An official website of the United States government
United States Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor
The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information,
make sure you're on a federal government site.
The site is secure.
The
https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any
information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.
Office of Survey Methods Research
SHARE ON:
More Information
Published Year: 1994
Survey/Program(s): International Price Program (IPP)
Catalog: Statistical Survey Paper
Download PDF
A Response Model for the International Price Program
Abstract
The International Price Program uses an establishment survey in which monthly price data is collected for goods imported into the U.S. or exported from the U.S. This paper discusses the model developed to describe the sample loss at each stage of the survey process from frame preparation through index estimation. During the survey process business establishments are selected and refined. Within selected establishments, general product categories are sampled for initiation. Unique items are then selected within each general category during an initiation process and the selected items are repriced each month until they are phased out of the survey. Broad categories of sample response are described and detailed reasons for each category are explored. Actual loss rates for recent importer and exporter samples are also given.