Labor Force Survey 1991

Philippines, 1991

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PHL_1991_QLFS-Q1_v01_M

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National Statistics Office

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Usual Occupation (Past 12 months) (USOCC)

Data file: 1991jan

Overview

Valid: 77632

Valid: 44579838.2

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Width: 2

Format:

Questions and instructions

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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.

Interviewer instructions

For the economically active population, usual occupation refers to the kind of job or business which they were engaged in most of the time during the 12 months preceding the in terview such as palay farmer, elementary school teacher, etc. For the economically inactive population, usual occupation would be housewife, student, pensioner, retired, disabled, dependent, etc. as the case may be.

Most of the time, for purposes of this survey, is 6 months or more. Thus, for person whose activities varied during the preceding 12 months, report as his usual occupation that which he was engaged in for more than 6 months. However, if none of these activities lasted for more than 6 months, report that which had the longest duration.

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Definition

Usual occupation refers to the kind of job or business, which a person was engaged in most of the time during the last 12 months.

For persons who did not work during the past 12 months, their usual occupation relates to the non-gainful activities they usually do most of the year or to their status.

Universe

For members 10 years old and over with or without economic activity during the past 12 months.

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Concept

Name
For the economically active population, usual occupation refers to the kind of job or business which they were engaged in most of the time during the 12 months preceding the in terview such as palay farmer, elementary school teacher, etc. For the economically inactive population, usual occupation would be housewife, student, pensioner, retired, disabled, dependent, etc. as the case may be. Most of the time, for purposes of this survey, is 6 months or more. Thus, for person whose activities varied during the preceding 12 months, report as his usual occupation that which he was engaged in for more than 6 months. However, if none of these activities lasted for more than 6 months, report that which had the longest duration.

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