BLES Integrated Survey 2006
Philippines, 2006 - 2007
Identification
PHL_2006_BITS_v01_M
BLES Integrated Survey 2006
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Philippines | PHL |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
For the third time, the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics is conducting the BLES Integrated Survey (BITS). Initially conducted in 2003, it is a nationwide survey of non-agricultural establishments that collects key information on labor and employment. The main objective of this survey is to generate an integrated data set on occupational employment patterns and wage and compensation practices.
The main objective of this survey is to generate an integrated data set on occupational employment patterns and wage and compensation practices. These data are inputs to studies on industry trends and practices and serve as bases for the formulation of policies on employment, conditions of work and industrial relations. To some extent, the survey results will also be used to assess the progress of decent work in the country.
On the operational level, the BITS aims to maximize the use of limited government resources and to improve the timeliness of information. This is in keeping with the continual process improvement of our Bureau's Quality Management System.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Establishment
Version
v2: Edited data, for public distribution.
2007-09-24
Scope
The scope of the survey includes:
- Employment
- Industrial Relations Practices
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| employment [3.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| labour relations/conflict [3.3] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
National coverage, 17 administrative regions
National Capital Region
Cordillera Administrative Region
Region I - Ilocos Region
Region II - Cagayan Valley
Region III - Central Luzon
Region IV-A - CALABARZON
Region IV-B - MIMAROPA
Region V - Bicol
Region VI - Western Visayas
Region VII - Central Visayas
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula
Region X - Northern Mindanao
Region XI - Davao
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
ARMM - Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
The BITS covered all establishments in 60 non-agricultural industries employing 20 or more workers except national postal activities, central banking, public administration and defense and compulsory social security, public education services, public medical, dental and other health services, activities of membership organization, extra territorial organizations and bodies.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | Department of Labor and Employment |
| Name |
|---|
| Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DOLE - Regional Offices except DOLE-National Capital Region | Department of Labor and Employment | Data collection outside NCR |
Sampling
Statistical unit: The establishment is the statistical or enumeration unit. Each unit is classified to an industry that reflects its main economic activity -- the activity that contributes the biggest or major portion of the gross income or revenues of the establishment.
Survey universe/sample frame: The 2006 BLES Survey Sampling Frame (SSF2006) is an integrated list of establishments culled from the 2004 List of Establishments of the National Statistics Office and updated 2004 BLES Sampling Frame based on the status of establishments reported in the 2004 BLES Integrated Survey. Reports on closures and retrenchments of establishments submitted to the Regional Offices of the Department of Labor and Employment were also considered in preparing the 2006 frame.
Sampling design: The BITS is a sample survey of nonagricultural establishments employing 20 persons or more where establishments are stratified by industry and employment size.
Those establishments employing at least 200 persons are covered with certainty and the rest are sampled using stratified random sampling. The design does not consider the region as a domain to allow for more industry coverage.
After field operations, not all of the fielded questionnaires are accomplished. The BLES determines the magnitude of eligibility by classifying sampled units as either ineligible or eligible. Ineligible samples are those sampled establishments with reports of permanent closures, duplication, out of scope in employment, out of scope in industry coverage, non-location, and those that are not operational or non-existent, such as security detachments, janitorial units and power barges, which are not considered as an establishment. In addition, nonrespondents are made up of refusals, strikes or temporary closures, and those establishments whose questionnaires contain inconsistent item responses and have not replied to the verification queries by the time output table generation commences. The population is adjusted to account for these units. Respondents are post-stratified as to industry and employment size classifications. Non-respondents are retained in their classifications.
The response rate in terms of eligible sampling units is 76.3%.
Estimates are obtained by simple expansion, i.e., by multiplying the sample values at the cell level (industry and employment size) by the corresponding blowing-up factor which is the ratio of the eligible population of establishments to the corresponding number of responding establishments. The estimates are then aggregated to the desired totals.
Survey instrument
Survey questionnaire: The questionnaire is made up of several parts, i.e.
