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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C32-Was This His First Time to Look For Work? (c32_flwk)
Data File: LFS-January 2008
Overview
vald
2723
vald
1358888.808
invd
199445
invd
88220218.297
Interval
discrete
Decimal
0
range
1 - 2
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Was this _____'s first time to look for work or try to establish a business?
1 YES
2 NO
1 YES
2 NO
Categories
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 237560 | 17.5% | |
2 | 1121328 | 82.5% | |
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
Enter code 1 for YES, otherwise, enter code 2 for NO.
Probe further if the answer to this column is “YES” and the age reported in column 7 is greater than 30.
Probe further if the answer to this column is “YES” and the age reported in column 7 is greater than 30.
Description
Text
This column seeks to determine who among those who have no jobs/business belong to the “new entrants” in seeking for work.
For a person to be considered a "new entrant" to the labor force (unemployed), he must have been looking for work for the first time during the current survey period, i.e., any time in January 1-31, 2008.
For a person to be considered a "new entrant" to the labor force (unemployed), he must have been looking for work for the first time during the current survey period, i.e., any time in January 1-31, 2008.
Universe
For persons 15 years old and over