1. 13th Workshop on Labour Force Survey Methodology
Sarah Hartleib
Marc Plate
Matea Paskvan
Directorate Social Statistics
Statistics Austria
Reykjavík
17 May 2018
Introducing CAWI to the Austrian LFS: Improving the mixed-mode data collection
13th Workshop on Labour Force Survey Methodology

2. The Austrian LFS Obligatory survey
Decreasing willingness to participate
Risk of decreasing data quality
Chance: Increasing internet access and user rates
Increase data quality through more timely responses
offer more respondent friendly mode

3. Changing the Austrian LFS
1st wave
2nd – 5th wave
CAPI
CATI
(CAPI)
until now

4. Changing the Austrian LFS
1st wave
2nd – 5th wave
CAPI
CATI
CAWI
(CAPI)
until now
from 2021

5. LFS CAWI Pilot
How to efficiently implement a mixed-mode CAWI design for the Austrian LFS?
timely responses
concurrent mixed-mode design
communication strategy
data quality

6. LFS CAWI Pilot - time table
Literature review & preparations:
mode questions
communication strategies
debriefing calls with 15 CAWI and 15 non-CAWI
1st wave
2nd wave
05/2018
07/2018
10/2018
01/2019
02/2019

7. testing communication strategies
LFS CAWI Pilot design
Wave 1
Wave 2
N = 277?
CAWI
N = 550
CATI
testing communication strategies
CAPI
N = 148?
N = 425?
completed
N = ?
screening questions
N = ?
CAPI
CATI
N = 110?
N = 125?

8. Testing for concurrent mixed-mode design
Possible mode-screening questions (wave 1):
internet access at home
HH-members are internet users
Internet literacy
Provided address
(Jäckle et al. 2015; Jäckle et al. 2017)

9. Testing communication strategies in wave 2
invitation
1st reminder
2nd reminder
Group 1
&
copy
Group 2
&
copy
Group 3
&
copy
Group 4
&
copy

10. What‘s next: Mobile first
No substantial changes in questionnaire for now
Smartphone-first approach at STAT until 2021
Test for adapting LFS questionniare to mobile devices planned for 2019
1st

11. Thank you. Please address queries to: Sarah Hartleib
Contact information:
Guglgasse 13, 1110 Vienna
phone: +43 (1)
Thank you.