Labor Force Survey 2009
Philippines, 2009
Reference ID
PHL-NSO-LFS-2009-v01
Producer(s)
National Statistics Office
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- jan2009-lfs
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- oct2009_lfs
C38-Did Look For Work Anytime During the Past Week? (c38_lokw)
Data File: apr2009_lfs
Overview
vald
53144
invd
148542
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 | 2901 | 5.5% | |
2 | 50243 | 94.5% | |
Sysmiss | 148542 |
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 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.