Local Area Labour Force Survey

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Overview

Survey Name

• Local Area Labour Force Survey

Survey Type

• Survey Statistics

Type of Statistics

• Designated Statistics (Approval No.101067)

Purpose

• To produce and disseminate basic data on detailed employment situations of 'Si' and 'Gun' needed for making regional employment policies
• To produce and provide analytic data on the employment structure by 'Si' and 'Do' and detailed data on industries and occupations

Frequency

• Semi-annual (Apr., Oct.)

Target Population

• Members of sample households who are staying in the households during the survey reference period and who are 15 years old or older (in full)

Survey Unit and Target Population Size

• Survey unit: Household
• Target population size: Approx. 234 thousand households

Survey Reference Period and Date

• Data collection period: (in general) two weeks following the week of reference period
• Reference period: One week (seven days, Sun. ~ Sat.) of every month which includes the 15th of the month

History

• Carried out the survey 21 times between Oct. 2008 ('Si', 'Gun' & 'Gu' Employment Statistics Survey) and the first half of 2017 (Local Area Labor Force Survey)

Data Provision

Method of Publication and URL

• Press releases, KOSIS (Korean Statistical Information Service) data loading, https://kosis.kr

Publication Frequency

• Semi-annual

Publication Title

• No report published

Contact

Director for International Cooperation. Tel: