Response Burden Management for Establishment Surveys at Four National Statistical Institutes

Giesen Deirdre (), Vella Mario (), Brady Charles F. (), Brown Paul (), Ravindra Daniela () and Vaasen-Otten Anita ()
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Giesen Deirdre: Statistics Netherlands, PO Box 4481, 6401 CZHeerlen, the Netherlands.
Vella Mario: Statistics Canada, 170 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, K1A 0T6 Ontario, Canada.
Brady Charles F.: U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC20233, U.S.A.
Brown Paul: Statistics New Zealand, 8 Gilmer Terrace, PO Box 2922, Wellington6011, New Zealand.
Ravindra Daniela: Statistics Canada, 170 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, K1A 0T6 Ontario, Canada.
Vaasen-Otten Anita: Statistics Netherlands, PO Box 4481, 6401 CZHeerlen, the Netherlands.

Journal of Official Statistics, 2018, vol. 34, issue 2, 397-418

Abstract: Managing response burden is key to ensuring an ongoing and efficient supply of fit-forpurpose data. While statistical organizations use multi-faceted approaches to achieve this, response burden management has become an essential element of the strategy used by the U.S. Census Bureau, Statistics New Zealand, Statistics Canada, and Statistics Netherlands. Working in collaboration with respondents, with internal resources dedicated to provide customized approaches for large respondents and with other stakeholders (constituency representatives, associations, etc.) response burden management endeavors to minimize burden and educate stakeholders on the benefit of official statistics. The role continues to evolve with important initiatives regarding the compilation of burden metrics, improvements to existing tracking tools, and an expanded communication role.

Keywords: Actual burden; perceived burden; official statistics; respondent advocate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/jos-2018-0018

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