Survey on Overseas Filipinos 2006
Philippines, 2006
Reference ID
PHL-NSO-SOF-2006-v01.
Producer(s)
National Statistics Office
Collection(s)
Metadata
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Sep 14, 2021
Last modified
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- Data files
- sof2006
Number of months worked (Q15_NOMONTH)
Data File: sof2006
Overview
vald
3771
vald
1767798.569
invd
446
invd
215442.206
min
1
max
99
Interval
contin
Decimal
0
range
0 - 99
Questions and instructions
Literal question
How many months has _____ worked/been working abroad during the last 5 years? (October 2001 - September 2006)
Categories
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 280719 | 15.9% | |
2 | 225923 | 12.8% | |
3 | 390970 | 22.1% | |
4 | 327168 | 18.5% | |
5 | 256081 | 14.5% | |
6 | 283395 | 16% | |
99 | 3539 | 0.2% |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
The purpose of asking this question is to determine how long the overseas Filipino has been working abroad or has worked abroad on a more or less continuous duration, irrespective of employer, country or occupation. Continuous duration means that there is no interruption in his/her being employed or, if there is a gap that occurred between his/her employments, this gap should not be more than one year.