Labor Force Survey 2008
Philippines, 2008
Reference ID
PHL-NSO-LFS-2008-v2.0
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National Statistics Office
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C33-What Has Been Doing to Find Work During the Past (c33_jbsm)
Data File: LFS-January 2008
Overview
vald
2723
vald
1358888.808
invd
199445
invd
88220218.297
Interval
discrete
Decimal
0
range
1 - 9
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What has ___ been doing to find work?
(Enter code)
(Enter code)
Categories
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 70424 | 5.2% | |
2 | 247434 | 18.2% | |
3 | 518049 | 38.1% | |
4 | 434087 | 31.9% | |
5 | 79441 | 5.8% | |
6 | 9451 | 0.7% | |
9 | 0 | 0% | |
Sysmiss | 88220218 |
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
Ascertain which of the following methods that the person used and enter in column 33 the corresponding code for that method:
1 - Registered in public employment agency (e.g. PESO)
2 - Registered in private employment agency
3 - Approached employer directly (e.g. job fair)
4 - Approached relatives or friends
5 - Placed or answered advertisements (e.g. emails)
6 - Others, like
writing letters of application
securing letters of recommendation
participating in competitive examination especially given for a particular job
working without pay in order to acquire training and experience and ultimately, employment in the establishment
exerting efforts to start business, private practice of a profession or trade posting of resume in the internet
If a person explored two or several of these methods simultaneously in his effort to seek employment, ascertain which of those methods did the person consider as giving him the best chance of success.
If the category falls under “others”, write the line number of the member with code 6 and the specific job search method on the spaces found at the bottom of the questionnaire.
1 - Registered in public employment agency (e.g. PESO)
2 - Registered in private employment agency
3 - Approached employer directly (e.g. job fair)
4 - Approached relatives or friends
5 - Placed or answered advertisements (e.g. emails)
6 - Others, like
writing letters of application
securing letters of recommendation
participating in competitive examination especially given for a particular job
working without pay in order to acquire training and experience and ultimately, employment in the establishment
exerting efforts to start business, private practice of a profession or trade posting of resume in the internet
If a person explored two or several of these methods simultaneously in his effort to seek employment, ascertain which of those methods did the person consider as giving him the best chance of success.
If the category falls under “others”, write the line number of the member with code 6 and the specific job search method on the spaces found at the bottom of the questionnaire.
Description
Text
There are various ways that a person seeking work may have done to look for employment.
Universe
For persons 15 years old and over