United States Census of Manufactures, 1929-1935, Cotton Goods Industry

The United States Census Bureau has conducted surveys of manufacturing activity since 1810 with fluctuating frequency. Between 1919 and 1939 the Census of Manufactures (CM) was conducted biennially. This data collection consists of individual-plant data from the Census of Manufactures for 1929, 1931, 1933, and 1935, the only years in this span for which original returns are available. The records of the Cotton Goods Industry have been coded to produce an electronic dataset to provide the basis for microeconomic evidence for the study of the Great Depression. The dataset contains observations on: basic information about the plants (e.g. name, location, owner, etc.), products made and materials used, operation and working hours, employment, wages and salaries, costs and amount of materials used, value of products and processing tax (1933 and 1935), machinery, and power used.

美国人口普查局自1810年起便持续开展制造业活动调查，调查频率曾存在波动。1919年至1939年间，制造业普查（Census of Manufactures，CM）每两年举办一次。本次数据集收录了1929、1931、1933及1935年制造业普查的工厂级个体数据，该四年亦是此时段内仅留存原始申报记录的年份。棉制品业的相关档案已被编码为电子化数据集，旨在为大萧条（Great Depression）的微观经济实证研究提供支撑。该数据集涵盖以下维度的观测信息：工厂基础信息（如名称、所在地、所有者等）、生产产品与使用的原材料、运营时长与工作时长、就业规模、薪资薪酬、原材料使用成本与使用量、产品产值以及1933、1935年的加工税、机械设备使用情况与能源消耗情况。