How similar are ONS’s monthly and annual business inquiries?

Whittard, Damian; Robjohns, Joe

Abstract

This article supports the Office for National Statistics’ monthly and annual surveys reconciliation programme. It
presents an analysis of the coherence of business survey returns between the Monthly Inquiry into the Distribution
and Service Sector (MIDSS) and Monthly Production Inquiry (MPI) compared with the Annual Business Inquiry. A
two-stage methodology is employed: firstly, analysing the aggregate data and secondly, using microdata sets matching
individual business responses from the monthly and annual surveys. This analysis is reported in terms of levels and growth rates for both an unadjusted and an adjusted MPI/MIDSS series.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Dec 16, 2008
• Deposit Date: May 22, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 13, 2016
• Journal: Economic and Labour Market Review
• Print ISSN: 1751-8326
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 43-51
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/elmr.2008.186
• Keywords: monthly inquiry into the distribution and service sector, Monthly production inquiry, annual business inquiry, microdata sets
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1006770
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/elmr.2008.186
• Related Public URLs: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/elmr/journal/v2/n12/full/elmr2008186a.html
• Contract Date: Apr 13, 2016