The Future of Federal Household Surveys: Summary of a Workshop (2011)

8:50-10:10

Federal Household Survey System at a Crossroads Chair: Hal Stern, University of California, Irvine

The State of Federal Household Data Collections in the United States

Katharine Abraham, Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland

Survey Harmonization in Official Household Surveys in the United Kingdom

Paul Smith, UK Office for National Statistics (Presenter: Cynthia Clark, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

10:10-10:25

Break

10:25-12:00

Federal Household Survey System at a Crossroads (continued)

Statistics Without Surveys? About the Past, Present and Future of Data Collection in The Netherlands
Jelke Bethlehem, Statistics Netherlands

    Statistics Canada’s Household Survey Strategy Jean-Louis Tambay, Statistics Canada

Discussant
Chester Bowie, National Opinion Research Center

12:00-1:00

Lunch to Continue Morning Discussion of the U.S. and International Models

1:00-2:45

Sampling Frames Chair: Graham Kalton, Westat

Using Large Surveys to Assist in Frame Development for Smaller Surveys

James Lepkowski, University of Michigan

The Role of the American Community Survey in Sampling Rare Populations
Keith Rust, Westat

Sampling Frames for Federal Household Surveys: A Vision for the Future
Frederick Scheuren, National Opinion Research Center

2:45-3:00

Break

3:00-4:40

Methods: Collection of Household Data

Chair: Katharine Abraham, Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland

New Data Collection Modes and the Challenge of Making Them Effective
Don Dillman, Washington State University

Integrating Administrative Records into the Federal Statistical System 2.0.

Rochelle Martinez, Office of Management and Budget

Role of Administrative Records in Household Surveys: The Canadian Perspective

Julie Trépanier, Statistics Canada

4:40-4:50

Discussion of the Day’s Presentations Alan Zaslavsky, Harvard Medical School

4:50-5:30

Floor Discussion

Friday, November 5

8:30-10:15

Methods: Small-Area Estimation
Chair: Alan Zaslavsky, Harvard Medical School

Finding the Boundaries: When Do Direct Survey Estimates Meet Small-Area Needs?
Robert Fay, Westat

Combining Survey, Census, and Administrative Records Data in Small Area Models
William Bell, Census Bureau

Role of Statistical Models in Federal Surveys: Small-Area Estimation
T.E. Raghunathan, University of Michigan

10:15-10:30

Break

10:30-12:00

Survey Content
Chair: Chester Bowie, National Opinion Research Center

Promoting Consistency: The Case of Disability Measures Margo Schwab, Office of Management and Budget

Different Measures for Different Purposes: The Cases of Income and Poverty Measures
Charles Nelson, Census Bureau

Thinking Outside the Current American Community Survey Content Box: What if…?
Jennifer Madans, National Center for Health Statistics, and Chester Bowie, National Opinion Research Center

Competing Federal Statistics and the Role of the Office of Management and Budget: Do We Need Official Measures?
Hermann Habermann, Committee on National Statistics

12:00-1:00

Lunch to Continue Morning Discussion of Issues Related to Survey Content

Discussion of the Workshop and Next Steps

Hal Stern, University of California, Irvine

Katharine Abraham, Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland

Cynthia Clark, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Graham Kalton, Westat

1:30-2:30

Floor discussion

2:30

Adjourn