2021 Updating of the List of Establishments (ULE)
2021 UPDATING OF THE LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS
F O R E W O R D
This FIELD OPERATIONS MANUAL for the 2021 Updating of the List of Establishments (ULE) was prepared to guide both central office and field office personnel for the smooth conduct and uniformity of instructions for the various phases of the 2021 ULE operations.
It presents the information about this national undertaking such as its objectives, scope and coverage, concepts, and the items of information to be gathered. It also discusses the field operations procedures and processing instructions.
All users should familiarize themselves with this manual to ensure the success of the 2021 ULE undertaking.
DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph. D. Undersecretary National Statistician and Civil Registrar General
Quezon City, Philippines January 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page FOREWORD Chapter 1 – INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Overview 1 1.2 Historical Background 2 1.3 Objectives 10 1.4 Uses of the LE 10 1.5 Legal Authority 11 1.6 Confidentiality of Information 12 Chapter 2 – ULE ECONOMIC UNITS 13 2.1 Economic Units to be Enumerated 13 2.2 Taxonomy of Establishments 13 2.2.1 Economic Organization 13 2.2.2 Legal Organization 14 2.2.3 Industry Classification 18 2.2.4 Geographic Classification 20 2.2.5 Size of Establishment 23 2.3 Scope and Coverage 23 2.4 Types of Establishments 28 2.5 The 2021 ULE Barangays and Workload 33 Chapter 3 – UNITS INVOLVED AND PHASES OF OPERATION 35 3.1 The Units Involved 35 3.1.1 Central Office 35 3.1.2 Field Offices 35 3.2 Major Phases of the 2021 ULE Operation 36 3.2.1 Planning and Preparatory Activities 36 Preparatory Activities at the Central Office 36 Preparatory Activities at the Field Offices 36 3.2.2 Conduct of Training 37 Training on Field Operation 37 Training on Machine Processing 37 3.2.3 Enumeration / Data Collection, Mapping and Field Editing 38 3.2.4 Machine Processing 39 3.2.5 Status and Progress Monitoring 39 3.2.6 Data Review and Validation in the Provinces 39 3.2.7 Further Data Review and Validation at the Central Office 39 3.2.8 Generation of the 2021 List of Establishments and Statistical Tables 40 3.3 Timetable of 2021 ULE Operation 40 3.4 Duties and Responsibilities of Field Personnel 44 3.4.1 Regional Directors/OICs 44 3.4.2 Regional Focal Person 45 3.4.3 Chief Statistical Specialists/OICs 45
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Page 3.4.4 Provincial Focal Person 46 3.4.5 Statistical Specialist / Statistical Analyst / Other Statistical Staff 46 3.4.6 Hired Team Supervisors for Field Operations (TSs) 46 3.4.7 Hired Statistical Researchers (SRs) 47 3.4.8 Hired Receipt and Control Clerk (RCC) 48 Chapter 4 – UPDATING INSTRUMENTS, FORMS AND MATERIALS 49 4.1 Updating Instruments 49 4.1.1 Tablet-Based Establishment Inquiry Application (ULEApp) 49 4.1.2 Establishment Inquiry Form (ULE Form 3) 49 4.1.3 Online Questionnaire 50 4.1.4 The Data Items in the 2021 ULE Establishment Inquiry Application / 50 Form 4.2 Administrative Forms 52 4.2.1 Submission of Narrative and Financial Reports 53 ULE-ADM Form 4 (Narrative Report) 53 ULE-ADM Form 4A (Financial Report) 54 4.2.2 Accomplishing Other ULE Administrative Forms 55 ULE-ADM Form 2A (Appointment Slip) 55 ULE-ADM Form 2B (Problem Referral Slip) 55 ULE-ADM Form 5 (Acknowledgment Receipt) 55 ULE-ADM Form 3C (SR’s Daily Accomplishment Report) 56 4.3 Other Materials 56 4.3.1 Barangay Maps 56 4.3.2 Android Tablet and Accessories 57 Chapter 5 – FIELD OPERATIONS PROCEDURES 58 5.1 Pre- Enumeration Activities 58 5.1.1 Preparation and Provision of E-copies of ULE Forms and Manual 58 to PSOs 5.1.2 Coordination and Conduct of Consultations 58 5.1.3 Regional Statistical Service Offices (RSSOs) 59 5.1.4 Provincial Statistical Offices (PSOs) 59 Preparation for Data Collection Using the Tablet-Based ULE App 60 5.2 Canvassing and Mapping 63 5.2.1 Reading the Barangay / EA / Block Map 64 Find True North Without a Compass 67 Barangay / EA / Block Map 67 5.2.2 Ocular Inspection 72 5.2.3 Canvassing 73 Procedures on How to Canvass a Barangay / EA With Blocks 67 Procedures on How to Canvass a Barangay / EA / Block Not Bounded by Visible Features 76
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Page 5.2.4 Mapping 79 General Procedures for Mapping Procedures on How to Indicate Proper Building Symbols in the EA / 79 Block Map Procedures on How to Indicate New Buildings in the EA/Block Maps 80 Procedures on Taking Good Care of the Map 82 5.2.5 Submission of Maps to the Central Office 83 Folder Structure for the Scanned Paper Maps 83 Scanning the Paper Maps 84 5.3 Enumeration Procedures 85 5.3.1 Enumeration of Establishments in the 2021 ULE Barangays 85 Guidelines for the SRs 85 Activities to be Done by the Team Supervisor 86 Proper Handling and Security of Data in the Tablet 86 5.3.2 Online Submission 87 5.3.3 Accomplishing the Editable PDF Version of ULE Form 3 88 5.3.4 How to Enumerate Special Areas 88 Coverage of Establishments in Non-ULE Areas 88 How to Enumerate Establishments in Buildings 88 How to Enumerate Special Areas 89 5.3.5 Conducting an Interview 90 Qualities of an Effective Interviewer 90 Guidelines in Conducting an Interview 91 Handling Common Enumeration Problems 93 5.4 Post-Enumeration Activities 94 Chapter 6 – INSTRUCTIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT INQUIRY FORM, 96 QFIELD PROJECTS AND ULE APPLICATION 6.1 General Instructions 96 6.2 Specific Instructions in Establishment Inquiry Form/ULE App Data 96 6.3 Preparation of Qfield Project for the 2021 ULE 127 6.4 Specific Instruction on How to Use the ULE App 148 6.4.1 System Overview and Instalaltion 148 6.4.2 Getting Started 148 6.4.2.1 Setting up the location of the QGS file 148 6.4.3 Initial Login in the ULE App 149 6.4.4 Sync to Server to Download the Barangay Masterlist 151 6.4.5 Instructions and Features of the Barangay Masterlist 153 Features of the Barangay Masterlist Home Screen 155 6.4.6 Updating and Listing of the Establishments Using the ULE App 159 Guidelines in Identifying Matched Establishments 160 Guidelines in Updating the Barangay Masterlist 161
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Page 6.4.7 Data Fields in the ULE App 162 Current Status (CS Code) 163 Enumeration Area and Building Serial Number 165 6.4.8 Other Features of the ULE App 173 6.4.9 Instructions in Adding ‘New’ or ‘No Matched’ Establishments 179 6.4.9.1 Instructions in Transcribing Entry in ULE Form 3 to the ULE 180 App 6.4.10 Instruction in Uploading Updated Establishments in the Masterlist 181 Chapter 7 – ENUMERATION PROGRESS AND STATUS MONITORING 182 7.1 Generation of Progress and Status reports for Enumeration 182 Report 1: Updating Status by Establishment 183 Report 2: Data Processing Progress Report 185 Report 3: Uploaded Establishments by Current Status of Operation Type 189
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LIST OF TABLES Page
Table 2.1 Geographic Classification: Philippines 20 Table 2.2 Scope and Coverage of the 2021 ULE 23 Table 2.3 Types of Establishments 28 Table 3.1 Timetable of 2021 ULE Operation 40 Table 4.1 List of Data Items in ULE Form 3 48 Table 4.2 The 2021 ULE Administrative Forms 52 Table 6.1 Correct Description in Reporting Main Economic Activity 110
LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1 ULE Form 3 (Establishment Inquiry Form) 197 APPENDIX 2 ULE-ADM Form 1 (General Transmittal Form) 203 APPENDIX 3 ULE-ADM Form 4 (Narrative Report) 204 APPENDIX 4 ULE-ADM Form 4A (Financial Report) 205 APPENDIX 5 ULE-ADM Form 2A (Appointment Slip) 206 APPENDIX 6 ULE-ADM Form 2B (Problem Referral Slip) 207 APPENDIX 7 ULE-ADM Form 5 (Acknowledgment Receipt Form) 208 APPENDIX 8 ULE-ADM Form 3C (SR’s Daily Accomplishment Report) 209 APPENDIX 9 ULE-ADM Form 3D (TS’s Daily Accomplishment Report) 210 APPENDIX 10 List of Operating Economic Zones 211 APPENDIX 11 Standard Abbreviations 232 APPENDIX 12 Definition of Terms 238 APPENDIX 13 List of Industry Sub-Classes Which are Out-of-Scope 241 APPENDIX 14 Summary of 2019 Updates to the 2009 PSIC 243 APPENDIX 15 Letter to the Building Administrator 251
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 OVERVIEW
The 2021 Updating of the List of Establishments (ULE) is a nationwide undertaking which aims to provide an updated and reliable sampling frame for the census and surveys of establishments and enterprises. It also aims to capture the changes in the distribution and characteristics of establishment business units due to emerging industries and the current business trends. This nationwide updating activity is necessary to assess the changes brought by the pandemic and some natural calamities that happened in 2020.
The activity will involve door-to-door canvassing of business economic units to:
(1) capture "new" establishments and determine their characteristics for inclusion in the list; (2) update the characteristics of those establishments already listed; and (3) tag the establishments' records with its current status code.
Hired Statistical Researchers (SRs) will administer a personal interviewer to the establishments using the tablet-based application known as the ULE App. If personal interview is not possible, options to provide information through other modes are available such as: Self-Administered questionnaires, using either printed form or fillable-pdf format; accomplishment of online inquiry form; and, interview thru telephone.
Also included as part of the updating is the Geo-tagging of buildings where the establishments are located.
Qualified machine processors (MPs) will also be hired to do the machine processing using the Business Register Integrated Monitoring and Processing System (BRIMPS). The BRIMPS is an online system designed to be used in the Central Office and in the Field Offices for all the business register-related processes.
The nationwide 2021 ULE will cover 27,832 barangays with listed establishments in the preliminary 2020 List of Establishments (LE), these are known as the 2021 ULE Barangays.
STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTER (SBR)
The Statistical Business Register (SBR) is a database containing records of business units engaged in various economic activities in the entire country. It is a collection of all business units enumerated/listed and included in the list from previous updating activities
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As of 30 June 2017, the SBR contains 2,133,170 records/establishments. The SBR is being updated and maintained by the Service and Industry Census Division (SICD) of National Censuses Service (NCS).
LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS (LE)
The List of Establishments (LE) is the list of all operating establishments and within the scope and coverage of the LE, please refer to Chapter 2 of this manual. As of 30 June 2017, the LE comprises 915,726 establishments. It is extracted from the SBR and excludes establishments no longer operating or with “other operation” status. The LE and SBR contains data items for identification, classification, maintenance and linkage.
The LE is the main source of statistical frame for all establishment- and enterprise-based surveys/census conducted by the PSA. The geographic location, industry classification and total employment of the establishments are the primary variables being considered and used in the sampling design of these surveys/census.
1.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Efforts of the PSA to construct and update the Statistical Business Register (SBR) from 1961 onwards are traced below:
▪ 1961 - Nationwide field listing was undertaken in preparation for the 1961 Economic Census.
▪ 1962-1966 - The directories of establishments were taken from the Department of Labor and were supplemented by lists from government offices and agencies. Mail inquiries were conducted to collect other information.
The United Nations International Standard Industrial Classification (UN ISIC) was used in 1961 up to 1965. The 1966 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC) was used for the first time.
▪ 1967 - Nationwide field listing was undertaken in preparation for the 1967 Economic Census.
▪ 1968-1969 - The LEs were updated using lists from government agencies, municipal and city treasurer’s offices, newspapers and telephone directories.
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The 1966 PSIC was used from 1966 to 1969.
▪ 1970-1974 - The LEs were updated using lists from government agencies, municipal and city treasurer’s offices, newspapers and telephone directories.
The 1970 PSIC was used for the first time.
▪ 1975 - Updating of the previous year’s LE was undertaken in preparation for the 1975 Economic Census. Updating refers to actual field verification of the old frame and listing of new establishments.
▪ 1976-1977 - Updating entailed actual visit to establishments listed in the LE and listing new establishments, a standard procedure for provincial offices. However, it was not given much attention due to lack of budgetary support, absence of detailed instructions, and overlapping major operations.
The 1970 PSIC was used from 1970 to 1977.
▪ 1978 - Listing of establishments was conducted in preparation for the 1978 Census of Establishments.
The 1977 PSIC was used for the first time.
The method of assigning a set of ECN (Establishment Control Number) based on the listing sheet was adopted for new establishments captured after the 1978 listing. The ECN is an eight-digit number composed of the province code, folio number, page number, and line number of the establishment in the 1978 listing sheet. This was maintained for the period 1978-1987.
▪ 1979-1982 - Ocular inspection of the establishments was done. In 1981, a bigger budgetary allotment was provided for a more thorough field updating to be done every quarter and later, every semester. Field offices were required not only to make ocular inspection of establishments in their area but also to avail of records of business establishments from the Municipal Treasurer’s Office and other offices. The NSO field offices were provided with a manual on updating of the LE.
▪ 1983 - Preparatory to the 1983 Census of Establishments, a pre-canvass of establishments was undertaken to update the 1982 LE. A pre-canvass form known as the Establishment Inquiry Form was used to obtain the necessary data. This is a pre- printed form given to each establishment and contains the name and physical location of the establishment and asks for certain input data used as controls.
▪ 1984-1987 - Ocular inspection of the establishments every semester was done. Mail inquiry was also conducted in mid-80’s.
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▪ 1988 - In preparation for the 1988 Census of Establishments, the integrated listing of households and establishments was conducted in February 1988. Integrated listing was undertaken to address the problem of the overlap between the coverage of household surveys and establishments surveys. This was done in sample barangays of the Integrated Survey of Households (ISH) and in other barangays, a listing of establishments only. Field offices concentrated on the collection of information and field editing of ULE forms. Processing was centralized. Manual processing and coding, and machine processing, utilizing the main frame, were done at the Central Office.
Starting with 1988, a new set of ECN based on the 1988 listing operation was used. The composition of the ECN was the same as that of 1978.
▪ 1989 - Mail inquiry addressed to “no matched” establishments.
▪ 1990-1992 - Unlike the previous updating activities which were done every quarter or semester by the field offices, updating after the 1988 listing was a one-time field operation. Comprehensive updating was conducted during the periods: September 17 to December 14, 1990; June 17 to September 13, 1991; and third quarter of 1992.
▪ 1993 - Similar to previous year except that only selected areas were updated. New micro computerized processing of the LE forms started in 1993.
▪ 1994-1995 - Updating of the previous year’s LE but it was conducted in provincial capitals, cities and other urban areas only.
▪ 1996 - The desire to further improve the quality of the LE, coupled with the need for the list and statistics on small and medium enterprises, prompted the NSO to expand its coverage and change the strategy in updating. In 1996, the LE was merged with the list of exporters and importers, list of business permits from local government units (LGUs), and lists from the Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Board of Investments, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). Field operation involved complete enumeration using the merged list and the listing sheet. The field operation was conducted from November 11, 1996 to February 7, 1997. All establishments in the merged list were field verified. This updating activity took a lot of manual and machine processing time. There were numerous problems such as duplication, incorrect identification of establishment as to scope and coverage, insufficient description of main activity and difficulty in linking establishments from different lists.
The eight-digit ECN was replaced by a 14-digit ECN. The new ECN consists of 14 characters (4-digit province-municipality code, 6-digit serial number generated within
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the municipality, 2-digit for the last two digits of the year of registration with the LE, 1- digit industry major division code, and 1-check digit). The 14-digit ECN served as the permanent ECN of the establishments up to present.
This was the first time that the 1994 PSIC was used.
▪ 1999 - The next field updating of establishments was undertaken during the period May 3 to July 15, 1999. The 1999 ULE had the same scope and coverage as that of the 1995 ULE. The barangays covered were selected according to the number of establishments and economic development. Barangays with few establishments were excluded from enumeration because of cost consideration. Recording all the establishments using the listing sheet were done in special areas, such as economic zones, shopping malls, markets, etc. In other areas, the strategy was to update the 1998 masterlist of establishments and to record new establishments in the listing sheet.
Manual and machine processing and generation of the regional LE were decentralized to the field offices for the first time to enhance their capability to respond to data needs at the local level. The review of the sectoral LE was done at the Central Office.
▪ 2000 - Preparatory to the 2000 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI), field updating was conducted in the third quarter of 2000. Only establishments with actual total employment (ATE) of 50 and over were updated by the field offices. The 1998 and 1999 list of registered corporations and partnerships of the SEC, list of exporters/importers, and the list of establishments of the BSP and Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) were also field verified.
▪ 2001 - The major source of updates was the reports of sample establishments from the 2000 CPBI. Continuous matching of the LE with the lists from various sources such as the SEC list of top corporations, BSP list, list of members of business associations, BLES list of establishments, etc. was undertaken to capture births of establishments. Mail inquiry into the status of establishments not found in the LE was also done.
The 1994 PSIC continued to be used until 2002. This was replaced by the amended 1994 PSIC in 2003.
▪ 2002-2003 - The process of capturing business births using secondary sources and conduct of mail inquiry was continued in 2002 and 2003. Feedbacks from establishment surveys (Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI), Quarterly Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (QSPBI), and Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) were also used to update the LE.
▪ 2004 - Field updating (personal visit/inquiry to establishments) was conducted in the National Capital Region; in urban barangays in provincial capitals, cities, first class
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municipalities, Decentralized Registry of Establishments System (DRES) pilot areas; in rural barangays with relatively high number of establishments compared to urban barangays or no urban barangays in provincial capitals, and first class municipalities; in rural barangays with export processing zones, regardless of the classification of the municipality; in urban barangays in other municipalities with relatively high concentration of establishments compared to other municipalities. The LE was merged with administrative lists and this list was the basic material for the updating activity. It covered 14 percent (6,162) of barangays in the country and updated about 65 percent of all the establishments in the LE, 81 percent establishments with total employment (TE) of 10 or more, and 84 percent of the establishments with TE of 20 or more.
▪ 2005 - Field updating was conducted in rural barangays in provincial capitals/cities/municipalities of selected provinces and selected growth areas. The selected provinces are the provinces in Regions 3, CALABARZON and MIMAROPA, provinces where the NSO Regional Offices are located, provinces with the highest count of establishments in rural barangays of provincial capitals/cities/municipalities. Identified growth areas were also covered. It covered 11 percent (4,497) of barangays in 49 provinces and updated 10 percent (79,535) of the establishments in the LE.
▪ 2006 - LE was supplemented by lists from other sources, namely: PEZA list of firms in operation, Subic Bay Freeport and Subic Economic Zone approved projects, Clark Special Economic Zone list, Philippine Retailers Association list of members, Federation of Philippine Industries members, BIR business taxpayers (corporations only), list of BPOs, Department of Tourism (DOT), Department of Education (DepEd) and other lists from various websites.
▪ 2007 - Mail inquiry of “no matched establishments” from various sources: DepEd, NSO’s list of Traders, BSP, DOT, Philippine Overseas Employment Agency, Environmental Management Bureau, Philippine Shippers Bureau, Philippine Exporters Confederation, Philippine Chamber of Handicraft Industries, Medical Transcription Association of the Philippines, Integrated Food Manufacturers Association of the Philippines, Spa and Wellness Association of the Philippines, Glass Manufacturers Association of the Philippines, Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturers Association of the Philippines and other websites (click the city, jobstreet).
▪ 2008 - Updating in growth centers and field inquiry of “no matched” establishments were conducted. Sources of “no matched” establishments were SEC, PEZA, Valenzuela City Business Directory, Spa and Wellness Association of Cebu, Philippine Water Districts, Intellicare Accredited Hospitals and Medical Laboratories, and non- responding establishments from the 2007 mail inquiry.
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▪ 2009 - Field inquiry of “no matched” establishments from SEC (registered corporations from 2004 to 2008), Top 8000 Corporations 2008 edition (based on 2007 financial statements), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Oriental Mindoro, NSO Traders, BSP’s list of exporters, DOT and Provincial Tourism Offices, Laguna Lake and Development Authority, and I-care list of hospitals and clinics.
▪ 2010 - Mail inquiry of “no matched” establishments from SEC Top 15000 Corporations 2009 edition (based on 2008 financial statements), PEZA list of operating registered enterprises as of February 28, 2010, Clark Subic Marketing (1stqtr 2010), Board of Investments list of registered projects from 2000-2009, partial list of SEC partnerships (2003-2008), Jollibee Group of Companies, and various websites.
This was the start of adoption of the 2009 PSIC. Economic activities of establishments were reclassified based on a correspondence table between the amended 1994 PSIC and the 2009 PSIC.
▪ 2011 - Complete enumeration of establishments in identified priority areas (1,447 barangays with 331,464 establishments or 42.6 percent of total establishments in 2010 LE), and field verification of “no matched” establishments (establishments not listed in the LE) from the SEC 2010 edition of Top 25000 Corporations (5,175 corporations); and PEZA list of operating registered enterprises as of December 31, 2010 (339 establishments). The 2011 ULE listing instruments include listing sheet, establishment inquiry form and masterlist of establishments. This is the first time that the listing sheet was used. Its purpose is for recording the name and address of establishments (existing and within the scope and coverage) as encountered during the enumeration. ULE data items were collected from all establishments listed, either through personal interview by the enumerator or by self-accomplishment by the respondent, using the establishment inquiry form. Establishments listed were matched with the masterlist (merged 2010 LE and list of “no matched” establishments from other sources) and establishments not listed in the listing sheet were verified as to their status. For non- priority areas, only the establishment inquiry form was used. Manual processing of forms was done at the provincial offices, and machine processing at the regional offices.
“New” establishments captured during the 2010 ASPBI field operation were processed and included in the 2011 ULE. Reflected also are the updates from survey feedback. Closed establishments from the 2009 and 2010 List of Permanent Closure of Establishments due to economic reasons from the BLES were also reflected in the 2011 ULE.
▪ 2012 - Involved two updating strategies complete enumeration and field verification of “no matched” establishments (establishments not listed in the LE but in the list of selected sources).
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The area coverage for complete enumeration were the barangays not covered in the 2011 ULE. All the barangays with establishments in the merged LE were completely enumerated. For barangays without establishments in the merged LE, consultation with the LGU (City/Municipality level or at the barangay level) were conducted. The consultation entailed administering of ULE Form 8 (Checklist of Economic Units in the Barangay) to the Punong Barangay and getting list of establishments, if there were establishments within the scope and coverage of the 2012 ULE, as guide in enumeration. Complete enumeration was done depending on the result of consultation.
Field verification of no matched establishments were done for the 2011 ULE areas. Establishments in 2011 edition of SEC Top 25000 Corporations, PEZA list of operating registered enterprises as of December 31, 2011 and DOLE list of establishments with Notice of Filing of Application for Alien Employment from September to December 2011 but not in the 2011 LE (“no matched” establishments), were visited to determine status and collect the required 2012 ULE information, if applicable.
In summary, comprehensive updates from about 35,000 barangays or 83 percent of total barangays were completely enumerated, about 3 percent of the total barangays were field verified, and about 5,600 barangays without establishments recorded in the LE were not covered.
Generally, the listing operation was from May 2 to June 16, 2012.
The Establishment Inquiry Form was used in both strategies. The complete enumeration strategy utilized a listing sheet for proper monitoring and controlling of the enumeration and the establishments listed. It also used the masterlist of establishments for matching the establishments captured, for validating status and characteristics of establishments already listed in the LE, and for checking completeness of coverage of establishments in the ULE areas. The masterlist is a merged list of establishments in the 2011 LE; SEC Top 25000 Corporations, 2011 edition; PEZA list of operating registered enterprises as of December 2011, DOLE list of establishments with Notice of Filing of Application for Alien Employment from September to December 2011, and selected establishments from Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) list of tax filers as of 3rd quarter 2011.
In addition to the 2011 ULE data items, the 2012 ULE collected information from main offices of establishments on the presence of subsidiaries; involvement in franchise agreement, name and address of branch/es; and building and serial numbers were assigned in selected barangays.
The on-line inquiry form was introduced.
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The data entry and machine processing were done at the provincial offices. Review of the submitted data files was undertaken at the Central Office.
▪ 2013 – The sources of updates were the feedback from the 2013 ULE inquiry forms, 2013 MISSI and PPS, 2013 QSPBI, BLES List of Samples for the 4th Qtr 2013 Labor Turn-Over Survey (LTS), 2012 CPBI, 2012 IOSPBI, BLES 2012 and 2013 list of establishments reporting Permanent Closures, and 2011 SEP.
▪ 2014 – The field verification of “no matched” establishments was done. Sources of “no matched” establishments were: PEZA list of operating registered enterprises as of September 2013, 2012 Top 1000 Corporations of the Business World, Information and Communication Technology Office’s (ICTO) list of establishments engaged in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Business Process Management (BPM) as of May 15, 2014, Directory of the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA), 2013 Traders (Importers/Exporters) list from the Foreign Trade Statistics Section of the PSA and directory of country’s best hotels from the November 30, 2013 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
▪ 2015 – Involved complete enumeration of selected barangays where “no matched” establishments are located. “No matched” establishments refer to establishments listed in secondary source list but not yet existing in the LE. Also covered were barangays with newly opened shopping malls, barangays having the highest number of establishments from the typhoon Yolanda affected cities/municipalities, barangays with existing establishments having total employment of 100 and over, and barangays with highest count of establishments for some provinces. Other “no matched” establishments located in distant barangays and in island municipalities were covered using a mail inquiry.
▪ 2016 – Involved updating of about 12,000 main office establishments, that is, establishments with economic organization (EO) classified as EO=3 (Establishment and Main Office both located in the same address and with branches elsewhere) or EO=4 (Main Office only). The Main Offices covered were those with Total Employment (TE) of 20 or more. Also involved enumeration in around 9,000 barangays without listed establishments since 2012 where establishments within the scope and coverage of the ULE were listed.
This undertaking utilized ULE Form 3 (Establishment Inquiry Form), ULE Form 3A (Main Office Inquiry Form) with ULE Form 2A (List of Branches), and ULE Form 8 (Checklist of Economic Units in the Barangay).
▪ 2017 - Updating of the Statistical Business Register (SBR) using information from company websites and data cleaning of the database in preparation for the decentralization of SBR processes for the 2021 ULE were done in the Central Office. This strategy was complemented by the conduct of special 2017 ULE operations in
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selected barangays in Quezon City and in Iloilo City. These two industry hubs were selected because of the emergence of growth area barangays in terms of the number of establishments during the past years.
▪ 2018 Involved nationwide door-to-door canvassing and inquiry from establishments to update the status and basic characteristics of the establishment listed as “In operation” in the SBR and to add information for new establishments of those which are not yet listed.
It covered 27,832 barangays with listed establishments in the preliminary 2017 List of Establishments (LE) as part of the strategic thrust goal to use innovative procedures and technology in the processes, the 2018 ULE adopted the use of the tablet-based Establishment Inquiry Application in data collection. This Establishment Inquiry Application, known as the ULE App, is a customized android tablet-based application designed by the PSA for exclusive use in ULE operations.
The newly developed Business Register Integrated Monitoring and Processing System (BRIMPS) was utilized for the first time in this operation.
1.3 OBJECTIVES
The 2021 ULE aims to provide the following:
1. updated and reliable frame for the establishment- and enterprise-based surveys; 2. updated list of establishments/enterprises with information on their characteristics; 3. updated livestock and poultry establishment frame; 4. distribution of establishments/enterprises; 5. information on business births and deaths and other business demographic indicators; and 6. list of emerging industries.
1.4 USES OF THE LE
The LE is among the important products of the PSA. Some of its uses are:
1. Provide reliable statistical frame for the conduct of establishment/enterprise surveys/census 2. Provide bases for sampling and coverage decisions 3. Creation of list of enterprises
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4. Compilation of micro, small, medium enterprises statistics 5. Determination of new and/or emerging economic activities 6. Statistics derived from the LE are used as inputs to: ▪ preparation of policy papers of the government; ▪ policy and program formulation and monitoring of trade and industry development; ▪ monitoring and analyzing current developments in regions / provinces / cities municipalities / barangays; ▪ implementation of government projects; ▪ evaluation and rationalization of the distribution and allocation of the geographical budget of government agencies; and ▪ preparation of marketing plans, opportunities and prospects and for identifying outlets for products of establishments. 7. As one of the bases for: ▪ classification of a barangay into urban/rural area; and ▪ creation of barangay/city/municipality and province.
1.5 LEGAL AUTHORITY
The conduct of the ULE is authorized by:
➢ Republic Act No. 10625 known as the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013 dated September 12, 2013 – (Reorganizing and strengthening the Philippine Statistical System (PSS) and its agencies and instrumentalities). It shall be the policy of the State to effect the necessary and proper changes in the organizational and functional structures of the PSS in order to rationalize and promote efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of statistical services.
Section 25 of RA 10625 declares that all respondents shall be liable to reply to the statistical inquiry or survey. The respondents under this Act are required to give truthful and complete answers to statistical inquiries or surveys of the PSA and other statistical offices of the PSS.
Section 27 of RA 10625 states that:
“…Respondents of primary data collection activities such as censuses and sample surveys are obliged to give truthful and complete answers to statistical inquiries. The gathering, consolidation and analysis of such data shall likewise be done in the most truthful and credible manner. Any violation of this Act shall result in the imposition of the penalty of one
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(1) year imprisonment and a fine of One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00). In cases where the respondent fails to give truthful and complete answers to such statistical inquiries is a corporation, the above penalty shall be imposed against the responsible officer, director, manager and/or agent of said corporation. In addition, such erring corporation, enterprise or business concerned, shall be imposed a fine ranging from One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) to Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00)...”
