Labor Force Survey 2016

Philippines, 2016

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Reference ID

PHL_2016_LFS-APR_v01_M

Producer(s)

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)

Metadata

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Sep 19, 2018

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C31-First Time to Look for Work (PUFC31_FLWRK)

Data file: lfs_april2016

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 80

End: 80

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Was this __'s first time to look for work or try to establish a business?

Categories

Value	Category
1	First Time to Look for Work
2	Not First Time to Look For 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 column seeks to determine who among those who have no jobs/business belong to the "new entrants" in seeking for work.

For a person to be considered a "new entrant" to the labor force (unemployed), he must have been looking for work for the first time during the current survey period, i.e., any time in April 1-30, 2016.

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