The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Provincial Statistical Office (PSO) of Marinduque is currently conducting the March 2024 Labor Force Survey (LFS), from  March 8 to 28, 2024. The authority and mandate of the PSA to conduct the March 2024 LFS emanates from Republic Act (RA) No. 10625 or the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013, which authorizes the PSA to prepare and conduct periodic censuses on various sectors of the economy.

The LFS is a nationwide survey of households conducted by the PSA to gather data on the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the population. The monthly LFS is an abridged version of the quarterly or the regular LFS.   It utilizes the core questions of the regular LFS with additional questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic to generate the core labor and employment indicators including relevant indicators for the COVID-19 recovery program.

For this round of LFS, PSA-Marinduque hired two (2) Statistical Researchers (SRs) to conduct personal interviews with 99 sample households from selected six barangays from the province's five municipalities, including Cawit in Boac, Bagtingon in Buenavista, Mahunig in Gasan, Argao in Mogpog, Payanas in Torrijos, and, Lapu-lapu and Matalaba in Santa Cruz.

In accordance with this, the sample households are encouraged to participate in these nationwide undertaking by providing accurate and complete information.

Pursuant to Section 26 of RA 10625 (Confidentiality of Information) and Section 8 of RA 10173 or the Data Privacy Act (Confidentiality), all data obtained herein shall be held strictly confidential, and will not be used for taxation, investigation, or law enforcement purposes.

For more information on the March 2024 LFS, please reach us via email at marinduque@psa.gov.ph. Alternatively, you can also reach us via our landline numbers: (042)332-0848 or (042)754-0024.

(SGD)GEMMA N. OPIS
Chief Statistical Specialist

GNO/SJRDLC