Transportation Survey

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Overview

Survey Name

• Transportation Survey

Survey Type

• Survey Statistics

Type of Statistics

• Designated Statistics (Approval No. 101019)

Purpose

• To understand the structure, distribution, and management status so as to provide basic data required for the establishment of policies, researches, analyses, etc.
• To be used for promoting industries by the central and local governments
• To provide basic data required for estimating GDP, GRDP and input-output tables

Frequency

• Annual

Target Population

• Enterprises engaged in "H. Transportation and Storage" under the Korean Standard Industrial Classification

Survey Unit and Target Population Size

• Survey unit: Enterprise
• Survey size: Around 9,500 transportation enterprises selected for a complete survey or a sample survey

Survey Reference Period and Date

• Reference period: Jan. 1 ~ Dec. 31
• Reference date: Dec. 31

History

• 1977: Began annual surveys and collected data on Land and Water transport businesses
• 1978: No. of sub-industries expanded to 3 with Air transport business added
• 1979: No. of sub-industries expanded to 4 with 'Support Activities for Transportation' added
• 1990: For survey, owner-driven taxi, owner-delivery van, owner-delivery truck business classified as a single company
• 2000: Published Report on the Transport Survey after transfer of the 'Communication' industry to the Ministry of Information and Communications
• 2004: Introduced the Internet (email) survey method
• 2015: 6 types of questionnaires classified by transport industries were integrated to a single questionnaire.
• 2016: The industrial classification changed from 6-digit to 5-digit classification. The number of transport industries reduced from 46 to 40.
• 2017: Changed into the interviewing method for 'Inter-city bus transport', 'Intra-city bus transport', 'Chartered bus transport' and 'Taxi transport'

Method of Data Collection

• Interview

Survey System

• Enterprise → Regional Offices of Statistics and District Offices of Statistics → KOSTAT
• Enterprise → Associations by city and province → Regional Offices of Statistics and District Offices of Statistics → KOSTAT

Survey Business Process

• Establish survey plan → select items and design questionnaire → build sample and prepare sampling frame → employ and train surveyors → conduct survey → complete the questionnaire and preliminary inspection → comprehensive inspection and level analysis → announce the results and publish report

Data Provision

Method of Publication and URL

• Press releases (http://kostat.go.kr)
• KOSIS (Korean Statistical Information Service)

Publication Frequency

• Annual

Publication Title

• Report on the Transportation Survey (published at year-end)

Contact

Director for International Cooperation. Tel: