Survey on Overseas Filipinos 2008
Philippines, 2008
Reference ID
PHL-NSO-SOF-2008-v2.0
Producer(s)
National Statistics Office
Collection(s)
Metadata
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Sep 14, 2021
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- 2008sof
Cash remittance recived (Q20_CASHAMT)
Data File: 2008sof
Overview
vald
3366
invd
752
min
2000
max
9999999
mean
77402.753
stdev
392604.803
Interval
contin
Decimal
0
range
2000 - 9999999
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Q20. How much cash remittance was received by the family during the month of ...
(April, May, June, July, August and September)?
(April, May, June, July, August and September)?
Interviewer instructions
Ask the respondent to give, as much as possible, the exact amount of the
remittance received by the family from the member who is abroad. In case the
respondent reports the remittance in different units of currency, ask for the exchange rate used when he converted the money to Philippine peso. If it cannot be recalled, accept and write the amount in whatever unit of currency the respondent reports. Just make sure that the unit of currency is indicated. Conversion to Philippine peso will be
done during manual processing. Probe further if the answer given is in "dollars". The unit of currency may be US dollars, Malaysian dollars, Hong Kong dollars, Australian dollars, etc.
remittance received by the family from the member who is abroad. In case the
respondent reports the remittance in different units of currency, ask for the exchange rate used when he converted the money to Philippine peso. If it cannot be recalled, accept and write the amount in whatever unit of currency the respondent reports. Just make sure that the unit of currency is indicated. Conversion to Philippine peso will be
done during manual processing. Probe further if the answer given is in "dollars". The unit of currency may be US dollars, Malaysian dollars, Hong Kong dollars, Australian dollars, etc.