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Household survey response rates

Household survey response rates, October 2008–October 2018
Date	ATUS	CE-Diary	CE-Interview	CPI-Housing	CPS	TPOPS
Oct 2008	54.2%	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.3%	91.7%	⁽¹⁾
Nov 2008	56.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.5	91.2	47.1%
Dec 2008	58.3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.8	90.5	⁽¹⁾
Jan 2009	58.0	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.2	92.0	⁽¹⁾
Feb 2009	57.7	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.4	92.4	46.5
Mar 2009	58.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.2	92.1	⁽¹⁾
Apr 2009	55.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.7	93.0	⁽¹⁾
May 2009	55.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.6	93.0	47.8
Jun 2009	55.5	72.4%	75.0%	78.5	92.8	⁽¹⁾
Jul 2009	54.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.7	92.7	⁽¹⁾
Aug 2009	57.0	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	72.1	92.7	49.4
Sep 2009	57.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	72.8	92.3	⁽¹⁾
Oct 2009	55.8	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	73.2	92.1	⁽¹⁾
Nov 2009	56.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	69.5	92.4	47.9
Dec 2009	58.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	69.1	91.8	⁽¹⁾
Jan 2010	59.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	73.8	92.2	⁽¹⁾
Feb 2010	58.8	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	72.5	92.8	49.4
Mar 2010	61.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.6	92.1	⁽¹⁾
Apr 2010	58.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.0	93.1	⁽¹⁾
May 2010	56.3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.5	92.4	49.6
Jun 2010	56.4	72.0	73.8	79.2	91.9	⁽¹⁾
Jul 2010	53.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.9	91.8	⁽¹⁾
Aug 2010	53.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.4	92.0	49.3
Sep 2010	54.4	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.9	91.6	⁽¹⁾
Oct 2010	56.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	80.5	91.5	⁽¹⁾
Nov 2010	56.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.5	91.2	48.0
Dec 2010	58.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.1	91.3	⁽¹⁾
Jan 2011	56.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	80.4	91.5	⁽¹⁾
Feb 2011	55.7	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.0	91.4	50.4
Mar 2011	56.0	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.6	91.0	⁽¹⁾
Apr 2011	51.4	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	80.6	91.5	⁽¹⁾
May 2011	53.4	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	80.5	91.9	47.2
Jun 2011	54.3	70.5	71.4	79.7	91.2	⁽¹⁾
Jul 2011	52.8	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.9	90.9	⁽¹⁾
Aug 2011	53.3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.8	90.9	48.5
Sep 2011	54.0	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.3	91.0	⁽¹⁾
Oct 2011	55.7	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	80.0	91.3	⁽¹⁾
Nov 2011	55.0	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.9	90.6	48.5
Dec 2011	57.3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.3	90.3	⁽¹⁾
Jan 2012	56.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.3	90.4	⁽¹⁾
Feb 2012	53.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.7	90.6	48.6
Mar 2012	54.8	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.7	90.2	⁽¹⁾
Apr 2012	52.3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	80.1	90.8	⁽¹⁾
May 2012	51.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	80.6	90.4	39.8
Jun 2012	50.1	67.9	70.0	79.4	90.4	⁽¹⁾
Jul 2012	51.8	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.4	90.7	⁽¹⁾
Aug 2012	51.4	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.1	90.7	34.6
Sep 2012	53.4	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.0	90.4	⁽¹⁾
Oct 2012	53.8	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.3	90.4	⁽¹⁾
Nov 2012	54.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.2	90.5	36.7
Dec 2012	55.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.4	89.9	⁽¹⁾
Jan 2013	52.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.9	90.3	⁽¹⁾
Feb 2013	50.7	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	79.2	89.6	36.4
Mar 2013	52.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.6	89.3	⁽¹⁾
Apr 2013	50.3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	80.6	90.3	⁽¹⁾
May 2013	49.0	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.6	90.3	37.2
Jun 2013	46.8	61.7	67.1	77.9	89.7	⁽¹⁾
Jul 2013	49.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.3	89.3	⁽¹⁾
Aug 2013	50.7	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	78.2	89.7	34.1
Sep 2013	45.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.1	89.9	⁽¹⁾
Oct 2013	48.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	72.0	90.1	⁽¹⁾
