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Labor Force Survey 2008

Philippines, 2008
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PHL_2008_QLFS-Q4_v01_M
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National Statistics Office
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    2008

C31-Did Look For Work Anytime During the Past Week? (c31_lokw)

Data file: LFS_October 2008

Overview

Valid: 0
Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 72
End: 72
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Did _______look for work or try to establish a business during the past week?
1 YES
2 NO, Skip to column 35
Categories
Value Category
1 Looked for Work Anytime During the Past Week
2 Did not Look for Work Anytime During the Past Week
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
If the answer is code "1", proceed asking the next column. Otherwise, enter code "2" and skip to column 35.

Description

Definition
This question is asked to determine who among those who have no job/business had really done something to look for work during the past week. A person is said to have looked for work if he had taken specific steps to seek paid employment or self-employment. In other words, he must have tried to secure a job or to establish a business or practice of a trade.
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