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This paper explores how micro data within the Census itself can be used to supplement the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS). By establishing research using the raw CFS and other economic data collected at Census we gain a more comprehensive understanding of the uses of CFS data. This paper presents preliminary results from a project that examines the raw, non-public shipments data from the CFS linked to the corresponding non-public establishment data from the Census of Manufacturing (CM). Through a cooperative research program with the Census Center for Economic Studies (CES), the raw data from the CFS and CM have been linked. The raw data for the CFS are detailed shipment specific records for those establishments in the CFS sample. Each data element represents an individual shipment from that establishment, categorized by Standard Classification of Transported Goods (SCTG), mode, destination, and other economic characteristics. For any establishment in the CFS sample, multiple shipment records are common. The multiple data records representing each establishments’ shipment data have been linked to the establishment level data from the CM and the Standard Statistical Establishment List (SSEL), also called the Business Register. The CM provides detailed data on the operations of the establishment for 1997; the SSEL provides detailed data on the location and firm ownership of the specific establishment. In particular the SSEL provides the establishment classification based on the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) and on the standard industrial classification (SIC) system. The data from the CFS has been linked to the CM and SSEL by using the appropriate permanent plant identifiers in the respective data bases.

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pp 135-139

2006-1

Transportation Research Circular

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Census; Commodity flow; Databases; Economic analysis; Industrial location; Mode choice; Operations; Origin and destination; Ownership; Products; Shipments

Census of Manufacturing; Commodity Flow Survey; North American Industrial Classification Scheme; Standard Classification of Transported Goods; Standard Industrial Classification System; Standard Statistical Establishment List

Microdata; Raw data

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