Survey on the information society. Primary sector

Identification

Name of the operation.

Survey on the information society. Primary sector

Operation Code.

222140 (Basque Statistics Plan)

Responsible body

Eustat

Other participating bodies.

Statistics body of the Department of Economic Development and Competitiveness

Periodicity

Triennial – Three surveys every 10 years coinciding with the agricultural structures surveys and the Agricultural Census

Type of operation.

Sampling survey

Methodology according to the origin of the data

Direct collection of primary data by sampling

Objectives

The objective of the "Survey on the information society. Primary sector" is to provide the political heads, economic and social agents, university, private researchers and the public in general, with periodic information about the penetration of new information and technology -ICT- in the primary sector in the Basque Country.

The following variables are to be analysed:

1. The rate of utilisation of the main Information & Communication Technologies -ICT-.
2. The use of the Internet in different establishments: systems to access the Internet, activities developed through the Internet, in addition to the main characteristics of company websites: services on offer.
3. The importance of electronic commerce in economic activity: characteristics and means through which electronic purchases and sales are carried out, type of clients and suppliers, geographic origin.

Coverage

Population:

The population at the centre of this study is comprised of those establishments that carry out their activity in the sphere of the Basque Country and whose main activity is included within the following divisions of the National Classification of Economic Activities (CNAE-2009):
01 Agriculture and livestock
02 Silviculture and forest exploitation
03 Fishing and aquaculture products

Geographic area:

All Basque Country based establishments which form part of the population coverage are to be the focus of this study.

Time frame:

Date of the period to which the data collected refer: natural year.

Definitions

Definitions

Sample design

The Information Society Survey - ESI - primary sector, is a survey whose findings are collected through two sub samples, one for agricultural holdings and the other for the fishing sector.

In the 2016 edition the sample design has been modified. From this period onwards, the sample will be specifically targeted at establishments whose main activity is within the primary sector, differing from previous editions which also included units for whom this activity was secondary or who simply owned agricultural assets.

The current sample design, used for agricultural holdings, consists of around 1,100 farms, while that used by the fishing sector is comprised of approximately 100 establishments.

The information was collected via an on line questionnaire or telephone interview for the agricultural part and via a personal interview in the case of the fishing sector.

Questionnaire

Questionnaires

Dissemination

• Periodicity: triennial
• Internet: www.eustat.eus
• Press releases