Labor Force Survey 2003
Philippines, 2003
Identification
PHL_2003_QLFS-Q4_v01_M
Labor Force Survey 2003
October
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Philippines | PHL |
Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
The first labor force survey, named the Philippine Statistical Survey of Households (PSSH) was conducted in May 1956. The employment concepts, questionnaire design and other characteristics of the survey, including the title, have evolved through the years (see Technical Document entitled”Development of Labor Force Surveys”). Currently, the LFS is conducted on a quarterly basis. The survey months are January, April, July and October.
The Labor Force Survey (LFS) aims to provide a quantitative framework for the preparation of plans and formulation of policies affecting the labor market.
Specifically, the survey is designed to provide statistics on levels and trends of employment, unemployment and underemployment for the country as a whole, and for each of the administrative regions.
Importance of the Labor Force Survey:
a. It provides a quantitative framework for the preparation of plans and formulation of policies affecting the labor market towards
- creation and generation of gainful employment and livelihood opportunities
- reduction of unemployment and promotion of employment
- improvement of working conditions
- enhancement of the welfare of a working person
b. It provides statistics on levels and trends of employment and unemployment and underemployment for the country and regions;
c. It is used for the projection of future manpower, which when compared with the future manpower requirements, will help identify employment and training needs;
d. It helps in the assessment of the potential human resource available for economic development; and
e. It identifies the differences in employment, unemployment, and underemployment according to the different economic, social and ethnic groups existing within the population.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Individuals
Version
2014-04-28
Scope
The survey involves the collection of data on the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the population in general. It focuses on levels and trends of employment, unemployment and underemployment of the country with data breakdown for each of the regions.
| Topic |
|---|
| Labor force |
| Employment |
| Unemployment |
| Underemployment |
Coverage
The geographic coverage consists of the country's 17 administrative regions. The 17 regions are:
Region I - Ilocos,
Region II - Cagayan Valley,
Region III - Central Luzon,
Region IV - Southern Tagalog,
Region V - Bicol,
Region VI - Western Visayas,
Region VII - Central Visayas,
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas,
Region IX - Western Mindanao,
Region X - Northern Mindanao,
Region XI - Southern Mindanao,
Region XII - Central Mindanao,
Region XIII - National Capital Region (NCR),
Region XIV - Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR),
Region XV - Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Region XVI - Caraga.
The LFS has as its target population, all household members of the sample housing units nationwide. A household is defined as an aggregate of persons, generally but not necessarily bound by ties of kinship, who live together under the same roof and eat together or share in common the household food. Household membership comprises the head of the household, relatives living with him such as his or her spouse, children, parent, brother or sister, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, grandson or granddaughter, and other relatives. Household membership likewise includes boarders, domestic helpers and non-relatives. A person who lives alone is considered a separate household.
Persons who reside in the institutions are not within the scope of the survey.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| National Statistics Office |
| Name |
|---|
| National Statistics Office |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| National Statistical Coordination Board | technical assistance | |
| Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | Department of Labor and Employment Department of Labor and Employment Department of Labor and Employment | technical assistance |
Survey instrument
ISH FORM 2 (LFS questionnaire) is a four-page, forty four-column questionnaire that is being used in the quarterly rounds of the Labor Force Survey nationwide. This questionnaire gathers data on the demographic and economic characteristics of the population.
On the first page of the questionnaire, the particulars about the geographic location, design codes and household auxiliary information of the sample household that is being interviewed are to be recorded. Certifications by the enumerator and his supervisor regarding the manner by which the data are collected are likewise to be made on this page.
The inside pages of the questionnaire contain the items to be determined about each member of the sample household. Columns 2 to 11 are for the demographic characteristics; columns 2 to 7A are to be ascertained of all members of the household regardless of age. Columns 8 to 9 are asked for members 5 years old and over, while column 10 is asked for members 5 to 24 years old, column 11, for 15 years old and over, while columns 12 to 16 are asked for members 5 years old and over. Items 18 to 44 on the other hand, are the series of items that will be asked of all the members 15 years old and over to determine their labor force and employment characteristics.