Nov 2013	51.7	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	76.0	89.5	33.8
Dec 2013	49.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	76.2	89.4	⁽¹⁾
Jan 2014	52.4	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.5	89.5	⁽¹⁾
Feb 2014	49.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.3	89.2	35.6
Mar 2014	53.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.6	88.6	⁽¹⁾
Apr 2014	51.0	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	76.8	88.8	⁽¹⁾
May 2014	49.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	76.9	89.1	30.6
Jun 2014	49.4	66.1	67.2	75.9	88.9	⁽¹⁾
Jul 2014	51.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.6	88.9	⁽¹⁾
Aug 2014	51.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	76.5	89.0	29.8
Sep 2014	50.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	76.1	88.8	⁽¹⁾
Oct 2014	49.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	75.4	89.4	⁽¹⁾
Nov 2014	51.4	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.6	89.0	31.1
Dec 2014	52.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	76.6	87.4	⁽¹⁾
Jan 2015	51.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.1	88.3	⁽¹⁾
Feb 2015	51.3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	76.2	87.4	30.7
Mar 2015	49.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.2	86.6	⁽¹⁾
Apr 2015	48.0	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.2	88.3	⁽¹⁾
May 2015	47.0	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	76.5	87.9	23.2
Jun 2015	47.9	58.9	64.1	76.7	86.8	⁽¹⁾
Jul 2015	49.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	77.6	87.0	⁽¹⁾
Aug 2015	43.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	76.0	87.3	24.9
Sep 2015	46.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.5	87.0	⁽¹⁾
Oct 2015	47.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.8	87.1	⁽¹⁾
Nov 2015	51.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.8	86.9	27.2
Dec 2015	48.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	75.3	86.2	⁽¹⁾
Jan 2016	49.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	75.7	86.7	⁽¹⁾
Feb 2016	50.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	75.4	86.4	38.4
Mar 2016	48.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	75.6	85.1	⁽¹⁾
Apr 2016	46.8	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.5	86.3	⁽¹⁾
May 2016	45.3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	75.3	86.8	33.1
Jun 2016	43.6	57.7	63.0	76.1	86.8	⁽¹⁾
Jul 2016	45.1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.5	86.8	⁽¹⁾
Aug 2016	47.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	76.0	87.5	39.8
Sep 2016	46.3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	73.5	87.7	⁽¹⁾
Oct 2016	45.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	72.9	87.3	⁽¹⁾
Nov 2016	46.3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.0	86.9	37.6
Dec 2016	47.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	72.8	85.6	⁽¹⁾
Jan 2017	48.3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	72.4	85.9	⁽¹⁾
Feb 2017	49.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.0	85.7	36.5
Mar 2017	45.7	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.0	85.0	⁽¹⁾
Apr 2017	46.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	73.3	86.1	⁽¹⁾
May 2017	43.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.9	85.2	24.9
Jun 2017	43.8	61.5	61.1	74.6	85.6	⁽¹⁾
Jul 2017	44.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	73.7	85.7	⁽¹⁾
Aug 2017	42.9	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	73.7	86.5	30.9
Sep 2017	44.2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	71.6	86.9	⁽¹⁾
Oct 2017	44.7	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	71.5	86.2	⁽¹⁾
Nov 2017	47.8	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	73	85.7	30.4
Dec 2017	45.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	71.7	84.9	⁽¹⁾
Jan 2018	45.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	72.9	84.6	⁽¹⁾
Feb 2018	43.8	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	74.3	84.5	33.5
Mar 2018	42.5	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	72.7	83.7	⁽¹⁾
Apr 2018	42.7	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	73.4	85.1	⁽¹⁾
May 2018	42.8	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	73.4	84.6	26.6
Jun 2018	42.6	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	73.1	84.3	⁽¹⁾
Jul 2018	42.7	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	71.7	84.5	⁽¹⁾
Aug 2018	41.7	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	72.2	84.4	24.8
Sep 2018	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	70.6	85.1	⁽¹⁾
Oct 2018	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	70	84.8	⁽¹⁾
Footnotes
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ Data not available.

Last Modified Date:January 31, 2019