1.6 CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION
➢ Republic Act No. 10625 (Philippine Statistical Act of 2013), Section 26 states that:
“…all data furnished by a respondent to statistical inquiries, surveys and censuses of the PSA shall be considered privileged communication and as such shall be inadmissible as evidence in any proceeding. The PSA may release aggregated information from statistical inquiries, surveys and censuses in the form of summaries or statistical tables in which no reference to an individual, corporation, association, partnership, institution or business enterprise shall appear.”
Further, Section 27 of RA 10625 states that:
“…Any person, including parties within the PSA Board and the PSA, who breach the confidentiality of information, whether by carelessness, improper behavior, behavior with malicious intent, and use of confidential information for profit, are considered guilty of an offense and shall be liable to fines as prescribed by the PSA Board which shall not be less than Five thousand pesos(P5,000.00) nor more than Ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00) and/or imprisonment of three (3) months but not to exceed one (1) year, subject to the degree of breach of information…”
➢ Republic Act 6713 (Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees) dated February 20, 1989, Section 7 states that:
“…(c) Disclosure and/or misuse of confidential information. Public officials and employees shall not use or divulge confidential or classified information officially known to them by reason of their office and not made available to the public, either: (1) to further their private interest, or give undue advantage of anyone, or (2) to prejudice the public interest…”
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CHAPTER 2 ULE ECONOMIC UNITS
This chapter defines the units to be enumerated. It identifies the economic units to be listed and discusses how to characterize these units in terms of economic organization, legal form of owning entity, type of industry and geographic location.
2.1 ECONOMIC UNITS TO BE ENUMERATED
The unit of enumeration for the 2021 ULE is the establishment. An establishment is defined as an economic unit:
• under a single ownership or control, i.e. under a single legal entity; • which engages in one or predominantly one kind of economic activity; and • at a single fixed physical location.
Thus, stores, shops, factories, mining companies, electric plants, transport companies, radio stations, hotels, restaurants, banks, insurance companies, real estate development companies and the like are considered establishments.
Ambulant peddlers and hawkers and movable stalls either along a public road or in a marketplace, as they do not have a fixed business location, are not considered as establishments.
Similarly, open stalls in shopping centers, malls and markets are not to be listed as they do not have permanency of business location.
Individual professionals and technical workers or craftsmen who do not maintain fixed offices or shops are also excluded.
2.2 TAXONOMY OF ESTABLISHMENTS
An establishment is categorized by its economic organization (EO), legal organization (LO), industry classification, geographic location and employment size.
2.2.1 ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION
The EO relates to the organizational structure or role of the establishment in the organization. The following are the EO classifications:
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➢ Single establishment (EO = 1) is an establishment which has neither branch nor main office. It may have ancillary unit/s other than main office located elsewhere.
➢ Branch only (EO = 2) is an establishment which has a separate main office located elsewhere.
➢ Establishment and main office (EO = 3) is a unit where the establishment and its main office are both located at the same address and with branch/es elsewhere.
➢ Main office only (EO = 4) is a unit which controls, supervises and directs one or more establishments of an enterprise.
➢ Ancillary unit other than Main Office (EO = 5) is a unit that operates primarily or exclusively for a related establishment or group of related establishments or its parent establishment and provides services that support those establishments.
Examples of ancillary units are warehouses of manufacturing and trading establishments, garages of construction and transportation firms, repair shops and motor pools of transport establishments, research laboratories of manufacturing firms and administrative offices which primarily serve their parent units.
2.2.2 LEGAL ORGANIZATION
The LO or business organization refers to the legal form of the economic entity that owns the establishment. This provides the legal basis for ownership. The following are the LO classifications:
➢ Single Proprietorship (LO = 1) refers to a business establishment organized, owned and managed by one person, who alone assumes the risk of the business enterprise. A sole proprietorship must apply for a business name and be registered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The establishment name is that of a person, or it has words such as Owner, Proprietor or Operator.
➢ Partnership (LO = 2) refers to an association of two or more individuals for the conduct of a business enterprise based upon an agreement or contract between or among them to contribute money, property or industry into a common fund with the intention of dividing profits among themselves. The establishment name includes words such as Owners, Partners, Limited or Ltd, Associates or Assocs.
Under the Civil Code of the Philippines, a partnership is treated as juridical person, having a separate legal personality from that of its members. Partnerships may
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either be general partnerships, where the partners have unlimited liability for the debts and obligation of the partnership, or limited partnerships, where one or more general partners have unlimited liability and the limited partners have liability only up to the amount of their capital contributions. It consists of two or more partners. A partnership with more than P3,000 capital must register with the SEC.
Corporation refers to an artificial being created by operation of law, having the right of succession, and the powers, attributes, and properties expressly authorized by law or incident to its existence. As an artificial being, a corporation has a juridical personality separate and distinct from that of each shareholder or member. It exists only in contemplation of law.
A corporation consists of at least five to 15 incorporators, each of whom must hold at least one share and must be registered with the SEC. Minimum paid-up capital is P5,000. A corporation can either be stock or non-stock company regardless of nationality. Such company, if 60% Filipino and 40% foreign-owned is considered a Filipino corporation; if more than 40% foreign-owned, it is considered a domestic foreign-owned corporation.
A corporation is either a public corporation or a private corporation. A Public corporation is a corporation formed or organized by the government of a portion of a state (example: Quezon City). Private Corporation is a corporation organized for private aim, benefit or purpose (example: government owned/controlled corporation; quasi-public corporation - corporation organized by private persons performing public function and for profit, e.g. PLDT; etc.).
For purposes of the 2021 ULE, a private corporation may either be a Government-Owned or Controlled Corporation, a Stock Corporation, or a Non-Stock, Non-Profit Corporation.
➢ Government Corporation (LO = 3) also called Government-Owned or Controlled Corporation (GOCC) refers to a corporation organized for private aim, benefit or purpose with the government as the majority stockholder, regardless of whether they are stock or non-stock corporations. The establishment name includes words such as Corporation or Corp, Incorporated or Inc.
A Government-Owned or Controlled Corporation (GOCC) as defined under Presidential Decree No. 2029 (Defining Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations and Identifying Their Role in National Development) of 1986, is “a stock or a non-stock corporation, whether performing governmental or proprietary functions, which is directly chartered by special law or, if organized under the general corporation law, is owned or controlled by the government directly or indirectly through a parent corporation or subsidiary corporation, the extent of at least a majority of its outstanding capital stock or of its outstanding voting capital stock.” Any subsidiary of a GOCC shall also be deemed a GOCC. Under the same PD, a GOCC may be classified as a parent or subsidiary corporation. A parent
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corporation is one which is created by special law, whereas a subsidiary corporation is one created pursuant to law where at least a majority of the outstanding capital stock or outstanding voting capital stock of which is owned by parent government corporation and/or other government-owned subsidiaries.
Memorandum Circular No. 64 of 1993 (Guidelines to Implement Executive Order No. 55 (1993) - Reconstituting and Further Strengthening the Government Corporate Monitoring and Coordinating Committee and for Other Purposes) expanded the definition as follows: “a corporation created by special law or incorporated and organized under the Corporation Code and in which government, directly or indirectly, has ownership of the majority of the capital stock or voting stock.”
➢ Stock Corporation (LO = 4) refers to a corporation which have capital stock divided into shares and are authorized to distribute to the holders of such shares, dividends, or allotments of the surplus profits on the basis of the shares held.
Stock Corporation can be classified into an Ordinary Stock Corporation and One Person Corporation.
Ordinary Stock Corporation refers to an ordinary business corporation organized by private persons, created and operated for the purpose of making a profit which may be distributed in the form of dividends to stockholders on the basis of their invested capital.
One Person Corporation refers to a corporation with a single stockholder: Provided, That only a natural person, trust, or an estate may form a One Person Corporation. A One Person Corporation shall indicate the letters “OPC” either below or at the end of its corporate name.
By virtue of Republic Act No. 11232 also known as the “Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines”, Title XIII, Chapter III of this act describes the One Person Corporation. A corporation with a single stockholder is considered a One Person Corporation (OPC). The single stockholder is the sole director and president of the one person corporation. An OPC has a separate juridical personality from its owner. Furthermore, OPCs are subject to the regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and are required to file articles of incorporation and submit annual reportorial requirements.
For the purposes of the 2021 ULE, corporations organized under foreign laws are to be classified under Stock Corporation. These are:
1. Branch Office - a foreign corporation organized and existing under foreign laws that carries out business activities of the head office and derives income from the host country. It is required to put up a minimum paid-up capital of
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US$200,000 which can be reduced to US$100,000 if the activity involves advanced technology, or company employs at least 50 direct employees. In addition, if it is an export market enterprise, the minimum paid-up capital is only Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00). An export market enterprise is an enterprise wherein a manufacturer, processor or service enterprise exports sixty percent (60%) or more of its output, or wherein a trader purchases products domestically and exports sixty percent (60%) or more of such purchases. Registration with the SEC is mandatory.
Ex: HITACHI PLANT TECH LTD PHIL BRANCH OFFICE - a Japanese company operating in Makati City which engages in engineering and design services for thermal distribution and transmission systems (PSIC Code M71102)
2. Representative Office- a foreign corporation organized and existing under foreign laws. It does not derive income from the host country and is fully subsidized by its head office. It deals directly with clients of the parent company as it undertakes such activities as information dissemination, acts as a communication center, and promotes company products, as well as quality control of products for export. It is required to have an initial minimum inward remittance in the amount of US$30,000 to cover its operating expenses and must be registered with the SEC.
Ex: BRY-AIR (ASIA) PVT LTD - an American company operating in Muntinlupa which engages in promoting the business activity of the parent company which is trading of dehumidifier and drying equipment – (PSIC Code M70100)
Under Republic Act (RA) 8756, any multinational company may establish a Regional Headquarter (RHQ) or Regional Operating Head Quarter (ROHQ) as long as they are existing under laws other than the Philippines, with branches, affiliates, and subsidiaries in the Asia Pacific Region and other foreign markets.
3. Regional Headquarters (RHQs) - undertakes activities that shall be limited to acting as supervisory, communication, and coordinating center for its subsidiaries, affiliates, and branches in the Asia-Pacific region. It acts as an administrative branch of a multinational company engaged in international trade. It does not derive income from sources within the Philippines and does not participate in any manner in the management of any subsidiary or branch office it might have in the Philippines. Required capital is US$50,000 annually to cover operating expenses.
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Ex: THOMSON CORP PTE LTD – RHQ - A South Korean company which provides intelligent information – (PSIC Code M70100)
4. Regional Operating Headquarters (ROHQs) - performs the following qualifying services to its affiliates, subsidiaries, and branches in the Philippines: general administration and planning, business planning and coordination, sourcing/procurement of raw materials components, corporate finance advisory services, marketing control and sales promotion, training and personnel management, logistic services, research and development (R&D) services and product development, technical support and communications, business development, derives income in the Philippines. Required capital is US$200,000 - one-time remittance. Ex: ZUELLIG PHARMA ASIA PACIFIC LTD PHIL ROHQ - A multinational company based in Parañaque City which provides IT system management services to regional affiliates – (PSIC Code J62010)
➢ Non-Stock, Non-Profit Corporation (LO = 5) refers to a business corporation which does not issue stock to its members and is created not to profit but for the public good and welfare. Of this character are most of the religious, social, charitable, educational, literary, scientific, civic and political organizations and societies.
➢ Cooperative (LO = 6) refers to an organization composed primarily of small producers and/or consumers who voluntarily join together to form a business enterprise which they themselves own, control and patronize. The establishment name includes words such as Cooperative or COOP.
➢ Others (LO = 7) refers to an organization not classified in any of the above classification. It includes private associations, Non-Governmental Organizations, or other forms of legal organizations.
2.2.3 INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION
One of the important components in the development and maintenance of the LE is the assignment of standard industrial classification. In general, the industrial classification of an economic unit is determined by the activity from which it derives its major income or revenue.
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The Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC) is a detailed classification of industries prevailing in the country according to the kind of productive activities undertaken by establishments.
The PSIC has undergone revision to: (1) reflect changes in economic activities, emergence of new industries, and the structure of the economy; (2) take into account the new technologies employed which affect the organization of production and shifting of economic activities; and, (3) realign with the ISIC revisions for purposes of international comparability.
The 2021 ULE will utilize the 2019 Updates to the 2009 PSIC to classify establishments according to their economic activities. The 2009 PSIC was patterned after the UN International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) Revision 4 (officially released by the United Nations Statistics Division on August 11, 2008, for adoption by countries), but with some modifications to reflect national situation and requirements. It was approved for adoption by government agencies and instrumentalities through NSCB Resolution No. 2 Series 2010 signed on February 10, 2010, while the 2019 Updates to the 2009 PSIC was approved for adoption by the concerned agencies and instrumentalities through the PSA Board Resolution Number 19, Series of 2019 approved on December 17, 2019.
The 2009 PSIC consists of an alpha character and 5 numeric digits. The alpha character, which represents the section, is denoted by the characters A to U. They also refer to sector classification. The first two numeric digits represent the division; the first three numeric digits, the group; the first four digits, the class; and the 5 digits, the sub-class.
Specifically, the 2019 Updates to the 2009 PSIC consists of:
• 21 sections (A to U) • 88 divisions (2-digit codes) • 245 groups (3-digit codes) • 519 classes (4-digit codes) • 1,355 sub-classes (5-digit codes)
Examples: N - Administrative and support service activities 82 - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 822 - Call centers and other related activities 8221 - Call centers activities (voice) 82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities
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C - Manufacturing 24 - Manufacture of basic metals 241 - Manufacture of basic iron and steel 2412 - Operation of steel works and rolling mills 24122 - Pipes and tubes manufacturing, iron or steel
(See Appendix 14 for the 2019 updates to 2009 PSIC)
2.2.4 GEOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION
Establishments are also classified by geographic area using the Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), as of December 31, 2020. This version of the PSGC contains the latest updates on the official number of regions, provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays in the Philippines. There are 17 regions, 81 provinces, 145 cities, 1,489 municipalities and 42,046 barangays based on this version. The regional groupings are listed in Table 2.1.
Table 2.1 Geographic Classification: Philippines
PSGC Code Region Provinces
Ilocos Norte 01 Region I Ilocos Region Ilocos Sur La Union Pangasinan Batanes Cagayan 02 Region II Cagayan Valley Isabela Nueva Vizcaya Quirino Aurora Bataan Bulacan 03 Region III Central Luzon Nueva Ecija Pampanga Tarlac Zambales Batangas Cavite 04 Region IV-A CALABARZON Laguna Quezon Rizal
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Table 2.1 Geographic Classification: Philippines
PSGC Code Region Provinces
Albay Camarines Norte 05 Region V Bicol Region Camarines Sur Catanduanes Masbate Sorsogon Aklan Antique 06 Region VI Western Visayas Capiz Guimaras Iloilo Negros Occidental Bohol 07 Region VII Central Visayas Cebu Negros Oriental Siquijor Biliran, Eastern Samar 08 Region VIII Eastern Visayas Leyte Northern Samar Southern Leyte Samar (Western Samar)
Zamboanga del Norte 09 Region IX Zamboanga Peninsula Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga Sibugay Isabela City
Bukidnon Camiguin 10 Region X Northern Mindanao Lanao del Norte Misamis Occidental Misamis Oriental
Davao del Norte Davao del Sur 11 Region XI Davao Region Davao Oriental Davao de Oro Davao Occidental
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Table 2.1 Geographic Classification: Philippines
PSGC Code Region Provinces
North Cotabato Sarangani 12 Region XII SOCCSKSARGEN South Cotabato Sultan Kudarat Cotabato City City of Manila City of San Juan City of Mandaluyong Quezon City City of Marikina City of Pasig City of Makati National Taguig City 13 Capital NCR Pateros Region Caloocan City City of Malabon City of Navotas City of Valenzuela City of Las Piñas City of Parañaque City of Muntinlupa Pasay City Abra Cordillera Apayao 14 Administrativ CAR Benguet e Region Ifugao Kalinga Mountain Province Basilan (excluding Isabela Autonomous City) Region in Lanao del Sur 15 ARMM Muslim Maguindanao Mindanao (excluding Cotabato City) Sulu Tawi-tawi Agusan del Norte Agusan del Sur 16 Caraga Surigao del Norte Surigao del Sur Dinagat Islands
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Table 2.1 Geographic Classification: Philippines
PSGC Code Region Provinces
Marinduque Occidental Mindoro 17 MIMAROPA Oriental Mindoro Palawan Romblon
2.2.5 Size of Establishment
The size of an establishment is determined by its total employment (TE). The following are the employment size classification:
TE Code Total Employment
0 1 – 4 1 5 – 9 2 10 – 19 3 20 – 49 4 50 – 99 5 100 – 199 6 200 – 499 7 500 – 999 8 1000 – 1999 9 2000 and over
2.3 SCOPE AND COVERAGE
Table 2.2 presents the scope and coverage of the 2021 ULE by industry section as defined in the 2009 PSIC with 2019 Updates. Included in the table are economic units highlighted with respect to their inclusion or exclusion from the scope and coverage.
Table 2.2 Scope and Coverage of the 2021 ULE
2009 PSIC Section SCOPE COVERAGE A Agriculture, All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Forestry, and Fishing
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Table 2.2 Scope and Coverage of the 2021 ULE
2009 PSIC Section SCOPE COVERAGE Includes listing of GOCCs under this sector. Examples are: ✓ National Irrigation Administration ✓ Philippine Coconut Authority ✓ Philippine Fisheries Development Authority
B Mining and All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Quarrying
C Manufacturing All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5)
D Electricity, Gas, All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Steam, and Air Should include listing of: Conditioning Supply ✓ power substations ✓ electric cooperatives ✓ National Power Corporation
E Water Supply; All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Sewerage, Waste Should include listing of: Management and Remediation ✓ water districts Activities
F Construction All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Should include listing of: ✓ Philippine National Construction Corp Excludes listing of: Construction/project sites
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Table 2.2 Scope and Coverage of the 2021 ULE
2009 PSIC Section SCOPE COVERAGE G Wholesale and All economic activities, Retail Trade; Repair except retail sale via All establishments (EO 1 to 5) of Motor Vehicles stalls and markets (G478) Excludes listing of: and Motorcycles sari-sari stores with no regularly paid employee
Should include listing of: ✓ National Food Authority ✓ Duty Free Philippines Corp
H Transportation and All economic activities, All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Storage except tricycle, calesas, Excludes listing of: pedicabs operation (H49322) jeepney and UV express operation (H49321) without business office
Includes listing of: ✓ Philippine Branch Office of foreign airlines
I Accommodation All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5) and Food Service Activities
J Information and All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Communication
K Financial and All economic activities, All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Insurance Activities including activities of holding companies except central banking (K64110)
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Table 2.2 Scope and Coverage of the 2021 ULE
2009 PSIC Section SCOPE COVERAGE
Real Estate L All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Activities
M Professional, All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Scientific and Technical Activities
N Administrative and All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Support Service
Activities P Education All economic activities, All establishments (EO 1 to 5) except public education services
Q Human Health and All economic activities, All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Social Work except public medical Excludes listing of: Activities (Q8611), dental and other Clinics in medical arts health services (Q8621) buildings shared by Doctors with specific clinic hours/schedules
R Arts, Entertainment, All economic activities All establishments (EO 1 to 5) and Recreation
S Other Service All economic activities, All establishments (EO 1 to 5) Activities except activities of membership organizations (S94)
The following economic activities are considered out of scope for the 2021 ULE:
2009 PSIC Industry Description Section
O Public Administration and Defense; Compulsory Social Security
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T Activities of Households as Employers; Undifferentiated Goods and Services Producing Activities of Households for Own Use
U Activities of Extra-territorial Organization and Bodies
Sections O, T, and U are also excluded in all other establishment-based surveys conducted by the PSA. In general, the results of the establishment-based surveys are used as part of the input for the Non-Financial Corporations and Financial Corporations production account resources of the Philippine System of National Accounts (PSNA). Based on the PSNA concepts, Section O is part of the General Government resources; Section T is part of the Household resources, and; Section U is part of the Rest of the World resources. Information for these sections can be obtained from other data sources.
Out of the 1,355 industry sub-classes (5-digit PSIC) in the 2009 PSIC with 2019 Updates, 56 are out of scope in the 2021 ULE.
In summary, the units not to be listed are as follows.
NOT TO BE LISTED
1. Ambulant peddlers (“maglalako”) and hawkers and movable stall either along a public road or in a marketplace
2. Open stalls in shopping centers, malls, and markets
3. Individual professionals and technical workers or craftsmen who do not maintain fixed offices or shops
4. Construction or project sites
5. Sari-sari stores with no regularly paid employee
6. Retail sale via stalls and markets
7. Tricycle, calesa or pedicab, Jeepney and UV Express operation (if without business office)
8. Public education services
9. Public medical, dental and other health services
10. Doctors offices or clinics in hospitals or in medical arts buildings shared by Doctors with specific clinic hours/schedules
11. Central banking (BSP)
12. Government administrative and judicial offices; military and police camps and installations; government offices engaged in construction work
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13. Business associations, employers membership organizations, religious organizations, places of worship, political organizations and other membership organizations
14. Extra-territorial Organization and Bodies (World Health Organization, UNESCO, etc.)
2.4 TYPES OF ESTABLISHMENTS
Table 2.3 presents the different specific types of establishments.
Table 2.3 Types of Establishments
Type of Establishment Description (Section) Agricultural Farm, plantation, hacienda, or ranch managed by a firm or establishment (A) company engaged in the production of agricultural crops, livestock, poultry and other animals including animal products; firm providing agricultural, animal and horticultural services; firm engaged in hunting and trapping of animals and related services. Forestry and logging Firm or company engaged in logging operation; planting, establishment (A) replanting and conservation of forest; extraction and gathering of wild growing non-wood forest products; firewood cutting and charcoal making in the forest. Fishery Firm or company engaged in ocean, coastal and/or inland establishment (A) fishing; aquafarming (fishpond, fish cage, fish pen); pearl farming and other fishery activities. Mining Firm, company or mining camps engaged in the exploration, establishment (B) extraction, dressing and beneficiating operations (crushing, grinding, washing, drying, etc.) of minerals such as coal, ores (nickel, gold, etc), crude petroleum, and natural gas. Quarrying Firm or company engaged in the extraction from the earth establishment (B) of building and monumental stone, clay, marble, sand and gravel; guano gathering and salt evaporation. Manufacturing Factory, bakery, millwork, distillery, refinery, cannery, establishment (C) abattoir, brewery, foundry, printing press, water refilling station, tannery, shop or plant engaged in manufacturing, processing, fabricating or finishing products, mechanically or manually, including the assembly of the component parts of manufactured products and the substantial alteration, reconstruction or repair of special type of goods.
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Table 2.3 Types of Establishments
Type of Establishment Description (Section) Electricity Firm or company engaged in the generation, transmission establishment (D) and/or distribution of electric energy for sale to users, or one which produces electricity for its parent enterprise; and electric cooperatives. Gas, steam and Firm or company engaged in the manufacture of gas in gas Air conditioning supply works and the distribution of manufactured or natural gas establishment (D) through a system of mains to users; steam, air conditioning supply. Water supply, Water concessionaires and waterworks firm or company sewerage, waste and water districts engaged in the collection, purification and management and distribution of water to users; firm engaged in sewerage, remediation waste collection, treatment and disposal of garbage, establishment (E) materials recovery, remediation and other waste management activities. Construction Firm or company engaged as contractor in the construction, establishment (F) repair or demolition of buildings, highways, airports and other structures; land leveling; earth moving and land reclamation; specialty contractor engaged in specialized trade or craft like electrical installation, plumbing, painting, air conditioning, well drilling, installation of doors and windows and other work on component parts of the structure. Wholesale and Firm or company engaged in the wholesale, retail (i.e, sale Retail; and repair of without transformation) of any type of goods and the motor vehicles and rendering services incidental to the sale of these goods, motorcycles including maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and establishment (G) motorcycles.
Wholesale trade and Store, shop or office engaged in the (a) resale (sale without commission trade transformation) of new and used goods (usually in bulk) or establishment (G) own account to retailers, industrial / commercial / institutional / professional users, or to other wholesalers and (b) trading in behalf and on the account of others (on a fee or contract basis). Retail trade Department store, hypermarket, supermarket, convenience, establishment (G) grocery store, variety store, mart, bazaar, sari-sari store, ukay-ukay, pharmacy or drug store, superstore, shopping arcade or emporium, shop engaged in the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods to the general public including pasalubong store/center, pet shop.
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Table 2.3 Types of Establishments
Type of Establishment Description (Section) Transport Bus line, railways, airline, shipping line, freight truck or other establishment (H) transport operator engaged in providing vehicles for the transport of passenger or freight through regularly scheduled operation, charter, rental or fee basis with driver or operator. Warehousing and support Firms or company or offices engaged in the operation of activities storage and warehouse facilities for all kinds of goods; (for transportation) operation of terminal facilities for land transport (e.g. freight establishment (H) terminal for trucking companies, car parks or garages or parking lots, bus stations); toll roads and bridges; towing and truck scale (weighing); operation of facilities for water transport (e.g. harbors, piers, waterway locks); pilotage and berthing activities, lighterage, salvage activities; operation of terminal facilities for air transport (airway terminals, airport), ground service activities; cargo handling, stevedoring activities; freight forwarding, custom brokerage (ship and aircraft), custom agents) and logistics services. Postal and courier Firms or company or offices engaged in postal services and establishment (H) courier services (private postal, messenger service, food delivery services, parcels and packages delivery). Accommodation Hotels; motels; resort hotels; suite/apartment hotels; establishment (I) condotels; inns; guesthouses; youth hostels; pensions; visitor flats and bungalows; chalets, housekeeping cottages and cabins; holiday homes; time-share units, camping sites/facilities, lodging house and other short-term accommodation (dormitory/boardinghouses) engaged in the provision of short-stay accommodation for visitors and other travelers. Food and beverage Restaurants (full-service), fast-food (quick service service establishment (I) restaurant), cafeterias (food courts), canteen, pizza parlor, refreshment kiosks/stands/counters, buffet (eat all-you-can) restaurants, carinderia or eatery, food-to-go counter (e.g. lechon manok), event catering and other food service activities, providing food services to customers, whether they are served while seated or serve themselves from a display of items, whether they eat the prepared meals on the premises, take them out or have them delivered. Night clubs, bars, beer parlors and pubs, café or coffee shops, tea shops, fruit juice bars and other beverage serving activities providing drinks to customers for immediate
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Table 2.3 Types of Establishments
Type of Establishment Description (Section) consumption on the premises, take them out or have them delivered.
Information and Firm or company, office or engaged in transmission of telecommunication sound, images, data or other information via cables, establishment (J) broadcasting and programming, publishing (books, audio books/eBooks, directory, newspaper, journal, periodical, software, sound recording and music); telecommunication; software development; game design and development; computer programming consultancy; data processing; web portals; web hosting; live streaming; news agency activities, movie house/cinema, radio and television station and studio, and internet shops/pisonet; 2D/3D animation production, digital content archiving.
Financial Bank, savings and loan association, credit institution, establishment (K) financial institution, trust company, investment company or institution engaged in the acceptance of deposits, granting loans and the investment of money; firm or company engaged in investment research and counseling, check cashing, stock quotation, securities dealership and brokerage, monetary intermediation, trust funds, credit cooperative and other financial services, electronic money issuer, pawnshop, pera-padala/money transfer/remittance center, foreign exchange dealer, virtual/cryptocurrency exchange dealer. Insurance, pre-need Life insurance company; non-life insurance company (for plan companies and fire, marine, accident, health, title, financial obligation, pension funding casualty, fidelity and surety); reinsurance company; agent establishment (K) and broker servicing insurance carriers, consultant for policyholders; insurance claims adjusters; pension-funding firm; pre-need plan company; firm engaged in fund management activities.
Real estate Firm or company engaged as real estate developer, real establishment (L) estate broker, lessor realtor or company engaged in the operation of cemetery and columbary.
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Table 2.3 Types of Establishments
Type of Establishment Description (Section) Professional, Office, agency or firm engaged in (a) legal, accounting, scientific and technical bookkeeping, advertising; (b) activities of head offices, service establishment (M) management consultancy; (c) architectural and engineering, technical testing and analysis; land surveying, weather forecasting; (d) scientific research and development; (e) advertising and market research; specialized design activities; digital photograph processing, aerial photography, microfilming activities, underwater photography; (f) veterinary services.
Office, agency or firm engaged in statistical and data analytics consulting services, food safety consulting services, Halal consulting services Administrative and Office or firm engaged in rental and leasing of (motor vehicle support service and transport equipment without drivers, machinery and establishment (N) equipment), personal and household goods, recreational and sport goods, audio-video machines, tapes and records, computer and computer peripheral equipment, electrical appliances, books and magazines); labor recruitment and provision of personnel, reservation service; travel agency, tour operator, booking offices, accommodation reservation, security and investigation agency; office engaged in transcription activities (legal and medical); call centers; firm engaged in cleaning of buildings, landscape care and pest control activities and other office administrative and business service activities, receiving royalties or licensing fee for the use of patented entities, trademarks or service marks, brand names, mineral exploration and evaluation, franchise agreements, activities of transportation network service, knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) activities, security outsourcing, bills payment center, packaging activities.
Educational service School, college, university or seminary offering educational establishment (P) services, training centers and language tutorial centers and online tutorial services. Human health and social Clinic, hospital, sanitarium, nursing home or a similar service establishment (Q) institution offering medical, dental and other health services; a home orphanage, society, center, or agency engaged in
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Table 2.3 Types of Establishments
Type of Establishment Description (Section) providing social welfare services; residential care; social work activities without accommodation.
