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Labor Force Survey 2008

Philippines, 2008
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PHL_2008_QLFS-Q4_v01_M
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C36-When Last Looked for Work (April 2005) (c36_llkw)

Data file: LFS_October 2008

Overview

Valid: 0
Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 79
End: 79
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
When was the last time ___ looked for work?
(Enter code)
Categories
Value Category
1 Within last month
2 One to six months ago
3 More than six months ago
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
The codes for this column are the following:

1 - if the last step to look for work was undertaken within last month.

2 - if the last step to look for work was undertaken one to six months ago.
3 - if the last step to look for work was undertaken more than six months ago

Description

Definition
The responses will be used to classify the person as currently unemployed depending on the timing of the last act of job search. Another use of the responses will be for identifying the discouraged workers.
Universe
For persons 15 years old and over
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