<Anchor>
Friendly Economy Today (10th), reporter Kwon Ae-ri is also here.
Reporter Kwon, it was the period of the Population and Housing Census these days. What is the National Statistical Office asking people about?
<Reporter>
Yes.
Some of you who have recently responded to this, have done it before, and are watching the news right now.
The Population and Housing Census is literally a survey in which the country grasps the people's living and lifestyle.
We started the investigation on the 15th of last month, and we will do it until the 18th.
Once you are selected as a sample citizen who should respond, you can answer online once, and if you do not respond, an investigator will visit and ask in person.
These days are the period.
This survey is conducted on a large scale, taking 20% of the population as a sample, so it costs about 100 billion won, and now only 27,000 people are invested.
Of course not often.
I only do it once every 5 years.
Of the 290 statistics for households by the National Statistical Office, 220 are produced by this survey.
It can be said that the basis of demographic statistics is maintained once every five years.
If you look at the news, it is said to be the latest data, but if the standard is 2015, you will see it occasionally.
This is the data collected by the Population and Housing Census, and it will be updated by this year's survey.
There are 45 large questions this year.
There are some more sub-items below it.
At first glance, there is a lot to answer.
In particular, 7 new questions were included this year.
For single-person households, questions like why live alone, do you have pets, do you drink bottled water or use a water purifier for water? Are you comfortable with mobility?
<Anchor>
But from the perspective of those who answer these questions, isn't the country trying to get to know my private life too deep? Do you think you might have some complaints like this?
<Reporter>
Yes.
We are becoming more and more sensitive to the use of personal information.
And that's actually natural.
That is why the Statistics Office is also saying that the number of people who express displeasure about my life in this detail more than five years ago has definitely increased.
Yesterday there were some articles on this in some media.
However, to start with the conclusion, these questions are not randomly chosen.
In accordance with the UN's census guidelines, we select those that need to build a database for use in policy.
In particular, are there any children who have died, whether they have died from their spouse, whether they are remarried, and if so, when is the first marriage? Calmness, because it belongs to very basic information in the census, not only us but also many countries are asking in the census according to the UN guidelines.
When I respond, the name and contact information are collected together, but after the statistics are processed, the information is coded so that individual information is left behind only the information that will be used in the policy.
There are no cases of personal information being breached after responding to the Population and Housing Census.
<Anchor>
What is the actual response rate?
<Reporter>
This year's response rate will be accurately counted after the survey is over, but the previous survey showed a response rate of around 98%.
He responds a lot.
In fact, the person was selected as a sample in the Population and Housing Census, but if he does not answer, the Statistical Law may impose a fine of up to 1 million won.
In fact, none of the households have been fined yet.
However, it is important to the country that the law imposes a fine.
Since accurate information is the basis of an appropriate policy, it is natural that people's perception of personal information becomes increasingly sensitive, and respondents' instinctive rejection is also inevitable.
These are really detailed questions.
However, this census reminds me of the fact that the country must continue to strive to gain public trust.
For example, information on victims was easily stolen through the main criminals of Room N and public service personnel.
Until recently, I often saw news that the National Health Insurance Corporation had unauthorized access to national personal information.
These are things that have nothing to do with the love of the population and housing unit.
However, these experiences of distrust in the public authority regarding personal information remain crowded in people's minds and can affect the collection of important information in the country once every five years.
I will never lose money for responding to the country, or anyone will be able to look into my life unwillingly. The country needs to always strive from all directions so that the people can naturally and cooperate with this trust.