Arts, recreational and Company and other units engage in the operation of cultural service facilities and provision of services such as: concerts and establishment (R) opera or dance or stage production, musical bands or orchestras, concert halls, theatre halls, tattoo shop; library, archives, museum, botanical and zoological gardens; gambling facilities (casinos, bingo halls and video gaming terminals and the provision of gambling services, such as lotteries and off-track betting); sport facilities (bowling lanes, golf courses, fitness centers, billiard halls, etc.) sports clubs (golf, volleyball, basketball clubs , etc.,); other amusement and recreation (amusement parks/theme parks, ballrooms, beach resorts, token/coin/card-operated games (arcade), indoor children playground/playhouses); light and or sound system operation. Personal and household Shops specializing in the repair of computers and goods service communications equipment (e.g. desktop and laptops, etc. , establishment (S) cellular phones, tablets and other handheld devices) and personal and household goods like consumer electronics (television, radio, etc.,) household appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, room air conditioners, etc.), footwear and leather goods (luggage and handbags), furniture and home furnishings, jewelry and watches; personal services for wellness (Spa, slandering and body building, beauty parlor/salon, barber shop, massage parlor activities); laundry services, funeral and related services (for human and animal) and other personal service activities (escort services, pet boarding/grooming, etc.).
2.5 THE 2021 ULE BARANGAYS AND WORKLOAD
The 2021 Nationwide ULE will cover 27,832 barangays with listed establishments in the preliminary 2020 List of Establishments (LE), these are known as the 2021 ULE Barangays. Door-to-door canvassing and inquiry from all establishments within these ULE Barangays will be undertaken from May 10 to July 31, 2021.
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The provincial workload or the expected number of establishments by province was estimated to be 10% higher than the number of establishments in the 2019 List of Establishments as of 31 July 2020. The estimated total workload for the whole country is about 1.1 Million establishments.
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CHAPTER 3 UNITS INVOLVED AND PHASES OF OPERATION
The units involved, major phases of operation and the duties and responsibilities of the field personnel are discussed in this chapter.
3.1 THE UNITS INVOLVED
The overall direction of the 2021 ULE emanates from the National Statistician. Overall planning, implementation and supervision are, however, delegated to the Assistant National Statistician of the National Censuses Service (NCS) under the supervision of the Deputy National Statistician of the Censuses and Technical Coordination Office (CTCO).
3.1.1 CENTRAL OFFICE
The SICD, under the NCS, is the primary division in-charge in the conduct of the 2021 ULE. The division is responsible for all the preparatory activities. The preparation of the design and specifications for all computer programs/systems and applications to be utilized in 2021 ULE is also part of the responsibility of SICD.
The Systems Development Division (SDD) of the Information Technology and Dissemination Service (ITDS), in coordination with the SICD, is responsible for the development of the tablet-based Establishment Inquiry Application (ULE App) and the online questionnaire. The enhancement of the Business Register Integrated Monitoring and Processing System (BRIMPS), an integrated computer system which will be used for all SBR-related processes, is a collaborative effort of SICD and SDD, together with the other divisions under ITDS: the Systems Quality Assurance Division (SQAD) and the Registers and Database Management Division (RDMD).
Moreover, the Systems Operations and Infrastructure Division (SOID) of ITDS is responsible in the production of e-maps to be loaded to the ULE App for the mapping activity. Expertise of the Census Planning and Coordination Division (CPCD) of NCS was also solicited for the use of paper maps.
3.1.2 FIELD OFFICES
The Regional Statistical Service Offices (RSSOs) are directly responsible for the monitoring and supervision of operations of the provinces under the region. The Provincial Statistical Offices (PSOs), on the other hand, are responsible for the field operations and processing activities of its respective province.
The specific duties and responsibilities of field personnel are enumerated in Section 3.4.
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3.2 MAJOR PHASES OF THE 2021 ULE OPERATIONS
The 2021 ULE consists of the following major phases:
1. Planning and Preparatory Activities 2. Training 3. Enumeration / Data Collection, Field Editing, and Mapping 4. Machine Processing 5. Status and Progress Monitoring 6. Data Review and Validation in the Provinces 7. Further Data Validation at the Central Office 8. Generation of the 2021 LE and Statistical Tables
3.2.1 PLANNING AND PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES
Preparatory Activities at the Central Office
Most of the planning and preparatory activities were undertaken by the SICD-NCS. These activities include preparation of the over-all plan and strategies, budget estimates and the timetable of operations. Other preparatory activities include: determination of coverage and workload; identification of data items to be gathered; design of forms; preparation of manual for field operations and machine processing; procurement; coordination and consultation activities; and, publicity. Series of meetings and workshops were conducted to come up with these outputs.
Part of the preparatory activity is the request for clearance for the conduct of the 2021 ULE. As approved by the Statistical Standards Division (SSD) of Standards Service (SS), the clearance number assigned to the 2021 ULE Form 3 is PSA-2111 with expiration date 28 February 2022.
The enhancement of the BRIMPS is also part of the preparatory activities undertaken by the SICD-NCS and the ITDS.
Preparatory Activities at the Field Offices
The following are the preparatory activities at the Field Offices:
1. Designation of the regional and provincial ULE focal persons to serve as the overall coordinator for all the 2021 ULE activities.
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2. Coordination and conduct of consultations with LGUs, business registration agencies, economic managers, business associations, economic area administrators and others regarding the conduct of ULE.
3. Conduct of publicity and information campaign such as the hanging of the 2021 ULE streamer.
4. Procurement of materials and supplies.
5. Hiring of Statistical Researchers, Machine Processors, Team Supervisors and Receipt and Control Clerk.
3.2.2 CONDUCT OF TRAINING
Training on Field Operations
The training on field operations will be conducted in three levels: the Task Force Training, Regional/Second Level Training and Provincial/Third Level Training for provinces.
➢ Task Force Training – This is a three-day training which will be conducted through and online platform on 16 to 18 March 2021. Participants are CO Statistical Specialists, Programmers and selected officials and staff and the RDs, SOCD Chief, designated Regional Focal Person and its Alternate.
➢ Second Level Training – This will be conducted online for three days from 6 to 8 April 2021, with task force participants as trainers. Regions will be clustered into three groups. Participants in this level are the Chief Statistical Specialists/OICs, designated Provincial Focal Persons for the 2021 ULE and other staff. Participants in this second level training shall serve as trainers for the third level training.
➢ Third Level Training – This will be conducted at the provincial level for three days, 27 to 29 April 2021. Participants in this level are the hired Statistical Researchers (SRs) and Team Supervisors (TSs) for field operations and provincial staff who will be involved in the 2021 ULE. The CSSs and the designated regional/provincial 2021 ULE Focal Persons will serve as trainers.
Training on Machine Processing
The training on machine processing will also be conducted in two levels: Machine Processing for CO Staff and the Conduct of Training on Machine Processing with Field Offices.
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➢ Conduct of Training on Machine Processing for CO Staff – This is a three-day training which will be conducted through a blended mode on 25 to 27 May 2021. Participants will be CO Statistical Specialists and Programmers.
➢ Conduct of Training on Machine Processing with Field Offices – This will be a three- day online training to be conducted within 15 to 30 June 2021 and will be in two batches. Participants in this level are representatives of RSSOs, PSOs, Machine Processors and Team Supervisors for Machine Processing.
3.2.3 ENUMERATION/DATA COLLECTION, MAPPING AND FIELD EDITING
The 2021 ULE will cover 26,733 barangays with listed establishments in the preliminary 2020 List of Establishments (LE). These comprise the 2021 ULE Barangays.
The 2021 ULE field operations will involve door-to-door canvassing of all establishments within the ULE Barangays. Personal interview using the tablet-based ULE App will be the primary method of data collection. The 2021 ULE Barangay masterlists will be downloaded in the tablet from the BRIMPS server in the Central Office. The downloaded masterlist for each of the 2021 ULE Barangay will serve as the working file and initial workload. Also, non-ULE barangays with known existing establishments shall be also be enumerated using ULE Form 3, subject to reasonableness in terms of cost and safety in covering these barangays.
Hired Statistical Researchers will be employed for the data collection. Team Supervisors (TSs) will be hired for selected provinces with large workloads to supervise and monitor the performance of the SRs.
The printed Establishment Inquiry Form (ULE Form 3) will be used in cases where personal interview is not possible or for cases when the establishment opted to give information using the printed self-administered inquiry form. Online questionnaire facility, fillable questionnaire and telephone interview are the other options for the respondents in providing information.
The field operation also involves mapping. If tablet is available to enumerate a barangay, mapping will be done using the ULE App where e-maps are loaded, otherwise, paper maps will be utilized. Detailed instructions in mapping are discussed in Chapter 5 and Chapter 6, using the paper maps and ULE App, respectively.
For the collected data using the ULE App, field editing will be done by the SRs while still in the premise of the establishment. The application is capable of checking the completeness of required entries and consistency between items. It will generate and display error list which should be resolved by the SRs. Meanwhile, if printed ULE Form 3 is used, upon collection, the accomplished form should be field edited.
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3.2.4 MACHINE PROCESSING
Machine processing will be done after the updated ULE Barangay masterlists are uploaded to the BRIMPS. This will include the processes of coding of economic activities and geographic location of main offices and branches, further matching of newly listed establishments, checking for duplicates and data validation.
Machine Processors (MPs) will be hired to do these processes. Team Supervisors (TSs) for machine processing will also be hired for provinces with large workload to assist the designated provincial ULE Focal Person in monitoring and supervision of machine processing activity.
The 2021 ULE Machine Processing Manual using BRIMPS will be prepared and will be discussed during the training on machine processing.
3.2.5 STATUS AND PROGRESS MONITORING
Progress monitoring while the conduct of enumeration and machine processing is on- going should be done to ensure that these activities are done according to the timetable. PSOs are to monitor the progress of field operation of its province, RSSOs for all its provinces and CO for the national level. Different reports can be generated using the Progress Monitoring Module of the BRIMPS.
3.2.6 DATA REVIEW AND VALIDATION IN THE PROVINCES
Data review and validation will be done in the provinces by the regular provincial staff after machine processing. These will involve: review and comparative analyses of summary distributions from the original and updated masterlists; and the review of changes or updates done and/or revalidation of records, if necessary. Thru this process, the provincial staff will assess whether the distributions of establishments by characteristics based on the updated ULE Barangay masterlists are reasonable or not.
The guidelines for the provincial data review and validation will also be included in the 2021 ULE Machine Processing Manual using BRIMPS.
3.2.7 FURTHER DATA REVIEW AND VALIDATION AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE
Further data review and validation will be undertaken at the Central Office to evaluate whether the updated 2021 ULE Barangay masterlists are ready to be synchronized in the SBR. Feedback and verification with the concerned PSOs will be made by the SICD staff for data that needs to be verified.
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The CO version of BRIMPS was developed to include the necessary processes and validation checks to be done by the CO staff prior to the synchronization of the updated masterlists with the SBR.
The synchronization of the updated masterlists and SBR is the process of incorporating in the SBR database the updated records of establishments which are already in the list and adding the records of new establishments enumerated during the conduct of 2021 ULE operations.
3.2.8 GENERATION OF THE 2021 LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND STATISTICAL TABLES
Provincial LEs based on the updated SBR will be generated. This will be reviewed prior to the generation of the Final 2021 LE and statistical tables by end of June and July 2022, respectively.
3.3 TIMETABLE OF 2021 ULE OPERATIONS
The 2021 ULE timetable of activities is presented in the following table.
Table 3.1 Timetable of 2021 ULE Operations
Beginning Persons/Unit Activity Ending Date Date Involved A. PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES
1. Preparation of Inquiry Forms,
Manuals and other ULE Forms
a. Review of the design for possible revision and/or addition of significant data items and 04 Jan 2021 05 Feb 2021 SICD , LPSD preparation of the 2021 ULE Establishment Inquiry Form
b. Request for Clearance, including preparation of required 08-Feb-21 26-Feb-21 SICD SSRCS Forms
SICD , CPCD, c. Preparation of Field Operations 18 Jan 2021 12 Mar 2021 SOID-Mapping and Processing Manual (FOPM) Unit
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Beginning Persons/Unit Activity Ending Date Date Involved SICD , CPCD, d. Conduct of Pre-test of Inquiry SOID-Mapping Form, Tablet-based application and 08-Mar-21 12-Mar-21 Unit and PSO- Mapping Procedure Laguna
e. Printing of Inquiry Forms and RSSOs/PSOs, Field Operation and Processing 15 Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 SICD Manuals in RSSOs/PSOs
f. Preparation of LE masterlist for updating and allocation of ULE 19 Mar 2021 31 Mar 2021 SICD Forms and other materials for shipment
g. Shipment of other ULE Forms 5 Apr 2021 16 Apr 2021 SICD,GSD and other materials to Field Offices
2. Procurement of other Supplies and Materials, including SICD,CPCD, preparation of concept notes and Mar 2021 Aug 2021 GSD, RSSOs, other requirements (continuing as PSOs needed/scheduled)
3. Communication and Jan 2021 Dec 2021 SICD,CPCD coordination with Field Offices
4. Recruitment and Hiring of Enumerators and Team Supervisors 15 Mar 2021 15 Apr 2021 PSOs by PSOs
5. Activities on Publicity (Hanging of streamers, PSA Website SICD, RSSOs, Mar 2021 May 2021 announcements, procurement of PSOs publicity materials)
B. CONDUCT OF SPECIAL ULE IN LAGUNA AND BUKIDNON FOR CLPS
SICD, LPSD, 1. Training of Trainers (TOT) 03 Feb 21 05 Feb 21 SDD, SQAD, CPCD
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Beginning Persons/Unit Activity Ending Date Date Involved 2. Review and Preparation of SICD, LPSD, 01 Feb 2021 20 Feb 2021 CLPS Masterlist CPCD
3. Preparation of guidelines for the conduct of special ULE in 06 Feb 2021 19 Feb 2021 SICD, LPSD Laguna and Bukidnon
4. Printing of ULE Forms (Inquiry Form and Masterlist) and Special 22 Feb 2021 26 Feb 2021 SICD, LPSD ULE Guidelines
5. Training on Field Operation for SICD, LPSD, PSO-Laguna and PSO-Bukidnon 01 Mar 2021 03 Mar 2021 SDD, SQAD, regular personnel and hired SRs CPCD
6. Special ULE Data Collection PSO-Laguna 08 Mar 2021 08 Apr 2021 and Field Supervision PSO-Bukidnon
7. Conduct of Briefing on Machine SICD, LPSD, Processing for CO Staff 25 Mar 2021 26 Mar 2021 SDD, SQAD, (BRIMPS Data Entry and CPCD Validation only)
8. Conduct of Briefing on Machine SICD, LPSD, Processing with Field Offices 30 Mar 2021 31 Mar 2021 SDD, SQAD, (BRIMPS Data Entry andValidation CPCD only)
9. Data Processing including PSO-Laguna 05 Apr 2021 16 Apr 2021 Provincial/Regional Data Review PSO-Bukidnon
10. Data review, validation and analysis of the results at Central 19 Apr 2021 30 Apr 2021 SICD, LPSD Office( Processing and Data Review at the CO)
C. CONDUCT OF 3-LEVEL TRAINING FOR FIELD OPERATIONS AND PROCESSING
1. Training of Trainers for Task SICD, CPCD, 25 Feb 2021 26 Feb 2021 Force SDD, SQAD
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Beginning Persons/Unit Activity Ending Date Date Involved SICD, CPCD, 2. Task Force Training 16 Mar 2021 18 Mar 2021 SDD, SQAD, RSSOs
SICD, CPCD, 3. Briefing prior to Training 02 Apr 2021 SDD, SQAD
SICD, CPCD, 4. 2nd Level Training 06 Apr 2021 08 Apr 2021 SDD, SQAD, RSSOs, PSOs
SICD, CPCD, 5. De-Briefing after the Training 13 Apr 2021 SDD, SQAD
SICD, CPCD, SDD, SQAD, 6. 3rd Level Training 27 Apr 2021 29 Apr 2021 RSSOs, PSOs, Hired Personnel
D. CONDUCT OF Training on
Machine Processing
1. Conduct of Training on Machine SICD, CPCD, 25 May 2021 27 May 2021 Processing for CO Staff SDD, SQAD
2 batches with SICD, 2.Conduct of Training on Machine CPCD,SDD Processing with Field Offices 3-days within June 15 to 30, SQAD 2020 RSSOs,PSOs
E. Preparation of ULE Maps
CPCD, SOID- Mapping Unit, 1. Conduct of Training on the Regional and 29 March 2021 Preparation of ULE Maps Provincial Focal and Map Processors
Provincial Focal ’23 April 2.Preparation of ULE Maps ‘5 April 2021 and Map 2021 Processors
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Beginning Persons/Unit Activity Ending Date Date Involved F. FIELD OPERATION
1. Conduct of Consultations/ Meetings and Coordination with April 2021 May 2021 RSSOs, PSOs LGUs and others stakeholders
RSSOs, PSOs, 2. Listing Operation / Door-to- 10-May-2021 30-Jul-2021 Hired SRs and door canvassing TSs
RSSOs, PSOs, Selected SICD, 3. Supervision 17 May 2021 15-Jul-2021 CPCD and ITDS Personnel
PSOs, Hired 4. Manual and Machine 01 Jul 2021 30 Sep 2021 Machine Processing by PSOs Processors
G. POST ENUMERATION
5. Provincial and Regional Data 01 Oct 2021 15 Nov 2021 RSSOs, PSOs Review
6. Transmittal of Forms (from 19 Jul 2021 08 Oct 2021 PSOs, SICD PSOs to CO)
7. Processing and Data Review July 2021 Dec 2021 SICD in CO
8. Generation of frozen 2021 LE for evaluation/validation (Preliminary End of December 2021 SICD 2021 LE)
9. Generation of Final 2021 LE 30 June 2022 SICD six months after the reference period
3.4 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FIELD PERSONNEL
3.4.1 REGIONAL DIRECTORS/OICs
1. Monitor the conduct of the 2021 ULE operations in all provinces of the region to make sure that the activities are done in accordance with the timetable.
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2. Ensure the prompt submission of consolidated Narrative and Financial reports for the region to NCS-SICD ([email protected]), [email protected] cc: NCS-OANS ([email protected]) , 30 and 45 calendar days, respectively, after the last provincial deadline. 3. Conduct coordination activities and consultation meetings. 4. Ensure proper allocation of funds to all provinces of the region. 5. Conduct supervision and spot checking. 6. Ensure the quality of the LE and SBR for the region.
3.4.2 REGIONAL FOCAL PERSON
1. Serve as the over-all coordinator for all the 2021 ULE activities in the region. 2. Attend the task force training on field operations and training on machine processing. 3. Serve as trainer during the second level training on field operations and on machine processing. 4. Assist the RD in all the 2021 ULE-related activities. 5. Assist the RD in monitoring the conduct of ULE operations in all provinces of the region by generating reports using BRIMPS. 6. Prepare and submit the consolidated Narrative and Financial reports for the region to NCS-SICD ([email protected]), [email protected] cc: NCS-OANS ([email protected]) , 30 and 45 calendar days, respectively, after the last provincial deadline. 7. Conduct supervision and spot checking. 8. Ensure the quality of the LE and SBR for the region.
3.4.3 CHIEF STATISTICAL SPECIALISTS/OICs
1. Attend the second level training on field operations and on machine processing. 2. Serve as trainer and ensure smooth conduct of the third level training on field operations and on machine processing. 3. Conduct coordination activities and consultation meetings. 4. Ensure the successful conduct of the operation, that is, 100 percent enumeration of 2021 ULE Barangays with good quality of data in accordance with the timetable. 5. Ensure security of data and proper handling of ICT equipment/accessories. 6. Ensure the prompt submission of the following reports to RSSO:
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a. Narrative report for field operation, 15 calendar days after the provincial deadline. b. Financial report, 30 calendar days after the provincial deadline. 7. Conduct supervision and spot checking. 8. Monitor the progress of 2021 ULE operation in the province. 9. Act on problems and issues referred by the Provincial Focal Person.
3.4.4 PROVINCIAL FOCAL PERSON
1. Serve as the over-all coordinator for all the 2021 ULE activities in the province. 2. Attend the second level training on field operations and on machine processing. 3. Serve as trainer and ensure smooth conduct of the third level training on field operations and on machine processing. 4. Assist the PSO to ensure successful conduct of the ULE operation. 5. Conduct supervision and spot checking. 6. Monitor and report to the CSS the progress of 2021 ULE operation in the province. 7. Act on problems and issues referred by the TSs and SRs. 8. Ensure security of data and proper handling of ICT equipment/accessories. 9. Lead other provincial staff in the provincial data review and validation. 10. Prepare and submit narrative and financial reports on or before the set deadline.
3.4.5 STATISTICAL SPECIALIST/STATISTICAL ANALYST/OTHER STATISTICAL STAFF
1. Attend the field operation training and the machine processing training. 2. Perform the provincial data review and validation.
3.4.6 HIRED TEAM SUPERVISOR FOR FIELD OPERATION (TSs)
1. Attend the third level training on field operation. 2. Assist the SRs in the conduct of door-to-door canvassing and enumeration of assigned ULE Barangays. 3. Observe the SRs and conduct spot checking regularly. Report immediately to the Provincial Focal Person any unusual observation or problems encountered. 4. Monitor the progress and status of enumeration of the SRs. Regularly check the SRs’ accomplishments from the tablet. Prepare and submit to the Provincial
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Focal Person, on a weekly basis, the SRs Daily Accomplishment report for each SRs under his/her supervision. 5. Compile accomplished ULE Form 3 submitted by SRs after encoding to the ULE App and submit them to the Provincial Focal Person. 6. Ensure complete and non-overlapping coverage of the assigned ULE Barangays. 7. Act on problems referred by the SRs with regard to ULE operation and refer to the Provincial Focal Person any unresolved cases. 8. Ensure security of data and proper handling of ICT equipment/accessories. 9. Assist the SRs in uploading the updated ULE Barangay masterlists to the BRIMPS.
For provinces without hired Team Supervisors (TSs), the Provincial Focal Person shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the TS or the CSS can designated a provincial regular staff to act as TS.
3.4.7 HIRED STATISTICAL RESEARCHERS (SRs)
1. Attend the third level training on field operation. 2. Download the original 2021 ULE Barangay masterlist from the BRIMPS server to the tablet. 3. Get familiar with the ULE App features. 4. Conduct door-to-door canvassing and enumeration of assigned ULE Barangays. 5. Follow the instructions and guidelines for data collection/enumeration. 6. Ensure complete coverage of the assigned ULE Barangay/s. 7. Always be aware of the scheduled appointments with the respondents, callbacks and/or revisits. 8. Collect accomplished ULE Form 3 and enter the information correspondingly to the establishments’ record in the ULE App. Submit the accomplished ULE Form 3 to the TS. 9. Ensure security of data and proper handling of ICT equipment/accessories. 10. Inform the supervisor immediately of any problem encountered during field operation. 11. Coordinate with the TS regularly. 12. Practice good working relationship with the TS, Provincial Focal Person, other regular personnel and co-SRs. 13. Upload the updated Barangay masterlists to the BRIMPS.
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3.4.8 HIRED RECEIPT AND CONTROL CLERK (RCC) 1. Attend the third level training. 2. Assist the Provincial Focal Person and regular staff in all administrative works related to ULE Operation.
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CHAPTER 4 UPDATING INSTRUMENTS, FORMS AND MATERIALS
This chapter discusses the updating instruments, administrative forms and other materials to be used in ULE field operations.
4.1 UPDATING INSTRUMENTS
The 2021 ULE will utilize different updating instruments in capturing the basic characteristics of establishments. The data collection instruments to be utilized for the 2021 ULE field operations are the following:
• Tablet-based Establishment Inquiry Application (ULE App) • Printed Establishment Inquiry Form (ULE Form 3) • Online Establishment Inquiry Form
4.1.1 TABLET-BASED ESTABLISHMENT INQUIRY APPLICATION (ULE App)
The Establishment Inquiry Application or ULE App is an android tablet-based application customized for exclusive use in the ULE operation. The ULE App is an application that will be installed in the android tablet units to be used by the SRs to record information provided by the respondents/establishments.
The ULE App is downloadable from the Google Play Store. Only authorized personnel involved in ULE can use this application, they are the hired SRs, ULE Focal Person and, if necessary, some selected provincial staff that will be involved in the ULE operation. A unique combination of User ID and password will be assigned to each SRs or ULE involved personnel.
The detailed features of the ULE App will be discussed in Chapter 6 of this manual.
4.1.2 ESTABLISHMENT INQUIRY FORM (ULE FORM 3)
The 5.2.4Establishment Inquiry Form (ULE Form 3) is a printed six-page booklet-type questionnaire to be used in recording information from the establishments. For the 2021 ULE operations, the ULE Form 3 will be used in cases where personal interview is not possible or for cases when the establishment opted to give information thru a self- administered inquiry form.
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A fillable PDF version of this form is available if the establishment opted to submit through email. The ULE Form 3 can also be administered through telephone interview if the establishment opted this method.
4.1.3 ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE
An online questionnaire will also be available as an option for the respondents in providing information. Only establishments with permanent Establishment Control Number (ECN) can access the online questionnaire, this is to avoid access by other users not connected with the responding establishment.
4.1.4 DATA ITEMS IN THE 2021 ULE ESTABLISHMENT INQUIRY APPLICATION/FORM
The data items that will be collected in the 2021 ULE including the reasons for collection are listed in Table 4.1. These data items provide information for contacting, classifying, and linking the establishments; and for maintaining the LE.
For the definition of the data items, refer to Chapter 6.
Table 4.1 List of Data Items in ULE Form 3
Data Item Description/Use of data item 1 Business Name For identification of establishments For identification and linking of 2 Registered Name establishments to enterprise Business Tax Identification Number For linking establishments to an 3 (TIN) enterprise Contact information, for geographic 4 Business Address classification
5 Contact information of establishment 5.1 Telephone No/s. Contact information 5.2 Fax No/s.
5.3 Official/Company E-mail address
5.4 Company Website For validation purposes on Establishment’s Social Media 5.5 engagement to e-commerce Account/s 6 Economic Area For classifying establishment 6.1 Type of Economic Area
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Data Item Description/Use of data item 6.2 Name of Economic Area Role in franchising agreement; name 7 of franchisor if franchisee For classifying establishment; for validation purposes in enterprise 7.1 Franchisor/Franchisee/NA linking 7.2 Name of Franchisor 8 Legal Organization 8.1 Type of LO For classifying establishment 8.2 One Person Corporation indicator For classifying establishment and 9 Economic Organization enterprise linking Nationality of owner/major For classifying establishment 10 stockholder/contributor For industry classification of Economic activity or business 11 establishment For industry classification of Main activity 11.1 establishment Major products/goods produced or sold and/or type of service 11.2 For correct description of rendered insufficient economic activity 11.3 Secondary/Other activities For validating the presence of 11.4 Ancillary Activity supporting activity undertaken For validating the presence of e- 12 E-commerce Transactions commerce activity 13 Year Started Operation For business demography
Total Employment For classifying establishment 14 according to employment size
For consistency checking with 15 Paid Employees other information Workers on Sub-Contract Agreement 16 or Under Manpower To capture trend in employment Agencies/Contractors 17 Name and address of main office For linking branch to main office 17.1 Name of main office For the development of the list of 17.2 Address of main office enterprises 18 Total Assets
18.1 Total Assets Including Land
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Data Item Description/Use of data item
For classifying enterprises into micro, small, medium and large based on assets, and for purposes 18.2 Total Assets Excluding Land of survey sampling.
Name and address of parent 19 For linking subsidiary to its parent company company 19.1 Name of parent company 19.2 Address of parent company For business profiling
Total number of branches
Name of branch/es For validating the list of branches Address of branch/es 20 provided Main Economic Activity Total Employment For updating/verification of branches already existing in the Year Started Operation SBR Contact Information For Livestock and Poultry Establishments 21 Maximum Farm Capacity For enhancement of the frame for Commercial Livestock and Poultry 22 Animal Inventory Survey Mapping 6-digit EA (Enumeration Area) Code For production of map-based 4-digit BSN (Building Serial Number) statistics
4.2 ADMINISTRATIVE FORMS
The 2021 ULE will utilize administrative forms for proper monitoring and documentation purposes. The sample forms are shown in the Appendices. Field offices will be provided with an electronic copy of these forms and will be made available for downloading from BRIMPS utility module.
Table 4.2 The 2021 ULE Administrative Forms
Form Description When To Use FROM TO Number ULE General Transmittal SICD PSO ADM As need arises Form PSO SICD Form 1
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Table 4.2 The 2021 ULE Administrative Forms
Form Description When To Use FROM TO Number ULE SR/ PSO ADM Appointment Slip As need arises Establishment Staff Form 2A ULE SR/ PSO ADM Problem Referral Slip As need arises Establishment Staff Form 2B 15 days after the ULE PSO RD RSSO provincial deadline ADM Narrative Report 30 days after the last SICD Form 4 RD RSSO provincial deadline cc: NCS-ANS 30 days after the PSO RD RSSO ULE provincial deadline ADM Financial Report 45 days after the last SICD Form 4A day of provincial RD RSSO cc: NCS-ANS deadline ULE Acknowledgement SR/PSO ADM Receipt Form As need arises Establishment Staff Form 5 (For ULE Form 3 only) ULE Focal ULE SR’s Daily TS Person – to ADM Accomplishment Weekly (with SR’s be used for Form 3C Report consent) wage computation
4.2.1 SUBMISSION OF NARRATIVE AND FINANCIAL REPORTS
ULE-Adm Form 4 (NARRATIVE REPORT)
The narrative reports submitted by the Field Offices are important input in the documentation of the entire ULE operations. A well-prepared narrative report may serve as basis for planning for future operations. Narrative report should be prepared and submitted by the PSOs to the RSSO 15 days after the provincial deadline. The RSSOs should consolidate the provincial narrative reports and submit to CO 30 days after the last provincial deadline. See Appendix 3 for the format of the narrative report.
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2021 ULE Narrative Report (province) E-mail to: Regional Director Subject:2021 ULE Narrative Report Attachment:2021ULENR_Ppp.doc Cc: [email protected], [email protected] 2021 ULE Narrative Report (region) E-mail to: [email protected] Subject:2021 ULE Narrative Report Attachment:2021ULENR_Rrr.doc Cc: Regional Director, [email protected] and [email protected] where pp = province code, rr = region code
ULE-Adm Form 4A (FINANCIAL REPORT)
Financial reports are used to monitor the allocated funds and may also be used as basis for future budget preparation. Financial report should be prepared and submitted by the PSOs to the RSSO 30 days after the provincial deadline. The RSSOs should consolidate the provincial financial reports and submit to CO 45 days after the last provincial deadline. See Appendix 4 for the format of the financial report.
