2025 Population and Housing Census

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Survey Data

Survey Items by Year

Survey items of the populationComplete surveySample survey

Survey items of the population
Survey items	2015		2020		Note
Survey items	Complete survey	Sample survey	Complete survey	Sample survey	Note
	7	34	8	33
Name
Gender
Age
Relationship to household head
Nationality
Year and month of entry into Korea
Year and month of nationality acquisition					Register-based survey item since 2017
Religion					10-year survey cycle
Educational attainment
Field of study					Survey item in the 2015 Census: Major
Place of birth
Place of residence 1 year ago					Use of administrative data
Place of residence 5 years ago					Use of administrative data
Child care
Activity limitations					Integration of survey items as activity limitations
Limitations on daily lives and social activities					Integration of survey items as activity limitations
Care for persons with activity limitations					New survey item
Commuting
Commuting place
Mode of transportation used
Commuting time
Economic activity status
Status of worker
Industry
Occupation
Period of working in the current occupation
Work location
Marital status
Year and month of marriage
Number of children
Period of childbirth
Planned number of children
Employment prior to marriage
Career interruption
Social activity
Source of living expenses					Target population in the 2015 Census: The aged Target population in the 2020 Census: People aged 20 or more
Family clan					15-year survey cycle

Survey items of households

Survey items of households
Survey items	2015		2020		Note
Survey items	Complete survey	Sample survey	Complete survey	Sample survey	Note
	1	12	2	16
Household type
Period of residency
Fire safety equipment					New survey item
Drinking water					New survey item
Number of floors in building and residing floor
Number of rooms
Type of residential facility					Use of administrative data
Heating facility
Reason for living alone					New survey item
Period of living alone					New survey item
Animal companion (pet)					New survey item
Parking area
Whether to be used exclusively for residency or commercial purpose
Type of occupancy
Rent
House ownership status in another region					Use of administrative data
House ownership status					Abolition of the survey item

Survey items of housing units

Survey items of housing units
Survey items	2015		2020		Note
Survey items	Complete survey	Sample survey	Complete survey	Sample survey	Note
	4	3	6	6
Type of living quarters					Use of administrative data
Residential floor area					Use of administrative data
Land area					Use of administrative data
Number of rooms					Use of administrative data
Construction year					Use of administrative data
Number of residential facilities					Use of administrative data

Total survey items (Population /Household /Housing)

Total survey items (Population /Household /Housing)
Total survey items in the 2015 Census	Complete survey	12
Total survey items in the 2015 Census	Sample survey	49
Total survey items in the 2020 Census	Complete survey	16
Total survey items in the 2020 Census	Sample survey	55

Government Complex-Daejeon, 189 Cheongsa-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35208, Republic of Korea

Classification	Survey items	1960	1966	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
Basic items	1) Name
	2) Family clan
	3) Relationship to household head
	4) Gender
	5) Age (date of birth)
	6) Educational attainment
	- Graduated
	- Attending
	- Number of study years
	- Major
	- Literacy status
	7) Field of study
	8) Marital status
	- Year and month of marriage
	9) Religion
	10) Nationality
	- Year and month of nationality acquisition
	11) Divided family between South and North Korea
	12) Year and month of entry into Korea
Internal migration	1) Place of birth
	2) Place of residence 1 year ago
	3) Place of residence 5 years ago
	4) Commuting
	5) Commuting place
	6) Commuting time
	7) Mode of transportation used
Fertility	1) Age at first marriage
	2) Total number of children
	- Number of children
	- Number of deceased children
	- Number of children living together
	- Number of children living apart
	3) Number of live children
	4) Planned number of children
	5) Number of children for the past year
	6) Period of childbirth
Economic activity	1) Economic activity status
	- Employment status
	- Job seeking
	- Employability
	2) Reasons for not looking for a job
	3) Main activity
	4) Minor activity
	5) Work location
	6) Employment type
	7) Hours worked
	8) Months worked
	9) Desire to have another job
	10) Status of worker
	11) Industry
	12) Occupation
	13) Personal income
	14) Period of working in the current occupation
Activity limitations, the aged and others	1) Activity limitations
	- Care for persons with activity limitations
	2) Source of living expenses of the aged (60 or more)
	3) Residence place of children (60 or more)
	4) Means of livelihood (60 or more)
	5) Main supporter (60 or more)
	6) Mobility difficulty (60 or more)
	7) Child care
	- Whether mother lives together
	8) Computer usage
	9) Internet usage
	10) Personal portable communication device
	11) Social activity
	12) Employment prior to marriage
	13) Career interruption
	14) Limitations on daily lives and social activities
	15) Source of living expenses

Survey items	1960	1966	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
1) Household type
2) Type of occupancy
3) Period of residency
4) Rent
5) Number of rooms
6) Occupancy (ownership) relationship
7) Mentally handicapped person in the household
8) Cultural facilities
9) IT device ownership
10) Residential facilities
- Kitchen
- Restroom
- Bathing facility
- Drinking water (water supply) facility
- Drinking water usage type
- Drinking water
- Fire safety facility
11) Main fuel
12) Cooking fuel
13) Heating fuel
14) Heating facility
15) Fireplace type
16) Lighting facility
17) Chimney
18) Wooden floor and area
19) Drinking water type
20) Household income
21) Number of motor vehicles
- Number of uses
22) Parking facility (area)
23) House ownership status
- House ownership status in another region
24) Residing floor
- Number of floors in building
25) Reason for living alone
- Period of living alone
- Animal companion (pet)
26) Whether to be used exclusively for residency or commercial purpose

Survey items	1960	1966	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
1) Type of living quarters
- Number of floors in building
2) Land area
3) Residential floor area
4) Number of habitable households
5) Total number of rooms
6) Number of households living together
7) Construction year
8) Building maintenance status
9) Multi-household dwellings
10) Number of residential houses
11) Occupancy within the building
12) Roofing
13) Exterior wall materials
14) Residential facility (kitchen, restroom, etc.)
- Main heating facility
15) Number of residential facilities
16) Housing use