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All dollar values presented are expressed in current dollars, i.e., 2014 data are expressed in 2014 dollars and 2012 data in 2012 dollars. Consequently, data users should take into consideration the inflation that has occurred.
Represents the employment size categories of firms:
Noise infusion is a method of disclosure avoidance in which values are perturbed prior to tabulation by applying a random noise multiplier to the magnitude data, such as the sales and receipts for all firms. Disclosure protection is accomplished in a manner that causes the vast majority of cell values to be perturbed by, at most, a few percentage points. For sample-based tabulations, such as ASE, the estimated relative standard error for a published cell includes both the estimated sampling error and the amount of perturbation in the estimated cell value due to noise.
Includes the total sales, shipments, receipts, revenue, or business done by domestic establishments (excludes foreign subsidiaries) within the scope of the ASE.
Represents the sales/receipts/revenue size categories of firms:
Publicly held and other firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status companies include:
Represents the number of years the firm has been in business: