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Generally, all else equal, the higher the response rate, the more accurate the measurement of the cost of living at the duty station will be.

 

If minimum response rates are not achieved, then the data collected will not be useful in deriving specific expenditure weights at the duty station, possibly leading to inaccurate post adjustments.