Bridge Study of the Imputation Methods for the Quarterly Survey of the Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems. Governments Division Report Series

摘要

The quarterly survey of the Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems (QRET) provides a national summary of the revenues and expenditures of public employee retirement systems. As authorized by Title 13, United States Code, Section 182, the U.S. Census Bureau collects the data from the 100 largest retirement systems based on Total Cash and Security Holdings as identified in the most recent Census of Governments: Retirement Component. In 2010, a study was conducted to review imputation procedures, and identify and implement a more robust imputation process. A bridge report is required once the desired imputation methodology is determined. This report contains the bridge between the old and new imputation methods from the second quarter of 2010 to the fourth quarter of 2010.