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Overview of measures used by NSIs to reduce response burden. Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, SIMPLY 2010 Virginie Raymond-Blaess vm.blaess@cbs.nl. Introduction. Measures reported in the literature between 2005 and 2010
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Overview of measures used by NSIs to reduce response burden Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, SIMPLY 2010 Virginie Raymond-Blaess vm.blaess@cbs.nl
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 Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, 2010
Survey design I: Using of Administrative sources The use of administrative sources is popular in most of the NSIs. Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, 2010
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) Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, 2010
Survey Design III: Reduction of the Number of Surveys/ Variables • Retraction of surveys (Elimination of overlaps in collection) • Simplification of surveys • Combine two questionnaires Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, 2010
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 Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, 2010
Instrument Design I: Implementation of Electronic Surveys • Electronic surveys • Digital reporting Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, 2010
Instrument Design II: Use of Accounting System Data • XBRL: eXtensible Business Reporting Language • XML language • Accountancy systems Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, 2010
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 Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, 2010
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 Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, 2010
Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, 2010
REMARKS, SUGGESTIONS?More information on the BLUE-ETS conference:www.cbs.nl/blue-ets Conference on Administrative Simplification in Official Statistics, 2010