Statistical Terms Glossary

The place of previous residence is the major or smaller civil division, or the foreign country, in which the individual resided immediately prior to migrating into his or her present civil division of usual residence.

The place taken into account is the place at which the goods were pumped-out or delivered from a pipeline.

Refers to the civil subdivision of a country (district, county, municipality, province, department, state) in which the individual resides.

The place of residence at a specified date in the past is the major or smaller division, or the foreign country, in which the individual resided at a specified date preceding the census. The reference date chosen should be that most useful for national purposes. In most cases, this has been deemed to be one year or five years preceding the census (or both of these time frames in cases where internal migration is of particular importance to users and resources are sufficient to code the data).

The place taken into account is the place in which the goods are unloaded from a railway vehicle aft er being transported by it.

The place taken into account is the place where the goods were unloaded from an inland waterways transport (IWT) freight vessel or where pusher tugs and tugs have been changed.

The place taken into account is the place in which the goods are unloaded from a rail vehicle after being transported by it.

The place taken into account is the place where the goods were unloaded from a goods road motor vehicle or where the road tractor has been changed.

The place of usual residence may be the same as, or different from, the place where the enumerated person was present at the time of the census and/or his or her legal residence.

The place of work is the location in which a currently employed person performs his or her job, and where a usually employed person performs the primary job used to determine his/her other economic characteristics such as occupation, industry, and status in employment.

The place where present at the time of the census is, in theory, the geographical place at which each person was present on the day of the census, whether or not this was his or her place of usual residence. In practice, the concept is generally applied to the place where the person slept on the night preced

A document prepared by the lead manager of a syndicate in the Eurocredit market which seeks to give sufficient information to other potential lenders to enable them to decide whether to participate in the credit.

A five to seven-year swap of six-month LIBOR-based floating rate funds against fixed rate funds, both denominated in U.S. dollars.

See: Fund member

See: Pension plan

Aquatic organisms feeding on plancton or detritus derived from plankton.

Parts of plants used for vegetative propagation.

Plant specific economies of scale are associated with the total output (frequently encompassing many products) of an entire plant or plant complex. Economies of scope may be embodied as part of plant economies as the costs of common overheads, e.g., head office administration and accounting costs, are spread across multiple products.

Forests for intensive fuel or industrial wood production planted or artificially regenerated and made up of exotic (non-indigenous) species and/or mono-cultures.

A simple soil and water conservation technique for dryland agriculture, where holes are dug and crops planted within them.