| Table of contents |
SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 History, scope
1.2 Legislation
2. CONTENT
2.1 Characteristics
2.2 Questionnaires
3. SURVEY METHODOLOGY
3.1 Survey organisation
3.2 Work process
3.3 Preparing the survey operations
3.3.1 Population and frame
3.3.2 Survey design
3.3.3 Pilot Survey
3.3.4 Informing and training the staff and respondents
3.4 Sampling, data collection and data entry
3.4.1 Drawing the sample
3.4.2 Data collection
3.4.3 Utilisation of administrative data sources (for those Member States
who are authorised to use such data sources)
3.4.4 Control of the data
3.4.5 Non-response
3.5 Data processing, estimation and analysis
3.5.1 Methods for handling missing or incorrect data items
3.5.2 Estimation and sampling errors
3.5.3 Non-sampling errors
3.5.4 Evaluation of estimates
4. PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION
REFERENCES
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