Interviewer instructions
Persons to be Included in the Enumeration
The POPCEN will enumerate all living persons as of 12:01 a.m. September 1, 1995 and who are:
1. Filipino nationals permanently residing in the Philippines;
2. Filipino nationals who are on board coastal, interisland, fishing or ocean-going vessels or are temporarily abroad as of census date;
3. Filipino overseas workers as of census date;
4. Philippine government officials, both military and civilian, including Philippine diplomatic personnel and their families, assigned abroad; and
5. Civilian citizens of foreign countries having their usual residence in the Philippines or foreign visitors who have stayed or are expected to stay for at least a year from the time of their arrival in this country.
Boundary cases should be treated as follows:
1. A person who died after 12:01 a.m. September 1, 1995 should be included in the enumeration.
Example:
The enumerator interviewed the Reyes household on September 10, 1995 and he was told that Mario died on September 4, 1995. The enumerator should include Mario along with other members of the household because he was still alive on September 1, 1995, which is the reference day of the census.
2. A person who died before or at exactly 12:01 A.M. on September 1, 1995, should be excluded from the enumeration. Example: Anselmo Gaspar died from a heart attack at midnight (12:00 P.M.) of August 31, 1995. The enumerator should not include Anselmo as a household member of the Gaspar household. He was no longer
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alive at 12:01 A.M., September 1, 1995 and therefore, he is not part of the population as of census date.
3. A baby born before or at exactly 12:01 A.M. of September 1, 1995 should be included in the enumeration.
4. A baby born after 12:01 A.M., September 1, 1995 should be excluded from the enumeration.
Class of Worker
An individual engaged in an economic activity can be classified according to employer-employee relationships or for whom or where he/she works, as follows:
1. Worked for private household (domestic services). If a person works in a private household for pay in cash or in kind.
2. Worked for private business/enterprise/farm. If a person works in a private business/enterprise/farm for pay, in cash or in kind. This class includes not only persons working for a private firm but also those working for a religious group, missionary, unions, and non-profit organizations.
3. Worked for government/government corporation. If a person works for the government or a government corporation or any of its instrumentalities.
4. Self-employed without any paid employee. If a person works for profit or fees in own business, farm, profession or trade without any paid employee. This includes workers who work purely on commission basis and who may not have regular working hours.
5. Employer in own farm or business. If a person, working in his own business, farm, profession or trade has one or more regular paid employees, including paid family members. Domestic helpers, family drivers and other household helpers who assist in the family operated business, regardless of time spent in this activity, are NOT hired employees in the enterprises/business; hence a farm or business proprietor who is assisted purely by such domestic help is not considered an employer and would be classified in category 4 above.
6. Worked with pay on own family-operated farm or business. If a person works in family-operated farm or business and receives cash or a fixed share of the produce as payments for his service.
7. Worked without any pay on own family operated farm or business. If a member of the family works without pay in a farm or business operated by another member living in the same household. The room
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and board and any cash allowance given as incentives are not counted as compensation for these family workers.
