Yes, well, it depends on what the user is looking for and what the research question is as well. Different survey vehicles provide different types of information. For example, on the general social survey, the time use diary is a very different vehicle or way to collect the information than, say, would be possible in the census.
A lot depends on what the survey is designed to provide as well. So you have different ways of collecting the information or different ways of posing the questions, or you ask a different set of questions. Each survey has an objective, and each survey has a reason to be designed the way it is.