Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Number per 100 Persons, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1919-1930 (2)--Original Data, 1930-1968. Miscellaneous Seperations Are Included Through 1939. Beginning With 1943, All Employees Are Covered; Until Then Data Refer Only To Production Workers. Source: Bureau Of Labor Statistics, For 1930-August, 1964 Data: Employment And Earnings Statistics For The United States, 1909-1960 And 1909-1964, Bls Bulletins No. 1312-1 And Following Issues Through No. 1312-6, 1968; Data For September, 1964-1968: Employment And Earnings, Monthly; And Factory Labor Turnover, Monthly.

This NBER data series m08251b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08251b