10 Years Old and Older
[Questions P23-P31 apply to persons 10 years old and over]
P23. Usual Activity/Occupation
___ What was [respondent] 's usual activity/occupation during the past twelve months?
Describe occupation as fully as possible.
Examples: Palay Farmer, Filing Clerk, Fruit Vendor, Student, etc.
If housewife, student, or retiree, skip to P25.
P31. Reason for not Looking for Work
Why did [respondent] not look for work?
___ Enter appropriate code listed below.
If others, specify.
1 Believe no work available
2 Awaiting results of previous job application
3 Temporary illness/disability
4 Bad weather
5 Waiting for rehire/job recall
6 Too young, too old or retired, permanent disability
7 Housekeeping
8 Schooling
9 Others, specify
P31 Reason for Not Looking for Work
This question seeks to determine the main reason why a person did not look for work. Ask this question only if the answer in P30 is 2.
Use the code indicated at the bottom of the questionnaire to record the reason for not looking for work. If the reason is other than those provided with codes, specify the given reason.
1 Believe no work available - if a person did not look for work because he believed that there was lack of job opening to suit his skills in his locality so that looking for work was deemed futile.
2 Awaiting results of previous job applications - if a person did not look for work during the past week because he was expecting to be considered for interview in the establishment where he had an application for a job. The person might have filed his application before the reference week but during the past seven days he did not do anything because he was awaiting a reply to this application.
3 Temporary illness - if the reason for not looking for work by a person who did not have a job/business was that he was suffering from a temporary illness or temporary disability.
4 Bad weather - if a person did not look for work during the past seven days because of bad weather conditions like flood, heavy rain, etc.
5 Waiting for rehire/job recall - if a person was temporarily laid off from his job due to economic reasons like retrenchment, lack of raw materials, transfer of management, etc., and he did not look for work during the past seven days because he was expecting his former employer to hire him again.
6 Too young, too old or retired, permanent disability if a person felt that he was too young or too old to work or that he had worked enough, that he would want to rest or if the person is suffering from permanent disability.
7 Housekeeping - applies to persons who did not look for work because they were doing household chores in their own home most of the time during the past seven days.
8 Schooling - applies to person who did not look for work because he was still attending school or was expected to attend school within the next three months.
9 Others - if the answer does not fall in any of the pre-coded answers, write on the space provided the reason for not looking for work.
Shown on next page is an illustration on the correct way of filling-up items P23 to P31.
[Picture: Illustration 8.2 Filling up items P23 to P31 of CPH form 3]
NOTE: Questions P32 to P35 are different fertility indicators and should be asked for all females 15-49 years old. These fertility indicators are indispensable bases for studying the prospects of population growth, the probable development of the population's age structure and its possible effects on economic and social changes.