COVID-19 pandemic on labor and employment in the country. It also included questions regarding the engagement of household members in the online platform, functional difficulty, and migration experience, which is an input to the migration rates computation for the generation/updating of population projection.
“This was also conducted by the PSA as mandated by Republic Act (RA) No. 10625, otherwise known as the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013. Under Article 6, Rule 5 of the said RA, PSA is mandated to prepare and conduct statistical sample surveys on all aspects of socio-economic life, including agriculture, industry, trade, finance, prices, and marketing information, income and expenditure, education, health, culture, and social situations for the use of the government and the public,” said Losare.
The LFS is a quarterly household survey that measures the country's current labor market and is used, among other things, to calculate national and provincial employment and unemployment rates.
“The data will be used solely as a reference for the levels and trends of employment, unemployment, and underemployment in the province. All the information collected by the hired Statistical Researchers will be kept strictly confidential and shall not be used for taxation, investigation, or regulation as provided under Article 55 of Republic Act 10625,” Losare stressed. (JBG/PSAGuimaras/laf/PIA6- Iloilo)
