Survey on Information and Communication Technology 2008
Philippines, 2009
Reference ID
PHL-PSA-SICT-2008-v1
Producer(s)
National Statistics Office (NSO)
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Identification
Survey on Information and Communication Technology 2008
Name | Abbreviation |
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Philippines | PHL |
PHL-PSA-SICT-2008-v1
The results of the survey will be used in:
· assessing the use of ICT resources by establishments and the available infrastructure
· determining how establishments use the internet, including the activities for which it is used
· determining Web presence in establishments
· determining the revenue generated through e-commerce transactions, and through cellular mobile phones
· determining the methods of disposal of ICT equipment
· assessing the use of ICT resources by establishments and the available infrastructure
· determining how establishments use the internet, including the activities for which it is used
· determining Web presence in establishments
· determining the revenue generated through e-commerce transactions, and through cellular mobile phones
· determining the methods of disposal of ICT equipment
Sample survey data [ssd]
Establishment
Version
Version 2.0 : Final dataset for official estimates
2009-12-10
Scope
Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
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Science, technology and innovation | Philippine Statistics Authority | |
Sectoral statistics | Philippine Statistics Authority |
Coverage
Geographic Domain
For those with 20 and over, the geographic domains are the regions namely:
National Capital Region (NCR)
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Region I - Ilocos
Region II - Cagayan Valley
Region III - Central Luzon
Region IV-A - CALABARZON
Region IV-B - MIMAROPA
Region V - Bicol
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
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Caraga
For establishments with total employment of less than 20, the geographic domain is at the national level.
However, tabulation of SICT is based on Information Economy, Core or Non-core Industries not with employment sizes.
Core Industries has regional disaggregation and non-core industries is at national level.
For those with 20 and over, the geographic domains are the regions namely:
National Capital Region (NCR)
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Region I - Ilocos
Region II - Cagayan Valley
Region III - Central Luzon
Region IV-A - CALABARZON
Region IV-B - MIMAROPA
Region V - Bicol
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
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Caraga
For establishments with total employment of less than 20, the geographic domain is at the national level.
However, tabulation of SICT is based on Information Economy, Core or Non-core Industries not with employment sizes.
Core Industries has regional disaggregation and non-core industries is at national level.
Establishment
The SICT 2008 covered all operating establishments in 2008.
The establishment is defined in the United Nations International Recommendations on Industrial Statistics as:
"an economic unit under a single ownership control, i.e., under a single legal entity, engaged in one or predominantly one kind of economic activity at a single fixed location."
In actual practice, however, there are difficulties in applying the ideal definition so the establishment is defined in operational terms to take into account the organization and record keeping practices of certain sectors by making the single location and activity criteria more flexible. This necessitates the use of the kind-of-activity unit for certain sectors as the single location restriction is eliminated.
For the Construction; Transport, Storage and Communications; Insurance; Real Estate Buying, Developing, Subdividing and Selling; and Investigation Agencies, the establishment is defined as:
"the unit that is engaged in the production of the most homogenous group of goods and services, usually at one location, but sometimes over a wider area, for which separate records are available that can provide data concerning the production of these goods and services and the materials, labor and physical resources used in the production."
The establishment is defined in the United Nations International Recommendations on Industrial Statistics as:
"an economic unit under a single ownership control, i.e., under a single legal entity, engaged in one or predominantly one kind of economic activity at a single fixed location."
In actual practice, however, there are difficulties in applying the ideal definition so the establishment is defined in operational terms to take into account the organization and record keeping practices of certain sectors by making the single location and activity criteria more flexible. This necessitates the use of the kind-of-activity unit for certain sectors as the single location restriction is eliminated.
For the Construction; Transport, Storage and Communications; Insurance; Real Estate Buying, Developing, Subdividing and Selling; and Investigation Agencies, the establishment is defined as:
"the unit that is engaged in the production of the most homogenous group of goods and services, usually at one location, but sometimes over a wider area, for which separate records are available that can provide data concerning the production of these goods and services and the materials, labor and physical resources used in the production."
Producers and sponsors
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Information Technology and E-Commerce Council | Office of the President | Collaborator |
Name | Abbreviation | Role |
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Government of the Philippines | GOP | Full funding |
Sampling
The 2008 SICT samples are sub-samples of the 2008 ASPBI (Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry). It utilized the stratified systematic sampling design with three and five-digit PSIC serving as industry strata (industry domain) and the employment size (TE) as the second stratification variable. There are only two TE strata used for the survey, as follows: TE of 20 and over and TE of less than 20.
Sampling Domain
For Establishments with total employment of 20 and over, the domains are the region and industry, with employment size (TE) as the stratification variable. For TE less than 20, the domains are national and industry with the employment size as the stratification variable.
