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Activity Number: 68
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 9, 2015 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
Sponsor: Survey Research Methods Section
Abstract #315873
Title: Exploring Regional Effects on Establishment Nonresponse Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Author(s): Morgan Earp* and Polly Phipps and Daniell Toth and Charlotte Oslund
Companies: Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics
Keywords: nonresponse ; establishment ; regional ; hierarchical linear modeling
Abstract:

A lot of research has focused on the influence of internal establishment characteristics on nonresponse; however, there is little known about the influence of regional characteristics on establishment nonresponse. This paper focuses on exploring the relationship between establishment nonresponse and regional demographic, economic, and social characteristics of an establishment's location. We use hierarchical linear modeling to control for regional characteristics that may have an added influence on nonresponse beyond the internal establishment characteristics we have identified in previous models such as establishment size and industry (Earp, Toth, Phipps, & Oslund, 2012). The variables we consider include regional characteristics as they relate to county level data (including population age, income & poverty, education, banking, crime, health, taxes, government spending, etc.) according to the Census Bureau's USA Counties summary data. We also consider household data on trust of the federal statistical system using the Census Daily Tracker questions administered during 2012.


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