0.1.4 Statistical reporting is ensured through legal mandate and/or measures to encourage response

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A law or other formal provisions are adequate to mandate reporting of information to compile statistics

• 10. Data-producing agencies have the legal authority to collect data required to compile the statistical data.

• 11. If reporting is mandatory, there are penalties for noncompliance with reporting requirements (including misreporting), even if such provisions rarely need to be employed.

Data producing agencies consider carefully respondent burden

• 12. Data producing agencies provide assistance to respondents in completing and submitting forms (e.g. by providing a point of contact), in order to raise awareness of the importance of good quality statistics and creating goodwill.