Labor Force Survey 2008
Philippines, 2008
Reference ID
PHL-NSO-LFS-2008-v2.0
Producer(s)
National Statistics Office
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C34-Number of Weeks Spent in Looking for Work (c34_wks)
Data File: LFS_October 2008
Overview
vald
2514
vald
12815763194
invd
199569
invd
896151757793
min
1
max
155
mean
6.962
mean
6.8
stdev
13.857
stdev
13.466
Interval
contin
Decimal
0
range
1 - 155
Questions and instructions
Literal question
How many weeks has _____ been looking for work?
Question post text
Skip to column 37
Interviewer instructions
Enter in column 34 the number of weeks the person had exerted effort to find work.
Consider one week as the number of weeks looking for work for those who are looking for work even for less than a week. The entry should be "001".
The entry should be in three digits.
Consider one week as the number of weeks looking for work for those who are looking for work even for less than a week. The entry should be "001".
The entry should be in three digits.
Description
Text
The purpose of this question is to determine the length of time that the person had used in seeking for work. The answer should refer to the continuous time period devoted to job search from the time he started to exert effort to look for a job up to the reference week. If the person started looking for work sometime ago and stopped for a while before resuming his search for employment, report in this column only the length of time (in number of weeks) starting with the time he resumed to look for work.
Consider one week as the number of weeks looking for work for those who are looking for work even for less than a week.
Consider one week as the number of weeks looking for work for those who are looking for work even for less than a week.
Universe
For persons 15 years old and over