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... The purpose of this survey was to evaluate respirator use and instrument, considering both the content and the format of practices in the workplace to help guide NIOSH respirator the instrument; • The adequacy and appropriateness of the survey certification and research. The survey results were published in September 2003 in a report entitled "Respirator Usage in methodology, including the choice of sample, the sampling Private Sector Firms."1 The survey findings suggest that there method, survey follow-up, and ultimate response rate; • The methods of estimating the resultant survey data may be certain aspects of respiratory protection that are not compliant or are only partially compliant with Occupational and the adequacy of the data to address policy concerns with Safety and Health Administration and Mine Safety and respirator usage; • The extent and adequacy of data analysis and Health Administration regulations.
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... Although the survey was appropriately approval labels and respirator manufacturers' instructions; subjected to cognitive experimentation and field testing, substances protected against by the use of respirators; and the resulting questions tended to be focused more on items fit-testing methods used for respirators. The target popula- that were measurable from the perspective of the employer tion of the survey was private-sector establishments with respondents, and the questions tended to elicit information employment covered by unemployment insurance programs on regulatory compliance rather than respirator certification that were included in the 1999 Survey of Occupational and use.
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... and content of the mailings; • Using real stamps instead of "business reply" postage Finding 8: The choice of stratification variables for the on the return envelopes included in the two questionnaire SRUP sample design appears to have been appropriate, mailings; • Making refusal conversion attempts on persons who since many of the survey's reported findings by type and size of industry were quite different (e.g., respirator use)
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... use in industry. RECOMMENDATION 1: NPPTL should continue to Finding 13: Although a standard error was calculated for address and explicitly articulate data needs to evaluate each estimate from this survey, these measures of error and improve the respirator certification program so as were not computed correctly.
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... to work setting. This suggests the need for a very different make contact with the best-qualified respondent at PPE user approach to conducting any future survey operation.
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  • survey results
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  • survey estimates
  • survey methodology
  • srup data

  • sample design
  • personal protective
  • population subgroups
  • protective equipment
  • target population

  • collection design
  • improve understanding
  • sector firms
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  • health administration

  • respirator survey
  • survey response
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  • survey respondent
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