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Abstract #303991

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Activity Number:	386
Type:	Topic Contributed
Date/Time:	Wednesday, August 10, 2005 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor:	Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #303991
Title:	The Relation between Response Propensity and Data Quality in the American Time Use Survey
Author(s):	Scott Fricker*+
Companies:	Bureau of Labor Statistics
Address:	2 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20212, United States
Keywords:	time-use ; nonresponse ; data quality ; response propensity ; measurement error ; ATUS
Abstract:	Federal statistical agencies spend a good deal of effort and money in an attempt to improve response rates. Recent papers (Curtin et al. 2001, Groves et al. 2004), however, suggest the higher response rates achieved with these methods may not lead to gains in nonresponse bias reduction and that bringing in excluded groups (late responders, initial refusers), may not affect the estimates appreciably. Yet, while these results are intriguing, most studies of the causes and effects of survey nonresponse suffer because they do not provide a clear picture of the nonrespondents. Because the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) uses the Current Population Survey as a sampling frame, it offers a unique opportunity to examine nonrespondents' demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and their patterns of attrition and participation across waves of the CPS. This paper examines models of response propensity for ATUS using variables available off the CPS sample frame as predictors of nonresponse and compares response propensity characteristics of noncontacts, refusers, and late responders.

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