Economically Active Population Survey

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Overview

Survey Name

• Economically Active Population Survey

Survey Type

• Survey statistics

Type of Statistics

• Designated statistics (Approval No.10104)

Purpose

• To provide basic data required for analyzing macro-economy and setting up policies to nurture human resources by researching the characteristics of economic activities (employment, unemployment, labour force, etc.)

Frequency

• Monthly

Target Population

• Members of selected sample households who live in the households and are 15 years old or older (in full)

Survey Unit and Target Population Size

• Survey unit: Household
• Target population size: Approx. 33,000 households in 1,647 sample EDs

Survey Reference Period and Date

• Reference period: One week (seven days, Sun. ~ Sat.) of every month which includes the 15th of the month

History

• Carried out the pilot survey,「Economically Active Population Survey」in 1962 (Approved for the production of the statistics)
• The survey frequency was changed to monthly in 1982.
• Adjusted seasonal data and published the unemployed and unemployment rate based on the job-seeking period of 4 weeks in 1999 (Jun 1999 ∼)
• Carried out an additional survey by type of employment in 2001 (once a year, Aug.)
• Carried out an additional survey on youth in 2002 (once a year)
• Carried out an additional survey on the elderly in 2005 (once a year)
• Carried out an additional survey on self-employed workers in 2007 (once a year)
• Published the Supplementary Indicators on Employment in 2014 (providing data from May 2014)

Data Provision

Method of Publication and URL

• Press releases, KOSIS data loading

Publication Frequency

• Monthly

Publication Title

• Economically Active Population Survey (Monthly)
• Annual Report on the Economically Active Population Survey (Annual)