household expenditures? We study the sources of the relevant official statistics—the Current Population Survey (CPS), the … Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), and the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX)—and find that the answers depend on …

Comparing self-reports to administrative data records on diagnosis and prescription drug use, we find that survey … about prescription drug use. Survey respondents are significantly less likely to under-report other conditions such as …

summarize the results of a household electrical appliance survey and describe how households in rural Kenya differ in terms of …

This paper examines non-response in a large government survey. The response rate for the American Time Use Survey (ATUS … of estimates are broadly similar. The paper ends with a discussion of survey design features, their effect on the types …

such as the Consumer Expenditure Survey. A detailed comparison is made between scanner data and diary-based budget survey … spending are similar. A large part of the difference is explained by households in the scanner survey failing to record any …

This paper presents a comparative assessment of the performance of the household expenditure survey programs in … Australia, Canada, the UK and US. Cross-country and time series variation in survey methodology and experience is used to assess … remained fairly stable in Canada and Australia; in the UK and US coverage rates declined sharply. Survey response rates and top …

evidence on the frequency of nominal wage adjustment using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) for …