2021 ULE Financial Report (province) E-mail to: Regional Director Subject:2021 ULE Financial Report Attachment:2021ULEFR_Ppp.xls Cc: [email protected], [email protected] 2021 ULE Financial Report (region) E-mail to: [email protected] Subject:2021 ULE Financial Report Attachment:2021ULEFR_Rrr.xls Cc: Regional Director, [email protected], and [email protected] where pp = province code, rr = region code
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4.2.2 ACCOMPLISHING OTHER ULE ADMINISTRATIVE FORMS
ULE-Adm Form 2A (Appointment Slip)
This form will be used when an eligible respondent is not available during the first visit or when the establishment opted to give information by a self-administered questionnaire which will be collected on the scheduled appointment. Accomplish two copies of this form. One copy is for the establishment and the other is for the interviewer’s file. Fill-in the date and time of revisit and the contact information. See Appendix 5.
ULE-Adm Form 2B (Problem Referral Slip)
This form will be used for cases when the interview was not completed or when an item/s of information was not available during the first visit. Accomplish two copies of this form. One copy is for the establishment and the other is for the interviewer’s file. Fill-in the date and time of revisit, the contact information and the description of the problem. See Appendix 6.
ULE-Adm Form 5 (ACKNOWLEDGMENT RECEIPT)
This form serves as record and control of all distributed ULE Form 3. See Appendix 7.
Before giving the Acknowledgment Receipt (ULE-ADM Form 5) to the receiving person, write the complete name and address of the establishment in the header. If the establishment is in the masterlist, write the ECN below the address. Request the person receiving ULE Form 3 to affix his/her signature and fill-in all other information required in the “Received by:” portion of the form.
The PSA personnel or SR distributing ULE Form 3 should likewise print his/her name, affix his/her signature and write the date in the “Distributed by:” portion.
If the status is for revisit, the SR and the person receiving the form should agree on the date of revisit/collection of the accomplished ULE Form 3. This date should be indicated in the “Due Date of Collection” portion of this form.
Fill-in the Status of Visit table. Write in Column 6 the appropriate code for the “Result of Visit” as follows: 1 Distributed 2 Collected and Completed 3 Collected but with incomplete entries, leave problem referral slip (ULE Adm Form 2B)
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4 ULE Form 3 returned and referred to another unit/department/establishment outside the province 5 Respondent not available for interview, leave appointment slip 6 ULE Form 3 referred to another unit/department within the establishment 7 ULE Form 3 referred to other unit/department/establishment outside province 8 Others, specify in the Remarks Column (col 7)
The SR shall file the acknowledgment receipts in an orderly manner and submit them to his/her TS after the last visit. The TS shall collect all ULE ADM Form 5 from all the SRs under his/her supervision and submit them to the Provincial Focal Person. These are important documents which can be used as evidence for filing cases of non-compliance to RA 10625.
ULE-Adm Form 3C (SR’s DAILY ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT)
The TS will be the one to prepare and accomplish the SR’s Daily Accomplishment Report (ULE-ADM Form 3C) on a weekly basis, preferably every Monday. The TS should submit this form, for all SRs under his/her supervision, to the Provincial Focal Person as basis of wage computation. See Appendix 8.
The TS can view the daily accomplishments of the SRs from the tablet under the “View Accomplishment Report” in the utility module. The daily accomplishment of the SRs viewed from the tablet are to be copied/transcribed by the TS to the SRs Daily Accomplishment Report for each of his/her SRs.
ULE-Adm Form 3D (TS’s DAILY ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT)
The ULE-Adm Form 3D (TS’s Daily Accomplishment report) should be accomplished by the TS to record his/her daily accomplishment. The TS should report the number of SRs supervised and the number of records verified from the Tablet.
The TS should submit the form on a weekly basis preferably every Monday to the Provincial Focal Person as basis of wage computation. See Appendix 9
4.3 OTHER MATERIALS
4.3.1 BARANGAY MAPS
The 2021 ULE entails door-to-door canvassing strategy to ensure complete coverage of all establishments within the ULE Barangay. The Barangay sketch maps will guide the
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TSs and SRs in defining the barangay boundaries. The PSOs should provide copy of the Barangay maps to the assigned TSs and SRs prior to enumeration.
4.3.2 ANDROID TABLETS AND ACCESSORIES
Android tablets will be provided to all SRs in which the Establishment Inquiry Application or ULE App will be installed.
The SRs are responsible for the proper handling of the tablet units and its accessories. They are required to return the tablet units and its accessories to the PSOs prior to the issuance of the certificate of work completed for them to be able to collect their last salary and wages.
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CHAPTER 5 FIELD OPERATION PROCEDURES
This chapter discusses the pre-enumeration, enumeration, and post-enumeration activities to be undertaken in the conduct of the 2021 ULE field operations.
5.1 PRE-ENUMERATION ACTIVITIES
5.1.1 PREPARATION AND PROVISION OF E-COPIES OF ULE FORMS AND MANUAL TO PSOs
Soft copy of ULE Form 3, other forms and materials, e-maps to be loaded to the tablet, and Field Operations Manual will be provided to PSOs for reproduction for use of participants during training and in field operation.
5.1.2 COORDINATION AND CONDUCT OF CONSULTATIONS
RSSOs and PSOs are enjoined to coordinate and/or conduct consultations with LGUs, business registration agencies, economic managers, business associations, economic area administrators and other entities to gain necessary support and cooperation for the conduct of the 2021 ULE. These activities also serve as venue to gather feedback and recommendations directly from stakeholders to improve the ULE operation.
Coordination and consultation activities may include, among others, the following:
• Meetings with business groups to formally inform them about the conduct of the 2021 ULE, its objectives and the uses of the data to be gathered, to consult them on the current business situation and existence of business establishments in the area and to solicit their support and cooperation; • Convening the LGUs and other government offices to inform them about the 2021 ULE operations and to solicit their support; • Visiting the LGUs and other registration offices to look for administrative sources of data that can supplement the updating of the LE and to consult them about the current status of business registration. • For special enumeration areas, like economic zones, high rise buildings and shopping malls, etc., prepare letters in advance to the Economic Zone Managers and/or Building Administrators requesting permission to conduct field enumeration and to request for a copy of their list of tenants. • Coordinate with the barangay chairperson on the areas to be enumerated and orient him/her on the purpose of the 2021 ULE.
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5.1.3. REGIONAL STATISTICAL SERVICE OFFICES (RSSOs)
1. Designation of a Regional Focal Person (RFP) for the 2021 ULE and submit name to NCS-SICD. The designated RFP will be responsible for all 2021 ULE-related activities of the region.
2. As part of the Publicity and Information Campaign of the region, • secure endorsement letter from local industry and business associations requesting for support/cooperation from their members; • hang the ULE streamer in a conspicuous place of the regional office for the duration of the operation; and • plug the conduct of 2021 ULE at local radio stations.
5.1.4. PROVINCIAL STATISTICAL OFFICES (PSOs)
1. Designation and submission of name of Provincial Focal Person (PFP) for the 2021 ULE to NCS-SICD copy furnished RSSO. The designated PFP will be responsible for all 2021 ULE-related activities of the province.
2. Recruitment of qualified Statistical Researchers (SRs) and Team Supervisors (TSs) for field operations and Machine Processors (MPs) for machine processing. TS for machine processing and ULE Clerk will also be hired for selected provinces with large workload.
Personnel to be hired should meet the following minimum qualifications:
➢ preferably college graduate or have completed at least 2nd year college; ➢ with experience as enumerator / statistical researcher in PSA surveys; ➢ preferably with knowledge in the use of smart phones or android tablet for the field interviewers: with knowledge on the use of desktop computers for the machine processors; ➢ physically fit and able; ➢ able to deal tactfully with officials and staff of business establishments; ➢ neat and presentable; and ➢ with good moral character.
3. Procurement of necessary materials and supplies.
4. Preparation and implementation of work allocation plan to effectively meet the timeline.
5. Preparation of publicity program to drum up support and cooperation for the 2021 ULE. A sample of the 2021 ULE streamer can be downloaded from the PSA website (https://psa.gov.ph). The streamer shall be hung in a conspicuous place of the provincial office for the duration of the operation.
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6. Printing of Field Operations Manual, ULE forms, administrative forms, and block/EA/barangay maps for use of SRs.
7. Coordinate with the Punong Barangay regarding the conduct of field practice on the last day of the third level training for field operation.
8. Preparation of tablets to be used in the enumeration including the downloading of barangay masterlist and e-maps. See detailed instructions below.
PREPARATION FOR DATA COLLECTION USING THE TABLET-BASED ULE App
Prior to the use of the ULE App, the following has to be undertaken:
1. Barangay Masterlists based from the preliminary 2021 List of Establishments (LE) will be prepared by SICD and will be contained in the BRIMPS database.
2. Assignment of User Accounts
A user account is a requirement for a user to be able to access the ULE App and to be able to synchronize with the BRIMPS. Account will be created through BRIMPS and can be accessed online by typing: https://brimps.psa.gov.ph
Initially, only the CO-SICD Supervisors will be able to access the system. The CO- SICD Supervisors will assign User Account to all designated provincial supervisors thru the BRIMPS Utility Module – Manage User’s Account.
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The 2021 ULE PFP and his/her alternate will serve as the BRIMPS supervisor. The PFP has the control of all users of BRIMPS in the province. Only the supervisors are allowed to create and/or add user account for the province.
For the field operation, user account will be assigned to each SR by the provincial supervisor. Each SR will be given a unique combination of user ID and password which will be used to log in the ULE App.
The User ID is the SR’s Employee ID. Once the provincial supervisor submits the user account, a password uniquely assigned to a particular user will be sent to the provided cellphone number. This combination of user ID and password will be used by the SR to log-in in the ULE App.
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For security and to avoid access of an unauthorized user, the provincial supervisor should use his/her own cellphone number for all the user accounts that he/she will create so that all corresponding passwords will be sent only to his/her number. The provincial supervisor will be the one to give the SRs his/her password as texted.
Provincial Supervisor’s Cellphone Number
3. Workload Assignment to each SR is to be done by the PFP. The assignment of workload will be done using the BRIMPS ULE Module – Workload Assignment.
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After the assignment of workload, the PFP/TSs/SRs will now be able to download the Barangay masterlist/s to the tablet when synchronization is made.
5.2 CANVASSING AND MAPPING
In the conduct of the past ULE, the process of canvassing is always adopted to ensure complete coverage of establishments and to avoid overlapping of coverage. The mapping, on the other hand, is first time to be done in the 2021 round as one of the innovative directions of NCS towards the production of map-based statistics. If no tablet is available in enumerating a certain barangay, the maps with geotagged buildings will be used for this purpose. Otherwise, e-copy of maps will be loaded to the tablet. As part of the continuous
63 2021 ULE Field Operations Manual mapping operations of the PSA, geo-tagging activities were conducted in all provinces to mark each building structure with a corresponding geo-point and assign it with a unique building serial number (BSN). Also, basic building information were collected during the conduct of the geo-tagging operation.
Geo-tagging refers to the marking of building structures to create their corresponding building points. Each building point represents a building structure in the actual ground as indicated in your EA map. These points are associated with geographical information such as BSN, building address, building type, building picture, among others. However, for the purpose of the 2021 ULE operation, only the building points and BSNs are shown in the EA/block maps.
The process of canvassing and mapping procedures done in the 2020 CPH will be applied except that only buildings occupied by establishments will be part of the mapping. The discussion contained in this section was taken from the 2020 CPH Enumerator’s Guidelines. By following the canvassing and mapping procedures, the SR can effectively strategize on what best route to take during enumeration.
5.2.1 READING THE BARANGAY/EA/BLOCK MAP
Statistical Researchers are required to familiarize the features of the maps prior to field enumeration. The Barangay/EA/Block maps are composed of two parts: 1) the area map section, and 2) the geographic information section.
The area map section basically contains the image/shape of the area to be enumerated. The shape of the area is defined by its boundaries with the adjacent areas. This section features the identifiable characteristics of the area such as roads, streets, pathways, alleys, rivers, streams, landmarks, building roofs, geo-tagged points, and other area features.
The geographic information section is located at the bottom part of the map with the PSA logo placed on left part of this section. Beside the logo are the province, city/municipality, and barangay name and code, EA number, block number, reference building symbols, sheet number, and certification portion.
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Area Map Section
PSA logo Geographic Information Reference Building Symbols Certification Portion
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To effectively carry out your canvassing and mapping job, you should learn how to read the barangay/EA/block map provided to you. This skill can be achieved by familiarizing yourself first with the basic mapping symbols and their definitions.
In general, maps are oriented to the North by an arrow pointing upward as indicated in the upper right portion of your EA/barangay/ block map.
Another important thing to know is the general location of the barangay, its boundaries, and/or the proper EA boundaries. The following types of boundary indicators that can be found on your map are:
1. a barangay boundary represented by
2. an EA boundary represented by
3. a block boundary represented by
The standard geographic and cartographic symbols are presented in Figure 5.1. Use these symbols as guides in reading the barangay/EA/block map.
FIGURE 5.1
Geographic and Cartographic Symbols
Description Legend
Barangay/EA Boundary
Block Boundary
Provincial or National Road/Municipal Road
Barangay Road/Alley
Proposed Road/Trail = = = = _ _ _ _ Bridge/Railroad = = = = _ River or Creek/Fish Pond
Municipal Hall/Barangay Hall
GovernmentBuilding/School
Church/Mosque
Market/Grocery or Department Store
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Pharmacy Store/Gasoline Station
Basketball Court/Golf Course Hospital/Health Center
Police Station/Cell Tower
Forest or Mountain or Hill/Cemetery
Artesian Well/Ricefield
Cornfield/Coconut Plantation
Tobacco/Abaca Plantation
Swamp or Marsh/Sea Port or Pier
Sugarcane/Banana Plantation
Pineapple Plantation/Park or Plaza
Find true north without a compass
You can always use the position of the sun to determine the true north. For example, if the sun is in the east in the early morning, the opposite direction naturally is the west. From there, you can determine that the direction to your left leads you to the north.
Barangay/EA/Block Map
Before the conduct of enumeration, the Provincial Focal Person (PFP) shall provide you with a set of maps for each of the areas assigned to you. Ensure that each set contains the following maps:
1. Barangay map
A barangay map is the graphical representation of the barangay covered for the 2021 ULE operation. Basically, it shows the general topographic features of the area, boundaries with adjacent barangays, and prominent landmarks and other area features.
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2. Enumeration Area map within the Barangay
An enumeration area (EA) map is the graphical representation of a portion of the barangay covered for the 2021 ULE operation. If a barangay is subdivided into EAs, each EA map shows its boundaries with other EAs within the barangay.
3. Block map/s within the Enumeration area
A block map is the geographical representation of a portion of an EA covered for the 2021 ULE operation. If an EA is subdivided into smaller portions called blocks, each block map boundary shows its boundaries with other blocks within the EA.
Note: For barangay with only one EA, barangay and EA map will be provided as one
map. For EA with no block maps, EA and Block map will be provided as one map.
Use these maps during the conduct of your ocular inspection, canvassing, and map updating activities. Illustrations 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 present a barangay map, an EA map and a block map, respectively
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ILLUSTRATION 5.1 Example of a Barangay Map
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Cartographic Symbol Cartographic
Name Street
ILLUSTRATION 4.2
ILLUSTRATION 5.2
Example of an Enumeration Area (EA) Map
Number Boundary
EA EA
Barangay Name Barangay EA EA
Barangay Boundary Barangay
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ILLUSTRATION 5.2 Example of an EA Map
BlockBoundary
Number
Block
ILLUSTRATION 5.3
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ILLUSTRATION 5.3 Example of a Block Map
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5.2.2 OCULAR INSPECTION
Ocular inspection refers to the conduct of familiarization visit to your area of assignment by going around it and through it. As an SR, you must be able to establish the exact boundaries of your area/s of assignment so that you can completely cover your area and that you do not go beyond it. You should request the Punong Barangay or any other barangay official to provide you with the necessary information on the boundaries of the barangay and the best route to take during the actual field enumeration.
Using the barangay/EA map provided to you, orient yourself with the prominent ground features such as (i) street signs; (ii) prominent landmarks; (iii) known institutions such as schools, barangay halls, day-care centers, purok centers, chapels, among others; and locate your position in the map based on these features. Always consult the barangay officials during the conduct of your ocular inspection and map orientation, especially when you are not so familiar with your area of assignment. The residents of the area can also provide additional information pertaining to boundaries, prominent features and landmarks, and others.
Look for street signs or signages to locate your
location in the EA/block map.
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Look for prominent landmark to locate your location in the EA/block map.
5.2.3 CANVASSING
During the actual conduct of enumeration, you should carry out the canvassing activity of your area of assignment using the map provided as reference guide.
Canvassing refers to the door-to-door visit in the entire barangay/EA to look for buildings and households to list, ensuring complete coverage of the area. You shall canvass the barangay/EA/block during the actual conduct of enumeration. Canvassing the barangay/EA/block depends on the actual structure of the barangay/EA/block.
It is important that you observe the following procedures when canvassing the barangay/EA:
Procedures on How to Canvass a Barangay/EA With Blocks
For the 2021 ULE operation, a block map may be any of the following:
a. an area bounded on all sides by visible features such as streets, roads, railroad tracks, rivers, and others;
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b. a sub-divided area of an EA that may be composed of two or more sub-blocks; and c. an enlarged portion of a clustered area.
These block maps are portion of your assigned EA.
If you are assigned to a barangay/EA composed of blocks, apply the following canvassing procedures:
1. Using your barangay/EA map, locate a block where you can conveniently start the canvassing activity.
Locate a block where you Block 1 can conveniently start
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01 02
03
04
2. Canvass your area BLOCK BY BLOCK, beginning from the most convenient block. Then, completely canvass one block at a time until you have completed the last block in your assigned EA.
For each block, start canvassing from a corner and go around the block preferably in a clockwise direction (KEEP RIGHT), along the inner side of the bounding streets until the starting point has been reached.
Refer below for the illustration. Arrows in the illustrations are used to show the direction for the systematic canvassing of an EA with blocks.
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S Block 1 Block 2
Block 4 Block 3
E
Systematically canvass the EA starting from Block 1 to the next blocks
3. In enumerating along the street or road, never go from one side of the street or road to the other side. Complete the enumeration first on one side before going to the other side.
When you are near the boundary of the barangay/EA, determine whether the block still belongs to your area before proceeding to canvass the said block.
Wrong Correct S S
Never go from one side of the street/road to the other side
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4. Encircle the block number on the barangay/EA map when you have finished canvassing the block in order to keep track of your progress.
01
02 Encircle the 03 block number of a completed area 04
5. Verify areas with no building/structures in the map such as vacant lots, public parks, basketball court, and others. If verified, do not canvass these areas.
Procedures on How to Canvass a Barangay/EA/Block Not Bounded by Visible Features
If your barangay/EA/block is not bounded by visible features such as roads, rivers, railroads, and other similar features, canvass the area as systematically as possible. If a street or road cuts through the middle of a barangay/EA, canvass on one side of the street or road first, before canvassing the other side.
In rural areas, canvass the barangay/EA/block from one end of the area to the other end, particularly when buildings/housing units are along the roads, riverbanks, shorelines, or hills/mountains. Canvass also the barangay/EA from one outer sitio, purok or village to the next, and so on, until the whole barangay/EA has been completely covered. For areas with buildings that are far from clusters of buildings, determine the best routes to follow in order to efficiently canvass the whole area.
In a barangay/EA where the buildings are relatively dispersed, consult with the barangay officials or other knowledgeable persons in the barangay on the best way to cover the
76 2021 ULE Field Operations Manual area. While in the course of your enumeration, always inquire about buildings in the vicinity that are hidden from view, the best routes to follow, and other helpful information. Illustration 5.4 shows the directions in the systematic canvassing of an EA/block not bounded by visible features. Arrows are used to show the direction for the systematic canvassing of an EA not bounded by visible features. During enumeration, arrows are not required to be indicated in the map.
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ILLUSTRATION 5.4 Canvassing of an EA or Blocks Not Bounded by Visible Features
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02
03 05
11 09
BLOCK 02
13
02
03 05
11 09 10 01 06
BLOCK 05
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5.2.4 MAPPING
For purposes of the 2021 ULE operations, mapping generally refers to the task of updating the barangay/EA/block map by (i) indicating the proper building symbols, and (ii) plotting of building point and writing the building serial number (BSN) for newly-identified buildings on the barangay/EA/block map where establishments are occupying. Mapping activity should be done simultaneously with enumeration of establishments. The task of mapping can be effectively accomplished by using the proper mapping symbols and implementing the required procedures for this activity.
General Procedures for Mapping
Your supervisor should provide you with the map of the barangay/EA/ block assigned to you. The map helps you identify the exact location of buildings on the actual ground and each building’s corresponding BSN that you should reflect in ULE Form 3 during enumeration. To accomplish the mapping task, follow the procedures below:
1. For every building occupied by establishment/s, determine if it has a corresponding building point and a BSN on the map.
2. For building structures with BSNs indicated on the map:
• Encircle the BSN of the building with establishment.
• Indicate a checkmark ( ) on the BSN of other buildings which may be residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural not occupied by establishments.
3. Filling-out the certification portion of the map
• Print and sign your name on the spaces provided at the lower right portion of the barangay/EA/block maps. Write also your position/ designation and the date after you have completed the enumeration of the area and updated the map.
Procedures on How to Indicate Proper Building Symbols in the EA/Block Map
During the course of mapping, identify on the map the approximate location of each building. Indicate/Plot on the barangay/EA/block map the appropriate symbol for the buildings following the instructions on proper symbols to be used by type of building. Use the following symbols:
SYMBOL DESCRIPTION
Any building with establishment.
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SYMBOL DESCRIPTION
Newly-identified building (newly constructed or existing non-geotagged building) occupied by establishment.
Other buildings (residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural) with no establishment
Procedures on How to Indicate New Buildings in the EA/Block Maps Ideally, all buildings occupied by establishments should have corresponding BSNs on the map. However, during enumeration, you may encounter some buildings that have no BSNs indicated on the map. This situation occurs if these buildings are newly-constructed, or the building points and BSNs for these structures were not assigned during the previous geo-tagging activity. In such cases, you are required to plot the building symbol and assign a BSN for each of these buildings. The following are the procedures that you should follow when you have identified a building without its corresponding BSN in your map:
Plot on the barangay/EA/block map the symbol for each newly-identified building with livestock and poultry activity.
• Assign and write the 8000-series BSN, starting from 8001, near the building symbol that you have plotted on the map. The sequential 8000-series BSN must be unique and sequential within the EA.
• Repeat this procedure for each newly-identified residential building in the EA.
Example: a. Identify the building structure, either newly-constructed or not tagged, on the barangay/EA/block map.
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b. Plot the symbol on the identified building structure.
c. For the first building, write 8001, for the second, 8002, and so on.
8001
IMPORTANT NOTE: In enumerating an area, you should exert all efforts to ensure that all non-geotagged buildings with livestock and poultry activity have been properly reflected on the maps using the appropriate building symbols.
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ILLUSTRATION 5.5
Canvassed Portion of a Block Map
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800170 01
8001
Procedures on Taking Good Care of the Map
It is your responsibility to handle your map with care. Like other ULE materials, the map is also a very important document/record of the establishment with livestock and poultry
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Below are some guidelines in taking care of the maps:
1. Use pencil in updating the map,
2. Do not use stamp pad in signing your name or indicating the date on the mapping form,
3. Do not fold or roll the maps,
4. Do not punch holes nor staple the maps, and
5. Protect the map from extreme weather conditions.
5.2.5 SUBMISSION OF MAPS TO CENTRAL OFFICE
All updated EA and block maps used in the 2021 ULLLAPE should be scanned in the provincial office and email to Census Planning and Coordination Division (CPCD) at [email protected], and cc: [email protected]. The PSOs will be notified on the submission of scanned maps in an advisory.
Folder Structure for the Scanned Paper Maps
Prior to the scanning of paper maps, prepare the folder structure required for the archiving of the scanned maps.
1. Crete a folder for all maps used and use the naming convention: “2021 ULE – Province Name”.
Example:
2. Inside the folder for the 2021 ULE, create a folder for each barangay and name it according to its geographic code: rrppmmbbb, where:
rr – Region code pp – Province code mm – City/Municipality code bb – Barangay code Example: For Brgy. Del Carmen, Alaminos, Laguna, the folder name should be: “043401001”
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The supervisor should ensure that all scanned maps is placed according to its barangay to avoid complications during map processing that will be done at the Central Office (CO).
Scanning the Paper Maps
The maps used during the field operations will be scanned by the supervisor assigned in the provincial office. Only the EA and its corresponding block maps will be scanned in this activity.
1. The supervisor is tasked to sequentially arrange the paper maps to be subjected for scanning. Each set of maps to be scanned should include an EA map together with its block map/s. The EA maps should be placed at the front of each set followed by its block maps in sequential order, i.e., block 1, block 2, and so on, if applicable.
For every EA and block map, there is a corresponding number of sheets provided. This can also be used as a reference in arranging the order of the EA and block maps. In every number of sheets indicated, the first sheet will always correspond to the EA map, then, the succeeding sheets correspond to the block maps within the EA.
Note: For EAs that were not divided into blocks, there should still be a paper map printed as its block map separate from the EA map.
2. Configure the settings of your scanner and set the DPI (Dots per Inch) to 200 for higher image definition, and Save file type to .tiff
3. Begin scanning each set (EA map with its corresponding block maps) of paper maps as a batch. Each set should be saved as one (1) .tiff file
4. Choose the “Add Pages” option after scanning the EA map to add the block maps in the same file. Do this until all block maps of the EA has been scanned and can be included in the .tiff file of the EA.
5. Once all paper maps of a set have been scanned, save the .tiff file using the naming convention: rrppmmbbbeeeeee where: rr – Region code pp – Province code mm – City/Municipality code bbb – Barangay code eeeeee – Enumeration Area code
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Example: For EA 001000 of Barangay Del Carmen, Alaminos, Laguna, the name of the .tiff file should be: 043401001001000
6. Save the .tiff file in its appropriate barangay folder.
5.3 ENUMERATION PROCEDURES
5.3.1 ENUMERATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE 2021 ULE BARANGAYS
Guidelines for the SRs:
1. Prior to the conduct of enumeration to the assigned barangay/s, ensure that the Barangay Masterlist/s has been downloaded already to the tablet.
2. Following the systematic process of door-to-door canvassing of establishments, locate an establishment. The following may serve as guide in identifying whether an economic unit is an establishment: a. Presence of a signboard. The signboard is posted on a conspicuous place at the entrance door of the establishment and usually contains the business name, the economic activity, and other identifying information about the establishment.
Some establishments, especially offices, do not bear any signboard which makes the work of locating them difficult. In this case, make an inquiry. Take note also for presence of establishments inside compounds with high walls, steel gates, in condominiums, at the back of front row buildings, in the interior, etc.
b. Physical evidences of economic activities taking place. The unusual sound or noise (coming from machines) and smell; physical manifestations like smoke from factory smokestack; presence of exhaust fans, transformers, delivery trucks, etc. may indicate the presence of establishments. 3. Identify the establishment. This means determining whether an establishment is within the scope and coverage of the 2021 ULE. Refer to Table 2.2 for “Scope and Coverage” and “Units Not to be Listed”. Ensure that establishments not to be listed are not enumerated. 4. Using the ULE App, search if the identified establishment is already in the masterlist, if not add it as “new”. Detailed instruction in matching, adding new establishment and updating is discussed in Chapter 6. 5. Conduct an interview and record data using the ULE App. See Chapter 6 for the instructions in using the tablet-based ULE App. • If respondent is not available for interview:Leave ULE Form 3 with filled in Address Box with the name, address and ECN of the establishment (if matched). Set appointment date for callback using the ULE-ADM Form 2A (Appointment Slip).
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• Accomplish ULE-ADM Form 5 (Acknowledgement Receipt) and let responsible person from the establishment acknowledge receipt of ULE Form 3.
6. Inform the receiving officer that they can do on-line accomplishment or use the fillable questionnaire. See Sections 5.3.2 and 5.3.3 of this chapter. 7. Go to the next establishment. Repeat Steps 2 to 5. 8. Revisit the establishment scheduled for callback and ensure that corresponding ULE Form 3 is accomplished. Using the tablet, enter the information correspondingly from ULE Form 3 to the establishments’ record in the ULE App. Submit the accomplished ULE Form 3 to the TS. 9. Ensure that the assigned area is completely covered.
10. Upload the completed records or enumerated establishments from the tablet to the central database using the Sync function of the ULE App.
Activities to be done by the Team Supervisor
1. Assist the PFP/FIs in downloading the ULE Barangay masterlist to the tablet-based ULE App.
2. Assist the FIs during the enumeration, especially on the first and second week to ensure that the correct ULE concepts are followed and instructions are properly implemented.
3. Assist in solving problem establishments, including enumerator-uncooperative respondent conflicts.
4. Conduct spotchecking.
5. Review the collected information from the SR’s tablet.
6. Monitor the progress and status of enumeration of the SRs. Regularly check and keep records of the SRs’ daily accomplishments from the tablet. Submit to the Provincial Focal Person, on a weekly basis, consolidated daily accomplishment report for each SRs.
7. Ensure complete and non-overlapping coverage of the assigned ULE Barangays.
8. Assist the SRs in uploading the completed/enumerated records from the tablet to the central database.
Proper handling and security of data in the tablet
All SRs/TSs are CAUTIONED NOT TO:
1. use the tablet for any non-related work;
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2. copy or reproduce the individual establishment data (questionnaire) and/or the ULE Masterlist loaded in the tablet , whether in print or electronic medium;
3. allow unauthorized persons to accompany him/her during the data collection, which provides these persons to have access to information that are being gathered; and,
4. administer other forms other than the 2021 ULE Establishment Inquiry Application/Form.
These are deemed violations of the confidentiality provision of Section 26 of Republic Act (RA) No. 10625. Such violations are grounds for dismissal/termination of the SRs/TSs service contract and/or prosecution in proper court. In case the SR/TS fails to perform his/her duties, the PSA management has the right to end his/her contract of service.
