Philippine Statistics Office (PNA)
TACLOBAN CITY – Some 10,752 households in the Eastern Visayas region will be covered in the ongoing July 2023 Labor Force Survey (LFS) and 2023 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) regional office here reported.
PSA Eastern Visayas regional director Wilma Perante said on Thursday the joint survey started on July 8 and will run until the end of the month.
Unlike in the past, this year’s survey uses the 2023 geo-enabled master sample, enumerator’s app, supervisor’s app, and monitoring dashboard during operations.
“In line with this, PSA enjoins all sample households to support the survey by providing truthful information to authorized PSA statistical researchers who will visit them to conduct personal interview,” Perante said.
She assured that the office adheres to the principles of transparency, legitimate purpose, and proportionality under Republic Act No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012, and Republic Act No. 10625 or the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013.
Perante said all data to be provided by those who will be surveyed will remain confidential.
All survey results will be released in the form of summaries or statistical tables, she added.
The 2023 FIES is the 20th survey conducted since it started in 1957. Specifically, it aims to gather data on family income and family living expenditure and related information affecting income and expenditure levels and patterns in the Philippines.
The survey also determines the sources of income and income distribution, levels of living and spending patterns, and the degree of inequality among families; provide benchmark information to update weights in the estimation of the consumer price index; and provide inputs in the estimation of the country’s poverty threshold and incidence.
The LFS is a monthly survey that provides statistics on levels and trends of employment, unemployment, underemployment, and labor force participation in the country. It provides a quantitative framework for the preparation of plans and formulation of policies affecting the labor market. (PNA)
