Business Tendency and Consumer Surveys - Country Metadata and Research

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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 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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