Geographic Domain
For establishments with total employment of less than 20, the geographic domain is at the national level. For those with 20 and over, the geographic domains are the regions. Hence, the samples of the 2008 SICT with total employment of 20 and over can provide estimates at the regional level while for those less than 20 only at the national level.
Sampling Domain
For Establishments with total employment of 20 and over, the domains are the region and industry, with employment size (TE) as the stratification variable. For TE less than 20, the domains are national and industry with the employment size as the stratification variable.
Geographic Domain
For establishments with total employment of less than 20, the geographic domain is at the national level. For those with 20 and over, the geographic domains are the regions. Hence, the samples of the 2008 SICT with total employment of 20 and over can provide estimates at the regional level while for those less than 20 only at the national level.
The overall response rate for the 2008 SICT is 93.7 percent of the 9,711 sample establishments. For IE, the response is 67.1 % of the 3,333 samples.
Please refer to Explanatory Text found in Related Materials
Data Collection
Start | End | Cycle |
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2009-04-15 | 2009-06-16 |
Start | End | Cycle |
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2008-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | All data items except for Employment |
2008-12-31 | 2008-12-31 | Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Resources of the establishment, System and Application Software, Purchase and Disposal of ICT equipment |
2008-11-15 | 2008-11-15 | Total Employment |
Face-to-face [f2f]
When the survey was undertaken, the ITSD/RDs/PSOs/OICs conducted a close supervision of collection and field editing of all collected questionnaires to ensure their accuracy and completeness. Spotchecking was conducted in some provinces based on the quality of report and status of receipt of sample establishments. This activity was done during the collection stage in the field offices.
Survey Form
The 2008 SICT has undergone a clearance process by the NSCB. It utilized one type of questionnaire with NSCB Approval No.0901-01 and expiration date of 26 February 2010.
The questionnaire adopted with modifications, both the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) and OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) model survey instrument recommended for ICT surveys on establishments.
Data Items
The questionnaire is a booklet type form, structured into ten sections to collect information on the following:
Section Description
I General Information About the Establishment
II Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Resources of the Establishment
III Uses of ICT Resources in the Establishment's Operations
IV Internet Connection of this Establishment
V E-Commerce Via the Internet
VI Use of the Internet for Other Processes Within the Establishment
VII E-Commerce via Computer Networks Other than the Internet
VIII Use of Cellular Mobile Phones in Selling and Other Business Operation
IX Purchase and Disposal of ICT Equipment
X Other General Information About the Establishment
Remarks
Certification
Contact Person
Processing Information (For NSO Use Only)
The 2008 SICT has undergone a clearance process by the NSCB. It utilized one type of questionnaire with NSCB Approval No.0901-01 and expiration date of 26 February 2010.
The questionnaire adopted with modifications, both the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) and OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) model survey instrument recommended for ICT surveys on establishments.
Data Items
The questionnaire is a booklet type form, structured into ten sections to collect information on the following:
Section Description
I General Information About the Establishment
II Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Resources of the Establishment
III Uses of ICT Resources in the Establishment's Operations
IV Internet Connection of this Establishment
V E-Commerce Via the Internet
VI Use of the Internet for Other Processes Within the Establishment
VII E-Commerce via Computer Networks Other than the Internet
VIII Use of Cellular Mobile Phones in Selling and Other Business Operation
IX Purchase and Disposal of ICT Equipment
X Other General Information About the Establishment
Remarks
Certification
Contact Person
Processing Information (For NSO Use Only)
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
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National Statistics Office | NSO | National Economic and Development Authority |
Data Processing
Processing or editing of 2008 SICT accomplished questionnaires was done to check for the completeness, consistency and reasonableness of data. It consisted of two stages: manual editing and machine processing.
Manual Processing
Manual editing of data was done in three levels, as follows:
Field editing of data was done by the field men, hired SRs and Provincial Staff upon collection of the accomplished questionnaires from the establishments. The objective is to check for completeness of entries in the questionnaires, following the instructions provided in the Field Operations and Processing Manual. Any missing data was corrected at this stage as this can be immediately verified from the respondents.
Verification was done by Provincial Staff upon receipt of the accomplished questionnaires from the field men and hired SRs to check on the completeness as well as for the consistencies of entries in the questionnaire. In some instances, the staff contacted directly the establishments through phone call or sent email inquiries to verify some inconsistent or missing data.
Review of accomplished questionnaires was done by the ITSD staff to check the consistency and reasonableness of entries. In addition, the review process validated the status of establishments that were non-responding and reported closed, cannot be located, transferred, and out of scope. Telephone inquiry was extensively utilized to verify information from the establishment's contact person. The Internet was also used to obtain information on the contact address and to research for information on the status of the establishment.
