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Overview of measures used by NSIs to reduce response burdenConference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, SIMPLY 2010
Virginie Raymond-Blaess [email protected]
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Introduction• Measures reported in the literature between
2005 and 2010• Reduction of response burden is a key issue
for the European Commission and NSIs• Measures can be assigned to three domains:
• Survey design• Communication• Instrument design
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Survey design I: Using of Administrative sources
The use of administrative sources is popular in most of the NSIs.
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Survey Design II: Sampling and Estimation
• Optimization of the sample• Coordination of the sample• Negative and Positive Coordination• Rotation of units• Statistical holidays (ex. Osmotherly
guarantee)
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Survey Design III: Reduction of the Number of Surveys/ Variables
• Retraction of surveys (Elimination of overlaps in collection)
• Simplification of surveys• Combine two questionnaires
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Communication
The respondent is the key point
• Descriptions of the statistics• User-friendly environments • Feedback to respondents• Flexibility in deadlines• Register or calendar of the surveys
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Instrument Design I: Implementation of Electronic Surveys
• Electronic surveys • Digital reporting
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Instrument Design II: Use of Accounting System Data
• XBRL: eXtensible Business Reporting Language
• XML language• Accountancy systems
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Instrument Design III: Other methods
• Virtual questionnaires with information and nomenclatures
• Method to analyse and monitor different surveys (ex. ASIA)
• Pre-printing information• Compilation of questionnaires for specific
sectors of activity• Electronic collection by telephone data entry
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Conclusion
• The measures used are often the same• Link between the different measures• Reduction of burden often related to
motivation• There is almost no information on the
results of the measures• Only few empirical research project in this
field
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Administrative data
Sampling Estimation
Reduction number survey/
variablesCommunication
Electronic Questionnaire
Accounting Data
Other Methods
Australia X X
Denmark X X X X X
Finland X X X X
France X X
Germany X
Hungary X X X X
Ireland X X X
Italy X X
Lithuania X X X X X X
Netherlands X X X X X X
Norway X X X X X X X
Slovenia X X X X
Spain X X X X X X X
Sweden X
UK X X X X X
USA (Census Bureau) X
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REMARKS, SUGGESTIONS?
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