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   ̀Employerdatathatcouldnotbeassignedtoaspecificareaofthestatearelabeled"undistributed"intheareatables.Includedinthiscategoryarestatewidesalesjobsandpromotionalagents;serviceandroutepersons;shorttermcontractualworkers;andallothercoveredworkerswhoseplaceofworkcouldnotbepreciselydetermined.̀Thetablestartingonpage90showstheindustrybreakdownofthoseundistributedjobs.̀InconsistenciesinHistoricalSeries   	 H   ̀Beforeundertakinganyanalysisofcoveredemploymentdata,usersshouldconsidertheimpactthatlegaland_        definitional_        Ԁchanges,StandardIndustrialClassificationManualchanges,imperfectemployerinputandconfidentialityprovisionshaveonthedata.Moreover,sincecoveredemploymentdataarecollectedprimarilyforunemploymenttaxadministrationpurposes,noattemptismadetorevisepreviouslyreleaseddata.̀TheNewJerseylawsdefiningcoveredemploymenthavebeenamendedonseveraloccasions.Asignificantchangeoccurredin1969whencoveragewasexpandedtoincludeemployerswithoneormoreemployeesratherthanfourormoreemployees.Thischangeincreasedthenumberofcoveredreportingunitsbyapproximately64percentandaddedapproximately6.5percenttocoveredemploymenttotals.In1972,nonprofitorganizationsmeetingsimilarrequirementswereextendedcoverageandin1978,virtuallyallstateandlocalgovernmentworkersandcertaindomesticandagriculturalworkerswereaddedtocoveredemployment.InMay1981,allemployeesofelementaryandsecondaryschoolsoperatingunderachurchcharterweredroppedfrom_        UI_        Ԁcoverage.Thischangeresultedinalossofapproximately10,000jobsand500unitsineducationalservicebetweenSeptember1980andSeptember1981.    PAGE101   	 $!$       	   	 X      ̀Anotherinconsistencyisintroducedbyperiodicchangesinindustrycodes.TheStandardIndustrialClassification(SIC)Manualusedtocodebusinessactivitieshasbeenrevisedonfiveoccasionssince1941.Beginningwith1988,coveredemploymentstatisticsareclassifiedunderdefinitionsestablishedwiththe1987StandardIndustrialClassification(SIC)Manual,andmaynotbestrictlycomparabletodataforpriorperiods.̀ConfidentialityProvisions   	    ̀Becausethereleaseofdataidentifiabletoindividualemployersoremployingestablishmentsisgenerallyprohibited,dataarenotpublishedforindustrieswithlessthanthreeemployingunitsorwhereoneemployingunitcomprises80percentormoreoftheindustry,regardlessofthetotalnumberofunits.Theimpactoftheconfidentialityprovisionisnormallyfeltonlyatthemunicipalitylevel,althoughentireindustriesmaybeaffected._             	 $!$    _            PAGE102   	 $!$       