RECOVERING THE ITEM-LEVEL EDIT AND IMPUTATION FLAGS IN THE 1977-1997 CENSUSES OF MANUFACTURES
As part of processing the Census of Manufactures, the Census Bureau edits some data items and imputes for missing data and some data that is deemed erroneous. Until recently it was difficult for researchers using the plant-level microdata to determine which data items were changed or imputed during the editing and imputation process, because the edit/imputation processing flags were not available to researchers. This paper describes the process of reconstructing the edit/imputation flags for variables in the 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, and 1997 Censuses of Manufactures using recently recovered Census Bureau files. Thepaper also reports summary statistics for the percentage of cases that are imputed for key variables. Excluding plants with fewer than 5 employees, imputation rates for several key variables range from 8% to 54% for the manufacturing sector as a whole, and from 1% to 72% at the 2-digit SIC industry level.
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2014-09
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Authors: | White, T. Kirk |
Institutions: | Census Bureau, Department of Commerce |
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