Labor Turnover Survey 2013
Philippines, 2012 - 2014
Identification
PHL_2012_LTS_v01_M
Labor Turnover Survey 2013
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Philippines | PHL |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
The Labor Turnover Survey (LTS) is a quarterly sample survey of large enterprises in Metro Manila conducted by the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) since the second semester of 2002.
The survey is a spin off from the Employment, Hours and Earnings Survey (EHES), a survey of non-agricultural establishments with at least 20 workers. The EHES was conducted quarterly from 1989 to 1997 and semestral from 1998 until First Semester 2002.
The Labor Turnover Survey (LTS) aims to generate quarterly data on labor turnover as indicators of labor market activity in large business enterprises. The main topics include total accession due to expansion and replacement, as well as employer-initiated and employee-initiated total separation.
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.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Enterprise
Version
v2: Edited data, for public distribution.
2014-04
Scope
The scope of the study includes:
- total employment
- total accession (due to expansion and replacement)
- total separation (employer-initiated and employee-initiated)
- existing job vacancies (number and type of occupations) at the end of the quarter
- main reasons for separations
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
The top 25,000 corporations in the Philippines as listed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The universe was limited to the SEC list for two reasons: budget constraints and the decision to come up with manageable sample size that can provide DOLE officials with a quick and timely assessment of the labor market situations on a quarterly basis.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | Department of Labor and Employment |
| Name |
|---|
| Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics |
Sampling
The enterprise is the unit of enumeration in the LTS and it has for its sampling domain 18 major industry groups (1-digit) based on the 2009 PSIC. The coverage of the survey was limited to 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 of the total large business enterprises in the Philippines.
The sampling frame was extracted from the top 25,000 corporations in the Philippines as compiled by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The frame contains the names of 15,600 enterprises in Metro Manila listed in order of their gross revenue and sales in 2012.
For LTS 2013, the population size was 15,660. Since the proportion of the initial sample size to the population size is not negligible, a revised estimate of the sample size is obtained to take into account the finite population correction. To ensure the precision of estimates in each domain, the sample size (763) was allocated in each domain using Kish's allocation formula. The sample enterprises in each domain were drawn through simple random sampling.
A replacement of a sample enterprise was done when the sampled enterprise fell in one of the following situations during the field operation: cannot be located; refuse to answer; temporarily closed; duplicate of another sample enterprise; permanently closed; or on strike.
Weights were not computed.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-23 | 2013-05-24 | 1st Quarter 2013 |
| 2013-07-08 | 2013-08-16 | 2nd Quarter 2013 |
| 2013-09 | 2013-11-18 | 3rd Quarter 2013 |
| 2014-01-22 | 2014-03-07 | 4th Quarter 2013 |
| Start date | End date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-01 | 2013-03-31 | 1st Quarter 2013 |
| 2013-04-01 | 2013-06-30 | 2nd Quarter 2013 |
| 2013-07-01 | 2013-09-30 | 3rd Quarter 2013 |
| 2013-10-01 | 2013-12-31 | 4th Quarter 2013 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | Department of Labor and Employment |
Survey supervisors for each area were assigned the following responsibilities:
- 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 training on data collection and field editing for field personnel was done a week before the actual data collection to ensure that statistical and survey standards are observed.
Survey area supervisors were assigned to allocate questionnaires to project-based field personnel. Sample questionnaires were distributed to field personnel based on their respective area assignments. They were also provided with FM-BLES 02-2.2a "Enumerator's Control List", where they can record the status of the questionnaires and contact information of the respondents.
Each enumerator was provided with a letter of introduction, signed by the BLES Director, to be presented to the sample enterprise. Upon reaching the enterprise, the enumerator introduces himself/herself to the receptionist or to any person who can refer him/her to the HRD/personnel manager or the designated employee responsible for answering government surveys. In such instance, the enumerator re-introduces himself/herself to this contact person.
The retrieval of questionnaires can be on-the-spot upon delivery. If not possible, the enumerator and respondent/contact person can agree on the pick-up date or the respondent can send the accomplished LTS form thru electronic mode, e.g., fax or e-mail as long as the certification portion is signed or noted by the contact person.
Survey status report on the questionnaire retrieval rate and performance rating of enumerators are done every 5th and 20th day of the month.
Data processing
The data was 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.
Data appraisal
Not computed.
The results were validated with the previous year results in particular, the trend and patterns of data distribution 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 a positive turnover rate and vice versa.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment and Manpower Statistics Division | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | http://www.bles.dole.gov.ph | blesemsd@yahoo.com |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | The BLES and its field personnel shall hold all data supplied by the respondents in confidence. The information obtained shall be for statistical purposes only and not for taxation, regulation nor investigation purposes. The data shall be processed with others of the same category and shall be disseminated in summary form or statistical tables so as not to reveal the identity of any respondent. |
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.
"Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics, Labor Turnover Survey 2013, Version 1.0."
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) 2014 of Labor and Employment Statistics
Contacts
| Name | URL | |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | bles_tsd@dole.gov.ph | https://www.dole.gov.ph/ |