Labor Force Survey 2008
Philippines, 2008
Reference ID
PHL-NSO-LFS-2008-v2.0
Producer(s)
National Statistics Office
Collection(s)
Metadata
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C31-Did Look For Work Anytime During the Past Week? (c31_lokw)
Data File: LFS_July 2008
Overview
vald
50340
vald
235259865227
invd
145226
invd
669314388162
Interval
discrete
Decimal
0
range
1 - 2
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Did _______look for work or try to establish a business during the past week?
1 YES
2 NO, Skip to column 35
1 YES
2 NO, Skip to column 35
Categories
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 14656401221 | 6.2% | |
2 | 220603464006 | 93.8% | |
Sysmiss | 669314388162 |
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
If the answer is code "1", proceed asking the next column. Otherwise, enter code "2" and skip to column 35.
Description
Text
This question is asked to determine who among those who have no job/business had really done something to look for work during the past week. A person is said to have looked for work if he had taken specific steps to seek paid employment or self-employment. In other words, he must have tried to secure a job or to establish a business or practice of a trade.
Universe
For persons 15 years old and over