Cover page - contains the address box for the establishment and other particulars;
Page 2- provides information on the survey objective and uses of the data, confidentiality clause, collection authority, authorized field personnel, coverage, periodicity and reference periods, due date and availability of results;
Part I General Information - This portion inquires on main economic activity and major products/goods or services of the establishment; establishment characteristics such as ownership (wholly Filipino, with foreign equity, wholly foreign); presence of a union and existence of a collective bargaining agreement in the establishment. Union membership and CBA coverage by sex are likewise inquired on;
Part II Employment - This section requires data on total employment and its breakdown into major occupation group (managers, managing proprietors and supervisors; professionals; technical and associate professionals; clerks; sales workers; service workers; traders and related workers; plant and machine operators and assemblers; and laborers and unskilled workers); vital occupations; hard-to-fill occupations; expanding and contracting occupations; recent changes in business and working methods and technology adoption; and future trends in occupational employment;
Part III Wage and Compensation Practices - This part inquires on methods used in fixing wages, basis of wage payment, mode and the type of payment, methods of fixing COLA, paid leave benefits, social security schemes, health care benefits and incentive schemes included in the compensation system;
Part IV Certification - this box is provided for the respondent's name and signature, position, and telephone/fax numbers and e-mail address; time spent in answering the questionnaire; comments or suggestions (on the data it provided for the survey and improvements on the design/contents of the questionnaire); and
Part V Survey Personnel - this portion is allocated for the names of personnel involved in collection, editing and review of each questionnaire and dates when the activities were completed.
Note: Refer to questionnaire.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2006-09 | 2007-03-30 |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2006-08-31 | 2007-06-30 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (for National Capital Region) | Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) |
| DOLE-Regional Offices (for areas Outside National Capital Region) | Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) |
The regional statisticians, economists or personnel designated by the Regional Director supervised the data collectors/enumerators in their respective region. In provinces/areas where there were relatively many establishments to be covered, area supervisors were hired to assist the regional staff in the supervision of data collection activities. The BLES handled the field operations in the National Capital Region.
Note: Refer to Field Operations Manual Chapter 3 Section 3.2.
Data collection: The survey is conducted in coordination with the Regional Offices of the Department of Labor and Employment (except the National Capital Region). On a project basis, employees are hired to personally deliver and retrieve the questionnaires from the establishments. In some instances, questionnaires are mailed to establishments in less accessible or conflict prone areas, in which case a self-addressed envelope is provided. The establishments may also submit the accomplished questionnaires through fax. Delivery of questionnaires starts in August of the reference year and retrieval will commence after all questionnaires have been delivered or within 10 working days from delivery to an establishment or on a date agreed upon by the contact person and the enumerator.
Note: Refer to Field Operations Manual, Chapters 3-5.
Data processing
Data are manually and electronically processed. Upon collection of accomplished questionnaires, enumerators perform field editing before leaving the establishments to ensure completeness, consistency and reasonableness of entries in accordance with the field operations manual. The forms are again checked for data consistency and completeness by their field supervisors.
The BLES personnel undertake 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 are returned to the establishments for verification, personally or through mail.
Note: Refer to Field Operations Manual Chapter 1 Section 1.10.
Data appraisal
Estimates of the sampling errors computed.
Note: Refer to Coefficients of Variation.
Conformity with other sources: The survey results are checked for consistency with the results of previous BITS data or related administrative data.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labor Relations Statistics Division | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | http://www.bles.dole.gov.ph | bles_lrsd@yahoo.com |
| Employment and Manpower Statistics Division | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | http://www.bles.dole.gov.ph | bles_lrsd@yahoo.com |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | The BLES and its field personnel shall hold all survey 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 identify of any respondent. |
Access authority is granted to designated individuals in the concerned division of the BLES. The designated personnel cannot reproduce, distribute, sell or lend the entire data or parts thereof to any other data user.
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
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) 2007, Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Labor and Employment Officer,Labor Relations Statistics Division | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | bles_lrsd@yahoo.com |
| Chief Labor and Employment Officer, Employment and Manpower Statistics Division | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | blesemsd@yahoo.com |
Metadata production
DDI_PHL_2006_BITS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Remedios B. Baes | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | Documenter |
| Luzviminda J. Samson | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | Documenter |
| Asuncion M. Gavilla | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | Reviewer |
| Manuel L. Laopao | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | Reviewer |
| Accelerated Data Program | International Household Survey Network | Editing for IHSN Survey Catalog |
2009-08-17
Metadata version
Version 01: Adopted from "DDI_PHL_2006_BITS_v02_M" DDI that was done by metadata producers mentioned in "Metadata Production" section.