The association also surveys companies in the service sector.

The association surveyed 908 Japanese businessmen and their families working at 194 overseas offices between December 1993 to January this year.

The association has been surveying its members on their corporate advertising plans since 1975; the survey became an annual undertaking six years ago.

The association surveyed 10,000 workers nationwide.

In 2001, the last year the association surveyed its members, 80 percent of manufacturers said they could not find the skilled workers they needed.

The association periodically surveys 5,000 gas stations nationwide to determine gas prices.

The association bought the island and surveyed a number of lots for development.

The association of health plans surveyed its members to find out if they planned to reduce their participation.

Recently the national association surveyed its members to find out what the most common complaints, ah problems, were.

The association has not surveyed its 1,300 member businesses on the subject.