Business Tendency and Consumer Surveys - Country Metadata and Research

Cross Country Overviews
Country Questionnaires
National Survey Descriptions
Country Investigations/Reports
Online metadata for OECD published data

Cross Country Overviews
Summary survey characteristics by sector for BTS/CTS surveys in OECD member and major non-member countries.

A synoptic table with information on surveys conducted all over the world from the CIRET Information & Documentation Centre

Country Questionnaires
Busines Tendency and Consumer Surveys: Questionnaires

Standardised National Survey Descriptions

OECD/European Union member countries

Austria

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Belgium

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Czech Republic

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Denmark

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Finland

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

France

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Germany

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Greece

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Hungary

- Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Ireland

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Italy

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Luxembourg

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Netherlands

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Poland

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Portugal

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Slovakia

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Spain

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

Sweden

Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

United Kingdom Survey description (industry, services, consumer, retail trade, construction, investment)

OECD Member Countries (non European Union)

Australia

Survey description (manufacturing)
Survey description (consumer)

Canada

Survey description (manufacturing)
Survey description (consumer)

Japan

Survey description (construction, retail trade, manufacturing, services)

Korea

Survey description (construction, non-manufacturing, retail trade, manufacturing)
Survey description (consumer)

Mexico

Survey description (manufacturing)
Survey description (consumer)

New Zealand

Survey description (manufacturing)
Survey description (consumer)

Norway

Survey description (manufacturing)
Switzerland

Survey description (construction, retail trade, manufacturing)
Survey description (consumer)

Turkey

Survey description (manufacturing)
Survey description (consumer)

United States

Survey description (non-manufacturing, manufacturing)
Survey description (consumer)

Large OECD Non-Member Economies

Brazil                  

Survey description (manufacturing)
Survey description (consumer) 

China 

Survey description (construction, retail trade, manufacturing, services)
Survey description (consumer)

India

Survey description (manufacturing) 

Indonesia 

Survey description (industry, services, retail trade, construction) 

Russia 

Survey description (construction, retail trade, manufacturing) 

South Africa Survey description (manufacturing, building and construction, retail, services, financial services)
 

- Survey description (consumer)

Country Investigations/Reports

Norway

 

Statistics Norway

- Non-response in the Norwegian Business Tendency Survey
- Uncertainty in the Norwegian Business Tendency Survey

United Kingdom

 

Confederation of British Industry

- ITS answering practices questionnaire
- ITS answering practices report 

United States

University of Michigan

- University of Michigan Survey Research Center - surveys of consumers

Online metadata for OECD published data

Detailed metadata which is updated monthly and relates to series published by the OECD is also available for Business Tendency Surveys (all sectors) at http://stats.oecd.org/mei/default.asp?lang=e&subject=6 and for Consumer Opinion Surveys at http://stats.oecd.org/mei/default.asp?lang=e&subject=7

 

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