Labor Force Survey 2016

Philippines, 2016

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Reference ID

PHL_2016_LFS-APR_v01_M

Producer(s)

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)

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C30-Looked for Work or Tried to Establish Business during the past week (PUFC30_LOOKW)

Data file: lfs_april2016

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 79

End: 79

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Did __ look for work or try to establish a business during the past week?

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.

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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