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Labor Force Survey 2016

Philippines, 2016
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PHL_2016_LFS-APR_v01_M
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Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
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C22-First Time to Work (PUFC22_PFWRK)

Data file: lfs_april2016

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 65
End: 65
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Was this __'s first time to do any work?
Categories
Value Category
1 First Time to Do Any Work
2 Not First Time to Do Any Work
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.

Description

Definition
This question determines whether or not a person is a "new entrant" to the labor force. A person is a new entrant if it is his first time to do any work.

A person is considered to have worked only for the first time if he started working only during the current survey period. Current survey period refers to April 1 - 30 for this survey round.
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