Quaterly business outlook survey in the building trades 2019
Présentation statistique
Data description
The main subjects are:
- the activity: past and future activity, at a whole level, but also by kind of work
and by type of clientele (public, private). The business managers are also surveyed
on the general perspectives of the sector;
- the investment;
- the employment: evolution in the staff size, in the last three months and expected
in the next three months. The business managers are also surveyed on the recruitment
problems;
- the cash position.
Mostly, the questions are qualitative, with three choices. The results are balances
of opinion calculated as the difference between the percentage of << up (+) >> and
the percentage of << down (-) >>.
Sector coverage
The survey covers the sectors defined by the following codes of the French Nomenclature
of Activities (NAF rev. 2):
- construction of residential and non-residential buildings (code 41.2);
- electrical, plumbing and other installation work (code 43.2);
-finishing work (code 43.3);
- other specialized construction work (code 43.9).
Statistical unit
The unit interviewed is the company.
Statistical population
The quaterly business outlook survey in the building trades covers companies working on the construction of individual houses and miscellaneous buildings, general building work, roofing, framing, fitting and finishing work.
Time coverage
Some data have been available since 1990.