5.3.2 ONLINE SUBMISSION
Establishments with permanent Establishment Control Number (ECN), or those which are already listed in the ULE Barangay masterlist, may opt to provide information of the establishment by accomplishing the online questionnaire.
The SRs should be familiar with the online facility in case the establishment want to get oriented about the online questionnaire. It should also be ensured that for establishments who opted to use the online questionnaire, the SR should copy correctly the ECN from the masterlist to the ULE Form 3 to be provided to the establishment. Below are the instructions given in the online questionnaire:
1. Using an internet browser, go to https://ule.psa.gov.ph
2. For first time user, perform a one-time registration by submitting the following:
a. ECN (Establishment Control Number)
An alpha-numeric 14-digit character indicated on the address stub part of ULE Form 3 which serves as an identification for a particular establishment.
b. Company E-mail Address
For security of data provided, this should be the official e-mail account of the establishment. The password will be sent to the registered e-mail address. In case the establishment forgot the password, the ECN should be submitted for the password to be re-sent.
3. Fill out the fields for Establishment’s ID (ECN) and password.
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4. Click the Submit button and a blank ULE Form 3 will appear on the screen.
5. After accomplishing the form, submit it by clicking the Submit button.
5.3.3 ACCOMPLISHING THE EDITABLE PDF VERSION OF ULE FORM 3
If personal interview is not possible to collect data of the establishment, another option is by accomplishing the editable pdf version of ULE Form 3. If the establishment opted this mode, ask for the establishment’s email address and provide it to the focal person for her/him to email the editable ULE Form 3 to the establishment. Once accomplished, the establishment should email it back to PSA. The focal person should print the accomplished questionnaire and provide to the assigned SR so that the data will be transcribed to the tablet.
5.3.4 HOW TO ENUMERATE SPECIAL AREAS
Coverage of establishments in Non-ULE areas
Known operating establishments, which are within the scope and coverage of the LE but located in Non-ULE Barangays, must also be interviewed and included in the LE. The PSO shall assess the reasonableness of operation of these Non-ULE Barangays with known operating establishment/s in terms of cost to be incurred and the peace and order situation. If the cost to be incurred is not reasonable and/or if peace and order problem exists in the area, a certification duly signed by the Provincial Statistical Officer (PSO) stating the condition and/or reason for non-coverage of the establishment/s in the said areas shall be submitted to the ANS-NCS [email protected] cc: [email protected] and [email protected] .
How to enumerate establishments in buildings
Business and office buildings, including hotels and apartments, should be approached as follows:
1. Enumerate a building floor by floor starting from the ground floor to the topmost floor. The building directory would be helpful in determining the economic units to be included. The building administrator or security guard may be helpful alternatives. Go around each floor as you would canvass a block.
2. Check each floor in a building for any possible establishments it may house in addition to residential units.
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3. Be on the lookout for canteens, lunch counters, bookstores, gift shops and other stores that may be operating separately within the building. Determine if these economic units are to be listed following the criteria for an economic unit to be considered and scope and coverage of the LE. Go around each floor as you canvass a block.
How to enumerate in special areas
There are areas that need special approach in enumerating. These are economic zones, markets, shopping malls/centers, military camps, department stores, supermarkets, movie houses, hospital compounds, school campuses, apartments/condominiums, disco houses and other places of entertainment, airports and seaports.
In all these special areas, make arrangement in advance with the authorities regarding the enumeration to be done. Present a letter, to be prepared by the CSS, requesting for permission to enumerate, and for the list of tenants/lessees. Settle on the method of collection of information (personal interview or self-administered), and the date of enumeration. If self-administered, settle whether you will distribute and collect the form personally or through the administrator of the special area.
If the special area administrator agrees for personal interview of the tenants/lessees, follow the instructions below:
Economic Zones, Markets and Shopping Malls/Centers, Airports and Seaports
a. Get the list of operating establishments or the list of lessees from administrators and use this as a guide while listing. b. Proceed in enumerating as you would in a barangay. c. Review for completeness.
Military Installations
Military camps and forts and air naval bases should be visited for possible establishments located therein. For security reasons, it is possible that an enumerator may not be allowed to use the map inside the camp/base. It is, therefore, recommended to seek the advice of the commander on how to enumerate inside the base/camp.
Hospital Compounds/School Campuses
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Inside these units, there may still be other establishments operating separately. Snack counters, canteens, bookstores, drug stores and medical clinics are examples of these establishments. These establishments should be enumerated.
Apartments/Condominiums
Each apartment/condominium building must be checked for possible establishments it may house in addition to residential units. The manager or administrator, or security guard may be helpful in confirming the existence of economic units such as restaurants, bars, coffee shops, law offices, and others.
Disco Houses, Bars/Bistros, Cockpits and Other Places of Entertainment
Because of the nature of their activities, certain establishments could not be contacted on ordinary days at any time during the regular office hours. Cockpits operate on Sundays and holidays only; night spots obviously do not operate during daytime. Gymnasia, boxing arenas and stadia open only when there are shows, bouts and competitions.
a. Exercise initiative, resourcefulness and sacrifice to some extent in order not to miss them. b. If possible, enumerate establishments at the time when business is going on; otherwise, go to the residence of the owner or manager to get the necessary information.
5.3.5 CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW
Qualities of an Effective Interviewer
To effectively carry out the enumeration tasks, a good field interviewer should have the following qualities:
1. Logical. Enumeration does not require extraordinary intelligence. But it demands an ability to understand the basic concepts used in the enumeration and follow simple instructions. It also requires talent for sizing up people and situations. The staff must also be able to use the right approaches when asking probing questions.
2. Punctual. It is important that once an appointment with the respondent is set, the field staff must make it a habit to be punctual. It is a must that the staff should be punctual not only during the training sessions, but should also observe punctuality during actual fieldwork.
3. Honest and with integrity. The integrity of the data collected depends largely on the integrity and honesty of the staff conducting the enumeration. Simply stated, the staff must never fabricate responses. He/she should be able to carry out his/her
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work as expected. The accuracy and quality of data gathered should always be the top priority in this undertaking. Data collected are more precious than diamonds because they are the key for government and private sectors to formulate better plans towards national economic development.
4. With teamwork skills. The staff must be able to display good teamwork skills and willingness to improve performance. He/she should not hesitate to approach and ask the supervisor or PSA regular staff in case of doubt, or query regarding ULE concepts and any problems that arise during enumeration. These qualities should always be applied among the field interviewers and supervisors to facilitate the enumeration/field verification.
5. Neat and presentable. In appearance and manner, the staff must be one who inspires confidence and professionalism. Remember, first impressions are important because the respondent will cooperate mainly on the basis of the PSA staff’s approach. He/she should sound enthusiastic and interesting in order to stimulate attention of the respondent.
6. With professional ethics. The role of PSA field interviewer is that of a professional researcher. He/she should maintain the confidentiality of information collected and the integrity of the PSA as well. In no way should he/she engage the respondent in any unprofessional relationship. All personal and professional information about the respondent should be confidential in nature, as well.
7. Patient and persuasive. Patience is a virtue. This means that impatience should never be shown, as when waiting to be entertained by the respondent, or when following up reports, or when encountering downright refusals. Persuasion is a skill acquired when the staff is able to approach appropriately any type of respondent and make them cooperate with the updating/listing of establishments.
8. Observant and alert. The interviewer must be extra observant of the people around him during the interview. He should be alert and ready to protect himself from unexpected harm that may befall him.
Guidelines in Conducting an Interview
The field interviewer should follow the guidelines in interviewing listed below:
1. Interview a responsible person, that is, one who can give reliable information or answer to the questions. The owner/manager is the most responsible and knowledgeable person to interview.
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2. Introduce yourself as you come face to face with the respondent, showing your ID card. Explain briefly the purpose of the activity and the confidential handling of results. As soon as the respondent has signified his willingness to answer questions, the enumerator should conduct the interview in a most friendly and professional manner.
3. Do not emphasize, or even mention, the right to make inquiries unless this authority is questioned. Make the respondent feel that the information he furnishes will help planners and policy-makers in the formulation of policies and plans for the good of the country. Refusal should be reported immediately to the supervisor.
4. Always be courteous and polite. Be tactful and patient in approaching the establishment.
The interviewer’s introduction and the manner of delivery have a strong influence on respondent’s reaction and their willingness to cooperate. The interaction between the interviewer and respondent is crucial for gaining and maintaining respondents’ cooperation.
Some techniques the interviewer can use to enhance this interaction are:
• Listen attentively • Keep the interview time short • Refrain from any suggestion that one answer is more acceptable than another • Check if the respondent has any further questions about the listing operation
A simple “Thank you” after every interview shall leave the respondent with a good feeling for cooperating with the enumeration.
5. Do not waste time in irrelevant conversation. Avoid argument or long discussions. Do not be domineering or superior. Make the respondent feel important and show that he is a friend.
6. Be familiar with the ULE forms and the instructions before conducting the interview.
It is important for the field interviewer to have thorough knowledge of the ULE concepts as well as the updating instruments so that the interview can proceed smoothly. If a respondent has difficulty understanding the concept, the interviewer should be able to explain and define the concept as used in the ULE.
If respondents have questions about the ULE, the interviewer should answer them genuinely, drawing on the knowledge gained during his/her training.
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7. Observe the conditions within the establishment premises to validate the information given by the respondent. In case the data given by the respondent do not seem to tally with the interviewer’s observation, ask probing questions.
Handling Common Enumeration Problems
The problems that the interviewer will most likely encounter in the course of the enumeration are as follows:
PROBLEM ACTION TO BE TAKEN
The respondent refuses to be enumerated /interviewed. Explain to the respondent the objectives of the updating operation. The respondent does not feel involved in
the project or fears that the After all means has been exerted, explain establishment might be a target of tax RA 10625 Sections 25-27. If still refuses, investigation (BIR) or inspection refer this case to your supervisor. (DTI/DOLE).
Some branches refused to be Explain to the respondents that this interviewed for they have received undertaking is just to update the status and memo from their respective main offices collect basic characteristics of stating not to answer any PSA survey establishments. and to forward the questionnaires to the main offices which will be responsible in If respondent still refused, ask the name filling up the questionnaire. and address of main office and enter it in the remarks portion. Try to get the name and address of the establishment from the neighbors, if possible. Establishment cannot be contacted because of impediments such as high Visit the barangay office to validate the walls, closed gates and/or unresponsive address and inquire for presence of guards. establishment and get other ULE information. Ask for barangay assistance to be able to penetrate the establishment and verify information from the barangay.
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PROBLEM ACTION TO BE TAKEN
Accomplish 2 copies of ULE-ADM Form 2B (Problem Referral Slip). One copy is for the establishment and the other is for the Establishment not enumerated interviewer’s file. Collect partially completely in first visit. A responsible accomplished questionnaire. person is not around at the time of visit. Indicate the name and address, and date of revisit to the establishment to collect all the other information. Respondent resist in giving TIN, information on assets, employment Emphasize that these information will be because they perceived that used for statistical purposes only. BIR/DTI/DOLE will investigate them.
Some items or information are referred Ask and record the complete contact to an office outside the area of information (name and address of reporting assignment. unit; the name, address and position of contact person) in the Remarks portion. Establishments citing the Data Privacy Explain that the Data Privacy Act only Act as an excuse on not complying the pertains to personal information/sensitive listing. personal information and that information necessary in order to carry out the functions of public authority like that of PSA is exempted.
5.4 POST-ENUMERATION ACTIVITIES
The post-enumeration activities include activities that need to be done after the enumeration phase of the operation.
The specific post-enumeration tasks of the different units are enumerated below.
RSSOs
1. Prepare and submit consolidated Narrative Report and Financial Report of the 2021 ULE to NCS-SICD, on or before 30 and 45 days after the last provincial deadline, respectively.
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PSOs
1. Prepare and submit narrative report and financial report of the 2021 ULE to RSSO on or before 15 and 30 days after the provincial deadline, respectively.
2. Collect and Safe keep all ICT equipment and accessories, ULE manuals and unused ULE forms after the enumeration.
3. Check the final status of uploading using the BRIMPS progress and status monitoring reports. Make sure that all ULE Barangay masterlists are 100% uploaded in the central database.
4. Check also if all establishments’ records have entry on “Date Completed”, if not, make sure to take appropriate action for those not yet completed.
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CHAPTER 6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENTS INQUIRY FORM, QFIELD PROJECTS AND ULE APPLICATION
This chapter discusses the instructions and guidelines in accomplishing ULE Establishment Inquiry Forms, preparation of QField projects and instructions on how to use the tablet-based ULE App.
6.1 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Ensure that the tablet are fully charged before going out to the area of assignment. Bring power bank, if available. 2. If tablets are not available, ensure to bring enough hard copy of ULE Form 3. 3. Ensure that updated version of ULE app and the provided QField Android Package (APK) are installed in the tablet. 4. Ensure that QField projects for the assigned barangay are already saved in the internal storage of the tablet. 5. Remember the provided Employee ID and Password by the supervisor. 6. For SRs assigned to more than one barangay, ensure that the barangay to be selected in the login screen in the ULE App is the right barangay for enumeration. 7. In general, items requiring entries should not be left blank. If the answer to a question or item is none, enter the word ‘NONE’ in the input box (contact info only). 8. Ensure that all establishments have EA and BSN. 9. Review error list after every completed interview, it is displayed after “VALIDATE” button. 10. Do not leave the premise of the establishment unless all errors listed is acceptable and with explanation in the Remarks. 11. Always tap the “SAVE ESTABLISHMENT” button found after the remarks portion. 12. Be guided by the pop-up messages on the screen whenever you missed or mistakenly tag an option. These messages contain specific instruction why you cannot proceed to the next item or screen or to save the establishment. 13. In cases when hard copy of ULE Form 3 is use in the data collection, encode the data in the tablet using the ULE App.
6.2 Specific Instructions in Establishment Inquiry Form/ULE App Data
All data items and other fields should be properly and correctly filled-out.
For Queries Please Contact portion:
Found on the lower portion of first page of the questionnaire, this part identifies the PSA staff to be contacted by the establishment in cases respondents have queries regarding the form.
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INSTRUCTION:
▪ If the respondent opts to accomplish a self-administered ULE Form 3, indicate in this portion the name and contact information of the Provincial Focal Person or of the Chief Statistical Specialist.
For PSA USE Only (Do not fill)
Found on the lowest portion of first page of the questionnaire, this part determines the method used in collecting the data.
INSTRUCTIONS:
▪ Select applicable method of enumeration. Mark (✓) the box for code “1” if personal interview is conducted. Otherwise, box “2” if self-administered, that is, when it is the respondent who accomplishes ULE Form 3. It should be noted that the online questionnaire facility is not yet available as of the conduct of updating activity.
Illustration:
Item 1 - BUSINESS NAME
The business name distinguishes one establishment’s products and services from those of its competitors, and helps establish its identity in the marketplace. It is the name known by its clients or the name used to advertise and sell its products and services.
This could be the name registered with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) or the trade name used in registration with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
INSTRUCTIONS: • Get the correct business name of the establishment. In recording this item, be guided by the following:
1. Ask for the complete business name of the establishment or the common name by which the people know that establishment. Take note that this item may no longer be asked from the respondents for known businesses like stores in the mall or fastfood and restaurants whose name and business activity is very obvious. Check the entry cell for the business name against the signage as to spelling and other possible difference.
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a. Do not rely solely on the signboards which proclaim the product sold/services rendered by the establishment such as: PERA PADALA, BAYAD CENTER, SMART MONEY, WELLNESS SPA, WESTERN UNION, etc.
Examples:
As per signage Required Description
Western Union USSC (Western Union) Pera Padala Palawan Express Pera Padala
b. For establishments with same business name and which bear a common or a popular business name, it is preferred to include additional description such as location or branch number for validation purposes.
Examples: As per signage Required Description
M LHUILLIER M LHUILLIER - SUCAT BRANCH 1 JOLLIBEE JOLLIBEE - PUREZA (JB 101) FAMILY MART FAMILY MART- CENTRIS WALK MERCURY DRUG MERCURY DRUG-TANDANG SORA
c. Include such words as “New”, “Original” or the “name of place” which form part of the business name.
Examples: NEW MYREX LABORATORIES INC ORIGINAL PARTNERS PARES & MAMI HOUSE
d. When the business name contains an Arabic number, Roman numeral or special character, print the name as it appears.
Examples: NETOPI@ INTERNET CAFÉ PIUS XII CATHOLIC BOOK CENTER 29TH FEB TRUCKING
e. If the name of person is part of the establishment’s name, ensure to include any title in the business name.
Examples:
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SIR JAMES BARBER SHOP ATTY NORBIN DIMALANTA LAW OFFICE DR JOSE ZAPANTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
2. If the establishment has no business name, write the name of the owner, family name first followed by given name then the description of activity.
a. Family names beginning with San, Santa,Santo, De, Del, Dela, De la, De los should be written as shown in the following examples. But abbreviated surnames like Sta, Sto should also be written as it appears.
Examples: Evelyn Dela Cruz – DELA CRUZ EVELYN EMBROIDERY Edwin Sto Domingo – STO DOMINGO EDWIN REPAIR SHOP Fely Delos Reyes – DELOS REYES FELY BEAUTY SHOP
b. Exclude titles such as Mr., Mrs., Col., and others. However, titles such as Atty., Dr., Sultan, Hadji, Datu become integral part of the names of the owner which is thus written as follows: title, first name, family name.
Examples: Hadji Noor Salimah Sirad – HADJI NOOR SALIMAH SIRAD RTW Atty. Ramon Cito – ATTY RAMON CITO LAW OFFICE
3. Punctuation marks that can be considered as part of the establishment name are parentheses [ ( ) ], colon [ : ], hyphen [ - ], and apostrophe [ ’ ]. Disregard comma [ , ] and period [ . ] when it is used in abbreviations only. Change quotation marks [“ ”] to apostrophe [‘ ’]. (Quotation marks are used as string variable in computer programming).
Examples: INCORRECT : EPSON PRECISION PHILS. , INC. CORRECT : EPSON PRECISION PHILS INC
INCORRECT : EASY.NET SERVICES, INC. CORRECT : EASY.NET SERVICES INC
INCORRECT : BIG “J” SPORTS SUPPLY CORRECT : BIG ‘J’ SPORTS SUPPLY
4. The words “INCORPORATED”, “COMPANY”, “CORPORATION”, “LIMITED”, “SARI-SARI” (except for the establishments with business name SARI-SARI)
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should be abbreviated except when the business name is too short. The word “PHILIPPINE(S)” should be abbreviated if it is not the first word.
Standard Abbreviations
Company CO Corporation CORP Incorporated INC Limited LTD Philippine PHIL Philippines PHILS Sari-sari SSARI Examples:
GIVEN BUSINESS NAME:
➢ AFFINITY EXPRESS PHILIPPINES INCORPORATED ➢ PHIL AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISE INCORPORATED
HOW TO BE WRITTEN OR IN ULE FORM 3:
✓ AFFINITY EXPRESS PHILS INC ✓ PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISE INC
5. As much as possible, do not abbreviate if it is an integral part of the business name. But for establishment names that are too long, abbreviate starting on the third word.
Refer to Appendix 11 of this manual for list of standard abbreviations.
Example: • SURIGAO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MICROFINANCE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED • CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES PHILIPPINES INCORPORATED • GOLDEN R ELECTRONICS AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE
should be written as:
✓ SURIGAO ECONOMIC DEVT AND MICROFINANCE FDN INC ✓ CONDUENT BUSINESS SVCS PHILS INC ✓ GOLDEN R ELECTRONICS & GEN MDSE
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6. Do not use as business name the names of individual transportation units (launch, pump boat, vessel) operated by transport establishments such as M/V OCEANJET 1, F/C CITY OF CALAPAN, or WEESAM EXPRESS. Instead use the name of operator as Ocean Fast Ferries Inc, Montenegro Shipping Lines Inc, and SRN Fast Seacrafts Inc, respectively.
• (using ULE App) When necessary, update the business name by selecting the field/cell and type the correct business name. Otherwise, proceed to the next data item.
Item 2 – REGISTERED NAME
This item refers to the registered name of the establishment as registered with the SEC, CDA or DTI.
For corporations, the registered name should be the SEC and for cooperatives, it should be the name registered with the CDA. For single proprietorship establishments, it should be the name registered with DTI, BIR, LGU Business Permit and Licensing Office or Barangay used in its registration. Otherwise, it should be the name of the owner with surname first followed by the given name.
INSTRUCTIONS:
▪ For corporations, write the name registered with the SEC. ▪ For cooperatives, write the name registered with the CDA. ▪ For single proprietorship establishments, write the name registered with DTI or BIR used in its registration. Otherwise, write the name of the owner.
Take note that there are establishments whose registered name is different from its business name. There are also establishments of same business name but with different registered name like the case of franchise establishments. See examples below.
Examples: 1. Business Name : 7-ELEVEN Registered Name : BROTHREE ENTERPRISES (with business address @ 8192 DR A SANTOS AVE in 76-04-004)
2. Business Name : 7-ELEVEN Registered Name : PHILIPPINE SEVEN CORP (with business address @ 8156 DR A SANTOS AVE in 76-04-004)
3. Business Name : REGATTA Registered Name : GOLDEN ABC INC (with business address @ JP LAUREL AVE BAJADA ABREEZA MALL G/F)
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4. Business Name : MEMO Registered Name : GOLDEN ABC INC (with business address @ JP LAUREL AVE BAJADA ABREEZA G/F)
INSTRUCTION: Ask for the registered name of the establishment.
Item 3 – BUSINESS TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (TIN)
The TIN is the 12-digit number issued by the BIR to the taxpayers. The last 3 digits indicate the branch code. In some cases, this number contains 13 digits starting from the 1000th branch establishment of an enterprise.
The TIN is usually posted on a conspicuous place in the establishment alongside with the Business Permit Registration number from which the SR can copy but with consent from the respondent.
INSTRUCTIONS: • Ask for the 12-digit TIN of the establishment and enter it on the space provided. • If the establishment has no TIN, that is, it is not registered with the BIR, enter 000000000000 in this item. • If the TIN of the establishment is a 13-digit, enter the first 12 digits and put in the remarks the 13-digit TIN.
Item 4 - BUSINESS ADDRESS
Business address refers to the actual physical location of the establishment or where the plant, mill, office, store, etc. is located.
Business address should contain only the building number, street name, building name, floor and room number, and business park/subdivision/purok/sitio. If an establishment is located in an economic area, the business address should include the name of economic area.
What to include in the address:
✓ In cities and urban areas, commonly, the addresses include building/apartment/house number, floor and room number and name of building (if any). ✓ In writing the address of establishments situated in markets, shopping malls, commercial buildings/condominiums, economic zones, airports and seaports, indicate the name of market, shopping mall, commercial building/condominium,
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economic zone, airport and seaport. Include also pasilio number and stall/room/space number, if any. ✓ In some cases, business address can be sourced from signboards and business permit posted on the wall of the building where the establishment is located. ✓ Addresses in rural areas usually contain the house/bldg. number (if any), name of street, purok and sitio.
In writing the business address, the following words should always be abbreviated:
Avenue - AVE Lot - L Block - BLK Market - MKT Boulevard - BLVD Poblacion - POB Building - BLDG President - PRES Corner - COR Public Market - PUB MKT Floor - /F Road - RD General - GEN Room - RM Governor - GOV Senator - SEN Highway - HWAY Street - ST Subdivision - SUBD Extention - EXTN
Take note that as SR of a barangay, prior to the field operation, you are expected to familiarize the barangay map as this facilitates canvassing and in recording the address of an establishment.
INSTRUCTIONS: • Verify from the establishment the business address of the establishment indicated in the masterlist. • If the address of the establishment has no building name, street name, purok or sitio names or not located in a business park, indicate the nearest landmark. • For ULE purposes the address should be written with the building number first followed by the street name, building number, floor number, unit number, subsidivision and sitio or purok names.
Item 5 – CONTACT INFORMATION OF ESTABLISHMENT
The contact information of the establishment serves as the contact number of establishment when further verification is necessary.
INSTRUCTIONS: • Ask for the contact information of the establishment. Enter the given information provided by the establishment on the designated spaces.
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• The email address, website and social media account/s should be that of the establishment and not of the contact person. Sample of email address is like this “[email protected]” while for company’s website is “7-eleven.com.ph”. • If the establishment has no telephone number but with mobile/cellphone number, the said contact number should likewise be entered in item 5.1. If no cellphone number and other contact information, enter the word ‘NONE’ on the space provided.
Item 6 – ECONOMIC AREA
Economic area is an area under a single administration, housing a group of businesses or establishments.
As the SR of the barangay, it is important to familiarize your area of assignment prior to the conduct of updating/listing of establishments. Be acquainted on the economic area present in the barangay. This facilitates you in accomplishing this data item.
An economic area is classified in any of the following:
1. Market – a place owned and operated by government or private individuals where goods, usually food, are sold at wholesale and/or retail prices.
2. Shopping Mall/Center – an urban shopping area featuring a variety of retail shops and other businesses with enclosed walkways for pedestrian and common parking lot. It is usually a large suburban buildings or group of buildings with associated passageways; purposely-built, usually indoor and multi-leveled shopping precinct with car park and a range of large stores and specialist shops.
3. Information Technology (IT) Park – an area (which maybe just a building) developed or which has the potential to be developed into a complex capable of providing the necessary infrastructure support facilities and amenities to the IT industry in order to promote the development and export of IT software products and services and other IT-related activities.
4. Economic Zone (Other than IT Park) – area specially designated for the operation of industrial estate/parks, export processing zone, free-trade zone/ or free-trading ports, tourism/recreational center or tourism complexes, agro-industrial economic zone/estate. The different economic zones are defined as follows:
Industrial Estate (IE) – a tract of land subdivided and developed according to a comprehensive plan under a unified continuous management and with provisions for basic infrastructure and utilities, with or without pre-built standard factory buildings and community facilities for the use of a community of industries.
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Export Processing Zone (EPZ) – a specialized industrial estate located physically and/or administratively outside the customs territory and predominantly oriented to export production. Enterprises located in export processing zones are allowed to import capital equipment and raw materials free from duties, taxes and other import restrictions.
Free Trade Zone –an isolated policed area adjacent to a port of entry (such as a seaport) and/or airport where imported goods may be unloaded for immediate transshipment or stored, repacked, sorted, mixed, or otherwise manipulated. However, movement of these imported goods from the free-trade area to a non- free trade area in the country shall be subject to customs and internal revenue rules and regulations.
Tourism/Recreational Center – an area within the ECOZONE where tourist accommodation facilities such as hotels, apartelles, tourist inns, pension houses, resorts, sports and/or recreational facilities are provided to render tourism services for both local and foreign tourists, travelers and investors in accordance with the guidelines issued by the PEZA.
Agro-Industrial Economic Zone – a large and suitable tract of land subdivided and developed in accordance with a comprehensive plan, with provision for basic infrastructures and utilities designed to host primarily agricultural and or natural resource-based processing activities which are export-oriented. Accordingly, the industry mix of an agro-industrial ecozone should be influenced mainly by the agricultural and natural resources abundant in their surrounding areas.
5. Seaport – a port, harbor or town accessible to seagoing ship.
6. Airport– a tract of land or water that is maintained for the landing and takeoff of aircraft and for receiving and discharging passengers and cargo and that has facilities for the shelter, supply, and repair of planes.
7. Other Commercial, Agricultural or Industrial Area/Building – an economic area other than the six identified type of economic area. These also include commercial, industrial and agricultural buildings such as offices, rice mills, and barns; and other non- residential buildings such as churches, schools and others.
8. Residential Building with Business Activity – building which, by the way it has been designed or constructed, are intended for abode. There is at least one establishment housed in the residential building. An example of this type is a condominium which usually has establishments in the lower floors.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
• Select the corresponding type of economic area where the establishment is located.
• If any codes 2 to 6 in item 6.1, select/choose from the List of Economic Areas by province to be provided in a soft copy. If there is a tablet-based ULE App, query/search using the search suggest drop-down list. If the name of economic area is not found, record the economic area name in item 6.2
• If any of codes 1 to 6 in item 6.1, the name of economic area is required in item 6.2.
a. If an establishment is located in a public market without name, enter the municipality or barangay name where it is located before the type of economic area.
Example:
COMMONWEALTH MARKET STA CRUZ PUB MKT
b. If an establishment is located in a market, shopping mall, seaport or airport within the premises of an economic zone, the economic area of this establishment is the economic zone.
Example:
Duty-Free Philippines Corp is located at the Clark International Airport within the Clarkfield Economic Zone.
c. If an establishment is located in an IT park within the premises of a shopping mall, the economic area of this establishment is the shopping mall.
Example:
SM Megamall IT Center is located in SM Megamall.
d. If an establishment is located in a non-residential building not located in the identified type of economic areas (codes 1 to 6), the economic area is “Other Commercial Building” with code 7.
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e. If an establishment is located in a residential building not located in the identified type of economic areas, the economic area is “Residential Building with Business Activity” with code 8.
Item 7 – FRANCHISE
A franchise is a right granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services within a certain territory or location. The franchisor is one that grants a franchise while the franchisee is the one that is granted a franchise.
INSTRUCTIONS:
• Ask if this establishment is a franchisee, franchisor or not applicable and select the corresponding button. • If the establishment is a franchisee, ask for the registered name of franchisor in Item 7.2 and enter in the space provided.
Item 8 – LEGAL ORGANIZATION
Refer to the types of LO as discussed in Chapter 2.
INSTRUCTIONS: ▪ In Item 8.1, ask the establishment, “With regards to the ownership of this establishment, is this owned by a single proprietor, a partnership, a government corporation, a stock corporation, a non-stock non-profit corporation, a cooperative, foundation, or other form of ownership?” ▪ Mark (✓) appropriate box which describes the legal structure of the establishment. ▪ If the LO is Code 7 (Others), specify on the space provided the LO type. ▪ If the establishment is a stock corporation, ask further Item 8.2 (One Person Corporation) to determine whether the establishment is a One Person Corporation or not. ▪ Mark (✓) the appropriate box accordingly.
