# BLS survey `eb`

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, LABSTAT time-series database (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/eb/). Public domain U.S. government data. Credit: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Survey documentation: `eb.txt`.

`*_series.parquet` defines each series_id (labels); `*_data_*.parquet` holds series_id, year, period (M01-M12 monthly, Q0x quarterly, A01/M13 annual), value, footnote_codes; other files map codes to labels.

| file | rows | columns |
|---|---|---|
| eb.contacts | 14 | Employee Benefits Survey Contacts |
| eb.data.1.AllData | 3235 | series_id, year, period, value, footnote_codes |
| eb.footnote | 5 | footnote_code, footnote_text |
| eb.period | 1 | period, period_abbr, period_name |
| eb.seasonal | 2 | seasonal_code, seasonal_text |
| eb.series | 810 | series_id, title_code, type_code, begin_year, begin_period, end_year, end_period |
| eb.title | 634 | title_code, title_name |
| eb.type | 4 | type_code, type_name |