Interviewer instructions
Recall that certain overseas workers are considered members of the household and are therefore listed in the household questionnaire.For purposes of counting the resident population of the country, those who are considered contract workers abroad have to However, for purposes of determining the labor force characteristics, they shall be excluded.
Column 8 is used to identify the overseas contract workers 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 so long as he has an existing contract abroaD. Code “2” will be entered, otherwise.
For an overseas contract worker, only the demographic characteristics should be filled up.
