Expires: April 30, 2018
Several programs at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) have created experimental data series by size class.
The Business Employment Dynamics program (BED), the Current Employment Statistics program (CES), and the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) have developed methods to publish data by size class, distinguishing among small, medium, and large companies. Size-class data totals for an industry show differences in trends among business size groups and provide a more detailed picture of changes in the US economy.
The purpose of this survey is to find out how useful BED data by size class is to you, which additional survey programs are of interest to you (CES, JOLTS, or something else), and what characteristics of the data are of most interest to you.
Your participation in this survey is voluntary. We estimate that it will take you 4 minutes to complete this survey about BED size-class data. We are collecting this information under OMB Number 1225-0088. Without this currently approved number, we could not conduct this survey. (Expiration: April 30, 2018)
We appreciate your time and help. Thank you!
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How useful are BED employment data by size class to you? (Choose one)
Extremely useful
Very useful
Somewhat useful
A little useful
Not useful at all
Don’t know/Not sure
When using BED data, what size companies are of interest to you? (Check all that apply)
1-4 employees
5-9 employees
10-19 employees
20-49 employees
50-99 employees
100-499 employees
500 or more
All of the above
I am interested in size class divisions other than those listed above – please describe the size class divisions of interest in the box below
When using BED data, what level of industry detail for employment data by size class is of interest to you? (Check all that apply)
Aggregate industry sectors
Major industry sector
Detailed industries, including aggregate and major industry sectors
Don’t know/Not sure
When using BED data, what frequency of size-class employment interests you? (Check all that apply)
Annual
Quarterly
Don’t know/Not sure
BED currently offers size-class data at various levels and by multiple methodologies.
BED publishes quarterly firm-size data, at the national level, using “dynamic sizing” methodology. Dynamic sizing allocates each firm’s employment gain or loss during a quarter to each respective size class in which the change occurred. In addition to quarterly dynamic firm-size data, BED also offers annual research size-class data at the firm and establishment level by both “base size” and “average size” methodology. Base sizing assigns the size of a firm during the previous March while average sizing is the average of employment in March of the current year and March of the previous year.
In addition to the three methodologies outlined above, would BED data published using max sizing be useful to you? (Note: Max sizing uses the maximum size of a firm over the past year.)
Yes – Please explain in the box below
No
Don’t know/Not sure
Size class is one of many potential business demographics. In addition to size-class data, BED is developing business demographic data by age of firm. How useful is employment data by age of firm to you? (Choose one)
Extremely useful
Very useful
Somewhat useful
A little useful
Not at all useful
Don’t know/Not sure
Do you have any additional suggestions or comments about BED size-class employment data? (Choose one)
Yes – Please list your suggestions or comments in the box below
No
Do you use size-class data from another BLS program besides BED or from another source? (Check all that apply)
Yes, CES employment data by size class
Yes, JOLTS data by size class
Yes, size-class data from another BLS program – please describe the other BLS size-class data in the box below
Yes, size-class data from another source – please describe the other size-class data in the box below
No, I don’t use other size-class data
Which category below best describes the organization at which you work or study? (Choose one)
University
Research organization
Financial institution
News media
U.S. Government
State Government
Local Government
Chamber of Commerce
Non-U.S. Government or international organization
Industry or trade association
Labor union
Data supplier/re-packager
Internet blog
Private citizen
Private business, not listed above
Other (please specify)
What best describes your job type? (Choose one)
Professor or teacher
Student
Researcher
Financial analyst or broker
Human resources staff
Management
Journalist
Blogger
Lawyer or legal analyst
Data scientist or data analyst
Economist
Government employee
Other – please specify
How do you plan on using BLS data by size class? (Check all that apply)
To better understand other BLS data
In a news article
For background or data for research
In developing a business plan
In writing a business contract
In planning a budget
To make government policy
For a class or assignment
For stock or investment research
I have no current plans to use this data
Other – please describe
Which of the following best describes how you use BLS data? (Choose one)
New User: New to the BLS website and BLS data.
Basic User: Occasionally access the BLS website to obtain economic statistics. Use BLS new releases and data tables as is.
Intermediate User: Access the BLS website to obtain economic statistics, as well as data tables or charts for other uses. Occasionally use data-retrieval tools such as the on-screen data search.
Super user: Access a wide range of BLS statistics. Comfortable using a range of BLS data tables and charts and often uses data-retrieval tools such as one-screen or multi-screen search.
Thank you for your help!
We would appreciate it if you could answer a few more questions about Current Employment Statistics (CES) size-class data and Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) size-class data. The CES questions should take about 4 minutes, and the JOLTS questions should also take about 4 minutes. Please select what you would like to do next.
Please take me to the CES size-class questions
Please take me to the JOLTS size-class questions
I don’t use either CES or JOLTS size-class data
Exit the survey
How useful is CES employment data by size class to you? (Choose one)
Extremely useful
Very useful
Somewhat useful
A little useful
Not useful at all
Don’t know/Not sure
What size companies are of interest to you? (Check all that apply)
1-249 employees
250-499 employees
500 or more
All of the above
I am interested in size-class divisions other than those listed above – please describe the size-class divisions of interest in the box below
What level of industry detail for employment data by size class is of interest to you? (Check all that apply)
Aggregate industry sectors
Major industry sector
Detailed industries, including aggregate and major industry sectors
Don’t know/Not sure
What frequency of size-class employment interests you? (Check all that apply)
Annual
Quarterly
Monthly
Don’t know/Not sure
How useful would employment data by age of firm be to you? (Choose one)
Extremely useful
Very useful
Somewhat useful
A little useful
Not at all useful
Don’t know/Not sure
Do you adjust employment data by size class in any of the following ways? (Check all that apply)
Combine size divisions to make larger size classes
Combine industries to create customized industry groupings
Combine months, quarters, or years to create customized frequencies
Average months, quarters, or years to create averages for a higher frequency
Something else? Please describe your methods in the box below.
Limitations in the CES data by size class prevent the calculation of a continuous time series of employment levels. However, a CES time series of over-the-month changes in employment by size class is possible and is available currently. How interested are you in (a) a point-in-time level estimate of employment by size class and/or (b) an over-the-month change in employment time series by size class? (Choose one for each category)
Not at
All A little Somewhat Very DK/NS
Point-in-time level
Over-the-month change time series
Do you have any additional suggestions or comments about CES size-class employment data? (Choose one)
Yes – Please list your suggestions or comments in the box below
No
We would appreciate it if you could answer a few more questions about Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) size-class data. Questions about JOLTS will take about 4 minutes.
Please take me to the JOLTS size-class questions
I don’t use JOLTS size-class data
Exit the survey
How useful is JOLTS data by size class to you? (Choose one)
Extremely useful
Very useful
Somewhat useful
A little useful
Not useful at all
Don’t know/Not sure
What size companies are of interest to you? (Check all that apply)
1-249 employees
250-499 employees
500 or more
All of the above
I am interested in size class divisions other than those listed above – please describe the size class divisions of interest in the box below
What level of detail for data by size class is of interest to you? (Check all that apply)
Aggregate industry sectors
Major industry sector
Don’t know/Not sure
What frequency of size-class data interests you? (Check all that apply)
Annual
Quarterly
Monthly
Don’t know/Not sure
Do you have any additional suggestions or comments about JOLTS size-class data? (Choose one)
Yes – Please list your suggestions or comments in the box below
No
We would appreciate it if you could answer a few more questions about Current Employment Statistics (CES) size-class data. Questions about CES will take about 4 minutes.
Please take me to the CES questions
I don’t use CES size-class data
Exit the survey
Thank you!
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