measuring respondent burden at the uk office for national statistics denise williams, sarah green...
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Measuring Respondent Burdenat the UK Office for National Statistics
Denise Williams, Sarah Green & Jacqui Jones
Presentation overview
• Survey Control Unit• Better regulation• Response burden targets• Measuring response burden (Old and New)
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Survey Control Unit
• 1969 Survey Control Unit established
• Guardians of Prime Minister’s (PM) instructions– control of statistical surveys– framework for managing burden
• PM instructions updated every 5 years
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Survey Control Unit
Co-ordinates across all government departments in terms of:
• Response burden• New survey proposals• Alternative sources• Reviews of regular surveys• Annual report
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Better Regulation
Agenda being to measure and reduce the costto business associated with complying withgovernment regulations
Three reviews (2005):• Hampton review• Regulation – Less is More. Reducing
Burdens, Improving Outcomes• Administrative Burdens Measurement
ExerciseSlide 5
Better Regulation Targets
ONS was set the following targets:
By 2010 25% reduction in categories B & CB – surveys to met EU requirements but EU regulations do not
specify information business has to provide
C – surveys to meet UK needs no EU requirements
By 2015 25% reduction in category AA – surveys conducted to comply with EU regulations andinternational rules describe the information that businesses should provide Slide 6
Measuring Response Burden
Old method:• used during survey control reviews• 20% of survey sample• postal self-completion questionnaire
• calculated by:
(No. of questionnaires (100% response)) * (estimated completion time) *(an appropriate hourly rate)+Uprating for respondent re-contacts Slide 7
Measuring Response Burden
• The need for change was driven by
European Union initiative
• Introduced Standard Cost Model approach:
– transparent measurement–measures administrative burden–highlights impact of international legislation–data collected in face-to-face interviews
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Measuring Response Burden
• Standard Cost Model (SCM) very similar to ‘old’ method
SCM = price * quantity
Price = tariff * time
Quantity = number of enterprises + frequency
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Measuring Response Burden
Key differences:
• sample design• mode of collection• level of detail
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Measuring Response Burden
ONS design for SCM approach:
• Implement quantitative rather than qualitative approach
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Measuring Response Burden
Introduction of ‘new’ SCM method
• maintain ‘old’ method with:
– new sample design
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Measuring Response Burden
– new questionnaire
* Breakdown of responding activity
* Information already available
* External costs
* Survey irritants
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Review questionnaire
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Measuring Response Burden
– ASHE pay rates
– 30% uplift for overheads
– inclusion of survey frequency
– mean response burden
– data collection tool
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Measuring Response Burden
New method formula:
mean weighted cost per questionnaire + recontact uplift *
number of questionnaires in survey sample *
survey frequency
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Measuring Response Burden
Roll-out of new method:
• Two pilots informed:– further changes to the questionnaire– changes to the data collection tool– recommendation to send out response
burden questionnaires with survey
• Roll-out over next 5 yearsSlide 17
Thank you