Transcript The Scheduled 2011 Economic Census in Korea 6 July, 2009 Lee, Tae-sung Director General, Economic Statistics Bureau The Korea National Statistical Office.

The Scheduled 2011
Economic Census in Korea
6 July, 2009
Lee, Tae-sung
Director General, Economic Statistics Bureau
The Korea National Statistical Office
1. Opening Remarks
□ Thank you for coming from afar to participate in
this workshop.
□ It is my pleasure to meet so many statistical
experts at this event.
□ I appreciate this opportunity to report on the
KNSO's preparation for the 2011 Economic
Census.
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2. Background Information
on KNSO’s Economic Census
□ Two different censuses have been conducted every 5 years.
- Industrial census : years ending in 3 and 8
- Service industry census : years ending in 0 and 5
□ These censuses did not cover all industries.
- Sectors including agriculture, fishing, construction, transportation
were excluded.
It is difficult to analyze the overall industry structures
based on the same reference years.
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□ The Korea Development Institute recommended
the introduction of the Economic Census. (Dec. 2003)
- Unification of reference years and standardization of survey items
□ KNSO decided to conduct the Economic Census.
(May 2007)
- KNSO abolished two previous censuses.
- The Census will be conducted in 2011 after thorough research
and preparations from 2007 to 2011.
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3. Status of Preparation
for the Economic Census in 2011
(1) Basic Plan
□ The Census covering all industries will be conducted
every 5 years. (years ending in 0 and 5)
- Sectors including agriculture, fishing, construction, transportation
that were excluded from the previous censuses will be included.
․ Among KSIC(21 of sections), T(employment activity in
household, etc.) and U(international and foreign organization) will
be excluded.
□ Increase the comparability and the usage of industrial
structure statistics by unifying the definitions and
classifications
ex) Definition of employees, reference time for estimating the
number of employees, etc.
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□ To minimize the response burdens through expanding
the use of administrative records
i.e.) Electricity, gas, water supply, education, etc.
□ To complete the Economic Census thorough
preliminary preparation
- find out possible problems⇒remove the drawbacks for successful
census
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<Reference> Major Procedures for the Economic Census
Step 1. Survey planning
Step 2. Conduct of the main survey
- Establishment of basic schedules
- Maintenance and organization of
establishments
- Selection of enumeration items
questionnaire design
- Pilot survey and rehearsal survey
- Securing the budget
- Approval for compiling statistics and
enactment of regulation for the
economic census
- Setting up the enumeration district
- Survey system and mobilizing
manpower
- Uses of administrative data
- Publicity Campaign
- Setting up the survey foundation by ecensus integration system
- Survey methodology
- Field survey and survey advice
Step 3. Data processing
- Data entry (by the Intelligent Character
Recognition, ICR)
- Electronic editing and summarization of
survey results
Step 4. Data analysis and release
- Level analysis
- Publication of survey results (quick
publication and final publication)
Step 5. Post-Evaluation report
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(2) Progress in Preparation -As of 6 July 2009
2007
- Compiled both domestic and overseas data
- Conducted a research on methodologies of
conducting the Economic Census (by KIET)
2008
- Held meetings with experts and conducted thorough
reviews
- Established basic schedules for the Economic
Census(Oct.)
- Conducted the 1st pilot survey(Nov.)
- Operating the T/F team
2009
* To review major issues such as questionnaire design, data
collection, use of administrative data, data processing
methodologies
* Conducted the 2nd pilot survey (June)
* Data processing and data analysis are underway.
- Approximately $50,000,000 reflected on the mid-term
budgeting plan
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Lessons Learned in the Preparation of the Census
□ The establishment lists should be revised thoroughly
prior to the field survey.
- Reflect establishment changes in suspending, closing and
transfer, newly opening on the business register
□ An easy-to-understand questionnaire for respondents
and case-oriented training program for surveyors is
needed.
- Guidelines and case-oriented manual for enumerators
* Actively reflect demands in statistics from users
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□ Expand use of administrative data to reduce the
response burdens and expenses
- The number of small establishments with employees less than 4 is
84% of the total.
□ Set up clear correlation between the census
conducted every 5 years and annual surveys
- Differentiation of the size of coverage, survey items and survey
methodology
□ New methods to survey for headquarter and branch
offices
- Both headquarters and branch offices are surveyed
→If the headquarter is available to provide the business records of
branch offices with enumerators, the headquarter conduct
a collective survey of branch offices.
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(3) Future procedures
□ Organization and maintenance of business establishments
- Since 1994, the KNSO has conducted the National Census of Establishments.
․ Location, industrial classification, number of employees
․ Enumerated by local governments
- Revised the establishment using the survey results from the National Census
of Establishments and all kinds of administrative records.
- Finalize the establishments list through setting up the enumeration districts
(Feb. 2011) in April 2011
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□ Selection of survey items and questionnaire design
- Reflect the demands of policymakers and businesses
- Make the questionnaire easy and convenient for both enumerators and
respondents.
□ Conducting the pilot/rehearsal survey
- Conducting the 3rd pilot survey: October 2009
․ To review possibilities of data collection on new enumeration items requested by
statistics users, data collection by industry, and data processing methodology and
uses of administrative records
- Conducting the rehearsal survey (from May to July 2010)
- Questionnaire design, approval of compilation of statistics and establishment
of regulations of the Economic Census
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□ Uses of administrative data
- In cases where administrative data is available, it replaces census
data
․ Electricity, gas, water supply, education, etc.
- Expand use of tax data from the National Tax Service
□ Publicity campaign
- Activities through local governments, various institutes, respective
divisions
- Official documents for publicity campaign will be forwarded to
business establishments prior to the field survey.
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□ Survey Methodology
- Interview survey : 20,000 enumerators, 3,300,000 business establishments
for interviewing survey (employed by local governments)
- Administrative records and Internet survey will also be used
․ survey items : organizational type, industrial classification, number of
employees, etc.
- Industrial characteristics related items : both conduct the census and sample
survey
․ establishments with more than 5 employees : census
․ small business establishments with less than 4 employees : sample survey
- In cases in which a headquarter is able to enumerate data on the business
records of branch offices, the headquarter will conduct the collective
enumeration for branch offices.
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□ Setting up the survey infrastructure and data processing
- Development of E-Census integrated system
․ covers all procedures of enumeration such as enumeration management,
Internet survey, data entry in the field, electronic editing, summarization of
results by one system
- Data entry(WEB →ICR)
․ reduces the time spent and errors in data entry
□ Dissemination of the Census results
- Timely publish provisional results on major items in Dec. 2011 and publish
the final results in May 2012
□ Publication of the post-evaluation report
- Summarize all the problems and feasible improvements presented
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during the 2 Economic Census and will be reflected on the next census
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4. Provisional Advantages of the Economic Census
□ Increases the synergy effects in utilization of statistical data
- Industrial structure analysis on overall industries
- Comparative analysis between industries during a certain time period
□ Widely serves as basic data for various statistical survey,
estimating GDP, etc.
□ Avoids duplicated enumerations and reduces the response
burdens and expenses
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5. Closing Remarks
□ It is my hope that the presentation and debate during the
workshop period will help the KNSO better prepare and
carry out the 2011 Economic Census.
□ There is an urgent need for benchmarking the NSOs with
ample experiences in the field such as USA, China and
Japan
□ I hope this workshop will assist inexperienced countries
with the preparation and development of its Economic
Census.
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Thank you