Did BLS make any extra efforts to collect sample reports from the hurricane-affected areas?
For September: BLS uses several different data collection techniques in the payroll survey, including several forms of respondent-initiated self response, mostly touchtone data entry, fax, and mail. BLS attempted telephone follow-up with all respondents who did not initiate a self-response during the collection cycle. This effort helped to increase response rates in these areas. For October and subsequent months: BLS continued to use telephone follow-up with respondents, to the extent possible, for those who did not initiate a self-response. CES ESTIMATION PROCEDURES • How did BLS modify its imputation procedures to recognize that survey non-respondents in the most heavily impacted disaster areas may be temporarily or permanently out of business? For September: For sample units that BLS was unable to contact in the most heavily impacted disaster areas, CES assumed the business was not operating and therefore had an employment level of zero except for firms where further research indica
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