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The impact of Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey reweighting
Outlines the background to the reweighting programme, briefly describing changes to the weighting tool and methodology
Authors: Sally-Ann Aubrey-Smith, Marilyn Thomas
Economic & Labour Market Review, vol 2, no 12, pp 56-63. ISSN: 1751-8334
Reweighted Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS) microdata were published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in May 2008. The underlying weighting methodology and the statistical tool used for weighting the LFS were also changed for the reweighting programme and for subsequent LFS weighting (although not for the APS, as this already used the new methodology and tool). This article outlines the background to the LFS and APS reweighting programme, briefly describes the changes to the weighting tool and methodology in the LFS, and presents some results of the impact of reweighting on population estimates at unitary authority/local authority district level, using APS microdata.
Published in web format: 16 December 2008 at 9:30 am
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