Finances of Large Public Retirement Systems

How the Data Are Collected

This section describes how the Census Bureau collects the Finances of Selected Public Employee Retirement Systems data and how the published data are generated. Select the appropriate topic below for information on the sampling frame, collection periods, collection methods, editing, imputation, sampling error, response rates and nonsampling error.

Population of Interest - Description of sampling frame

Data Collection - Collection period and methods

Data Processing - Editing, imputation, and sampling error

Data Quality - Response rates and nonsampling errors