Labor Force Survey 2009
Philippines, 2009
Reference ID
PHL-NSO-LFS-2009-v01
Producer(s)
National Statistics Office
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- jan2009-lfs
- apr2009_lfs
- jul2009_lfs
- oct2009_lfs
C41-Was This His First Time to Look For Work? (c41_flwk)
Data File: jan2009-lfs
Overview
vald
2974
invd
199158
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 | 461 | 15.5% | |
2 | 2513 | 84.5% | |
Sysmiss | 199158 |
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.
Question pretext
Check age. If household member is 15 years old and over, ask:
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, 2009.
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, 2009.