Labor Force Survey 2008
Philippines, 2008
Reference ID
PHL-NSO-LFS-2008-v2.0
Producer(s)
National Statistics Office
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C36-When Last Looked for Work (April 2005) (c36_llkw)
Data File: LFS_October 2008
Overview
vald
1860
vald
9041559414
invd
200223
invd
899925961573
Interval
discrete
Decimal
0
range
1 - 3
Questions and instructions
Literal question
When was the last time ___ looked for work?
(Enter code)
(Enter code)
Categories
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 3317336974 | 36.7% | |
2 | 2906532593 | 32.1% | |
3 | 2817689847 | 31.2% | |
Sysmiss | 899925961573 |
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 codes for this column are the following:
1 - if the last step to look for work was undertaken within last month.
2 - if the last step to look for work was undertaken one to six months ago.
3 - if the last step to look for work was undertaken more than six months ago
1 - if the last step to look for work was undertaken within last month.
2 - if the last step to look for work was undertaken one to six months ago.
3 - if the last step to look for work was undertaken more than six months ago
Description
Text
The responses will be used to classify the person as currently unemployed depending on the timing of the last act of job search. Another use of the responses will be for identifying the discouraged workers.
Universe
For persons 15 years old and over