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Household survey response rates

Household survey response rates, October 2009–October 2019
Date ATUS CE-Diary CE-Interview CPI-Housing CPS TPOPS

Oct 2009

 55.8% 74.4% 75.8% 73.2% 92.1% [1]

Nov 2009

 56.6 73.0 74.7 69.5 92.4 47.9%

Dec 2009

 58.6 68.6 73.9 69.1 91.8 [1]

Jan 2010

 59.1 74.6 75.6 73.8 92.2 [1]

Feb 2010

 58.8 71.9 74.1 72.5 92.8 49.4

Mar 2010

 61.2 75.7 75.5 74.6 92.1 [1]

Apr 2010

 58.2 75.0 74.9 77.0 93.1 [1]

May 2010

 56.3 70.8 73.5 78.5 92.4 49.6

Jun 2010

 56.4 68.9 74.7 79.2 91.9 [1]

Jul 2010

 53.6 70.6 72.5 78.9 91.8 [1]

Aug 2010

 53.5 69.8 74.1 78.4 92.0 49.3

Sep 2010

 54.4 73.9 74.0 77.9 91.6 [1]

Oct 2010

 56.1 73.6 72.5 80.5 91.5 [1]

Nov 2010

 56.5 72.3 73.2 79.5 91.2 48.0

Dec 2010

 58.5 66.9 71.3 79.1 91.3 [1]

Jan 2011

 56.6 72.4 71.8 80.4 91.5 [1]

Feb 2011

 55.7 73.3 71.7 78.0 91.4 55.0

Mar 2011

 56.0 72.2 72.3 79.6 91.0 [1]

Apr 2011

 51.4 72.3 71.3 80.6 91.5 [1]

May 2011

 53.4 72.7 72.2 80.5 91.9 47.2

Jun 2011

 54.3 71.8 71.0 79.7 91.2 [1]

Jul 2011

 52.8 71.2 70.7 78.9 90.9 [1]

Aug 2011

 53.3 70.8 72.0 78.8 90.9 48.5

Sep 2011

 54.0 67.2 70.9 78.3 91.0 [1]

Oct 2011

 55.7 69.8 71.8 80.0 91.3 [1]

Nov 2011

 55.0 66.9 71.5 79.9 90.6 48.5

Dec 2011

 57.3 66.7 70.7 78.3 90.3 [1]

Jan 2012

 56.1 70.2 71.3 79.3 90.4 [1]

Feb 2012

 53.1 69.3 71.8 79.7 90.6 48.6

Mar 2012

 54.8 70.6 70.5 79.7 90.2 [1]

Apr 2012

 52.3 70.9 71.4 80.1 90.8 [1]

May 2012

 51.2 67.2 70.8 80.6 90.4 39.8

Jun 2012

 50.1 70.6 68.6 79.4 90.4 [1]

Jul 2012

 51.8 67.0 69.2 79.4 90.7 [1]

Aug 2012

 51.4 66.5 70.2 79.1 90.7 34.6

Sep 2012

 53.4 67.4 68.0 79.0 90.4 [1]

Oct 2012

 53.8 66.6 71.3 79.3 90.4 [1]

Nov 2012

 54.6 65.4 70.7 79.2 90.5 36.7

Dec 2012

 55.9 64.1 66.3 78.4 89.9 [1]

Jan 2013

 52.9 65.8 69.9 78.9 90.3 [1]

Feb 2013

 50.7 66.6 69.8 79.2 89.6 36.4

Mar 2013

 52.2 63.7 67.6 78.6 89.3 [1]

Apr 2013

 50.3 65.9 69.5 80.6 90.3 [1]

May 2013

 49.0 70.4 70.5 78.6 90.3 37.2

Jun 2013

 46.8 66.8 67.9 77.9 89.7 [1]

Jul 2013

 49.2 68.7 69.4 78.3 89.3 [1]

Aug 2013

 50.7 66.4 68.5 78.2 89.7 34.1

Sep 2013

 45.9 48.7 66.1 77.1 89.9 [1]

Oct 2013

 48.9 36.8 56.3 72.0 90.1 [1]

Nov 2013

 51.7 61.6 65.7 76.0 89.5 33.8

Dec 2013

 49.9 61.7 64.0 76.2 89.4 [1]

Jan 2014

 52.4 65.7 67.0 77.5 89.5 [1]

Feb 2014

 49.6 67.0 67.0 77.3 89.2 35.6

Mar 2014

 53.1 67.5 67.3 77.6 88.6 [1]

Apr 2014

 51.0 70.9 68.2 76.8 88.8 [1]

May 2014

 49.5 64.4 68.9 76.9 89.1 32.0

Jun 2014

 49.4 66.0 67.2 75.9 88.9 [1]

Jul 2014

 51.1 67.2 68.2 77.6 88.9 [1]

Aug 2014

 51.6 68.1 68.6 76.5 89.0 29.8

Sep 2014

 50.9 67.9 66.5 76.1 88.8 [1]