Item 9 – ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION
Refer to the types of EO as discussed in Chapter 2
Guidelines on how to ask for the EO of the establishment:
Begin asking the establishment, “Do you have a branch or a main office somewhere else in the Philippines?” ➢ If the answer is “No”, select EO code 1 for Single Establishment.
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➢ If the answer is “We have branch somewhere”, ask further, “Is this the main office?” ➢ If the answer is “Yes”, probe further by asking “Are the products/goods manufactured or the services rendered done in this place?”
• If the reply is another “Yes”, select EO 3 Code (Establishment and Main Office both located in the same address and with branches elsewhere). Otherwise, select EO 4 Code (Main Office Only) if it serves as the central administrative office only. ➢ If the answer is “We have main office somewhere”, probe further by asking “Is this a branch?”
• If the answer is “Yes”, select EO Code 2. You may also ask, “Do you produce a good or service which is for exclusive use of your company?” • If the answer is “Yes”, select EO Code 5 (Ancillary Unit).
However, a branch with main office abroad will be coded as single establishment or EO=1.
INSTRUCTION:
Select the type of EO which best describes the organizational structure or role of the establishment in the business organization.
Item 10 – NATIONALITY OF OWNER/MAJOR STOCKHOLDER/CONTRIBUTOR
INSTRUCTIONS:
Ask on the nationality of owner or major stockholder or contributor with the highest percentage of capital participation/contribution to the establishment.
Specifically, take note of the following:
✓ For establishment with LO 1 (Single Proprietorship), ask the nationality of the owner. ✓ For establishment with LO 2 (Partnership), ask the nationality of the co-owner with the biggest share on the capital used in their operation. ✓ For establishment with LO 3 (Government Corporation) or LO 6 (Cooperative) do not ask the nationality. Select “FILIPINO” as the nationality of the owner. ✓ For establishment with LO 4 (Stock Corporation), ask the nationality of the major stockholder. If One Person Corporation, ask the nationality of the sole stockholder.
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✓ For establishment with LO 5 (Non-Stock, Non-Profit Corporation); or LO 7 (Others), ask the nationality of the major contributor.
Item 11 – ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OR BUSINESS
To facilitate coding of the economic activity at the 5-digit 2009 PSIC level, this item is further divided into three sub-items to determine the correct description of the business or economic activity of the establishment.
11.1 Main Activity
Main activity refers to the activity that contributes the biggest or major portion of the gross income or revenue of this establishment.
Example: Fish (Sardines) canning
11.2 Major products/goods produced or sold and/or type of service rendered
Ask on the major products/goods produced or type of service rendered by the establishment especially if the establishment is engaged in manufacturing activity. For livestock and/or poultry establishments, specify in this item the type of animal raised/tended.
Examples: Sardines Broiler chicken
11.3 Secondary/Other Activities
If the establishment has two or more products/goods produced or sold or type of service rendered, indicate the secondary or other activities in this item.
Examples: Animal contract growing – Broiler Chicken
11.4 Ancillary Activity
Ancillary activity refers to activities that exist to support the main productive activities of the establishment by providing non-durable goods or services entirely or primarily for the use of the establishment.
Examples: Deep sea fishing
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(For establishments engaged in fish canning with own fishing operation whose catch are used exclusively as input for the manufacturing activity
Rules in describing main economic activity of establishments
Describe the principal commodities/goods/products manufactured, produced or sold by the establishment or the services rendered or offered by the establishment. Examples:
Culture of freshwater ornamental fish Mining iron ore Quarrying marble Exploring crude oil on contract basis Manufacturing of bakery products Manufacture of sports and energy drink Making wooden furniture Manufacturing hollow blocks Generating and selling electricity Wholesaling lumber Wholesaling copra Retailing rice Retailing footwear Making bakya Repairing shoes Repacking sugar Private technical and vocational secondary education Private elementary education Repairing radio and TV sets
1. Do not use vague description such as “selling general merchandise”, “contract work”, “contractor”, “business services”, “transportation”, and “merchandising”.
Table 6.1 Correct Description in Reporting Main Economic Activity
Insufficient Code Sector Correct Description Description A Agriculture, Growing of banana Specify if: Forestry and 1. Growing of cavendish banana Fishing 2. Growing of other banana
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Table 6.1 Correct Description in Reporting Main Economic Activity
Insufficient Code Sector Correct Description Description Poultry Poultry (Chicken, duck, turkey, quail, or pigeon should be specified.)
If chicken, specify whether: 1. Chicken broiler production 2. Chicken layer production 3. Native chicken production Egg production Egg production (Duck, chicken, or quail should be specified.) Livestock farming Livestock farming (Hog, cattle, carabao, goat, deer or horse should be specified.) Fishing Specify if ocean fishing, coastal fishing or inland fishing. Aquaculture Specify if freshwater fishpond, freshwater fish pen or marine fish cage. Landscaping Landscaping services should be services specified (Planting, stocking, lawn and garden installation and maintenance and tree surgeons’ activities should be specified.) Otherwise, this activity will be classified under architectural services (PSIC M711). B Mining Mining Specify whether mining or iron ores, gold ore mining, nickel ore Quarrying mining Marble quarrying, sand and gravel quarrying, sulphur mining
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Table 6.1 Correct Description in Reporting Main Economic Activity
Insufficient Code Sector Correct Description Description C Manufacturing Canned food Specify if: manufacturing 1. Canning/packing of fish and other marine products 2. Canning/packing and preserving of vegetables and vegetable juices 3. Canning/packing and preserving of fruit and fruit juices Oil manufacturing Specify if: • Manufacture of virgin coconut oil • Manufacture of refined coconut and other vegetable oil (including corn oil) and margarine • Production of crude vegetable oil, copra cake, meals and pellets • Manufacture of fish oil and other marine animal oils Selling of bread Bakery operation Selling water Water station (refilling or bottling of mineral water)
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Table 6.1 Correct Description in Reporting Main Economic Activity
Insufficient Code Sector Correct Description Description Food manufacturer Specify if: • Production, processing and preserving of meat and meat products • Processing and preserving of fish and fish products • Canning/packing and preserving of fruits and fruit juices • Canning/ packing and preserving of vegetables and vegetables juices • Manufacture of fruit and vegetable sauces (e.g., tomato sauce and paste) Garment Specify if: manufacture • Men’s and boy’s garment manufacturing • Women’s and girl’s and babies’ garment manufacturing Shoe manufacturing Specify if: • Manufacture of leather shoes • Manufacture of rubber shoes • Manufacture of plastic shoes • Manufacture of shoes made of textile materials with applied soles Furniture Specify if: manufacturing • Manufacture of wood furniture • Manufacture of furniture of metal E Water Supply; Waste collection Specify if: Sewerage, Waste • Collection of non-hazardous Management and waste Remediation • Collection of hazardous waste Activities
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Table 6.1 Correct Description in Reporting Main Economic Activity
Insufficient Code Sector Correct Description Description F Construction Construction or Specify if: building construction • Residential building construction • Non-residential building construction General engineering Specify if: construction 1. Construction of roads and railways 2. Construction of utility projects G Wholesale and Buy and sell Specify type of goods for Retail Trade; Retailing retail/wholesale and repair and Repair of Motor Wholesaling maintenance Vehicles and General Motorcycles merchandise Trading, Repair shop H Transportation Transport services Specify if: and Storage 1. Freight forwarding services 2. Service activity incidental to air transport (operation of terminal facilities, air-traffic control activities, ground service activities on airfields) 3. Customs brokerage 4. Freight truck operation Air transportation Specify if: 1. Domestic air passenger transport 2. International air passenger transport Water transportation Specify if: 1. Ocean passenger transport 2. Interisland water passenger transport
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Table 6.1 Correct Description in Reporting Main Economic Activity
Insufficient Code Sector Correct Description Description J Information and Telecommunications Specify if: Communication 1. Telegraph, facsimile/ telefax and telex services 2. Wired (landline) services 3. Wired internet access service activities (e.g. DSL leased line, dial-up) 4. Wireless landline services 5. Mobile telecommunications services 6. Wireless internet access services (e.g. Internet Service Provider, broadband) 7. Satellite communication activities 8. Telephone access in facilities open to the public service activities 9. Internet access in facilities open to the public service activities 10. Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) service Computer services Specify type of computer services rendered Information Specify if: technology services 1. Internet access in facilities open to the public service activities 2. Software developer 3. Software/hardware consultancy services
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Table 6.1 Correct Description in Reporting Main Economic Activity
Insufficient Code Sector Correct Description Description K Financial and Financial institution Specify if: Insurance or 1. Lending investor activities Activities Credit granting or 2. Financing company Other credit granting operations 3. Credit card activities 4. Credit cooperative activities 5. Financial leasing 6. Security and commodity contracts brokerage 7. Foreign exchange dealing 8. Management of mutual funds, other investment funds and pension funds 9. Securities dealership, own account
Note: Other description not included from the above listed activities, please specify. Banking or Specify if: Monetary 1. Expanded commercial intermediation banking (universal banking) 2. Regular commercial banking 3. Savings and mortgage banking 4. Private development banking 5. Stock savings and loan activities 6. Regular rural banking 7. Cooperative rural banking Insurance Specify if: 1. Life insurance 2. Non-life insurance 3. Reinsurance
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Table 6.1 Correct Description in Reporting Main Economic Activity
Insufficient Code Sector Correct Description Description Pre-need plan Specify if: 1. Pre-need plan for health 2. Pre-need plan for pension 3. Pre-need plan for education 4. Pre-need plan for memorial and interment Note: If the company sells more than one product e.g. “Health & Pension”, ask from the respondent which product always generates the highest revenue/income, but if at the same level of revenue, ask for employment. Auxiliary to Specify if: insurance and 1. Insurance agents and brokers pension funding 2. Consultant services for policy holders 3. Assessing insurance claims 4. Claims adjusting/adjusters 5. Risk assessing 6. Risk and damage evaluation 7. Average and loss adjusting 8. Actuarial services 9. Salvage administration L Real Estate Real estate Specify whether developer or broker or engaged in cemetery development and sale M Professional, General services Specify type of services rendered, Scientific and examples: Technical - accounting services Activities - legal services Advertising Specify type and medium of advertising (e.g. billboard and outdoor advertising)
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Table 6.1 Correct Description in Reporting Main Economic Activity
Insufficient Code Sector Correct Description Description N Administrative Call center Specify if: and Support 1. Customer relationship Service Activities management activities 2. Sales and marketing activities Recruitment agency Specify whether local or overseas; temporary or not Renting of Specify type of machinery and machinery and equipment rented equipment P Education Educational Specify if: institution 1. Private pre-elementary Educational services education Religious education 2. Private elementary education Private education 3. Private secondary education Educational 4. Private general secondary School education for children with Learning institution special needs 5. Private technical and vocational secondary education 6. Post-non degree education 7. Private higher education 8. Private adult and other education Q Human Health Private clinic Specify kind of private clinic, child and Social Work Health care services care clinic, dental clinic and Activities Medical clinic laboratory Treating patients Specify kind of medical or health Professional services services Out-patient and in- patient services
Item 12 – E-COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS
E-commerce refers to the sale or purchase of goods and services, whether between businesses, households, individuals, government, and other public or private organizations, conducted over computer-mediated networks. The goods and services are
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For this item, ask the respondent whether the establishment is engaged in e-commerce transaction. Select the appropriate option.
Item 13 – YEAR STARTED OPERATION
This refers to the year when the establishment first started its operation. This serves as an indicator of how long the establishment has been in the business.
Special cases on how to determine the YSO of an establishment:
1. The YSO of an establishment will remain the same even if it transfers to another location.
2. An establishment whose business name changed and no change in Registered Name and TIN. In this case, the YSO should still be the YSO of the original BN.
3. Establishments belonging to mergers where two or more corporations consolidate as one into a new corporation. In this case, all establishments of the corporations are considered closed. The YSO should refer to YSO of the consolidated corporation, the new corporation.
4. The LO of a single establishment changed from single proprietorship to other forms of LO. The YSO then should be the YSO of the single proprietorship.
5. The LO of an establishment changed to Single Proprietorship. In this case, the YSO of the establishment is the YSO of the new LO.
INSTRUCTION: Enter the four-digit year when the establishment started its business operation
Item 14 – TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
Total employment refers to the total number of persons who work in or for the establishment. This includes paid employees, working owners, unpaid workers and all employees who work full-time or part-time including seasonal workers. Included also are persons on short term leave such as those on sick, vacation or annual leaves and on strike.
Excluded from the count of total employment are consultants, home-workers, workers receiving pure commission only except for persons working in barber
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shops, beauty parlors and cockpit arena, workers on indefinite leave, taxi drivers whose mode of payment is boundary system, silent or inactive partners and members of cooperative who are not involved in the operation of the cooperative not in the payroll of this establishment.) Also excluded are workers on sub- contract agreement or under manpower agencies/contractor who are not in the payroll of the establishment, these are to be reported in Item 16.
Working owners refer to owners who are actively engaged in the management of the establishment but do not receive regular pay. On the other hand, unpaid workers refer to those who work in the establishment without regular pay for at least one-third of the working time normal to the establishment.
Take note that for establishments engaged in temporary labor recruitment and provision of personnel, security agencies, construction workers and the like, workers and security guards at the client’s work sites should be counted.
INSTRUCTION: Indicate the total employment of this establishment as of date of visit.
Item 15 – PAID EMPLOYEES
Paid employees– refer to persons who work in or for the establishment receiving regular pay from the establishment. This includes full-time or part-time workers including seasonal workers, apprentices and learners, employees on sick or maternity leave and on paid vacation or holiday, employees working away from this establishment and employees paid by and under control of this establishment and employees on strike.
INSTRUCTION: Indicate the total number of paid employees as of date of visit. Entry in paid employees should not exceed entry in total employment in Item 14.
Item 16 – WORKERS ON SUB-CONTRACT AGREEMENT OR UNDER MANPOWER AGENCIES/CONTRACTORS
Workers on sub-contract agreement or under manpower agencies/contractors are workers employed by the contractors to perform or complete a job, work or service within the premise of this establishment pursuant to a service agreement. These workers are not in the payroll of the establishment.
Indicate in the box provided the total number of workers on sub-contract agreement or under manpower agencies/contractors as of date of visit. Put 0 if no subcon worker is engaged by the establishment.
Item 17 – NAME AND ADDRESS OF MAIN OFFICE
This item is applicable only if box 2 (Branch) or box 5 (Ancillary Unit) is checked in Item 9 (Economic Organization). Otherwise, this item should no longer be asked.
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INSTRUCTIONS: 1. For Item 17.1, ask and enter the registered name of the main office. 2. In Item 17.2, enter the complete address. The address should contain the province, municipality and barangay name. It should not be the same as indicated in Item 4 (Business Address) nor should it refer to a location outside the Philippines.
If main office of the establishment is located outside the country, change the EO in Item 9 from EO=2 (Branch) to EO=1 (Single establishment) provided that the establishment is a single-unit enterprise in the Philippines. Delete entry in Item 16 and transfer it to Item 18 (Name and Address of Parent Company. However, if at least two establishments are operating in the Philippines, one establishment should be treated as the main office.
Item 18 – TOTAL ASSETS
Assets are resources controlled by the establishment as a result of past transactions and events from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the enterprise. In short, assets are properties owned including land. Assets are classified into current and non- current assets.
Current assets refer to assets such as cash, stocks, accounts receivables and other assets which could be consumed or disposed of in the short term; as opposed to fixed assets. It consist of: 1. cash and cash equivalents (cash on hand, petty cash fund, cash in bank and any cash equivalent like 3-month BSP treasury bill, 5-month time deposit, 3-month money market instrument); 2. assets held for trading or short-term purposes(like marketable securities, short-term non-trade receivables); and 3. assets which are expected to be realized, sold or consumed in the normal course of the operating cycle (trade receivables, inventories, prepayments).
Valuation of current assets is as of December 31, 2020.
Noncurrent assets refer to all assets which the company intends to hold for the long term and which it does not intend (or cannot) dispose of quickly. This includes:
1. property, plant and equipment (land, building, machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures, patterns, molds, dies, tools);
Valuation will be the book value as of December 31, 2020. Book value refers to the acquisition cost less accumulated depreciation.
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2. long-term investments (investments in securities of other enterprises in form of stocks, bonds and other debt instruments; investments in funds accumulated for a particular purpose, such as sinking fund, plant expansion fund and preferred stock redemption fund; investment in properties that are not currently used in business operations like land held for speculation, for a future plant site, other investments in real estate, land; cash surrender value of life insurance policy);
3. intangible assets (goodwill, patent, franchise, copyright, manufacturing licenses, IT software, trademark and secret processes and formulas).
This item is applicable only if any of box 1 (Single Establishment), box 3 (Establishment and Main Office with branches elsewhere) and box 4 (Main Office only) is checked in Item 9 (Economic Organization). Otherwise, this item should no longer be asked.
INSTRUCTIONS: • For Items 18.1 and 18.2, select the appropriate asset code for the establishment • Item 18.1 (Total assets including land) should include land and assets of all branch/es and the reference period for reporting total assets is as of 31 December 2020. • Item 18.2 (Total assets excluding land) should exclude land but include assets of all branch/es and the reference period for reporting total assets is as of 31 December 2020. • If the YSO is 2021, the reference date to be used is as of the start of operation of the establishment.
The range of the total assets (in pesos) and corresponding codes are presented below:
Code Range Code Range 1 100,000 and below 5 3,000,001 to 15,000,000 2 100,001 to 500,000 6 15,000,001 to 100,000,000 3 500,001 to 1,500,000 7 Above 100,000,000 4 1,500,001 to 3,000,000
Item 19 – NAME AND ADDRESS OF PARENT COMPANY
Parent Company refers to a company that controls or owns another company or companies.
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INSTRUCTION: Indicate the name and address of parent company on the designated space. The address should include the name of country if it is located outside the Philippines.
Item 20 – BRANCHES (for MAIN OFFICE)
Item 20 is for main office establishments, that is, Item 9 (Economic Organization) is 3 or 4.
INSTRUCTION: Ask the total number of branches under the main office and enter the number on the space provided. If the number of branches is more than five, request the establishment for the list of branches with corresponding information on name and address, main economic activity, total employment, year started operation and contact information for each branch. If list is provided, only the box of total number of branches is required to have entry.
Item 21 – MAXIMUM FARM CAPACITY
Maximum Farm Capacity refers to the maximum number of animals that the establishment can accommodate in the farm. The maximum capacity of the establishment may be greater than the total inventory.
INSTRUCTIONS:
▪ Ask the respondent the kind of livestock and/or poultry animals being raised by the establishment and its corresponding maximum capacity of the date of visit. Write it on the space provided. All animals raised in the establishment must be accounted. ▪ Ensure that the reported animal type is the same type of animal reported in Item 11 (Economic Activity or Business). ▪ Ensure that the other type of animal/s is/are specified for other animals.
In collecting data on maximum capacity, consider the following cases: Livestock
Case 1 – If the animals are tended/raised in a confinement/housing facility, the raiser can provide the maximum capacity for the whole establishment. (e.g. raising of swine)
Case 2 – If the animals are tended/raised in a grazing area, inquire from the respondent the total area of grazing land for the livestock animals. Maximum capacity can be computed by using the recommended space requirement parameters. For large ruminants (carabao and cattle), one (1) animal can be tended/raised in one (1) hectare. For small ruminants (goat and sheep), five (5)
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animals can be tended/raised in one (1) hectare.1 However, computation may vary depending on the practices/establishment operations of the establishment.
Example:
Establishment A is raising/tending goats in a 3-hectare grazing land. The maximum capacity can be computed as:
푀푎푥 퐶푎푝푎푐𝑖푡푦 = 3 ℎ푒푐푡푎푟푒푠 푥 5 𝑔표푎푡푠 = 15 𝑔표푎푡푠
Poultry
Case 1 – The operator/owner can provide the maximum animal capacity of the entire establishment.
Case 2 – The operator/owner could not provide the maximum animal capacity of the establishment. Instead, computation is done using the capacity of each building in the establishment.
Example:
Establishment A has five (5) buildings intended for growing of broilers. The capacity of each building is indicated in the table below.
Building Capacity Building 1 8,000 birds Building 2 10,000 birds Building 3 12,000 birds Building 4 6,000 birds Building 5 4,000 birds Total 50,000 birds
Based on the presented table, Establishment A’s maximum capacity is the sum of all the buildings’ capacity equivalent to 50,000 birds.
Special cases
Establishment A’s maximum capacity is at 50,000 birds under normal condition. However, the maximum number of birds being loaded in the establishment may differ depending on the establishments’ practice/operations.
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a. Most establishments do not fully-utilize the maximum capacity of the establishment during the summer/hot season. This is done to prevent or minimize overcrowding and heat stroke among broiler chickens. b. Some establishments may exceed the actual maximum capacity, on the other hand, during cold/rainy season. This is done to control the temperature among chickens and prevent cold stress and other related effects of cold weather. c. Some establishment may also exceed the actual maximum capacity due to market-related reason such as high demand and price. Considering the cases above, the maximum capacity will retain at 50,000 birds. Recording of maximum capacity should be based on normal condition.
Item 22 – ANIMAL INVENTORY
Animal Inventory refers to the actual number of animals (in head/bird) present in the farm as of date of visit regardless of ownership.
Carabao - a local term for water buffalo. It is a domesticated livestock characterized by its heavy built, low and wide body used in farms as draft animal and also suitable for milk production. Caracow - sexually mature female carabao that has given birth at least once and with age of 2 years and more. Cattle - a general term for domesticated bovine animals held as property or raised for use. Cow - sexually mature female cattle and has given birth at least once with age 2 years old and above. Goat - a domesticated hollow-horned ruminant mammal raised in farms. Doe - sexually mature female goat that has given birth. Swine - a domesticated animal characterized by a stout body, short legs with a long mobile snout. This is also known as pig. Broiler – strains of foreign breeds of chicken, especially raised for meat purposes only. Layer – foreign strain chicken regardless of age, raised mainly for egg production. Native/Improved- a common backyard fowl indigenous to the region/country. This also includes chicken that is a mixture of native breed and different foreign breeds. Common breeds of native/improved chicken are Banaba, Bolinao, Kabir, Bantam, and Paraoakan. Gamefowl – domesticated chicken, regardless of breed, age and sex, raised solely for game or recreation purposes. Duck – a general term for waterfowl.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
▪ For each animal type reported in Item 11 or Item 21, ask the number of heads/birds present in the establishment as of the date of visit and write it on the corresponding space provided. ▪ If the current animal inventory exceeds to the declared maximum capacity, verify the provided inventory and/or update the maximum capacity. ▪ If carabaos are raised in the farm, ask further how many are caracows and enter the number on the space provided. ▪ If cattle are raised in the farm, ask further how many are cows and enter the number on the space provided. ▪ If goats are raised in the farm, ask further how many are doe and enter the number on the space provided.
CERTIFICATION
The certification portion is located at the back of the four-page questionnaire. The certification is required when printed ULE Form 3 was utilized.
INSTRUCTIONS:
▪ On the space provided, write the name, position title/designation, telephone number/fax number of the respondent. ▪ Request the respondent to affix his/her signature over printed name to certify that the information supplied has been recorded as accurately as possible during the interview. ▪ In cases where the respondent is unable to provide immediately the information on some data items, request respondent to still sign to indicate that the interview was conducted. ▪ For partially accomplished questionnaire which is not referred to a reporting unit, inform the respondent of the date of follow-up interview. Otherwise, write in the remarks portion the name and address of the reporting unit as well as the name and position of the contact person.
REMARKS
This portion is used to note important remarks on the data provided by the establishment. The enumerator can also write in this portion issues encountered with the establishment.
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FOR PSA USE ONLY (Do not Fill)
This portion is found on the last page of ULE Form 3 comprising the activity record and the Enumeration Area (EA) Code and Building Serial Number (BSN). If android tablet was not used in the updating and listing activity, the EA and BSN in the printed ULE Form 3 should not be left blank.
INSTRUCTIONS:
▪ Enter the six-digit EA Code and the four-digit BSN on the designated boxes. The EA Code and BSN are found on the map.
▪ For the activity record, the SR, TS and Machine Processor should indicate its name and signature on the designated spaces. The date when the activity was performed should also be indicated.
6.3 Preparation of QField Project for the 2021 ULE
1. Creation of ULE folder in the existing PSA-GIS folder
a. Open the File Explorer and browse the PSA-GIS folder where all the GIS- based census maps, geotagging activity outputs, and satellite images are stored. b. Double-click the PSA-GIS folder to open. c. Select and open the province folder where the ULE folder will be created.
d. Click the New Folder button.
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e. Type ‘ULE’ as the folder name.
f. Open the ULE folder and create a new folder with the name ‘2021 ULE’.
g. Open the 2021 ULE folder and create a new folder with the name ‘Projects’.
h. Open the Projects folder and create folders with the name of each city/municipality.
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The folder structure for the ULE project creation as shown below:
PSA-GIS Province 2012 CAF (contents: files used in the 2012 CAF) 2014 POPCEN (contents: files used in the 2014 POPCEN) 2016 – 2019 PSU Frame (contents: files used in the 2016-2019 PSU Frame) 2017 – 2019 Geotagging (contents: 2017-2019 geotagging outputs) 2019 Census Maps for 2020 CPH (contents: files used in the 2020 CPH) ULE (contents: files to be used for ULE activities) 2021 ULE (contents: Projects folder) Projects (contents: City/Municipality folders of the Province) Municipality1 (contents: GIS-based census maps, map legends, and satellite image of Municipality1) Municipality2 (contents: GIS-based census maps, map legends, and satellite image of Municipality2)
2. Copying the GIS-based census maps and the necessary materials for the preparation of the QGIS project
a. Browse to :\PSA-GIS\Benguet\2019 Census Maps for 2020 CPH\Projects\Tublay folder. b. Select the following:
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i. Map Legends ii. Shapefiles iii. 1114_img.gpkg iv. Tublay_2020 CPH.qgs v. Tublay_2020 CPH.qgs~ (if available)
c. Right-click and select Copy. d. Browse to :\PSA-GIS\Benguet\ULE\2021 ULE\Projects\Tublay folder. e. Right-click and select Paste. f. Rename the QGIS project.
i. Press Ctrl and then select the following: 1. Tublay_2020 CPH.qgs 2. Tublay_2020 CPH.qgs~ ii. Right-click and then, select Rename. iii. Type ‘Tublay_ULE’ and then, press the Enter key in the keyboard.
g. Copy the bldgstructures_ule.qml file from the mapping materials given during the training and paste it to the :\PSA-GIS\Benguet\ULE\2021 ULE\Projects\Tublay\Map Legends folder.
The folder structure should now be like this:
PSA-GIS Benguet 2012 CAF 2014 POPCEN 2016 – 2019 PSU Frame 2017 – 2019 Geotagging 2019 Census Maps for 2020 CPH ULE 2021 ULE
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Projects Tublay (contents: GIS-based census maps, map legends, and satellite image of Tublay) Map Legends Shapefiles 1114_img.gpkg (satellite image of Tublay) Tublay_ULE.qgs Tublay_ULE.qgs~
3. Configuring the QGIS Project
a. Open QGIS 3.4.7 with GRASS application. b. Click the Open Project button.
c. Browse to the :\PSA-GIS\Benguet\ULE\2021 ULE\Projects\Tublay folder. d. Select Tublay_ULE.
e. Click Open. If the Handle Bad Layers prompt window appears, click Cancel.
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f. Click the Zoom Full button in the Map Navigation Toolbar to zoom to the full extent of the maps.
g. In the Layers panel located in the left portion of the QGIS window, check all the layers if necessary. Refer to the screenshots below to show all the layers.
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h. Remove the following layers in the map: These layers were used in the preparation of the 2020 CPH maps and are therefore not necessary for this activity. ✓ 1114_block ✓ Mask ✓ virtual_layer (if available) ✓ virtual_layer2 (if available) i. Press the Ctrl key in the keyboard and then, select the layers mentioned above. ii. Right-click and then select Remove layer.
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iii. Click OK in the Remove layers and groups window.
The remaining layers should be the following: ✓ 1114_bldg_point ✓ 1114_landmark ✓ 1114_bgy ✓ 1114_ea2019 ✓ ppmm_railroad (if available) ✓ 1114_bridge ✓ 1114_road ✓ 1114_river ✓ 1114_img
iv. Save the edits made in the project.
i. Change the color of the Satellite Image
i. In the Layers panel, right-click 1114_img and then, select Properties. ii. In the Layer Properties window, click the Symbology tab.
iii. In the Grayscale dropdown list, select Off.
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iv. Click Transparency tab and then, change the Global Opacity to 100 %.
v. Click Apply>OK.
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vi. In the Layers panel, right-click 1114_ea2019 and then, select Properties. vii. Click the Joins tab and then, click the Remove selected join button .
viii. Click Apply>OK. ix. Save the edits made in the project.
4. Addition of Geocode and EA Code to the Building Point Layer Attribute Table
a. In the Layers panel, select the 1114_bldg_point layer. b. In the Menu Toolbar, click Processing>Toolbox.
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c. In the Processing Toolbox, type ‘join’. d. Double-click Join attributes by location to open.
e. Set the parameters on the Join Attributes by Location window
i. For the Input layer, select 1114_bldg_point. ii. For the Join layer, select 1114_ea2019. iii. For the Geometric predicate, only ‘within’ needs to be checked. iv. In the Fields to add, click the browse button and select the geocode and name fields.
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v. Click OK. vi. For the Join type, select Create separate feature for each located feature (one-to-many). vii. Leave the Joined field prefix and Joined layer in default.
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f. Click Run. g. Close the Join Attributes by Location window after the process is finished. Note: The process time may differ for each municipality depending on the size of the ppmm_bldg_point file. The larger the file, the longer it may take for the process to finish.
There are some cases where the process will not run due to errors in the shapefiles (invalid geometry). In this case, refer to the screenshots below to resolve this issue.
Set the value to “Ignore features with invalid geometries” and then, click OK.
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*Do the Join Attributes by Location process again.
h. Right-click the Joined layer and select Open Attribute Table. The geocode_2 (suffix is _2 since there is an existing Geocode field in the 1114_bldg_point attribute table) and name fields from the 1114_ea2019 were joined to the table of 1114_bldg_point layer.
i. Close the attribute table.
