Response Burden - Results

Current Development

In 2010, a total of 47 719 enterprises had to report data for one or more compulsory surveys conducted by STATISTICS AUSTRIA. In comparison to 2009, the number of enterprises with reporting obligations decreased by 2 424 despite the fact, that in 2010 four smaller surveys were included in the calculations for the first time.

57.6% of the enterprises with reporting obligations had reporting obligations for one survey only, 27.9% for two and 14.5% for three or more. The maximum number of reporting obligations was nine, affecting only 5 enterprises. The total number of enterprises with reporting obligations was 12.1% of all active enterprises.

The total response burden for all compulsory surveys conducted by STATISTICS AUSTRIA on a regular basis was reduced by 18.1% between 2001 and 2010. This reduction was mainly achieved by reductions in sample frames, rise in thresholds and the increasing use of administrative data and electronic reporting devices. However, the calculations for 2010 had to take into account the survey on research and development, the survey on producer prices for manufacturing products which started in 2006 and additional variables within the structural business statistics in trade and services. In 2010 four surveys were included into the calculations for the first time: the survey on producer prices for selected services, the survey on import-prices, surveys for transportation on rail, aviation and inland water ways as well as the survey on foreign affiliates statistics (FATS). Including the reporting burden of all irregular surveys, the total decrease between 2001 and 2010 still amounted to 14.9%.

Concepts

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S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Response Burden Barometer. Compiled on 06 July 2011.

Development of response burden 2001-2010
	Reporting Time in hours
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Ongoing Surveys
Short Term Statistics – Industry and Construction	184 708	178 303	145 219	143 426	139 533	156 434	155 947	145 436	148 350	145 378
Short Term Statistics - Trade	7 965	8 803	4 826	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Structural Business Statistics	90 778	89 499	67 147	67 002	68 665	69 252	73 177	71 660	68 938	66 042
Material input statistics	12 122	11 662	13 090	13 480	13 091	12 276	12 480	12 536	10 667	9 919
Intrastat	504 250	486 999	476 466	492 360	514 084	514 859	522 099	539 488	532 805	485 161
Survey on road freight transportation	77 103	76 285	76 082	76 700	76 620	11 847	11 842	11 842	11 849	11 841
Ongoing Surveys in Total	876 926	851 551	782 830	792 968	811 993	764 668	775 545	780 962	772 609	718 341
Perennial Surveys
Structure of earnings survey	-	-	-	18 734	-	-	25 804	-	-	-
Labour cost survey	-	-	-	-	-	20 422	-	-	27 907	-
Industrial Producer Price Index	-	-	-	-	-	2 893	2 932	3 560	3 703	3 708
Survey for Output Price Index for Business Services	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8 351
Survey on Import Prices	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2 435
Survey on Research and Development	-	-	-	-	5 819	-	7 900	6 892	-	8 078
Perennial program in Trade/Services	-	-	-	3 785	1 785	1 608	-	2 392	4 471	3 080
Surveys for Transportation on Rail, Aviation and Inland Water Ways	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 780
Foreign Affiliates Statistics (FATS)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	374	454	450
Survey for coding according to ÖNACE 2008	-	-	-	-	-	-	6 312	-	-	-
Overall	876 926	851 551	782 830	815 487	819 597	789 591	818 493	794 223	809 144	746 223
S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Response Burden Barometer. Compiled on 06 July 2011.