Non response and motivation
measures in Statistics Finland's
EU-Labour Force Survey (LFS)
2013: the 30th anniversary of interview survey
Pertti Taskinen
Statistics Finland
LFS Non-response rate 1997-2013(Q1), all
waves, per cent
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0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Motivation measures
Non response project
Lengthening of the field work
Reshaping of the letter and leaflet
Follow-up of the field work
Training
Work motivation of interviewers
Telling the importance of LFS
Going through best practices
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LFS non-response rate 2012 by Regional State
Administrative Agencies, per cent
05
10152025303540
Other nonresp.
Refusal
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LFS 2012 results in metropolitan area: net
sample and some sub-groups, per cent
0 %
20 %
40 %
60 %
80 %
100 %
Other nonresp.
Refusal
Response
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Share of response by waves during three years
2010-2012
1st wave 2nd wave 5th wave
+ ad hoc
Net sample
Response rate 75.23 76.41 75.83 100
Non-Finnish/Swedish
native speakers
2.53 2.45 2.10 4.38
Basic education 20.86 21.12 20.67 29.14
25-34 year old 11.70 11.79 11.37 16.69
65-74 year old 10.85 10.72 10.73 12.96
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LFS 2006-2012 response rate of registered job
seekers (Employment Service Statistics)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Employed
Unempl. < 6 m:s
Unempl. 6-12 m:s
Unempl. > 12 m:s
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Average age of LFS respondents and non-
respondents and population aged 15-74 years,
at five year intervals 1997-2012
30
35
40
45
50
1997 2002 2007 2012
Respondents
Non-respondents
Population
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Reflections
Change in information technology has an obvious
effect on the matter
Response will not bounce back, in spite of data
collection methods
What is needed in the current situation
Calculate quality indicators
Taken account non response in the sample frame
Register information has to tap even more
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Thank you for attention!
Additional information see paper
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