Demographic Characteristics ask information on the demographic characteristics of each family member such as relationship to the family head, sex, age and highest grade completed.
Health Status obtains information on the types of illnesses experienced by the family and the type of health facilities that they are visiting or consulting in case of illness or something pertaining to their family health.
Schooling Status determines the educational attainment of the family members 5 years old and over; it also determines whether a family member aged between 6-24 years are currently attending formal school and if not, the reason for not currently attending school.
Economic Characteristics obtains information on the employment status of each family member 5 years old and over; it also includes questions on the number of days worked during the past quarter and salaries and wages from employment of each working family member.
Family Planning assesses the knowledge of the married women in the family regarding family planning.
Housing and Sanitation obtains information that relates to housing characteristics and household amenities owned by the family.
Credit Information obtains information on the availment of credit needed in the operation of economic activities.
Impact of Financial Crisis determines the perception of the family regarding the effect of some economic problems on their family living.
Family Sustenance determines whether or not the family is engaged in the family sustenance activities, which is for home consumption only, in order to augment family income.
Net Share of Crops, Fruits and Vegetables Produced or Livestock and Poultry Raised by Other Household determines whether or not the family has received a share on crops, fruits, vegetables, etc. which were raised and harvested by other households, in terms of produce or in cash.
Entrepreneurial Activities determine if any member of the family is engaged as operator or self-employed in any agricultural or non-agricultural family-operated activities.
Other Sources of Income obtain information on other sources of family income not derived from work.
Other Receipts obtain information on the sources of non-income receipts of families, that is, those that do not come from earnings, property income and gifts received.
Family Expenditures determine the expenses made by the family purely for personal consumption.
Class of Worker refers to the relationship of the worker to the establishment in which he works.
Earnings refer to gross salary or wage whether in cash or in kind. This include deductions made for retirement, insurance premiums, social security, pension dues, PAG-IBIG fund, MEDICARE, salary loans and other deductions reflected in the payroll.
Earnings in cash include cash commissions, tips, bonuses, cost of living allowance (COLA), Personal Relief Allowance (PERA) and other allowances in cash for family living such as transportation and representation allowance, clothing, housing (given in cash), overtime pay, longevity pay, commissions and medical benefits, etc.
Earnings in kind refer to those received by the employee/paid worker in the form of goods like free medicines, rice, meat, fish, clothing, free housing, free bus service, etc., as remuneration for his services/work.
Family is an aggregate of persons bound by ties of kinship, which live together under the same roof and eat together or share in common the family food. It covers both the nuclear family and the extended family. In cases where persons not related with each other by blood, marriage or adoption are in the same household, only the head of the household is considered. This case is a single person family.
Highest grade completed refers to the highest grade or year completed in school, college or university.
Occupation refers to the type of work, trade or profession performed by the individual during the reference period such as palay farmer, typists, physician, beauticians, etc. If he is not at work, it refers to the kind of work he was doing or will be doing if merely waiting for a new job to begin within two weeks from the date of interview.
Primary job/business is any gainful activity of a person which is a permanent and full time job, lasting for one (1) year or longer or had lasted or expected to last for one year or longer, regardless of whether he had a job/business at work or not during the reference past week.
Respondent is a knowledgeable member of the sample family who can provide accurate answer to most of the questions in this survey.
Usual Occupation of economically active population refers to the kind of job or business which they were engaged in most of the time during the past 12 months such as palay farmer, elementary school teacher, medical clerk, sari-sari store proprietor, etc.; for the economically inactive population, it would be housewife, student, pensioner, retired, disabled, dependent, etc., as the case maybe.
Work is any economic activity that a person does for pay, in cash or in kind, in any establishment, office, farm, private home or for profit or without pay on family farm or enterprise.