5. Addition of ECNBN Field to the Building Point Layer (ppmm_bldg_point)
a. In the Processing Toolbox search tab, type ‘refactor’. b. Double-click the Refactor Fields to open.
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c. Set the parameters on the Refactor Fields window
i. In the Input layer dropdown list, select Joined layer. Make sure that the same Joined layer is the one selected in the Load fields from layer dropdown list. ii. Scroll down the Fields mapping table until the last field and then, click the Add new field button . iii. In the newly added field, double-click the Field name tab and type ‘ECNBN’. iv. In the Type tab dropdown list, select String. v. In the Length tab, double-click and type 254.
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vi. Delete the following fields: ✓ Bldg Type ✓ Bldg Form ✓ Roof Type ✓ Wall Type ✓ Popcen BSN ✓ HH Head ✓ IS Ind ✓ Remarks ✓ Bldg Image ✓ Geoid ✓ Geocode ✓ GeoBSN
1. Select “Bldg Type” field and click the Delete selected field button. 2. Apply the same to the other fields mentioned above.
vii. Remove the spaces between the field name
1. In the Field name column, double-click “Bldg Name” to make it editable, and then, delete the space between the two words - BldgName. 2. Apply the same to the “No of Flr” field - NoofFlr.
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viii. Rename the “geocode_2” and “name” fields
1. In the Field name column, double-click “geocode_2” to make it editable, and then, change it to Geocode. 2. Then, change the “name” field to EAcode.
ix. Select the ECNBN field, and then, click the Move selected field up button repeatedly until it reaches above the BSN field.
x. In the Refactored tab, click the browse button and select Save to file. xi. Browse to :\PSA-GIS\Benguet\ULE\2021 ULE\Projects\Tublay folder and save the file as “1114_bldg_point”. xii. In the Save as type dropdown list, select SHP files (*.shp) if necessary. xiii. Uncheck the Open output files after running algorithm. xiv. Click Run. xv. Close the Refactor Fields window after the process is finished.
6. Removing the Building Point (ppmm_bldg_point) and Joined Layers in the Project
a. In the Layers panel, select 1114_bldg_point layer. b. Click the Remove Layer/Group button . c. Apply procedures a to b to remove the Joined layer. d. Save the QGIS project and then, minimize the QGIS application window.
7. Replacing the Original Building Point Layer Files with the Refactored Layer
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a. Open the File Explorer and browse to :\PSA-GIS\Benguet\ULE\2021 ULE\Projects\Tublay folder.
b. Select the following files:
i. 1114_bldg_point.shp ii. 1114_bldg_point.dbf iii. 1114_bldg_point.shx iv. 1114_bldg_point.prj v. 1114_bldg_point.qpj
c. Right-click and select Cut.
d. Browse :\PSA-GIS\Benguet\ULE\2021 ULE\Projects\Tublay\Shapefiles folder.
e. Right-click and select Paste.
f. In the Replace or Skip Files window, select Replace the files in the destination.
8. Re-load the Refactored Building Point Layer in the Municipality_ULE Project
a. Maximize the QGIS application.
b. Load the 1114_bldg_point layer in the QGIS project.
i. Click Layer>Add Layer>Add Vector Layer.
ii. Click the browse button to locate the folders of the shapefiles.
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iii. Browse to :\PSA-GIS\Benguet\ULE\2021 ULE\Projects\Tublay\Shapefiles folder. iv. Select 1114_bldg_point.shp. v. Click Open. vi. In the Data Source Manager window, click Add>Close.
c. Apply the style for 1114_bldg_point layer.
i. In the Layers panel, select 1114_bldg_point. ii. Right-click and select Properties. iii. In the lower left portion of the Layer Properties window, click the Style dropdown list and select Load Style.
iv. Browse to :\PSA-GIS\Benguet\ULE\2021 ULE\Projects\Tublay\Map Legends folder. v. Select bldgstructures_ule and click Open.
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vi. In the Database styles manager window, click Load style. vii. In the Layer Properties window, click Apply>OK.
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viii. Save the QGIS project. ix. Close the QGIS application.
9. Copying the QGIS Project to the Android Tablet
a. Connect the Android tablet to the PC. b. Open the File Explorer. c. Browse to :\PSA-GIS\Benguet\ULE\2021 ULE\Projects folder. d. Right-click the Tublay folder and select Copy. e. Browse to :\Android tablet\Internal Storage folder. f. Create a PSA-GIS folder in the Internal Storage folder. (Some Android Tablet already has an existing PSA-GIS folder used in other mapping activity. If so, skip this step.) g. Open the PSA-GIS folder. h. Right-click and select Paste. The Tublay folder can now be accessed in the Android tablet. i. Disconnect the Android tablet to the PC after copying the files.
10. Opening the Tublay_ULE.qgs Project in the QField Application
a. Open the Android tablet. b. Open the QField application. c. Click Open Local Project. d. Select Internal storage>PSA-GIS>Tublay>Tublay_ULE.qgs. e. Wait for the project to load.
11. Apply procedures no. 2 to 10 to prepare the QField project of the other municipalities of the province.
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6.4 Specific Instructions on How to Use the ULE App
Note
Stable internet connection is required for the initial login to the ULE App. This is to do the synchronization to the CO web server to download the barangay masterlists and to upload completed establishments.
6.4.1 System Overview and Installation
The ULE App is an android package developed by the system developers from the ITDS. For the conduct of the 2021 ULE, ULE App version 2 is to be used. This application is used as data collection tool to be installed in the android tablets. This ULE App is uploaded in the Google Playstore that can be downloaded free. All updates are also to be uploaded in the Google Playstore. Once the update is published, the updates will be available in the existing users. If a user has turned on automatic updates for the ULE App, the update will be downloaded and installed automatically. To install, search the ULE App from the Google Play Store and click install.
What’s new:
The ULE App version 2 updates includes: ✓ Link the establishment with the geo-tagged building points by getting the corresponding EA and BSN of these buildings ✓ Updates on data items field based on the updates on ULE Form 3 ✓ Restriction on Restore Back Up features Removed get GPS coordinates
The QField is also an android package. This is an open source project thus, this is free to share, use and modify. QField is developed by OPENGIS.ch LLC. The QGIS will be used to set-up the maps while QField will be used to plot and link the location of establishments in ULE. To install, tap the provided QField apk and tap install.
6.4.2 Getting Started
6.4.2.1 Setting up the location of the QGS file
It is recommended to set-up first the location/directory of the QGS file of the city/municipality where your assigned barangay is located. This will be done using the QField installed in an android tablet (Please see Item no. 10 for the instruction in Section 6.3). The QGS file is a project created in QGIS.
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Note
Ensure that the PSA-GIS file where the QGS file is saved in the internal storage of your android tablet to be used in field enumeration.
6.4.3 Initial Login in the ULE App
For the first time login in the ULE App, the SR should do the following
1. In the ULE login screen enter the Employee ID and Password provided by the supervisor.
2. Tap LOGIN to continue.
The system will check if the entered username and password exist in the local database of the tablet. A message dialog box will appear informing the user that the Employee ID and Password entered do not exist in the local Android device. The app will send the username and password to the web server to verify the Employee ID and Password. Tap OK to proceed with the user online verification. If username and password exist, the username and password will be saved to the local database of the device and will be directed to the homepage of the application.
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3. On the next screens a pop- up windows appears asking if the user will “Allow ULE to access this device’s location?”, “Allow ULE App to access photos, media and files on your device?“. Note, the title of the activity, province name and Employee Name is now present on the screen an indicator that user is now connected with the online database. Tap ALLOW to finish with the Login.
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4. Check the Remember Me option in order to preserve the username and password entered by the user to retain login details to make future logins simpler and quicker.
6.4.4 Sync to Server to Download the Barangay Masterlist
From the ULE App home screen do the following:
1. Tap the three vertical dots also known as the “Kebab menu” found at the right top corner of the screen to show an overflow menu. An overflow menu will display “Sync To Server”; “Backup Database”; and “View Accomplishment Report”.
Tap Sync To Server, to allow the device to sync with the central server.
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2. After tapping the Sync To Server the app will prompt a message dialogue box “Server Synchronization” indicating that the user with the particular employee ID will about to do server synchronization. Tap OK to continue with the synchronization.
3. A successful synchronization will show a message dialog box displaying the number of establishments downloaded; this number comprises the total workload assigned to SR for updating. The application will only download assigned barangay for the current user. To close the message dialog box, tap CLOSE.
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6.4.5 Instructions and Features of the Barangay Masterlist
After the initial login, the SR can now use the ULE App and do subsequent offline.
1. Login in the ULE App by entering the provided Employee ID and Password, and tap “LOGIN” to be directed to the ULE Home page screen. If the SR check the Remember Me option, there is no need to supply the employee ID and password.
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The ULE Home page screen displays the Employee Name of the current user, current ULE year, drop down list to select the province, the city|municipality and the barangay assignment.
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2. To load the masterlist of the assigned ULE barangay, tap Select Province and from the dropdown list, select the province. Then tap Select City/Municipality and from the dropdown list, select the city/municipality where the barangay is located and finally tap Select Barangay to select the barangay to load. The Select Barangay will display the masterlist of the assigned ULE barangay/s. Tap “LOAD MASTERLIST” to load the barangay masterlist.
Features of the Barangay Mastelist Home Screen
The home screen of the barangay mastelist contains several features:
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A. Name of the Barangay
B. Initial tab – This is where the downloaded original barangay masterlist is located. It contains the list of establishments assigned to SRs for updating during the field operation. The count of establishments in the original Barangay masterlist is displayed on the screen.
C. Started tab – This is where the records of partially accomplished establishments are located. The count of establishments that are partially updated is displayed on the screen. Establishments with current interview status such as callback, referral, and refusal will be transferred from initial tab to started tab.
D. Completed tab – This the location of establishments with complete records and who opt to accomplish online questionnaire which are for uploading are located. The count of establishments ready for uploading is indicated on the screen. These establishments were original listed in the initial tab but undergone complete updating or establishments that are newly listed and ready for uploading.
E. Uploaded tab – This is where the records of establishments that were successfully uploaded to the central server are found. Once uploaded, editing is no longer allowed. The count of establishments uploaded in the server is also indicated on the screen.
F. Display panel – Displays the list of establishments indicated in each tab.
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G. Search module – (magnifying glass icon) found at the upper right corner of the screen is a search facility to assist the SR in finding the possible match of the establishment from the masterlist. It has four fields: the Search; Result Found; Result Display and Filter Results.
The search field is used to allow SRs to enter a search keyword. The number of possible match/es searched is displayed in the Result Found panel. The Filter Results is a dropdown list containing the four tabs where in the user can filter the location of the establishment being search.
The search facility also contains the “add new establishment” option for adding new establishment that was verified to have no match or not found in the masterlist.
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H. Batch Validation button – (indicated by circle with exclamation point) found at the upper right corner of the screen is used to validate records of completed establishments. To batch validate establishments in the completed tab, tap validation button
To display the result tap “OK” to proceed
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To correct error and go back to data entry screen tap the establishment record.
Blank error list in the batch validation indicate no validation error detected for establishments listed in the completed tab.
6.4.6 Updating and Listing of the Establishments Using the ULE App
1. Search if establishment located exists in the initial tab, the user can scroll thru the list or use the Search facility of the application, tap the Search button and type the name of the establishment or keyword to query in the search field. Follow the guide in identifying matched establishment.
2. Once the correct matched establishment is identified, select the matched establishment by tapping, to display the details and proceed with the interview.
3. If the establishment cannot be found in the initial list, tap the “ADD NEW ESTABLISHMENT” and proceed with the interview.
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Guidelines in Identifying Matched Establishments
For the purposes of 2021 ULE, matching is being done to verify if the establishment visited is already listed in the masterlist using the Search facility in the ULE App or by scrolling the list in the initial tab. The initial tab is sorted alphabetically. If the establishment is found in the masterlist, tag and proceed with interview to update its characteristics.
Matched establishments have the same Business Name and Business Address. An establishment is considered “matched” if visible characteristics such as business name that appears in the signage posted in front of the building as well as the type of business activity in the given address is exactly or identified to be the same as indicated in the masterlist. The ULE App will be used to record updates or changes in the characteristics of the matched establishments.
Below are the instructions in identifying ‘matched’ establishments in the masterlist.
1. Screen the masterlist for the same business name.
Watch out for the following cases in screening:
a. If the business name begins with an article like “The”, “A”, “An”, look for main word in the business name.
Example:
The business name is “The Manila Hotel”. Check whether there is a business name listed as “Manila Hotel”
b. If the business name is an acronym or some similar group of letters, look also for the word with space.
Example: The establishment business name is “F S G Pawnshop Inc”. Check whether there is a business name listed as “FSG Pawnshop Inc”.
c. If the business name contains Arabic or Roman numerals, check whether there is a business name listed with the word equivalent.
Example: The establishment business name is “1st Valley Bank”. Check whether there is also a business name listed as “First Valley Bank”.
d. If the business name consists of name of owner (first name followed by surname), check whether there is a business name listed starting with
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the surname followed by the first name.
Example: The establishment business names is “Vicente Tesoro Welding Shop”. Check whether there is also a business name listed as “Tesoro Vicente Welding Shop”.
2. Match address, if business names are the same. Addresses are not written in standard format. Look for the main words like street and building name.
3. Registered name may help in determining if two establishments refer to the same unit.
4. Tag correct “matched” establishment and proceed to interview the respondent.
Guidelines in Updating the Barangay Masterlist
The following are the instructions and procedures to be done if the identified establishment is already listed in the masterlist:
1. For establishment with eligible respondent available for interview.
b. Interview the respondent and record all responses in the ULE App. Ask for all information needed to update and complete the establishment’s characteristics in the masterlist. Be guided by the instruction for each data item or information to be updated.
c. To enter data changes or reflect information, tap the input cell to be updated and type the corrections in the characteristic/s of the establishments based on the result of the interview.
2. For establishments whose updates or information for the data items cannot be collected during the field visit or those with no available respondent, do the following:
a. While in the premises of the establishment, select the current status if “In Operation” or “Temporary Stopped Operation”
b. Get the EA and the BSN
c. Determine the interview status if “Callback”; “Refusal” or “Referral”.
d. Leave hard copy of ULE Form 3 for accomplishment of the establishment.
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accomplished ULE Form 3; search the establishment in the started tab open the record of the establishment and encode corresponding data items with updates using the ULE App. Enter in the “REMARKS” portion of the tablet- based Establishment Inquiry “Transcribed from ULE Form 3”.
3. All establishments in the initial tab and started tab should be accounted in the completed tab for uploading. Empty initial tab and started tab indicate that the updating of establishment in the barangay has been completed. Establishments remaining in the initial tab and started tab after complete listing in the barangay needs to be ascertained. The possibilities why these establishments were missed during the barangay visit are as follows:
a. The establishment has permanently closed or stopped operation.
b. The establishment is cannot be located in the given address as listed in the masterlist.
c. The establishment listed in the initial tab is no longer at the given address and a new establishment is occupying the place. Using ULE App, add the establishment and interview the respondent using the tablet-based Establishment Inquiry to record characteristics and other information about the establishment. Likewise, all other establishments found in the barangay but not listed in the masterlist are to be added as new establishment.
d. The establishment remain in the started tab after complete listing in the barangay. Check whether these establishments were initially encoded during field visit but remain uncollected or with interview status as refusal or referral. This status of establishment should be resolved at the end of the listing operation.
6.4.7 Data Fields in the ULE App
The data items to be collected from the establishments using the ULE App are the same data items in ULE Form 3.
In addition to the 22 data items, the ULE App has also other important data fields that need to be filled up. These data fields can be found before the main inquiry form such as Current Status, Remarks (for some CS), Enumeration Area (EA), and Building Serial Number (BSN). Other fields are found after the last data item of the inquiry form.
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Current Status (CS) Code
The current status (CS) is the status of operation of an establishment as of time of visit. All establishments in the masterlist are ‘In Operation’ as extracted from the SBR as of 31 April 2021. The CS may remain the same, that is, still operating or may have changed which could be ‘closed’, ‘cannot be located’ or transferred to another location.
Before conducting an interview with the establishment, determine first the current status of operation of an establishment based on your observation. For non-operating establishments, inquire from the neighboring establishments or any barangay officials about the status of an establishment if there is no announcement posted. The following are the different status of operation and its corresponding codes:
Code Current Status (CS) Description 1 In Operation The establishment is currently operating or having business activity. 2 Closed The establishment has already ceased its business operation. The information could be based from the signage posted on the building or information from the neighboring establishments or barangay officials. 3 Cannot Be Located The establishment can no longer be located and its (CBL) possible current status of operation cannot be ascertained. 4 Out of Scope (OS) The establishment’s economic activity is not within the scope and coverage of the ULE as discussed in Chapter 2. 5 Duplicate The establishment is just a duplicate or same with another establishment listed in the masterlist. 6 Temporarily Stopped The establishment is not operating temporarily Operation which could be due to renovation of the building, or other reasons and is planning to operate in the near future. 7 Transferred to Known The establishment is ascertained to have Address transferred to a particular address. It can be in another barangay, another city/municipality or province.
Note
1. Establishment with NO PAID EMPLOYEE is NOTan OS, except for sari-sari store.
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2. Establishment with different barangay address is also NOT an OS. Tag this establishment as CS=7 and put in the remarks portion the correct barangay address. Inform the TS or provincial supervisor for these cases.
INSTRUCTION:
• Select the CS corresponding to the current status of operation of the establishment by tapping the appropriate code.
• If CS=1 (in operation) and CS=6 (Temporarily Stopped Operation) is selected, proceed in plotting the establishment in the map and get the EA and BSN using the QField link button. Then, tap ‘PROCEED TO INQUIRY FORM’ button to proceed to the main screen of the establishment inquiry.
• If CS=2 (Closed), CS=4 (Out of Scope) and CS=5 (Duplicate), proceed in plotting the establishment in the map and get the EA and BSN using the QField link button. Then, tap the next button ‘PROCEED TO INQUIRY FORM’. A small tab will then be displayed where to put remarks for these statuses.
o If CS=2, indicate the year when the establishment ceased its operation. o If CS=4, indicate the reason why the establishment is OS. o If CS=5, indicate the ECN of the retained establishment. o If CS=6, indicate target date of the establishment to resume the business operation and other necessary remarks.
• If CS=3 (Cannot Be Located) and CS=7 (Transferred to Known Address), plotting the map and getting EA and BSN is not required. To proceed, tap the ‘PROCEED TO INQUIRY’ button and Remarks tab will pop-up where remarks should be indicated.
o If CS=3, remarks is optional. o If CS=7, indicate the complete new address of the establishment.
• For current status other than 1 and if remarks has been indicated, tap the SAVE ESTABLISHMENT button. A message ‘Successfully Updated: (Name of Establishment)’ will be popped up. The ULE App will then display the Masterlist page.
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Enumeration Area and Building Serial Number
Instructions:
1. In the ULE App, tap the OPEN QFIELD MAP button to open the Qfield App.
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2. In the Qfield App, load the QGS file project by tapping Open local file.
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3. Locate the QGS project file in the internal storage of the android tablet.
Note: For succeeding logins plotting of the location of the establishments using the QField app, the QGS project file can be accessed in the Recent Projects.
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4. The map with geotagged buildings of the city/municipality will be displayed.
5. Locate in the map the location of the establishment being updated/enumerated. When you found the exact location of the establishment in the map, tag the building by tapping the hamburger menu icon (3 vertical dots) in the upper left corner of the QField App.
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6. Tap the pencil icon to be in a digitize mode on the map layer.
7. The crosshair icon will be displayed.
8. Navigate the crosshair icon to the exact location of the establishment. Then, the attribute table of the building or structure will be shown.
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9. Paste in the ECNBN field the ESN and BN of the establishment by pressing the CTRL + V in the android tablet keypad.
10. Tap the Check icon to save the changes.
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11. Tap the back button of your android device to go back the ULE app.
12. In the ULE App, tap GET EA AND BSN to copy the EA and BSN of the geo- tagged building points in the map. The EA and BSN will be automatically inputted in the Enumeration Area and Building Serial Number fields.
Notice that the geo-tagged points will turn into green color once the map was updated.
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Special Case: When the building/structure where the establishment is located in not yet geotagged.
1. Repeats Steps from 1-9.
2. Assign and write the 8000-series BSN, starting from 8001
3. Supply the geocode and EA in the geocode field.
4. Tap the check icon to save the changes.
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5. Tap the back button of your android device to go back the ULE app.
6. In the ULE App, tap GET EA AND BSN to copy the EA and BSN of the NEW geo- tagged building/structure points in the map. The EA and BSN will be automatically inputted in the Enumeration Area and Building Serial Number fields.
6.4.8 Other Features of the ULE App
1. Backup Database
Database backup is the process of backing up or creating a copy of the stored data. It enables the creation of a duplicate copy of a database in case the primary database crashes, or gets corrupted or is lost.
To backup database, go to ULE App home screen, tap the hamburger icon or the “three vertical dots” found at the upper right corner, select from the overflow menu “Backup Database”. The application will ask the user to enter password (use the same password used in login). To confirm action; tap “CONFIRM”.
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A reminder will be popped up to remind the user to connect a USB OTG flash drive..
ULE App will create a directory "ULE/Backup/" in your device. This is where all backup files are stored.
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2. Restore Database from Backup
Data Restore is the process of copying files from a backup, typically from a separate disk, to the original location.
To restore file backup, insert USB OTG (where password-protected zip files are stored) to your target device. Go to the File Manager of your target device, then go to the root directory (this is where Android folder, Downloads folder, etc. are found). Create a folder named ULE, open ULE folder, and then create another folder named "Backup". Open ULE folder, then copy password-protected zip files from your USB OTG to this directory. Open ULE App, login (online login then download workload, if first time login for target device). From the homepage of the ULE App tap Restore Database from Backup from the overflow menu. This will be used by SR to restore previously completed establishments from one device to another device. The application will ask the SR to enter password. To confirm action; tap “CONFIRM”. A dialogue box will ask the SR to select the file to be restored. The ULE App will alert the user of successful database restore.
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Note
This activity can be done only in the field offices upon checking and approval from the Central Office. This is to ensure that there will be no accidental error on duplicate uploading of establishments which were already successfully completed and uploaded.
3. View Accomplishment Report
Another feature of the ULE App is for the SR to view his/her daily accomplishment and or the supervisor to monitor the progress of SRs under him. To view, select “View Accomplishment Report” from the overflow menu.
The supervisor will copy the accomplishment of the SR to the ULE-ADM Form 3C.
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4. Uploading of Completed Establishments
To upload completed establishments to the server, tap Sync To Server. All establishments in the completed tab will be uploaded and the counter beside the completed tab will be back to zero (0). All establishments from the completed tab will be transferred to the uploaded tab. Successful uploading will prompt the user with a dialogue box indicating the number of establishments uploaded. Tap OK to finish.
VALIDATE
After all questions or data items had been asked, tap the ‘VALIDATE’ found right below the Item 22 to proceed to the next screen.
Error List
After tapping the ‘VALIDATE’ button, the ULE App automatically validates entry of each data item. It generates and displays an error list based on the validation specifications on consistency between data items and completeness of required data items. Result of validation displays either an error list or a ‘No error found’ message.
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The error list serves as reference of SRs on the data items which needs to be verified. The list should be cleared before saving the data and while still in the premise of the establishment. If such list is displayed, go back to the main screen by tapping the back button of the tablet. Verify from the respondent the items with error and make appropriate corrections. For errors that cannot be resolved, put remarks in the remarks portion. On the other hand, if displayed is the ‘No error found’ message, proceed to the Interview Status cell.
Interview Status Code
The status of interview indicates if the interview with the establishment has been successfully conducted, that is, all data or updates have been collected.
INSTRUCTIONS: Determine the status of interview with the establishment. Select by tapping the interview type which can be one of the following:
Code Interview Status Description 1 Completed The interview was successfully conducted.
2 Online The establishment accomplished the online questionnaire. (SRs should provide ULE Form 3 to be used by the establishment as reference.) 3 Referral No interview was made. The data collection was referred a reporting unit. This can either be an item referral or all data are referred. 4 Refusal The establishment refused to be interviewed after exhausting all means. 5 Callback / Revisit The establishment is for revisit to collect self- administered ULE Form 3 and partially completed reports and conduct of interview.
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After saving updates of establishments, an establishment record will be transferred from the initial list tab. Depending on the interview status code, it will be transferred either to the completed tab or in the started tab.
Code 1 (Completed) – Completed tab Code 2 (Online) – Completed tab Code 3 (Referral) – Completed tab Code 4 (Refusal) – Started tab Code 5 (Callback/Revisit) – Started tab
REMARKS
Enter in this portion any necessary remarks about the data collected of the establishment.
SAVE ESTABLISHMENT
Found at the bottom of the screen is the ‘SAVE ESTABLISHMENT’ button. After determining the interview status of the establishment, tap this button to save updates of the establishment before leaving the premises.
6.4.9 Instructions in Adding “New” or “No Match” Establishments
No match establishments are establishments currently operating business in the barangay but not existing in the masterlist. When added as new, these establishments will become part of the updated Barangay Masterlist.
To add, tap the ‘ADD NEW ESTABLISHMENT’ button found at the upper right corner of the screen. By doing so, a new screen will appear for the current status of operation of the new establishment to be added.
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Current Status Code
For new establishments, there are only two options for the current status of operation. It can either be Code 1 (In Operation) or Code 6 (Temporary Stopped Operation). Generally, new establishments are ‘In Operation’. However, there may be “no match” establishments, that is, establishments not yet listed in the masterlist which has temporarily stopped its operation due to renovation of building or for some other reasons.
Instruction: 1. Select the appropriate button for the type of CS of the new establishment. 2. Get the EA and BSN through QFiel
Fill out these data items properly. Follow same instruction for each data item discussed in Section 6.3.
6.4.9.1 Instructions in Transcribing Entry in ULE Form 3 to the ULE App
Ideally, the ULE instrument to be used during data collection is the android tablet containing the ULE App in order to update characteristics of ‘old’ establishments and to add ‘new’ establishments. However, there may be instances that the field interview using the android tablet is not possible if the establishment opted for a self-administered questionnaire. In this case, data from the ULE Form 3 should be transcribed or encoded in the tablet.
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It should be noted that all establishments with ULE Form 3 should have an initial record already in the Started Tab. This means that such establishment has been verified in the masterlist during matching and that it already contains current status of operation, EA and BSN, Business Name and Business Address.
INSTRUCTIONS: • From the Started tab, select the name of establishment from the list by tapping the record. In doing so, the main screen will be displayed. • Transcribe the data from the ULE Form 3 and follow same instructions in filling out each data item.
For ULE Form 3 with attached more than 5 list of branches or Item 20 (List of Branches), field offices should transmit these forms to the Central Office.
6.4.10 Instructions in Uploading Updated Establishments in the Masterlist
The uploading activity is a means of online submission of completed establishments to the Central Office. As discussed in the previous section, updated ‘old’ and newly added establishments are displayed in the Completed Tab. All establishments in this tab are considered ‘uploadable’ establishments. These records will be uploaded to the server in the Central Office through synchronization. Once uploaded, all establishment records in the Completed tab will no longer appear in this tab but are transferred to the Uploaded tab.
To upload, follow same instructions in synchronizing to the CO web server
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CHAPTER 7 ENUMERATION PROGRESS AND STATUS MONITORING
7.1 GENERATION OF PROGRESS AND STATUS REPORTS FOR ENUMERATION
This chapter discusses the instructions in generating the progress and status of updating of the 2021 Updating of the List of Establishments using the progress report module under the online system BRIMPS.
The Progress Report module can be accessed from the ULE tab.
Three types of reports can be generated from this module to monitor the status and progress of field operation activities.
1. Updating Status by Establishment.
2. Data Processing Progress Report.
3. Uploaded Establishments by Current Status of Operation Type.
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Report 1 : Updating Status by Establishment
Report 1 displays the status and the date of processing, by activity, for each establishment record. It also displays the Employee ID of the user.
Note: The Region and Province fields will be filled up automatically for the identified user with province account.
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The report contains the following fields:
ECN – Establishment Control Number BN - Business Name BA - Business Address Prv – Province Code Mun – City / Municipality Code Bgy – Barangay Code Statistical Researcher – Employee ID & Name of SR Interview Status Remarks Date Completed Date Uploaded Date Machine Processed Date Reviewed PO Date Reviewed CO
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Report 2: Data Processing Progress Report
Report 2 displays the progress of each ULE activities in terms of the number of records and percentage over the total workload.
Click the Generate button to display the progress of the province for the logged-in user.
Output:
• Selecting a Region, will display the progress report of the Region and provinces.
Output:
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The following options are also available for the data processing progress report by type of activity:
• Uploaded • Machine Processed • PO Review • CO Review
Selecting the ‘UPLOADED” activity will display only the progress for uploading activity.
Output:
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Selecting an activity after ‘UPLOADED’, that is, (MACHINE PROCESSED, PO REVIEW, CO REVIEW) will also display the previous activities, respectively.
Example: Selecting ‘CO REVIEW’ will display the progress for Uploaded, Machine Processed and PO Review.
To see the progress of processing of SRs and Machine Processors, select the Employee after you have selected an activity.
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Output:
A report for specific period of time can also be generated. Click on the Start Date and End Date.
Example: from February 01, 2021 to February 28, 2021.
Output:
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Reminders: • Leaving the Start Date and End Date blanks, will get result for “As of Today”. • Leaving the Start date blank but with End Date will get result for “As of the (End Date)”. • Leaving the End date blank but with Start Date will get result for “From (Start date) – Today”. • When the selected activity has previous activity/ies, the previous activities will get result for “As of (End Date) or “As of Today” if End date is blank.
The first three bullets also applies to the next report, Uploaded Establishments by Current Status of Operation Type.
Report 3: Uploaded Establishments by Current Status of Operation Type
This report displays the status of uploading by current status of establishments.
• Clicking the Generate button will display the report for the province of the logged-in user.
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Output:
Reports for specific period may also be generated by selecting the Start and End Dates.
