Replication Data for: International Nonresponse Trends across Countries and Years - An analysis of 36 years of Labour Force Survey data

Household survey nonresponse is a matter of concern in many countries. In one of the first international trend analyses, de Leeuw and de Heer (2002) found that response rates declined over the years, and that countries differed in response rates and nonresponse trends. Their analyses cover longitudinal data on the Labour Force Survey from National Statistical Institutes for the period 1980 to 1997. We added a new data set, covering the period 1998 to 2015, and analysed nonresponse data over time and countries. In these analyses we differentiated between voluntary and mandatory surveys. The trends visible in de Leeuw and de Heer (2002) continue with possibly a small deceleration in refusal rates.

家庭调查无回应问题在全球多国均受到广泛关注。作为首批国际趋势分析研究之一，德·勒乌（de Leeuw）与德·赫尔（de Heer）在2002年的研究中发现，调查应答率逐年下滑，且不同国家的应答率水平与无回应趋势存在显著差异。该研究的分析样本为1980至1997年间，各国国家统计机构（National Statistical Institutes）采集的劳动力调查（Labour Force Survey）纵向数据。本研究新增了覆盖1998至2015年的全新数据集，并针对不同国家与时间维度的无回应数据开展了系统性分析。本次分析中，我们将调查区分为自愿参与型与强制参与型两类。德·勒乌与德·赫尔2002年研究中观测到的无回应趋势仍在延续，拒绝参与率的增速或已出现小幅放缓。