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Philippines - Survey on Overseas Filipinos 2015

Household-based_Surveys
Reference ID PHL-PSA-SOF-2015-v1.0
Year 2015
Country Philippines
Producer(s) Philippine Statistics Authority - National Economic and Development Authority
Sponsor(s) Government of the Philippines - GOP - Full funding
Collection(s)
Household-based Surveys
Demographic and Social Statistics
Survey on Overseas Filipinos
Labor and Employment
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Overview
Identification
Country
Philippines
Title
Survey on Overseas Filipinos 2015

Study Type
Other Household Survey
Series Information
The Survey on Overseas Filipinos (SOF) is a nationwide survey that seeks to gather information on Filipino citizens who left for abroad during the last five years. It is a rider survey to the October round of the Labor Force Survey every year.

Data collection of the characteristics of overseas workers started in 1982 using a one-page rider questionnaire in the Integrated Survey of Households (ISH) and continued until 1986. In 1987, during the revision of the ISH Form 2 or the Labor Force Survey (LFS) questionnaire, a column indicator for overseas contract workers (OCWs) was added to get the estimate of the number of OCWs. With the increasing demand for information on overseas workers, the Survey on Overseas Workers (SOW) was resumed in 1991 revising the previous questionnaire to generate more comprehensive data. In 1992, the section of international migration was included in the SOW questionnaire. And in 1993, the SOW was renamed to SOF.

ID Number
PHL-PSA-SOF-2015-v1.0
Version
Version Description
V.3 : PUF (public use file)

Production Date
2016-10
Overview
Abstract
The 2015 Survey on Overseas Filipinos (SOF) was undertaken by the Philippine Statistics Authority as a rider to October 2015 Labor Force Survey.

The survey was designed to gather national estimates on the number of overseas workers, their socio economic characteristics and other information pertaining to the overseas workers who worked or have worked abroad from April to September 2015. The remittances of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in cash or in kind were also accounted for the specified reference period. The SOF data are useful inputs to government planners, migrant advocates, researchers, academes, concerned citizens, and other data users to the formulation of policies and programs for the welfare of the overseas Filipino.

Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis
Individuals

Scope
Notes
Data gathered in the survey include the demographic and economic characteristics of OFWs and the remittances they send to their families here in the Philippines. Related information

such as the place of destination, length of stay abroad, type of work abroad, date of departure and return were also included.

Topics
TopicVocabularyURI
Population and migration Philippine Statistics Authority
Labour Philippine Statistics Authority
Household surveys Philippine Statistics Authority
Classifications Philippine Statistics Authority
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The sample was selected to allow separate estimates for the national level and regional level only (17 administrative regions). The geographic coverage consists of the country's 17 administrative regions defined in Executive Order (EO) 36 and 131. The 17 regions are:

National Capital Region (NCR)

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)

Region I - Ilocos Region

Region II - Cagayan Valley

Region III - Central Luzon

Region IV-A - CALABARZON

Region IV-B - MIMAROPA

Region V - Bicol Region

Region VI - Western Visayas

Region VII - Central Visayas

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula

Region X - Northern Mindanao

Region XI - Davao Region

Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN

Caraga

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)

Universe
Overseas Filipinos whose departure occured within the last five years and who are working or had worked abroad during the past six months (April to September) of the survey period.

The reporting unit was the household hence the statistics emanating from this survey refer to OFWs who are members of private households. Institutional population is not within the scope of the survey.

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Philippine Statistics Authority National Economic and Development Authority
Funding
NameAbbreviationRole
Government of the Philippines GOPFull funding
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
Income and Employment Statistics DivisionIESDPhilippine Statistics AuthorityDocumenter
Date of Metadata Production
2018-07-25
DDI Document Version
Version 1.0 - First Metadata Documentation of SOF 2015

DDI Document ID
DDI-PHL-PSA-SOF-2015-v1

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