Did BLS make any extra efforts to collect census reports from the hurricane-affected areas?
BLS and its State partners use several data collection techniques, including multiple worksite reports, central collection of large multi-state employers, missing data notices, and telephone contact. State UI agencies made additional extraordinary efforts to identify late reporters and provide information from these reports as possible. State agencies also attempted telephone follow-up with larger respondents who did not report during the collection cycle. This effort helped to increase response rates in these areas. QCEW IMPUTATION PROCEDURES • How did BLS modify its imputation procedures to recognize that non-respondents in the most heavily impacted disaster areas may be temporarily or permanently out of business? For non-respondents that State staff were unable to contact in the most heavily impacted disaster areas, QCEW assumed the business was not operating and therefore had an employment level of zero in September except for firms where further research indicated that the busines
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