Annual sectoral survey 2016
ESA 2016
ESA 2016
Consulter
Sommaire
Traitement statistique
Frequency of data collection
Annual
Data collection
The survey is historically conducted by mail. It is possible to respond by internet since 2013, via a fillable PDF questionnaire. The internet data collection mode is expected to grow in the future, with the forthcoming integration of the survey in Coltrane, the internet-based data collection system currently developped by Insee.
The annual data on the year N is collected in several waves between February and June of the year N+1 in order to take account of businesses' different financial year end dates.
Data collection period
From February to October
Collection mode
- By post mail
- By Internet
Survey unit
- Legal unit
- Enterprise
Sampling method
The sampling design is a two-stage stratified clustered simple ramdom sampling, according to strata defined by the size classes crossed with the economic sectors. Above given size thresholds -- thresholds on tunover and on number of employees --, which are variable according to the economic sector, the strata are take-all strata.
Sample size
120 000 legal units (principaly) and enterprises
Data collection documents
As the scope of the survey in terms of sector is very wide (see § on sector coverage), there are different models of questionnaires, adapted to the different main sectors covered by the survey.
- Enquête Industries agricoles et alimentaires (IAA) (Questionnaire 2016) (pdf, fr, 441 Ko, 03/02/2017)
- Construction Survey (Questionnaire 2016) (pdf, fr, 527 Ko, 03/02/2017)
- Wholesale Trade Survey (Questionnaire 2016) (pdf, fr, 482 Ko, 03/02/2017)
- Retail Survey (Questionnaire 2016) (pdf, fr, 475 Ko, 03/02/2017)
- Personal Services Survey (Questionnaire 2016) (pdf, fr, 441 Ko, 03/02/2017)
- Real Estate Promotion Survey (Questionnaire 2016) (pdf, fr, 595 Ko, 03/02/2017)
- Business Services Survey (Questionnaire 2016) (pdf, fr, 398 Ko, 03/02/2017)
- Forestry and sawmill survey (Questionnaire 2016) (pdf, fr, 407 Ko, 03/02/2017)
- Transportation Survey (Questionnaire 2016) (pdf, fr, 453 Ko, 03/02/2017)
Data validation
The data and resultats are checked and validated by the ESANE teams in Nantes and Paris.
Data compilation
A specific data editing procedure has been implemented. This procedure also ensures the consistency of the survey data with admistrative data.