Labor Turnover Survey 2008
Philippines, 2008 - 2009
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PHL-BLES-LTS-2008-v1
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Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics
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Identification
Labor Turnover Survey 2008
Name | Abbreviation |
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Philippines | PHL |
PHL-BLES-LTS-2008-v1
A. Objective
The Labor Turnover Survey (LTS) aims to generate quarterly data on labor turnover (accession and separation rates) as indicators of labor market activity in large business enterprises.
B. Uses of Data
The information gathered in this survey is intended to generate timely labor market signals as sound basis in planning, policy formulation and decision making in goverment, business and industry.
C. Main Topics Covered
Total accession (due to expansion and replacement)
Total separation (employer-initiated and employee-initiated)
The Labor Turnover Survey (LTS) aims to generate quarterly data on labor turnover (accession and separation rates) as indicators of labor market activity in large business enterprises.
B. Uses of Data
The information gathered in this survey is intended to generate timely labor market signals as sound basis in planning, policy formulation and decision making in goverment, business and industry.
C. Main Topics Covered
Total accession (due to expansion and replacement)
Total separation (employer-initiated and employee-initiated)
Sample survey data [ssd]
Enterprise
Version
v2: Edited data, for public distribution.
2009-03-18
Scope
Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
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LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
employment [3.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
National Capital Region
First District (Manila) : Tondo, Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz, Sampaloc, San Miguel, Ermita, Intramuros, Malate, Paco, Pandacan, Port Area, Santa Ana
Second District: Mandaluyong, Marikina, Pasig, Quezon City, San Juan
Third District: Kalookan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela
Fourth District: Las Pinas, Makati, Muntinlupa, Paranaque, Pasay, Pateros, Taguig
Second District: Mandaluyong, Marikina, Pasig, Quezon City, San Juan
Third District: Kalookan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela
Fourth District: Las Pinas, Makati, Muntinlupa, Paranaque, Pasay, Pateros, Taguig
Enterprise
The top 5,000 Corporations in the Philippines as listed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The universe was limited to the SEC list for two (2) reasons: (1) budget constraints and (2) to come up with manageable sample size that can provide DOLE officials with a quick/timely assessment of the labor market situations on a quarterly basis.
Note: Refer to Metadata in Technical Documents.
Note: Refer to Metadata in Technical Documents.
Producers and sponsors
Name | Abbreviation | Role |
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Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | BLES |
Sampling
The enterprise is the unit of enumeration in the LTS and it has for its sampling domain the fourteen (14) major industry groups (1-digit) based on the 1994 PSIC. The coverage of the survey was limited to large business enterprises in Metro Manila due to budget constraints and in line with the instruction of DOLE officials to conduct a quick/timely assessment of the labor market activity through a sample survey with manageable sample size. Metro Manila accounts for one-third of the country's gross domestic product and about two-thirds (64.5%) of the total large business enterprises in the Philippines.
The sampling frame was extracted from the 2007 Top 5,000 Corporations in the Philippines as compiled by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The frame contains the names of 3,076 enterprises in Metro Manila listed in order of their gross revenue/sales in 2007.
The present size of the survey was pegged at 737 from 520 in 2006. This was determined by specifying a 95% level of significance with probability that the estimated proportion of employed persons is within 3% of the population, i.e., a= 0.05 and e= 0.03. The initial sample size was computed at 1,067 without replacement.
To ensure the precision of estimates in each domain, the initial sample size was allocated in each domain using Kish's allocation formula and utilizing the proportion of establishments with hard-to-fill occupations that were culled from the 2006 BITS results. "The hard-to-fill occupation" was used since the 1st Quarter 2008 LTS has a rider questionnaire on Occupational Shortages and Surpluses. After allocating the Kish's allocation determined sample size (793) to the domains, the sample size in each domain was adjusted to account for actual stratum population, 3% non-response rate and expected 7% proportion of ineligible samples to arrive at the final sample size of 737.
The sample enterprises in each domain were drawn through simple random sampling.
Note: Refer to the Sample Size Determination in Technical Documents.
The sampling frame was extracted from the 2007 Top 5,000 Corporations in the Philippines as compiled by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The frame contains the names of 3,076 enterprises in Metro Manila listed in order of their gross revenue/sales in 2007.
The present size of the survey was pegged at 737 from 520 in 2006. This was determined by specifying a 95% level of significance with probability that the estimated proportion of employed persons is within 3% of the population, i.e., a= 0.05 and e= 0.03. The initial sample size was computed at 1,067 without replacement.
To ensure the precision of estimates in each domain, the initial sample size was allocated in each domain using Kish's allocation formula and utilizing the proportion of establishments with hard-to-fill occupations that were culled from the 2006 BITS results. "The hard-to-fill occupation" was used since the 1st Quarter 2008 LTS has a rider questionnaire on Occupational Shortages and Surpluses. After allocating the Kish's allocation determined sample size (793) to the domains, the sample size in each domain was adjusted to account for actual stratum population, 3% non-response rate and expected 7% proportion of ineligible samples to arrive at the final sample size of 737.
The sample enterprises in each domain were drawn through simple random sampling.
Note: Refer to the Sample Size Determination in Technical Documents.
