Introducing the North American industry classification system

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-273

  Ambler, Carole A ^a   Kristoff, James E ^b  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040350230     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-624X(98)90003-X     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. The International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 3 is available from the Statistical Office of the United Nations, New York, New York.
2. Esther Pierce, "History of the Standard Industrial Classification:" (Washington, D.C. Executive Office of the President Office of Statistical Standards, U.S. Bureau of the Budget) (mimeograph).
3. For a detailed discussion of the development of NAICS, see the Federal Register (April 9, 1997), pp. 17288-17478.
4. For information regarding purchase of the NAICS Canada and NAICS Mexico manual, contact Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and INEGI, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
5. A complete explanation of the treatment of auxiliaries in all three countries is contained in the paper "The Treatment of Auxiliary Establishments in Industry Classification Systems," by Paula Young and Jack Triplett of the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This paper can be accessed via the Census Internet site 〈www.census.gov/naics〉.