Machine Processing
Machine processing includes data entry, validation and encoding of updates, and generation of completeness check, summary file report and generation of tables. Prior to data entry, questionnaires were folioed by sector and region and by ATE stratum. All phases of machine processing, except data entry, were done by the ITSD-SMD statisticians at the CO.
A microcomputer-based machine processing and tabulation system for the 2008 SICT was developed by the IRD staff using Census and Survey Processing (CSPro) software.
CSPro is a software package developed by the International Processing Center of the United States Bureau of Census. It has several modules specifically designed for processing census and survey data. However, only four of these modules were employed in the 2008 ASPBI computer system namely, the data dictionary editor, data entry, batch edit, and cross tabulation.
Machine processing was done by both the staff of ITSD subject matter divisions and IRD. Data entry of the edited accomplished survey questionnaires were encoded by trained IRD-Information and Technology Operations Division staff and hired data encoders.
Several workshops on machine processing were conducted in Tagaytay City on July 15-17, 2009 for the preparation of edit specifications; and in Subic, Zambales on August 5-7, 2009 for the table format and specifications.
Manual Processing
Manual editing of data was done in three levels, as follows:
Field editing of data was done by the field men, hired SRs and Provincial Staff upon collection of the accomplished questionnaires from the establishments. The objective is to check for completeness of entries in the questionnaires, following the instructions provided in the Field Operations and Processing Manual. Any missing data was corrected at this stage as this can be immediately verified from the respondents.
Verification was done by Provincial Staff upon receipt of the accomplished questionnaires from the field men and hired SRs to check on the completeness as well as for the consistencies of entries in the questionnaire. In some instances, the staff contacted directly the establishments through phone call or sent email inquiries to verify some inconsistent or missing data.
Review of accomplished questionnaires was done by the ITSD staff to check the consistency and reasonableness of entries. In addition, the review process validated the status of establishments that were non-responding and reported closed, cannot be located, transferred, and out of scope. Telephone inquiry was extensively utilized to verify information from the establishment's contact person. The Internet was also used to obtain information on the contact address and to research for information on the status of the establishment.
Machine Processing
Machine processing includes data entry, validation and encoding of updates, and generation of completeness check, summary file report and generation of tables. Prior to data entry, questionnaires were folioed by sector and region and by ATE stratum. All phases of machine processing, except data entry, were done by the ITSD-SMD statisticians at the CO.
A microcomputer-based machine processing and tabulation system for the 2008 SICT was developed by the IRD staff using Census and Survey Processing (CSPro) software.
CSPro is a software package developed by the International Processing Center of the United States Bureau of Census. It has several modules specifically designed for processing census and survey data. However, only four of these modules were employed in the 2008 ASPBI computer system namely, the data dictionary editor, data entry, batch edit, and cross tabulation.
Machine processing was done by both the staff of ITSD subject matter divisions and IRD. Data entry of the edited accomplished survey questionnaires were encoded by trained IRD-Information and Technology Operations Division staff and hired data encoders.
Several workshops on machine processing were conducted in Tagaytay City on July 15-17, 2009 for the preparation of edit specifications; and in Subic, Zambales on August 5-7, 2009 for the table format and specifications.
Data Appraisal
Data estimates were checked with those from other related surveys or administrative data.
Data access
Name | Affiliation | URI | |
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National Statistician | Philippine Statistics Authority | info@psa.gov.ph | www.psa.gov.ph |
Authorization to use this data is granted only to the client or data user and persons within its organization, if applicable. Under no circumstances shall the client reproduce, distribute, sell or lend the entire data or parts thereof to any other data user apart from himself or that of authorized employees in his organization. The NSO shall hold the data user fully responsible for safeguarding the data from any unauthorized access or use.
Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree:
1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the NSO.
2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified in the dataset.
3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately be reported to the NSO.
Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree:
1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the NSO.
2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified in the dataset.
3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately be reported to the NSO.
Philippine Statistics Authority, Survey on Information and Communication Technology 2008 (SICT 2008), Version 2.0 of the public use dataset (2008), provided by the PSA Data Archive. www.psa.gov.ph/psada
Disclaimer and copyrights
The data users/researchers acknowledge that the PSA bears no liabilities and responsibilities for any particular, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages, whatsoever resulting from loss of use, or of data in connection with the use or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
(c) 2009, National Statistics Office
contacts
Name | Affiliation | URI | |
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Chief, Services Statistics Division | Philippine Statsitics Authority | ssd.esss.staff@psa.gov.ph | |
Knowledge Management and Communications Division | Philippine Statistics Authority | info@psa.gov.ph | psa.gov.ph |