Abstract
Yoel Izsak, Lawrence R. Ernst, Chester H. Ponikowski, Steven P. Paben, and Jason Tehonica (2003) "Redesign of the
National Compensation Survey." Proceedings of the Section on Survey
Research Methods, 2003,
American Statistical Association.
Among the key products produced by the National Compensation Survey (NCS),
which is conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are locality wage
surveys. Consequently, a sample redesign of the NCS is necessary for each
decade following the release of new metropolitan area definitions. NCS uses
a rotating panel design, with three stages of selection, namely: geographic
areas; establishments, and occupations. We discuss some of the sample
redesign issues that we are studying, including impact on between area
variances of (1) single outside Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs)
counties versus multi-county clusters outside of CBSAs, (2) micropolitan
areas included in strata with metropolitan areas, or with strata of counties
outside of CBSAs, or separately, and (3) alternative stratification
variables. Additional issues are: number of sample establishments, number of
sample areas, and allocation of sample areas among certainty metropolitan
areas, noncertainty metropolitan areas, and the remaining areas; use of an
overlap maximization procedure to select sample areas; sampling and variance
estimation during the transition. Preliminary results are given.
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