Most of the questions have pre-coded responses. The possible answers with their corresponding codes are printed at the bottom of the page for easy reference. Only the appropriate codes need to be entered in the cells.
Other items, however, require write-in entries such as column 14 (primary occupation) and column 16 (kind of business/industry), etc. For such items, it is required that the enumerator describes the primary occupation or kind of business/industry.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2003-10-01 | 2003-12-31 | October round |
| Name |
|---|
| National Statistics Office |
The Regional Directors/Officer-In-Charge (RDs/OICs), Provincial Statistics Officers (PSOs), Regional and Provincial Staff were allotted a number of days to supervise the enumeration.
- The RD/OIC coordinates with the PSOs and provides the general supervision to the staff of the provincial offices under the jurisdiction on all administrative matters and field operations relative to the survey.
- The PSO supervises the activities of the personnel to ensure that the data collection is finished according to the timetable set.
- The Regional and Provincial Statistician supervise in the field and ensure that all items in the questionnaire were asked, and review and edit questionnaires while still in their area of assignment and ensure that all sample households have corresponding questionnaire.
Central Office Statisticians were assigned to provinces to supervise and monitor the conduct of the survey.
Data processing
Data processing involves two stages: manual processing and machine processing.
Manual processing is done at the provincial offices. This is the general review of the questionnaires. This process includes the folioing of the questionnaires, completeness and consistency checking of the responses, editing and coding of responses. This is done prior to machine processing.
The average output per day is 50 questionnaires.
Access policy
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Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Administrator | National Statistics Office | info@census.gov.ph |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | The Survey conforms to the provisions of confidentiality stated under Section 4 of Commonwealth Act No. 591, which says that the "Data furnished to the Bureau of Census and Statistics (BCS) now known as the National Statistics Office (NSO) by an individual, corporation, partnership, institution or business enterprise shall not be used as evidence in any court or in any public office either as evidence against the individual, corporation, association, partnership, institution, or business enterprise from whom such data emanates; nor shall such data or information be divulged to any person except authorized employees of the NSO acting in the performance of their duties; nor shall such data be published except in the form of summaries or statistical tables in which no reference to an individual, corporation, association, partnership, institution or business enterprise shall appear." |
Authorization to use this data is granted only to the client or data user and persons within its organization, if applicable. Under no circumstances shall the client reproduce, distribute, sell or lend the entire data or parts thereof to any other data user apart from himself or that of authorized employees in his organization. The NSO shall hold the data user fully responsible for safeguarding the data from any unauthorized access or use.
Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree:
- To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the data depositor.
- Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified on public use data files.
- To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately brought to the attention of the data depositor.
Any report, paper or similar articles, whether published or not, emanating from the use of this data shall give appropriate acknowledgement as suggested herein, "2003 Labor Force Survey, National Statistics Office, Manila, Philippines”, as the source of basic data. The data user or client is encouraged to provide NSO with a copy of such report, paper or article. It is understood that unless expressly allowed by the client, such report, paper or article shall not be used for any purpose other than monitoring.
Disclaimer and copyrights
The NSO gives no warranty that the data are free from errors. Hence, the NSO shall not be held responsible for any loss or damage as a result of the client's manipulation or tabulation of the data.
The data user acknowledges that any available intellectual property rights, including copyright in the data are owned by the Philippines National Statistics Office.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Income and Employment Statistics Division (IESD) | National Statistics Office | iesd.staff@census.gov.ph |
Metadata production
DDI_PHL_2003_QLFS-Q4_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Monina C. Glumalid | National Statistics Office | Documenter |
| Accelerated Data Program | International Household Survey Network | Editing for the IHSN Survey Catalog |
| International Labour Organisation (Department of Statistics) | International Labour Organisation | Editing and Adoptation |
2014-04-28
Metadata version
Version 01: Adopted from "DDI_PHL_2008_LFS_v2_M" DDI that was done by metadata producers mentioned in "Metadata Production" section.
Version 02 (September 2016): Edited version based on Version 01 DDI (DDI_PHL_2003_LFS-Q4_v01_M) that was done by International Labour Organisation.