The files in this directory contain various versions of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics' 2002-2012 national employment projections matrix.  The 
following files are available:

File            Size     Contents

MATRIX02.DOC     45,056  Documentation for the matrix files
                         (also included in MATR02AC.ZIP and MATR02FP.ZIP)

MATR02AC.ZIP  5,296,335  MS Access database containing the projections
                         files

INDTOTS.DBF      78,959  Employment estimates and projections, 2002-2012,
                         by industry

OCCTOTS.DBF     181,654  Employment estimates and projections, 2002-2012,
                         by occupation

MATR02FP.ZIP  3,567,871  MS FoxPro 2.6 files containing the projections

OPTD0212.XLS  2,473,472  Occupational Projections and Training Data (OPTD)
                         spreadsheet file.  Contains employment, openings,
                         income and education information for the
                         projections occupations (Content of this file is
                         also included in MATR02AC.ZIP and MATR02FP.ZIP.
                         Contents updated on 7/9/04.) 

Each of the matrix databases contains five tables.  The tables are described below:

MATRIX02   This file contains industry and occupation codes, base and projected
           employment, employment ratios and measures of change.  It does NOT
           contain industry and occupational titles.

OCCTITLE   Occupation codes and titles.  This file also contains an indicator of
           whether the occupation is a summary or detail occupation.

INDTITLE   Industry codes and titles.  It also contains an indicator of whether
           the industry is a summary or detail industry and a listing of the
           NAICS codes included in the industry.

OCCTOTS    This file is an extract from MATRIX02 containing occupational totals
           and titles.

INDTOTS    This file is an extract from MATRIX02 containing industry totals and 
           titles.


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