Oct 2014

 49.5 68.6 68.8 75.4 89.4 [1]

Nov 2014

 51.4 60.9 66.4 74.6 89.0 31.1

Dec 2014

 52.1 59.6 63.3 76.6 87.4 [1]

Jan 2015

 51.1 58.3 65.6 77.1 88.3 [1]

Feb 2015

 51.3 57.8 63.8 76.2 87.4 32.0

Mar 2015

 49.5 62.8 64.3 77.2 86.6 [1]

Apr 2015

 48.0 60.5 67.9 77.2 88.3 [1]

May 2015

 47.0 58.3 65.1 76.5 87.9 23.2

Jun 2015

 47.9 60.9 63.7 76.7 86.8 [1]

Jul 2015

 49.2 57.8 65.8 77.6 87.0 [1]

Aug 2015

 43.9 60.2 65.7 76.0 87.3 24.9

Sep 2015

 46.5 59.2 63.0 74.5 87.0 [1]

Oct 2015

 47.9 58.9 63.2 74.8 87.1 [1]

Nov 2015

 51.2 53.0 63.8 74.8 86.9 27.2

Dec 2015

 48.9 55.3 61.8 75.3 86.2 [1]

Jan 2016

 49.5 59.7 63.7 75.7 86.7 [1]

Feb 2016

 50.5 62.0 63.8 75.4 86.4 38.4

Mar 2016

 48.1 56.4 63.0 75.6 85.1 [1]

Apr 2016

 46.8 59.8 63.9 74.5 86.3 [1]

May 2016

 45.3 56.3 61.9 75.3 86.8 33.1

Jun 2016

 43.6 59.3 62.6 76.1 86.8 [1]

Jul 2016

 45.1 60.0 63.3 74.5 86.8 [1]

Aug 2016

 47.2 60.1 64.2 76.0 87.5 39.8

Sep 2016

 46.3 54.9 63.1 73.5 87.7 [1]

Oct 2016

 45.6 52.9 62.4 72.9 87.3 [1]

Nov 2016

 46.3 58.7 63.0 74.0 86.9 37.6

Dec 2016

 47.2 53.3 61.6 72.8 85.6 [1]

Jan 2017

 48.3 59.5 61.4 72.4 85.9 [1]

Feb 2017

 49.9 59.4 60.7 74.0 85.7 36.5

Mar 2017

 45.7 61.3 62.1 74.0 85.0 [1]

Apr 2017

 46.9 62.9 63.2 73.3 86.1 [1]

May 2017

 43.6 63.2 61.6 74.9 85.2 24.9

Jun 2017

 43.8 62.9 61.4 74.6 85.6 [1]

Jul 2017

 44.2 61.8 61.5 73.7 85.7 [1]

Aug 2017

 42.9 66.0 62.6 73.7 86.5 33.0

Sep 2017

 44.2 62.5 60.1 71.6 86.9 [1]

Oct 2017

 44.7 61.5 60.4 71.5 86.2 [1]

Nov 2017

 47.8 61.2 60.3 73.0 85.7 38.0

Dec 2017

 45.6 55.9 57.4 71.7 84.9 [1]

Jan 2018

 45.5 59.7 58.6 72.9 84.6 [1]

Feb 2018

 43.8 58.8 59.1 74.3 84.5 33.5

Mar 2018

 42.5 58.0 58.4 72.7 83.7 [1]

Apr 2018

 42.7 57.3 58.9 73.4 85.1 [1]

May 2018

 42.8 62.5 59.2 73.4 84.6 26.6

Jun 2018

 42.6 57.6 57.6 73.1 84.3 [1]

Jul 2018

 42.7 65.0 57.7 71.7 84.5 [1]

Aug 2018

 41.7 57.7 58.3 72.2 84.4 24.8

Sep 2018

 41.5 60.5 56.5 70.6 85.1 [1]

Oct 2018

 42.6 57.0 56.6 70.0 84.8 [1]

Nov 2018

 44.1 54.5 54.2 71.3 84.1 20.0

Dec 2018

 43.8 51.8 53.8 69.4 82.9 [1]

Jan 2019

 43.6 [1] 57.6 71.9 83.1 [1]

Feb 2019

 44.5 [1] 54.3 70.7 83.1 34.4

Mar 2019

 42.1 [1] 55.2 71.2 81.5 [1]

Apr 2019

 43.2 [1] [1] 71.1 83.0 [1]

May 2019

 43.0 [1] [1] 72.7 82.0 35.2

Jun 2019

 40.5 [1] [1] 71.1 82.4 [1]

Jul 2019

 40.0 [1] [1] 73.8 82.3 [1]

Aug 2019

 [1] [1] [1] 71.4 83.6 36.0

Sep 2019

 [1] [1] [1] 69.2 83.0 [1]

Oct 2019

 [1] [1] [1] 72.2 83.2 [1]

Footnotes

[1] Data not available.

 

Last Modified Date:January 31, 2020