Damyang-gun to Conduct 'Population and Housing Census' Starting from the 15th

[Damyang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Damyang County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Choi Hyung-sik) announced on the 8th that it will conduct the "Population and Housing Census" from the 15th of this month to the 18th of next month.

The Population and Housing Census is conducted every five years and is a national basic statistical survey aimed at comprehensively understanding all population, households, and housing information to be used as basic data for major policy formulation.

This survey consists of a full census using administrative data for all citizens and a sample survey (20% of the population) with more in-depth items.

The county will survey 8,500 sample households on 55 items including place of birth, education level, occupation, and social activities. Especially this year, reflecting the changing social landscape, new items such as reasons for single-person households and pet ownership will be surveyed.

Also, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, non-face-to-face surveys such as internet and telephone surveys will be prioritized from the 15th to the 31st, and for non-respondents, interview surveys will be conducted by investigators visiting from the 1st to the 18th of next month.

A county official said, "Since this survey is conducted under the special circumstances of COVID-19, we ask for active participation in the non-face-to-face survey," and added, "Even in the case of visit surveys, we will strictly comply with quarantine rules such as wearing masks and maintaining a certain distance during the survey."

Meanwhile, the collected survey data will be used only for statistical purposes and confidentiality will be strictly protected under Article 33 of the Statistics Act. The survey results are scheduled to be announced in December next year.

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