Labor Force Survey 2003 - Philippines

Abstract
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The Labor Force Survey (LFS) aims to provide a quantitative framework for the preparation of plans and formulation of policies affecting the labor market.

Specifically, the survey is designed to provide statistics on levels and trends of employment, unemployment and underemployment for the country as a whole, and for each of the administrative regions.

Importance of the Labor Force Survey:

a. It provides a quantitative framework for the preparation of plans and formulation of policies affecting the labor market towards
1) creation and generation of gainful employment and livelihood opportunities
2) reduction of unemployment and promotion of employment
3) improvement of working conditions
4) enhancement of the welfare of a working person
b. It provides statistics on levels and trends of employment and unemployment and underemployment for the country and regions;
c. It is used for the projection of future manpower, which when compared with the future manpower requirements, will help identify employment and training needs;
d. It helps in the assessment of the potential human resource available for economic development; and
e. It identifies the differences in employment, unemployment, and underemployment according to the different economic, social and ethnic groups existing within the population.

Geographic coverage
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The geographic coverage consists of the country's 17 administrative regions. The 17 regions are:

Region I - Ilocos,
Region II - Cagayan Valley,
Region III - Central Luzon,
Region IV - Southern Tagalog,
Region V - Bicol,
Region VI - Western Visayas,
Region VII - Central Visayas,
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas,
Region IX - Western Mindanao,
Region X - Northern Mindanao,
Region XI - Southern Mindanao,
Region XII - Central Mindanao,
Region XIII - National Capital Region (NCR),
Region XIV - Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR),
Region XV - Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Region XVI - Caraga.

Analysis unit
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Individuals

Universe
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The LFS has as its target population, all household members of the sample housing units nationwide. A household is defined as an aggregate of persons, generally but not necessarily bound by ties of kinship, who live together under the same roof and eat together or share in common the household food. Household membership comprises the head of the household, relatives living with him such as his or her spouse, children, parent, brother or sister, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, grandson or granddaughter, and other relatives. Household membership likewise includes boarders, domestic helpers and non-relatives. A person who lives alone is considered a separate household.

Persons who reside in the institutions are not within the scope of the survey.

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument
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ISH FORM 2 (LFS questionnaire) is a four-page, forty four-column questionnaire that is being used in the quarterly rounds of the Labor Force Survey nationwide. This questionnaire gathers data on the demographic and economic characteristics of the population.

On the first page of the questionnaire, the particulars about the geographic location, design codes and household auxiliary information of the sample household that is being interviewed are to be recorded. Certifications by the enumerator and his supervisor regarding the manner by which the data are collected are likewise to be made on this page.

The inside pages of the questionnaire contain the items to be determined about each member of the sample household. Columns 2 to 11 are for the demographic characteristics; columns 2 to 7A are to be ascertained of all members of the household regardless of age. Columns 8 to 9 are asked for members 5 years old and over, while column 10 is asked for members 5 to 24 years old, column 11, for 15 years old and over, while columns 12 to 16 are asked for members 5 years old and over. Items 18 to 44 on the other hand, are the series of items that will be asked of all the members 15 years old and over to determine their labor force and employment characteristics.

Most of the questions have pre-coded responses. The possible answers with their corresponding codes are printed at the bottom of the page for easy reference. Only the appropriate codes need to be entered in the cells.

Other items, however, require write-in entries such as column 14 (primary occupation) and column 16 (kind of business/industry), etc. For such items, it is required that the enumerator describes the primary occupation or kind of business/industry.

Cleaning operations
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Data processing involves two stages: manual processing and machine processing.

Manual processing is done at the provincial offices. This is the general review of the questionnaires. This process includes the folioing of the questionnaires, completeness and consistency checking of the responses, editing and coding of responses. This is done prior to machine processing.
The average output per day is 50 questionnaires.

摘要
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劳动力调查（LFS）旨在为制定影响劳动市场的计划和政策的量化框架提供基础。

具体而言，该调查旨在提供全国及各行政区域的就业、失业和半失业水平的统计数据。

劳动力调查的重要性：

a. 为以下目的提供量化框架，以制定影响劳动市场的计划和政策：
1) 创造和生成有偿就业和生活机遇
2) 减少失业并促进就业
3) 改善工作条件
4) 提高劳动者的福利

b. 提供全国和各地区的就业和失业及半失业水平及其趋势的统计数据；

c. 用于预测未来的人力资源，与未来的人力资源需求相比较，有助于确定就业和培训需求；

d. 帮助评估可用于经济发展的潜在人力资源；

e. 根据存在于人口中的不同经济、社会和民族群体，识别就业、失业和半失业的差异。

地理覆盖范围
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地理覆盖范围包括国家的17个行政区域。这17个区域包括：

区域I - 伊洛科斯，
区域II - 卡加延谷，
区域III - 中央卢松，
区域IV - 南塔格洛，
区域V - 布科洛，
区域VI - 西维萨亚斯，
区域VII - 中维萨亚斯，
区域VIII - 东维萨亚斯，
区域IX - 西棉达瑙，
区域X - 北棉达瑙，
区域XI - 南棉达瑙，
区域XII - 中棉达瑙，
区域XIII - 国家首都地区（NCR），
区域XIV - 科迪勒拉行政区域（CAR），
区域XV - 萨拉马穆达瑙穆斯林自治区（ARMM），
区域XVI - 卡拉加。

分析单元
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个人

总体
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劳动力调查的目标总体是全国范围内样本住房单位的家庭成员。家庭被定义为一般但并非必须由血缘关系纽带连接的一群人，他们住在同一屋檐下，共同进食或共同享用家庭食物。家庭成员包括户主、与他或她共同生活的亲属，如配偶、子女、父母、兄弟姐妹、女婿或儿媳、孙子或孙女，以及其他亲属。家庭成员还包括寄宿者、家庭帮工和非亲属。独居的人被视为一个单独的家庭。

居住在机构中的人不在调查范围内。

数据类型
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样本调查数据 [ssd]

数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]

研究工具
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ISH表2（劳动力调查问卷）是全国范围内劳动力调查季度轮次使用的一份四页、四十四栏问卷。此问卷收集关于人口的人口统计学和经济特征数据。

问卷的第一页应记录被采访样本家庭的地理位置、设计代码和家庭辅助信息。调查员及其主管关于数据收集方式的认证也应在此页上完成。

问卷的内页包含关于样本家庭每个成员需要确定的项目。第2至11栏用于人口统计学特征；第2至7A栏需确定所有家庭成员，无论年龄如何。第8至9栏询问5岁及以上的成员，而第10栏询问5至24岁的成员，第11栏为15岁及以上的成员，而第12至16栏询问5岁及以上的成员。另一方面，第18至44项是询问所有15岁及以上成员的一系列项目，以确定他们的劳动力和就业特征。

大多数问题都有预编码的答案。可能的答案及其对应代码打印在页面底部，以便于参考。只需在单元格中输入适当的代码。

然而，某些项目需要手写输入，例如第14栏（主要职业）和第16栏（商业/行业类型）等。对于此类项目，要求调查员描述主要职业或商业/行业类型。

数据清理操作
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数据处理涉及两个阶段：人工处理和机器处理。

人工处理在省级办公室进行。这是对问卷的一般审查。此过程包括问卷的检查、回答的完整性和一致性检查、回答的编辑和编码。这是在机器处理之前进行的。

平均每天输出50份问卷。