The Philippine Statistics Authority – Regional Statistical Services Office VIII (PSA – RSSO 8) will conduct the January 2026 Labor Force Survey (LFS) together with the second visit of the 2025 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) on 13 to 31 January 2026.
The monthly LFS aims to generate high-frequency data on the Philippine labor market to better monitor and assess the country’s employment situation and economic conditions. Its results serve as vital inputs for planning, policy formulation, and implementation of programs that promote gainful employment and support livelihood opportunities for Filipinos. The LFS will gather employment characteristics of the population based on a “past week” reference period.
Meanwhile, the FIES aims to gather detailed information on family income and expenditure, including sources of income and spending levels. The data help determine income distribution and the degree of inequality among families. The 2025 FIES Visit 2 will collect data covering the second semester of 2025.
In Eastern Visayas, 10,752 households will be interviewed to achieve reliable estimates at the regional level. The sample housing units are selected from the 2023 GeoMS for
household-based surveys of PSA. In order to link the LFS to FIES, the same unique identification of the family/household shall be used in both surveys. Data collection in the field will utilize Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) using Tablet installed with an application called Computer-Aided Data Collection System (CADaCS).
The authority to conduct the January 2026 LFS and the 2025 FIES Visit 2 has been cleared by the Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System (SSRCS), a mechanism under
RA 10625 that ensures sound design, promotes economy, eliminates duplication in data collection, and minimizes respondent burden.
In this regard, PSA–RSSO 8 enjoins everyone to support the survey by providing accurate information to authorized Statistical Researchers who will be visiting sample respondents. PSA reassures the public that all personnel involved in the survey are bound by the
Data Privacy Act of 2012 (RA 10173) to keep all information obtained during the survey in strict confidence. Individual data provided to PSA for statistical inquiries, surveys, and censuses are considered privileged communication and cannot be used as evidence in any court of law, tribunal, or administrative body.
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