ACKNOWLEDGMENTS__________________________CHARACTERISITCS OF BUSINESS OWNERS


Many persons participated in conducting the 1992 Charateristics of Business
Owners Survey. Primary direction was performed by Frederick T. 
Knickerbocker, Associate Director for Economic Programs; and Thomas L. 
Mesenbourg, Assistant Director for Economic Programs.  

This report was prepared in the Agriculture and Financial Statistics 
Division (AGFS) under the general direction of Dr. Ewen Wilson, Chief; 
and Ruth A. Runyan, Assistant Division Chief for Financial Statistics.  

The overall project development and planning of this report were under 
the direction of Eddie J. Salyers, Chief, Company Statistics Branch. 
Mary G. Frauenfelder directed and implemented planning procedures, 
specification development, data collection, editing, and compilation 
of this report. Staff assistance was provided by Melody Atkinson, Ahmad 
Bakhshi, David Cooper, Elaine Emanuel, Barbara Esworthy, Durwin Knutson, 
Sungsoo Oh, and Valerie Strang.  

Development and implementation of the statistical methodology were 
performed under the general supervision of Ruth Detlefsen, Assistant 
Division Chief for Research and Methodology (AGFS). Direction in those 
areas was provided by Carol Caldwell, Chief, Frame Research and 
Development Branch (AGFS). Richard Moore, preceded by David Raglin, was 
assigned primary responsibility for sample design, imputation, and 
estimation. Keying procedures were developed by Charles Fowler and 
Bejamin Stephens of the Mailout and Data Capture Branch, Ecoonomic 
Planning and Coordination Division.

Computer programs were developed in the Economic Statistical
Methods and Programming Division under the general supervision of
Charles P. Pautler, Jr., Chief; and Martin S. Harahush, Assistant
Division Chief for Quinquennial Programs; with assistance from
Steven G. McCraith, Chief, Quinquennial Surveys Branch; and Gary A. 
Sweetland, Chief, Mailout and Data Collection Branch. Daniel A. Vacca
was assigned primary programming responsibility with assistance from 
Ed Carr, Diane Conley, Thaddeus S. Hess, Stephen D. Jarvis, Robert S. 
Jewitt, John E. McCormick, Hoa Nyugen, Robert A. Penrod, and Jerry 
Richards.

The staff of the Technical Services Division, Teresa Angueira, Chief, 
captured the response data electronically using a Film Optical 
Sensing Device for Input to Computer (FOSDIC) operation.  

The staff of the Administrative and Publications Services Division, 
Walter C. Odom, Chief, performed publication planning, design, 
composition, editorial review, and procurement for publications. 
Frances B. Scott provided publication coordination and editing. Evelyn 
Fedorko and Shirley Boswell were responsible for design and procurement 
of the report forms, respectively. 

Mailout preparation and receipt operations, clerical activities,
and data keying were performed by the staff of the Data
Preparation Division, Judith N. Petty, Chief. Computer processing 
was performed in the Computer Services Division, Marvin D. Raines, 
Chief. 

Computer processing was performed in the Computer Services Division, 
Debra D. Williams, Chief.

Photocomposition programs for the statistical tables were developed 
in the Systems Support Division, Richard W. Swartz, Chief. 

The overall planning and review of the census operations were
performed by the staff of the office of the Assistant Director
for Economic and Agriculture Censuses. 

This survey was funded by the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
and the Small Business Administration (SBA). Richard L. Stevens of 
Advocacy, Research and Information at MBDA and Bruce Phillips of the 
Office of Advocay at SBA served as liaisons for these agencies.

Special acknowledgment is also due to the many business owners whose
cooperation has contributed to the publication of these data.

If you have any questions concerning the statistics in this report, 
call 301-763-5726.

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