Statistics Korea

Overview

Survey Name

• Time Use Survey

Survey Type

• Survey Statistics

Type of Statistics

• Designated Statistics (No.101052)

Purpose

• To provide basic data required for understanding people's life style and quality of life by measuring how people spend 24 hours
  • To provide basic data for establishing various policies related to labor, welfare, culture and traffic as well as for academic research

Frequency

• Quinquennial

Target Population

• Members of sample households, who are 10 years or older (excluding foreigners)

Survey Unit and Target Population Size

• Survey unit: household
• Target population size: 12,435 households (around 29,000 persons)

Survey Reference Period and Date

• 2019 Reference period
  • 1st Round: July 19 ~ July 28, 2019 (10 days)
  • 2nd Round: Sep. 20 ~ Sep. 29, 2019 (10 days)
  • 3rd Round: Nov. 29 ~ Dec. 8, 2019 (10 days)

History

• Sep. 1999: The first survey
• Sep. 2004: The second survey
• March and Sep., 2009: The third survey
• July, Sep. and Dec., 2014: The fourth survey
• July, Sep. and Dec., 2019: The fifth survey

Data Provision

Method of Publication and URL

• News releases, data on KOSIS (https://kosis.kr)

Publication Frequency

• Quinquennial

Publication Title

• Report on the Time Use Survey