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This questionnaire is about our publication, 'Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components'. Please take some time to give us your comments, which will be used to improve the quality of the data we provide

1. Below is a list of building material statistics which our publication covers, please tick as many boxes as apply.

For the statistics that you use please specify whether you use them at a national level or regional level, and whether you use breakdown into detailed type of material (e.g. for bricks: commons, facings and engineerings).
  National Regional Sub-type of material
Roofing Tiles, Fibre Cement, Ready Mixed Concrete    
Sand and Gravel  
Slate    
Cement and Clinker    
Bricks
Concrete Blocks
Price Indices  
Import/Export  

 
  Production Deliveries Stocks No Answer
1.a  I tend to reply most upon statistics on
 
2. To what extent would your work/business be disrupted if the statistics that you use were discontinued?
Major disruption to work (e.g. no alternative sources available)
Significant disruption to work (e.g. other sources are available but are not as good)
Some disruption to work (e.g. adequate alternatives can be found with some effort)
No effect
  Major disruption Significant disruption Some disruption No effect
Roofing Tiles, Fibre Cement, Ready Mixed Concrete
Sand and Gravel
Slate
Cement and Clinker
Bricks
Concrete Blocks
Price Indices
Import/Export


 
For questions 3 - 5, please read the statement in each question, and rate your response from 'Strongly Agree' to 'Strongly Disagree', or 'Not Applicable' (N/A) if you never use the statistic.

3. I am satisfied with the relevance of the statistics to my work.
Relevance may not be the same as Importance. For example, you may have to use a particular dataset because there is nothing better available. In this case you might rate the dataset lower on relevance (Q3) than on importance (Q2).
  Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree or disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A
Roofing Tiles, Fibre Cement, Ready Mixed Concrete
Sand and Gravel
Slate
Cement and Clinker
Bricks
Concrete Blocks
Price Indices
Import/Export

 
4. I am satisfied with the accuracy of the statistics.
  Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree or disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A
Roofing Tiles, Fibre Cement, Ready Mixed Concrete
Sand and Gravel
Slate
Cement and Clinker
Bricks
Concrete Blocks
Price Indices
Import/Export

5. I am satisfied with how up-to-date the statistics are.
  Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree or disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A
Roofing Tiles, Fibre Cement, Ready Mixed Concrete
Sand and Gravel
Slate
Cement and Clinker
Bricks
Concrete Blocks
Price Indices
Import/Export

6. If there are any additional statistics that you would like to see included in 'Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components', please provide details in the box below. Please also indicate what use you would make of these statistics, e.g. forecasting, contract pricing etc

 

7. Thinking about 'Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components' please rate how satisfied you are with the following aspects of quality from 'Very satisfied' to 'Very dissatisfied'.
  Very satisfied Satisfied Undecided Dissatisfied Very dissatisfied No answer
Ease of access
Clarity of presentation
Information available on how the data is collected.
The level of detail
Comparability with other data

8. Please select the type of organisation you work for or study at from the options provided in the dropdown box below.
 


If you have answered 'other' to question 8 above, please specify in the space below.

9. What is your main use of building materials statistics? Please highlight your response(s) in the list box below.
 
You can select more than one option by holding down the CTRL key. Click highlighted option(s) again to de-select.


If you have answered 'other' to question 9 above, please specify in the textbox below



10. How often do you use 'Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components'?
 
 

11. If you have any further comments or would like to draw our attention to other issues with the data, please use the box below (Max. 500 characters).