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Labor Force Survey 2008

Philippines, 2008
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PHL_2008_QLFS-Q4_v01_M
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C11-Contract/Overseas Worker Indicator (c11_cnwr)

Data file: LFS_October 2008

Overview

Valid: 0
Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 43
End: 43
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Overseas Filipino Indicator
(Enter Code)
Categories
Value Category
1 OCW
2 Workers other than OCW
3 Employees in Phil. Embassy, Consulates and other Missions
4 Students Abroad/Tourist
5 Others
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
Recall that overseas workers are listed as members of the household only for purposes of estimating the household population of the country. However, for purposes of determining the labor force characteristics, they shall be excluded.

Column 11 is used to identify the overseas contract worker and other overseas Filipino worker among the household members. A code of "1" is to be entered if a person is an OCW, regardless of whether he is out of the country to fulfill an overseas work contract for a specific length of time of visit or on vacation but still has an existing overseas work contract. Code "2" will be entered if a person is an overseas worker other than OCW or Filipinos who worked abroad without any contract.

For purposes of LFS, Filipino workers who usually go out of the country through "backdoor" means will be considered as overseas worker other than OCW (code 2) not OCWs. However, careful probing must be done before classifying them as overseas worker other than OCW. He must not have any work within the Philippines to be considered as overseas worker other than OCWs. If he has other work within the Philippines aside from those outside the Philippines, then he must be coded 5 (others).
Question post text
If code is 1, 2 or 3, go to next household member

Description

Definition
An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is a Filipino worker who works abroad with or without any contract.

An overseas contract worker (OCW) is a Filipino worker who is presently and temporarily out of the country to fulfill an overseas work contract for a specific length of time or who is presently at home on vacation but still has an existing overseas work contract
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For persons 15 years old and over
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