Household Survey Producers Workshop 

June 1-2, 2011 

20 F Street NW Conference Center 

Washington, DC 20001 

AGENDA 

June 1, 2011

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Networking and Continental Breakfast 

8:30 – 9:15 Welcome and Purpose of Workshop 

Connie Citro, Director, Committee on National Statistics

Mike Horrigan, Associate Commissioner, Office of Prices and Living 

Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Don Dillman, Panel Chair, Washington State University

9:15 – 10:45 Session 1: Alternative Ways of Measuring Consumer 

Expenditures With Special Focus on International Examples

Chair: Mel Stephens, Panel Member, University of Michigan

Canadian Survey of Household Spending , Guylaine Dubreuil, 

Statistics Canada

UK Living Costs and Food Survey, Giles Horsfield, Office of National 

Statistics

Household Budget Surveys in the European Union, Peter Paul Borg, 

European Union

Discussant: Robert Gillingham, Panel Member, Independent 

Consultant

10:45 – 11:00 Break 

11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Session 2: Designs that Add Flexibility in Data Collection Mode 

 Chair: Mark Pierzchala, Panel Member, Independent Consultant

Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey, Jolene Smyth, University 

of Nebraska

Business R & D Innovation Survey, Richard Hough, Census Bureau

National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, Jennifer Wine, RTI

Discussant: Mick Couper, Panel Member, University of Michigan

12:30 – 1:45 Working Lunch 

1:45 – 3:15 Session 3: Designs that Effectively Mix Data from Multiple 

Surveys and/or External/Administrative Data to Produce 

Estimates 

Chair: Bruce Meyer, Panel Member, University of Chicago

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Steve Machlin, AHRQ 
Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), Eileen O’Brien, EIA

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the National Health 

Interview Survey: Combining data for small area estimates, Van 

Parsons, NCHS

Discussant: Clyde Tucker, Panel Member, Independent Consultant

3:15 – 3:30 Break 

3:30 – 5:00 Session 4: Designs that Effectively Mix Global and Detail 

Information to Reduce Burden and Measurement Error

Chair: Rob Santos, Panel Member, Urban Institute

Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), Dave Aune, 

NASS

Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), Jason Fields, 

Census Bureau

National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), Jane Gentleman, NCHS

Discussant: Andy Peytchev, Panel Member, RTI

5:00 p.m. Planned Adjournment 

June 2, 2011

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Networking and Continental Breakfast 

8:30 – 10:00 Session 5: Designs that Use “Event History” Methodology to 

Improve Recall and Reduce Measurement Error in Recall 

Surveys. 

Chair: David Betson, Panel Member, University of Notre Dame

Panel Survey of Income Dynamics, Frank Stafford, University of 

Michigan

Survey of Income and Program Participation, Jason Fields, Census 

Bureau

Discussant: Michael Schober, Panel Member, New School for Social 

Research

10:00 – 10:30 Break 

10:30 – 12:00 Session 6: Diary Surveys that Effectively Utilize Technology to 

Facilitate Record-keeping or Recall. 

Chair: Sarah Nusser, Panel Member, Iowa State University

National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey 

(FOODAPS), Nancy Cole, Mathematica Policy Research

Personal Diary and Survey Methodologies for Health and 

Environmental Data Collection, Paul Kizakevich, Research Triangle 

Institute
Nielsen Life360 Program, Justin Bailey, The Nielsen Company

Discussant: Michael Link, Panel Member, Nielsen

12:00 - 12:30 Closing, Wrap up 

Don Dillman, Panel Chair, Washington State University 

12:30 p.m. Planned Adjournment