Response Burden Measurement Ashu Conrad October 2012

Agenda Purpose of the measurement Model for calculating response burden SSSO baseline measurement Initiatives for reduction of response burden Calculation of burden reduction

Purpose of response burden measurement The purpose of measuring response burden is to ensure that: –existing burdens are revealed –burdens are broken down into components and analysed –particularly costly burdens are identified –the most costly burdens are analysed in detail

Standard Cost Model Model Use of time in minutes xFrequency xNumber of reporters =Yearly burden in minutes xHourly wages (in UAH) =Administrative burden (in UAH)

Response Burden Calculation Model

Baseline Measurement 2 representative monthly, quarterly and annual surveys - 6 surveys in total 3 enterprise size groups based on the number of employees in the SBR 5 enterprises within each combination of representative surveys and size groups, which gives a total of 90 enterprises Supplementary questionnaire on time usage sent to all – results collected and tabulated

Baseline Measurement Results

Reduction of Response Burden Improvement of primary data collection –Analysis of reporting forms –Evaluation and redesign of the current reporting forms –Test and implementation Reduction of sample size –Use of Business Register –Stratification

Calculation of burden reduction Burden reduction due to reduction of questions –Number of questions minus revised number of questions Burden reduction as a result of reduction of sample size –Original number of enterprises minus revised number of enterprises Cost reduction in percent

Calculation of burden reduction

Further work - Response Burden Burden calculation for all SSSO surveys –based on the baseline measurement Analysis of burden costs Prioritization of surveys where reductions can be made –the most costly first Continued improvement of survey design –Reduction of samples while maintaining data quality