Transcript United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Household Survey Methods Outcome of the in-depth review Conference of European Statisticians 60th plenary session Paris, 6-8 June.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistical Division
Household Survey Methods
Outcome of the in-depth review
Conference of European Statisticians
60th plenary session
Paris, 6-8 June 2012
Paper by Canada:
Challenges
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Effects of declining response rates on cost and
quality
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Deterioration of telephone frames
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Increasing demands from data users
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Issues raised by the Bureau
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Integration with other data sources
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New methodological and technical issues arising
from integration; census data as benchmark
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A wiki more promising than a manual
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Room for closer cooperation with academia
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Modern approaches such as web surveys
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Continuing need for guidance on traditional
methods where labour cost is low compared to IT
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Conclusion
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Need for better integration with other sources
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Secretariat will prepare a list of available
resources on household survey methods for
the UNECE Seminar on New Frontiers for
Statistical Data Collection
(Geneva, 31 Oct – 2 Nov 2012)
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A decision on further activities: end of 2012
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