporary stoppage of work by a group of employees to express a grievance, enforce a demand, or protest the...
• StructuresCapital expenditures for structures consist of the capitalized costs of buildings and other structures and...
• Structures, type ofThe statistics, by type of structure, refer to the structural characteristics of the building.
• StubInformation located on the left side of a statistical table, devoted to a listing of line or row captions or...
• StuccoA durable finish applied wet that usually consists of cement, sand, and lime.
• SubbarrioThe primary legal subdivision of the barrios-pueblo and some barrios in Puerto Rico. There is no United...
• SubfamilyA married couple (with or without children) or an unmarried parent with one or more never-married children...
• Subminor civil divisionThese are legally defined subdivisions of county subdivisions in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. In...
• Subminor Civil Division (SubMCD), see Subminor civil division
• Sub-Saharan AfricaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Subsaharan AfricaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Subsaharan AfricanRefers to people who reported any type of ancestry originating from sub-Saharan Africa, such as "Nigerian,"...
• Sub-sector (economic)The second level of organizational hierarchy within NAICS. Consists of 96 sub-sectors represented using a...
• Subsistence activitySubsistence activities are activities that one engages in for the purposes of producing goods for his or her...
• SubstitutionPart of the editing process that assigns a whole set of characteristics for a person or housing unit in the...
• SubzoneA special purpose foreign trade zone established as part of a foreign trade zone project with a limited...
• Suggestion bonusPayment to employees whose innovative suggestions to create better work processes and improve efficiency in...
• Summary fileStatistics for a large number of geographic areas that are designed to show great subject matter detail...
• Summary file 1 (SF 1)Data files available from Census 2000 and the 2010 Census. This file presents 100-percent population and...
• Summary file 2 (SF 2)Data files produced from the 2010 and 2000 censuses.
• Summary file 3 (SF 3)This Census 2000 file presents data on the population and housing long form subjects such as income and...
• Summary file 4 (SF 4)This Census 2000 file presents data similar to the information included in Summary File 3. These data are...
• Summary level1. A geographic level for which data are reported. Summary levels range from very large reporting units such...
• Summary level code listAll Summary Levels Used in 2010 Decennial Data ProductsList includes only summary levels used in the...
• Summary tableA collection of one or more data elements that are classified into some logical structure either as...
• Summary tape files 1-4 (STFs 1-4)Summary tape files are products of the 1990 Census of Population and Housing. They are summary tabulations of...
• SuppressionWhen the statistics disclose a company's shipments of a particular commodity to or from a specific country...
• SurplusWhen export values are greater than import values for a given time period.
• SurveyA data collection activity involving observation or questionnaires for a sample of a population. (A census is...
• Survey of business ownersProvides statistics that describe the composition of U.S. businesses by gender, race, ethnicity, and veteran...
• Survey of income and program participationContinuing household survey with monthly interviews designed to collect information about income and...
• Systematic errorsErrors or inaccuracies occurring in data consistently in one direction, which can distort survey results. By...
• Systems and equipmentIn the American Housing Survey, this item refers to home improvement work done to the home in the last two...

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