The response rates were:
1st Quarter 2008 - 97.47%
2nd Quarter 2008 - 99.38%
3rd Quarter 2008 - 99.16%
4th Quarter 2008 - 99.58%
1st Quarter 2008 - 97.47%
2nd Quarter 2008 - 99.38%
3rd Quarter 2008 - 99.16%
4th Quarter 2008 - 99.58%
Estimates are obtained by simple expansion, i.e., by mutiplying the sample values at the cell level (industry and employment size: 20-99 workers, 100-199 workers and 200 workers or more) by the corresponding blowing-up factor (BUF) which is the ratio of the eligible (retrieved, refused, for verification, cannot be located, temporarily closed, on strike, unaccounted/no response) population of establishments to the number of responding establishments. This weighing procedure takes non-response into account.
Data Collection
Start | End | Cycle |
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2008-05-01 | 2008-06-30 | 1st Quarter 2008 |
2008-08-01 | 2008-09-30 | 2nd Quarter 2008 |
2008-11-01 | 2008-12-31 | 3rd Quarter 2008 |
2009-02-01 | 2009-03-31 | 4th Quarter 2008 |
Start | End | Cycle |
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2008-01-01 | 2008-03-31 | 1st Quarter 2008 |
2008-04-01 | 2008-06-30 | 2nd Quarter 2008 |
2008-07-01 | 2008-09-30 | 3rd Quarter 2008 |
2008-10-01 | 2008-12-31 | 4th Quarter 2008 |
Other [oth] mixed method: self-accomplished, mailed, e-mailed, faxed, face-to-face
Survey supervisors for each area are assigned with the following roles:
- Participate in the training on data collection and field editing;
- Supervise field operation in their areas of assignments within the allotted time;
- Allocate, receive and control survey questionnaires;
- Check completeness and consistency of entries in retrieved questionnaires and return for verification those needing further clarifications to concerned enumerators;
- Deliver questionnaires if necessary, conduct follow-ups, spot checks and verification; monitor and evaluate the performance of field personnel for purposes of payment of salaries;
- Ensure the confidentiality of the data provided by the respondents.
- Participate in the training on data collection and field editing;
- Supervise field operation in their areas of assignments within the allotted time;
- Allocate, receive and control survey questionnaires;
- Check completeness and consistency of entries in retrieved questionnaires and return for verification those needing further clarifications to concerned enumerators;
- Deliver questionnaires if necessary, conduct follow-ups, spot checks and verification; monitor and evaluate the performance of field personnel for purposes of payment of salaries;
- Ensure the confidentiality of the data provided by the respondents.
The questionnaire is the same for all quarters in 2008, except for 1st quarter which has a rider questionnaire on Occupational Shortages and Surpluses.
The questionnaire contained the following information:
1. Name and Address of Enterprise
2. Main Economic Activity and Major Products/Goods or Services
3. Item of Information
I. Employment
A. Total Employment
II. Labor Turnover
A. Total Accessions (New Hires)
1. Expansion
2. Replacement
B. Total Separation
1. Employee-initiated
2. Employer-initiated
III. Existing Job Vacancies
4. Certification of Respondents
5. Survey Personnel
Note: Refer to sample questionnaires for each quarter.
The questionnaire contained the following information:
1. Name and Address of Enterprise
2. Main Economic Activity and Major Products/Goods or Services
3. Item of Information
I. Employment
A. Total Employment
II. Labor Turnover
A. Total Accessions (New Hires)
1. Expansion
2. Replacement
B. Total Separation
1. Employee-initiated
2. Employer-initiated
III. Existing Job Vacancies
4. Certification of Respondents
5. Survey Personnel
Note: Refer to sample questionnaires for each quarter.
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
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Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | BLES | Department of Labor and Employment |
Data Processing
Data are manually and electronically processed. Upon collection of accomplished questionnaires, enumerators perform field editing before leaving the enterprise to ensure completeness, consistency and reasonableness of entries in accordance with the Field Operations Manual. The forms were again checked for data consistency and completeness by field supervisors. The designated personnel undertook the final review, coding of information on classifications used, data entry and validation and scrutiny of aggregated results for coherence. Questionnaires with incomplete or inconsistent entries were returned to the establishments for verification, personally or through phone interview.
Note: Refer to Office Editing and Data Validation Guidelines in Technical Documents.
Note: Refer to Office Editing and Data Validation Guidelines in Technical Documents.
Data Appraisal
The results were validated with the previous year results in particular, the trend and patterns of data behaviour across industry.
Results were also checked in terms of their coherence with the results of the National Acounts, i.e., gross domestic product (GDP). It has been observed that the pattern of movement in the LTS data series closely follow that of GDP. This could be because NCR accounted for a sizeable share of GDP. The "rule of thumb" in LTS validation is that a high GDP is associated with positive turnover rate and vice versa.
Results were also checked in terms of their coherence with the results of the National Acounts, i.e., gross domestic product (GDP). It has been observed that the pattern of movement in the LTS data series closely follow that of GDP. This could be because NCR accounted for a sizeable share of GDP. The "rule of thumb" in LTS validation is that a high GDP is associated with positive turnover rate and vice versa.
Data access
Name | Affiliation | URI | |
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Employment and Manpower Statistics Division | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | blesemsd@yahoo.com | http://www.bles.dole.gov.ph |
Access authority is granted to designated individuals within the concerned division. The designated personnel cannot reproduce, distribute, sell or lend the entire data or parts thereof to any other data user.
Disclaimer and copyrights
The BLES bears no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretation or inferences made by the data users outside BLES.
(c) 2009, Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics
contacts
Name | Affiliation | URI | |
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Chief Labor and Employment Officer, Employment and Manpower Statistics Division | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | blesemsd@yahoo.com | http://www.bles.dole.gov.ph |