CBO9207 RECORD LAYOUT

                    1992 Characteristics of Business Owners:
                         Veteran Status of Business Owner
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FIELD   TYPE SIZE   DESCRIPTION
NAME              
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GEOTYPE   C   1     Type of geography                                           
                      1    United States                           
TRADEKEY  C   1     Tradekey:                o=Characteristic of Business Owners
YR        C   2     Reference year                                     (92 only)
TABLE     C   1     Table   (sector, receipts size, employment size, legal form)
                      a    by Industry Division (sector)        
                      b    by Receipt Size of Firm              
                      c    by Employment Size of Firm           
                      d    by Legal Form of Organization of Firm
GROUP     C   2     Group                                                       
                      00     All firms (CBO/SMOBE universe)     
                      20   Black-owned businesses               
                      30   Hispanic-owned businesses            
                      40   Other minority-owned businesses      
                      80   Women-owned businesses               
                      99   Nonminority male-owned businesses    
SECTOR    C   1     Industry sector (" "=All sectors)   (N/A for tables b, c, d)
                                   All industries                  
                      0          Ag sv, forestry, fish & min(07-14)
                      2          Construction ind (15-17, inc 6552)
                      3          Manufacturing industries (20-39)  
                      4          Trans, communications &util(40-49)
                      5          Wholesale trade (50-51)           
                      6          Retail trade (52-59)              
                      7          Fin, insur &real est(60-67,ex6552)
                      8          Service industries (70-89)        
                      9          Industries not classified         
SIZEKEY   C   3     Receipt size, empl.size, & legal form of firm  (N/A table a)
                      500  All firms                               
                      518  $1,000,000 or more                      
                      551  $500,000 to $999,999                    
                      552  $250,000 to $499,999                    
                      554  $200,000 to $249,999                    
                      555  $100,000 to $199,999                    
                      561  $50,000 to $99,999                      
                      562  $25,000 to $49,999                      
                      563  $10,000 to $24,999                      
                      571  $5,000 to $9,999                        
                      582  Less than $5,000                        
                      600  All firms                               
                      604  No paid employees                       
                      605  Paid employees                          
                      611  No employees                            
                      612  1 to 4 employees                        
                      620  5 to 9 employees                        
                      630  10 to 19 employees                      
                      641  20 to 49 employees                      
                      642  50 to 99 employees                      
                      650  100 employees or more                   
                      900  All legal forms of organization         
                      912  Subchapter S Corporations               
                      920  Individual proprietorships              
                      930  Partnerships                            
FIRMSA    N   8     Number of firms                                             
VET_6MO   N   4     Veteran of active duty less than 6 months (%)               
VET_6MOF  C   1       Flag for VET_6MO                                          
VET6MOR   N   4     Veteran of active duty 6 months or more (%)                 
VET6MORF  C   1       Flag for VET6MOR                                          
NONVET    N   4     Nonveteran (%)                                              
NONVETF   C   1       Flag for NONVET                                           
VETNR     N   4     Veteran status not reported (%)                             
VETNRF    C   1       Flag for VETNR                                            
VIETVET   N   4     Veteran of active duty during Vietnam era (%)               
VIETVETF  C   1       Flag for VIETVET                                          
VIETVNO   N   4     Not veteran of active duty during Vietnam era (%)           
VIETVNOF  C   1       Flag for VIETVNO                                          
VIETVNR   N   4     Active duty--Vietnam era:  Not reported (%)                 
VIETVNRF  C   1       Flag for VIETVNR                                          
VIETVNA   N   4     Active duty--Vietnam era:  N/A incl not vet or < 6 mo. (%)  
VIETVNAF  C   1       Flag for VIETVNA                                          
DISAVET   N   4     Disabled veteran (%)                                        
DISAVETF  C   1       Flag for DISAVET                                          
DISAVNO   N   4     Not disabled veteran (%)                                    
DISAVNOF  C   1       Flag for DISAVNO                                          
DISAVNR   N   4     Disabled veteran status not reported (%)                    
DISAVNRF  C   1       Flag for DISAVNR                                          
DISAVNA   N   4     Disabled veteran status:  N/A including nonveterans (%)     
DISAVNAF  C   1       Flag for DISAVNA                                          
FIRMSAE   N   2       Relative standard error (%) for FIRMSA                    
VET_6MOE  N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for VET_6MO                
VET6MORE  N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for VET6MOR                
NONVETE   N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for NONVET                 
VETNRE    N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for VETNR                  
VIETVETE  N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for VIETVET                
VIETVNOE  N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for VIETVNO                
VIETVNRE  N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for VIETVNR                
VIETVNAE  N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for VIETVNA                
DISAVETE  N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for DISAVET                
DISAVNOE  N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for DISAVNO                
DISAVNRE  N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for DISAVNR                
DISAVNAE  N   3       Standard error of estimate (%) for DISAVNA