united states 1997economiccensus accommodation and foodservices geographicareaseries 1997 issuedmay2000 ec97r72a us rv departmentofcommerce economicsandstatisticsadministration censusbureau many persons participated in the various activities of economic census for sector service statistics division prepared this report bobby e russell assistant chief programs was respon sible overall planning manage ment coordination implementation were under direction fay dorsett retail branch assisted by thomas g dassel peter h lee maria p ray m yvonne wade primary staff assistance provided sean anthony nicole c carrigan kasey l dickenson darrell s dow charlene b harris ronald j mackenzie veronica r morgan deborah newton robert nusz barbara t parlett jeremy stash pamela stumler anna stump paula thompson keeley voor mathematical statistical techniques as well coverage operations pro vided carl a konschnik research methodology carol king statisti cal methods jock black program development with from cruz david kinyon