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Survey of Household Economy Structure of Survey
Universe
Households to be covered by the Survey of Household Economy comprise approximately 53 million households (the figure for 2015 Census) throughout Japan. Since it is unfeasible to survey all of these households, however, approximately 30,000 households are sampled by statistical methods and surveyed. Based on such survey results, the figures for all households throughout Japan are estimated.
Method of Selection of Survey Household
The entire land of Japan is divided into areas consisting of about 50 households each, and survey areas are selected from these areas. Ten households are randomly selected from all households residing in the selected survey area.
Flow of Survey
| Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications -Plan survey. -Select areas to be covered by the survey. |
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| Private research institute -Holds enumerator training session and enumerator job briefing session. -Draws up a list of areas is drawn up and selects the survey households. |
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| Enumerator -Visits the selected households and asks them to fill out the questionnaires. |
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| Survey household -Receives and fills out the questionnaires. |
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| Collection by enumerator -Collect the questionnaires and submit them to the private research institute. |
Submission by mail -Mail the questionnaires to the private research institute. |
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| (The questionnaires are collected by the enumerator or submitted by mail depending on the month) | ||
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| Private research institute -The questionnaires are collected from all over Japan and inputted. |
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| Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications -The questionnaires are tabulated and Survey results are released through the Internet and other means. |
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