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Clicking on Start Date or End Date, a date-picker box will pop-up for easy selection of specific dates.
Additionaly, dates can be manually typed in their respective fields with the following format: month/day/year.
Example: 2/1/2021
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The ‘x’ button hides the side bar panel to expand the width of the output table.
View of the output table with the side bar panel hidden.
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Click the twin “greater than” button, to return to the original display.
Additional features of the Progress Reports are the Filter and Export to CSV located on the upper right side of the displayed table.
Click the Filter On to enable the field/s to filter specific rows from the displayed data table. Click Filter Off to return to original displayed data table.
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To download a copy of the current displayed table, click “Export to CSV File”, then provide and enter the filename.
Downloaded files are automatically saved at the “Downloads” folder.
Sample contents of the csv file.
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ULE-ADM Form 1 Repub lic of the Philipp ines PHIIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY General Transmittal Form Date: ______
______(RD/PSO)______(Address)______
Dear Mr/Ms. ______:
We are transmitting the following 2021 ULE materials:
DESCRIPTION UNIT TOTAL REMARKS
Very truly yours,
TRANSMITTING OFFICER: Signature: ______Full Name: ______Designation: ______Date: ______
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECEIPT
TRANSMITTING OFFICER: Full Name: ______Designation: ______
Dear Mr/Ms. ______:
This is to acknowledge receipt of the following 2021 ULE materials:
DESCRIPTION UNIT TOTAL REMARKS
RECEIVING OFFICER: Signature: ______Full Name: ______Designation: ______Date: ______
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ULE-ADM Form 4 Republic of the Philippines PHIIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY NARRATIVE REPORT
2021 Updating of the List of Establishments (Region/Province)
I. TRAINING • Date and Place/Venue of Training • Level of Training / Briefing • Number of participants per training level • Training Issues
II. FIELD OPERATION
• Mandays Spent and Number of Personnel Involved (by Activity)
Enumeration / Data Machine Processing Data Review and Validation Collection No. of Province No. of MPs SRs and Mandays Mandays No. of Regular Mandays Spent and TSs TSs Spent Spent Staff Involved Involved Involved Province A Province B
• Progress and Status Report (as generated from the BRIMPS – ULE Module)
• Issues / Problems Encountered During Field Operation
• Problems encountered in using the ULE App and BRIMPS
• Other Issues and Concerns
III. RECOMMENDATIONS
IV. PHOTO GALLERY
Name and Signature
Designation
Date
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Repub lic of the Philipp ines ULE-ADM Form 4A PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY Financial Report 2021 Updating of the List of Establishments Report
Region: ______Province: ______
A. Enumeration/Data Collection in 2021 ULE Barangays
Personnel Involved Items of Expenditures Total Workload/ TE/PD Sample SRs/ Activities RD/PSO/ Establish TSs/ SRs/ ICT Utilities / ASST/DSPS Total Wages Supplies ments MPs/ TSs/ Regular equipment Communi (Supervisors) RCC MPs/ Staff /accessories cation RCC procurement Cellcard
1. Training
2nd Level
3rd Level
2. Coordination and Consultation
3. Enumeration/Data Collection
4. Machine Processing
5. Data Review and Validation
Training Days:
(2nd Level) ______(3rd Level) ______
Enumeration/Data Collection Period: (No. of Days) ______Machine Processing Period: (No. of Days) ______Data Review and Validation Period: (No. of Days) ______
Prepared by: ______Reviewed and Finalized by: ______Name (Position)
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ULE-ADM Form 2A Republic of the Philippines PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY Appointment Slip
B
Date: ______
THE OWNER/MANAGER (Name of Establishment) (Address of Establishment)
SIR/MADAM:
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is currently conducting the 2021 Updating of the List of Establishments. The List of Establishments (LE) maintained by the PSA is a comprehensive statistical business register being used by the government as input to their plans and policies, development monitoring and allocation of resources. It is also being used as one of the bases for the creation and classification of the barangay/city/municipality and province. Private sector uses the LE statistics as guide in the preparation of marketing plans and strategies. The data you will provide in this undertaking will be held strictly confidential as stipulated in Section 26 of Republic Act No. 10625.
Among the data items that we will be collecting are business name, registered name, business TIN, business address, contact information, economic area type and name, franchise indicator, legal organization, economic organization, nationality of the owner/majority stockholder, economic activity or business, e-commerce transactions engagement, year started operation, total employment of paid employees, workers on sub-contract agreement, name and address of main office, name and address of parent company (if any), and list of branches, if any. Maximum farm capacity and animal inventory also be asked for establishments engaged in livestock and /or poultry activities.
Please allow me to have an appointment with you or your representative for an interview on the specified date and time below or at your convenience time.
Date: ______Time: ______
You may call PSA at telephone no. ______or e-mail ______for assistance or clarification.
Thank you very much.
Very truly yours, Noted:
______(Name and Designation) Chief Statistical Specialist
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ULE-ADM Form 2B Republic of the Philippines PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY Problem Referral Slip
B
Date: ______
THE OWNER/MANAGER (Name of Establishment) (Address of Establishment)
SIR/MADAM:
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is currently conducting the 2021 Updating of the List of Establishments. The List of Establishments (LE) maintained by the PSA is a comprehensive statistical business register being used by the government as input to their plans and policies, development monitoring and allocation of resources. It is also being used as one of the bases for the creation and classification of the barangay/city/municipality and province. Private sector uses the LE statistics as guide in the preparation of marketing plans and strategies. The data you will provide in this undertaking will be held strictly confidential as stipulated in Section 26 of Republic Act No. 10625.
Thank you for accommodating me during my visit to your establishment. However, there are data items, as indicated below, that we still need to get and/or verify from you. Please allow me to have an appointment with YOU or your representative for an interview on:
Date: ______Time: ______
You may call PSA at telephone no. ______or e-mail ______for assistance or clarification.
Thank you very much.
Very truly yours, Noted:
______(Name and Designation) Chief Statistical Specialist
ITEM NO. / PROBLEM REMARKS DESCRIPTION
(Use additional sheet if needed)
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ULE-ADM Form 5 Republic of the Philippines PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY Acknowledgement Receipt
B
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECEIPT
This is to acknowledge receipt of the 2021 Establishment Inquiry Form (ULE Form 3).
THE OWNER/MANAGER Name Address(line 1) Address(line 2) ECN
Received by: Distributed by:
Date: Date: Signature: Signature: Printed Name: Printed Name: Designation: Due Date of Collection: Contact Number: Date: E-mail Address:
STATUS OF VISIT:
Code Date of for Visit Name Signature Designation Remarks Visit Result of Visit (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 1 2 3 4 5
Codes for result of visit to be indicated in column 6: 1 – Distribute 2 – Collected and completed 3 – Collected but with incomplete entries, leave problem referral slip (ULE ADM Form 2B) 4 – ULE Form 3 returned and referred to another unit/department/establishment outside the province (with Certification) 5 – Respondent not available for interview, leave appointment slip (ULE ADM Form 2A) 6 – ULE Form 3 referred to another unit/department within the establishment 7 – ULE Form 3 referred to other unit/department/establishment outside province 8 – Others, specify in the Remarks Column (col 7)
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ULE-ADM Form 3C Republic of the Philippines PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY Province: ______City /Municipality: ______SRs DAILY ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT 2021 Updating of the List of Establishments Barangay: ______Signature of SR: ______
Status of Enumeration of the Barangay Name of SR: ______1 Completed 2 Ongoing Covered Period: From:____To:_____ Number of Barangay Masterlist (Original) Establishments Number of updated and Additional Date Establishments Remarks added in the completely Referral Online Others (New) Masterlist updated in the (Cols 3+7) Masterlist (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
TOTAL (for the week)
Prepared by:
Signature of Team Supervisor: ______Name of Team Supervisor : ______
Date Submitted : ______
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ULE-ADM Form 3D Republic of the Philippines PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY Province: ______City /Municipality: ______TSs DAILY ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT 2021 Updating of the List of Establishments Signature of TS ______Name of TS ______
Covered Period From:______
To :______
Number of Number of records Date SRs Others Remarks verified from supervised the Tablet
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
TOTAL (for the week)
Received by:
Signature of Provincial Focal Person: ______Name of Provincial Focal Person : ______
Date Submitted : ______
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Appendix 11 – STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS
A Academy ACAD Beneficiaries BEN Accounting ACCTG Beverage BEV Acetylene ACET Bicycle BYCL Activity ACTY Billiard BILLD Actuarial ACTL Blacksmith BLACKSM Adjuster ADJR Board BD Adjustment ADJT Bookbinding BKBDG Administration ADMN Bookkeeping BKKPG Advertising ADVTG Bottler BTLER Agency AGCY Bottling BTLG Agricultural AGRL Boulevard BLVD Airconditioner AIRCON Boutique BOTQ Air-conditioning AIRCONG Branch BR Alcohol ALCHL Broadcasting BRCSTG Aluminum ALUM Broker BROK America, American AMER Brokerage BROKGE And & Brothers BROS Apartment APT Builder BLDR Apparel APPA Building BLDG Appliance APPL Bureau BU Appraisal APPRL Business BUSI Appraising APPRG Architect ARCH C Architectural ARCHL Architecture ARCHR Cafeteria CAFET Arrastre ARRST Canteen CANT Associate ASSOC Captain CAPT Association ASSN Carinderia CARIND Assurance ASSUR Carpentry CARPY Attorney ATTY Caterer CATR Auditing AUDG Catering CATG Automotive AUTMTV Center CTR Avenue AVE Central CTL Aviation AVN Charitable CHARTBL Azucarera AZUC Chemical CHEM Children CHDRN Chinese CHI B Chocolate CHOC Cigar CIG Bago, Bagong B Cigarette CIGTTE Bakery BKY City C Banking BKG Cleaner CLNR Barangay BGY Cleaning CLNG Barber BBR Clinic CLC Batery BAT Cocktail COCKTL Beauty BTY
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STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS
Coconut COCO District DIST College COLL Diversion DIVRN Commercial COMML Division DIV Commission COM Doctor DR Committee CTEE Dormitory DORM Commodity COMMOD Dressmaking DRESMKG Communication COMMUN Drilling DRILG Compania CIA Duplicating DUPLG Company CO Drydock DRYDK Compound COMPD Computer COMPR Concrete CONCR E Condominium CONDM Confectionery CONFCTY East, Eastern E Conference CONFC Educational EDUCL Congressman CONG Electric ELEC Consolidated CONS Electrical ELECL Construction CONSTRN Electrification ELECFN Consultant CONSLT Electronic ELECNC Consumer CONSMR Electroplating ELECPLG Contract CONTR Elementary ELEM Contracting CONTRG Embroidery EMBRY Contractor CONTRR Employee EMP Cooperative COOP Employment EMPLYT Corner COR Emporium EMPOR Corporation CORP Engine ENG Correspondence CORR Engineer ENGR Cottage CTGE Engineering ENGG Craft CR Engraver ENGRVR Credit CRED Engraving ENGRVG Crossing CROS Enterprise ENT Cultural CULTL Equipment EQPT Estate EST Excavation EXCVN D Exchange EXCH Exploration EXPLRN Dancing DANCG Exploring EXPLRG De la, De las, De los D L Export EXP Dealer DLR Exporter EXPR Dental DENTL Exporting EXPG Dentistry DENTY Extension EXT Department DEPT Detective DET Destileria DESTIL F Developer DEVR Development DEV Fabrica FAB Discotheque DISCO Fabrication FABN Distillery DISTLY Fabricator FABR Distilling DISTLG Factory FCTY Distribution DISTBN Far East F E Distributor DITRBR Farming FMG Federation FEDN
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Fermentation FERMN I Fertilizer FERT Filipinas, Filipino FIL Import IMP Finance FINC Importer IMPR Financing FINCG Importing IMPG Fishery FISHY Incorporated INC Fishing FISHG Indentor INDR Fishpond FISHPD Independent INDPT Floor /F Industrial INDL Footwear FTWR Industry IND Forwarder FORWDR Institute INS Forwarding FORWDG Instrument INSTR Foundation FDN Insurance INS Foundry FDRY Integrated INTEGD Fountain FOUNT Interior INT Fort FT Interisland INTERIS Fumigating FUMG International INTERNATL Funeral FUNL Investigation INVGN Furnishing FURNG Investment INVT Furniture FURN Irrigation IRRIG
G J
Garment GARM Janitorial JANTRL Gasoline GAS Japan, Japanese JAP General GEN Jeepney JEEPN Glassware GLASSW Jewellerly, Jewelry JWLRY Goldsmith GOLDSM Junction JUNCT Goods GDS Junior JR Government GOVT Governor GOV Grocery GROC K Ground GRD Kapitan KAP Kilometer KM H Kitchenette KITCHTTE Knitting KNTG Haberdasher HABSHER Haberdashery HABSHERY Handicraft HDCR L Hardware HDW Hardwood HDWD Laboratory LAB Heights HTS Lamination LAMN Hermana HNA Laundry LDRY Hermano HNO Legal LEG Highway HWAY Letterpress LTRPR Hospital HOSP Limited LTD House HSE Liqour LIQ Housing HSG Lithography LITHY Livestock LVSTK
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Logging LOGG Navigation NAVN Lumber LBR Newspaper NWSPR Lumberyard LBRYD North, Northern N Luncheon LUNCH Nursery NRSY Luncheonette LUNCHTTE Nursing NRSG
M O
Machine MACH Office OFC Machinery MACHY Operation OPN Magazine MAG Operator OPR Maintenance MAINT Optical OPT Management MGT Orchestra ORCH Managing MGG Organization ORG Manila MLA Original ORIG Manufacture MFR Ornamental ORNML Manufacturer MFER Oxygen OXY Manufacturing MFG Maritime MARIT Market MKT P Marketing MKTG Massage MASGE Packaging PKGG Maternity MTRTY Packing PKG Mechanical MECHL Painting PNTG Medical MEDL Park PK Medicine MED Parlor PLR Memorial MEM Pasillo PAS Mercantile MERCTL Perfumery PERFY Merchandise MDSE Personal PERS Merchandising MDSG Petrochemical PETROCH Message MESGE Petroleum PETR Metal MTL Pharmaceutical PHARMCL Metalcraft MTLCR Pharmacy PHARM Metallurgical MTLGCL Philippine PHIL Mimeographing MIMEOG Philippines PHILS Mineral MINL Photoengraver PHOTOENGR Mining MIN Photoengraving PHOTOENGG Minorities MINRTS Photography PHOTOGY Minority MINRT Place PL Motor MTR Plumbing PLMBG Motorized MTRD Plywood PLYWD Mount, Mountain MT Poblacion POB Muelle M Population POPN Municipal MUN President PRES Primary PRIM Printer PRTR N Printing PRTG
National NATL Native NATV Natural NAT
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Processing PROCG Road RD Producer PRODR Room RM Product PROD Rotonda RTDA Production PRODN Rubber RUBR Programming PROGMG Project PROJ Promotion PROMN S Proprietary PTY Protective PROTV Saint ST Provincial PROV Salon SLN Public PUB Sanitary SANIT Publication PUBLN Santa STA Publisher PUBLR Santo STO Publishing PUBLG Sari-sari SSARI School SCH Science SCI Q Sculptural SCULPTL Secretarial SECRL Quarry QRY Section SEC Quarrying QRYG Security SECTY Senior SR Service SVC R Sewing SEWG Shipping SHIPG Racing RACG Shipyard SHIPYD Radio RAD Shopping SHOPG Radiology RADGY Smelting SMLTG Railway RWAY Special SPL Readymade RDYMD Specialty SPLTY Rebuilder REBLDR Sporting SPORTG Rebuilding REBLDG Stable STBL Recapping RECAPG Standard STD Record REC Station STN Recording RECG Statistical STATL Refining REFNG Statistics STAT Refreshment REFRNT Stevedoring STEVDRG Refrigeration REFGN Store STR Refrigerator REF Storage STRGE Remnant REMN Street ST Repacking REPKG Structural STRUCL Repainting REPNTG Structure STRUC Repair RPR Subdivision SUBD Repairing RPRG Sugar SUG Reproducing REPRODG Suite S Reproduction REPRODN Superhighway SUPHWAY Research RESCH Supermarket SUPMKT Resources REES Supplier SUPLR Restaurant RESTNT Supplies SUPLS Resthouse RESTHSE Supply SUPL Retail RTL Surgery SURGY Retailer RTLR Survey SURV Retailing RTLG Surveying SURVG
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STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS
Surveyor SURVR V System SYS Variety VAR Vegetable VEG T Veterinary VETY Village VILL Tailor TLOR Vocational VOC Tailoring TLORG Vulcanizing VULCG Taxi TX Technical TECH Technology TECHGY W Telecommunication TELECOM Telegraph TELEG Warehouse WHSE Telephone TEL Warehousing WHSG Television TV Welding WLDG Terminal TERM West, Western W Textile TEXL Wholesale WSALE Timber TMBR Wholesaler WSALR Tobacco TOB Wholesaling WSALG Trade TRD Wood WD Trader TRDR Woodcarving WDCRVG Trading TRDG Woodcraft WDCR Trailer TLR Woodwork WDWK Training TRNG Woodworking WDWKG Transit TRANS Work WK Transport TRNSPT Travel TRAV Trimming TRIMG Y Truck TK Trucker TKR Yard YD Trucking TKG Tricycle TRYCL Typing, typewritting TYPG Z
Zone Z U
Underwear UNDRW Underwriter UNDRWR United States U S University UNIV Upholstery UPHLSTY
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Definition of Terms
SOME DEFINITION OF TERMS USED IN THE RETAILING, BUSINESS SERVICES, AND INDUSTRIES
Call Centers - establishments engaged in client relations and client service related technical intermediary services for the account of others. Call centers are classified into:
▪ Inbound call centers - those dealing with answering calls from clients by using automatic call distribution, computer telephone integration or interactive voice response systems, receiving orders, providing product information, as well as attending to client’s complaints; and ▪ Outbound call centers - those dealing with sale and marketing activities directed towards clients, market research, direct marketing and address verification.
Contact center services - embrace four major forms:
▪ Inbound services involve incoming calls from clients’ target market. These services usually compose the area of customer service and general support that encompass the rules and regulations governing the effectiveness of a certain product or service like telecommunication, gadgets and electronics, financial and banking, hotel reservation, and other similar lines of businesses. ▪ Outbound services include outgoing calls routed to the clients’ intended respondents. This sales and lead generation endeavors such as telephone verification, surveys, product and services offers. It has become a backbone to many sales industries as it reassures business continuity and permanence. ▪ Back office support deals with administrative tasks (email and mail correspondence, bookkeeping, recruitment, human resources) ▪ Non-voice reinforcement. Non-voice reinforcement typifies both chat and email support where customer or respondent assistance is mainly dependent on online communication.
Concession – arrangement by which a retailer places a selling unit within a larger store, e.g., a department store.
Convenience store – shop selling a wide range of goods with extended opening hours. Usually abbreviated to c-store. Example: 7-Eleven
Department Store – a store with sales area of at least 2,500 square meters, selling mainly non- food merchandise and at least five lines in different departments. They are usually arranged over several floors.
Direct selling – the process whereby independent business people, or distributors, market and sell products directly to the consumer without having to make significant investments in the infrastructure normally associated with the establishment of traditional – bricks-and-mortar retail outlets. Multi-level direct selling companies do not own retail outlets, nor do their distributors, and do not generally advertise or promote their products in the traditional retail environment. There are three main modes of direct selling:
▪ Person-to-person: involves face-to-face sales by a company representative who sells directly to the consumer. Includes door-to-door selling and telesales. ▪ Party-plan: involves one-to-many sales by a company representative who arrange sales “parties”, ▪ Multi-level (also known as “multi-level marketing”, “network marketing”): a system of selling in which agents employ other agents and they in turn employ agents, and so on. Other related terms for such schemes include “pyramid selling”.
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Duty-free – sale of goods (typically drinks, tobacco, cosmetics and luxury goods) in duty-free areas (often at airports or on board ships), net of purchase taxes levied in a particular country.
Fast food outlet - typically distinguished by the following characteristics: a standardized and restricted menu; food for immediate consumption; tight individual portion control on all ingredients and on the finished product; individual packaging of each item; a young and unskilled labor force; and counter service.
Grocery – a marketplace where groceries are sold and food accounts for at least 50 percent of total retail sales. The store usually specialized in packaged groceries and sells goods on non- broken units.
Home shopping – mail order, television shopping and other direct mail activities.
Hypermarket – store with a sales area of over 2,500 square meters, with at least 35 percent of selling space devoted to non-foods. Frequently on out-of-town sites or as the anchor store in a shopping center.
Internet retailing – purchase of goods advertised, promoted or offered for purchase through a web medium whereby payment is made online. This includes orders placed through the web for which payment is then made through a store card or an online credit account subsequent to delivery. Any mode of payment may be used, including postal cheque, direct debit, standing order and other banking tools.
Kiosk – external selling point located in streets or parks. They mainly sell confectionery, newspapers and tobacco.
Logistics - a business planning framework for the management of material, service, information and capital flows. It includes the increasingly complex information, communication and control systems required in today's business environment; the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services, and related information from point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements.
Mail order – purchase of goods through the postal system, either in direct response to an advertisement or mail item, or via a catalogue medium whereby payment is made online.
Parapharmacy – healthcare products sold alongside over the counter (OTC) and prescription medicines and which are complementary. In some countries refers to non-dispensing pharmacy.
Pharmacy – specialist outlet retailing largely OTC and prescription-only medicines, as well as a small selection of parapharmacy goods.
Sari-sari store – 1. A retailer (direct to consumer) of personal and/or household goods in quantity or volume generally smaller or in broken sizes as packed or packaged by the manufacturer. For solid, dry, or non-liquid goods, the size could be broken by the piece. Examples are candies packed by manufacturer in hundreds, fifties, or dozen or kilograms. The sari-sari store will sell the candies by the piece. Other examples, the manufacturer packaging of cigarettes is by cartoon or at least by pack. The sari-sari store sells by the stick. Here, the sari-sari store sells less than the manufacturer’s specified weight or packaging. 2. A piecemeal grocery.
Self-service store – covers any type of store selling by self-selection. Usually equipped with cash registers at check outs.
Service station – roadside establishment selling fuel and car aftermarket products to the motorist, and, increasingly, with a convenience store attached.
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Superette – self-service food outlet with a selling area of up to 400 square meters.
Supermarket – 1. a self-service store or market that sells food and drinks and sometimes drugs, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. A supermarket offers a great variety of products and selling at least 70 percent foodstuffs and everyday commodities. The store usually occupies a selling area of between 400 and 2500 square meters. 2. A pick you good grocery.
Superstore – store with a sales area of at least 2500 square meters, generally devoted to non- foods.
Teleshopping – sales direct to the consumer via TV broadcasting , by-passing conventional retail outlets and using telephone or fax ordering and electronic funds
Toll manufacturing - Arrangement in which a firm (which has a specialized equipment) processes raw materials or semi-finished goods for another firm. Also called toll processing.
Ukay-ukay – thrift shops specializing in second-hand clothing, footwear and personal accessories usually with signature brands. Merchandise are usually sourced from abroad.
Variety store – usually located on one floor and offering a limited assortment of fast-moving goods on a self-service basis.
Vending – automatic retailing. The sale of products and services at an unattended point of sale through a machine operated by introducing coins, bank notes.
Sources: Publication “Retailing IMIS 2004, Euromonitor, December 2003”; http://www.contactcenterphilippines.com/articles/types-of-contact-center-services-in-the- philippines-12.html; http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR56/ERR56i.pdf; . http://www.logisticsworld.com/logistics.html http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/toll-manufacturing.html
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LIST OF INDUSTRY SUB-CLASSES WHICH ARE OUT OF SCOPE IN THE 2021 ULE
NO. PSIC09 INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION RETAIL SALE VIA STALLS AND MARKETS OF FOOD, BEVERAGES 1 G47810 AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS RETAIL SALE VIA STALLS AND MARKETS OF TEXTILES, CLOTHING 2 G47820 AND FOOTWEAR 3 G47891 RETAIL SALE OF PREPAID CARDS VIA STALLS AND MARKETS 4 G47892 RETAIL SALE OF INTERNET CARD VIA STALLS AND MARKETS 5 G47893 RETAIL SALE OF ELECTRONIC LOAD VIA STALLS AND MARKETS RETAIL SALE OF MUSIC AND VIDEO RECORDINGS VIA STALLS 6 G47894 AND MARKETS RETAIL SALE OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND CONSUMER 7 G47895 ELECTRONICS VIA STALLS AND MARKETS 8 G47896 RETAIL SALE OF BOOKS VIA STALLS AND MARKETS 9 G47897 RETAIL SALE OF GAMES AND TOYS VIA STALLS AND MARKETS 10 G47898 RETAIL SALE OF CARPETS AND RUGS VIA STALLS AND MARKETS OTHER RETAIL SALE VIA STALL AND MARKETS OF OTHER GOODS, 11 G47899 N.E.C. 12 H49322 TRICYCLES AND PEDICABS OPERATION 13 K64110 CENTRAL BANK 14 P85111 PUBLIC PRE-PRIMARY/PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION PUBLIC PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL 15 P85121 NEEDS 16 P85211 PUBLIC PRIMARY/ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PUBLIC PRIMARY/ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH 17 P85221 SPECIAL NEEDS 18 P85311 PUBLIC GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
19 P85321 PUBLIC GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
20 P85331 PUBLIC TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION PUBLIC TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION 21 P85341 FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 22 P85401 PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION 23 P85591 OTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION, N.E.C. 24 P85601 PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES 25 Q86111 PUBLIC GENERAL HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES 26 Q86112 PUBLIC SANITARIA AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITIES PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE HOSPITALS 27 Q86113 ACTIVITIES OTHER PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE 28 Q86119 HOSPITALS ACTIVITIES
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LIST OF INDUSTRY SUB-CLASSES WHICH ARE OUT OF SCOPE IN THE 2021 ULE
NO. PSIC09 INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION PUBLIC MEDICAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING PUERICULTURE 29 Q86211 AND LABORATORY SERVICES) 30 Q86212 PUBLIC DENTAL AND LABORATORY SERVICES PUBLIC MEDICAL, DENTAL AND OTHER HEALTH ACTIVITIES, 31 Q86219 N.E.C. ACTIVITIES OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYERS MEMBERSHIP 32 S94110 ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVITIES OF PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP 33 S94120 ORGANIZATIONS 34 S94200 ACTIVITIES OF TRADE UNIONS 35 S94910 ACTIVITIES OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS 36 S94920 ACTIVITIES OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS 37 S94990 ACTIVITIES OF OTHER MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS, N.E.C. 38 O84111 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION 39 O84112 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REGIONAL GOVERNMENT 40 O84113 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION OF FINANCIAL 41 O84114 AND FISCAL AFFAIRS; OPERATION OF TAXATION SCHEMES ANCILLARY SERVICE ACTIVITIES FOR THE GOVERNMENT AS 42 O84115 A WHOLE 43 O84119 GENERAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITES, N.E.C. REGULATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF PROVIDING HEALTH 44 O84120 CARE EDUCATION CULTURAL SERVICES AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES EXCLUDING SOCIAL SECURITY
(PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) REGULATION OF AND CONTRIBUTION TO MORE EFFICIENT 45 O84130 OPERATION OF BUSINESSES (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) 46 O84210 FOREIGN AFFAIRS 47 O84220 DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 48 O84230 PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY ACTIVITIES 49 O84300 COMPULSORY SOCIAL SECURITY ACTIVITIES 50 U99011 FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS 51 U99012 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND EXTRA-TERRITORIAL 52 U99019 ORGANIZATIONS AND BODIES, N.E.C 53 U99090 ACTIVITIES OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS AS EMPLOYERS OF DOMESTIC 54 T97000 PERSONNEL UNDIFFERENTIATED GOODS-PRODUCING ACTIVITIES OF 55 T98100 PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS FOR OWN USE UNDIFFERENTIATED SERVICES-PRODUCING ACTIVITIES OF 56 T98200 PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS FOR OWN USE
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SUMMARY OF 2019 UPDATES TO THE 2009 PSIC
LIST OF NEW AND/OR SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIES 2019 UPDATES INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION SECTION A. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING A01297 Growing of bush fruits, including strawberries A01476 Raising of duck layer A01575 Preparation of abaca fiber including stripping and drying SECTION C. MANUFACTURING C10725 Manufacture of coconut sap sugar C10726 Manufacture of palm sugar (buri, nipa), except coconut Manufacturing of native delicacies or "kakanin" e.g., bibingka, C10782 puto, suman, kalamay, binagol, moron and other similar products C11053 Water purifying and refilling station C11059 Manufacture of drinking water and mineral water, n.e.c. C14193 Manufacture of sportswear C33153 Repairing of aircraft C33154 Repair and maintenance of aircraft engines SECTION G. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES G45204 Car washing and auto-detailing services G47116 Retail selling of food products in pasalubong store/center G47761 Retail sale of pet G47762 Retail sale of pet supplies SECTION H. TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE Operations of vehicles for transportation network service H49325 (ride-sharing services) Public Utility Electric Vehicle (EV) Operation such as Plug-in H49326 electric vehicle (PEV), Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) Operation, Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Operation H53203 Delivery of food H53209 Other courier activities, n. e. c. SECTION I. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES I55107 Tourist Inn I56106 Buffet and eat-all-you-can restaurants I56107 Carinderia or eatery Specialized food-to-go counter (e.g. lechon manok, pork, I56108 beef or fish and other grilled related products) I56304 Tea shops
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SUMMARY OF 2019 UPDATES TO THE 2009 PSIC
LIST OF NEW AND/OR SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIES 2019 UPDATES INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION SECTION K. FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES K64305 Mutual fund company operation K64925 Credit granting entity operation Foreign Exchange Dealing/ Money Changing (Money Service K64995 Businesses (MSBs) K64996 Remittance and transfer operations (MSBs) K64997 Other MSBs, i.e., virtual currency exchange dealing SECTION M. PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES K74905 Statistical and data analytics consulting services K74906 Food safety consulting services K74907 Halal consulting services SECTION N. ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES K79908 Activities of transportation network service K82297 Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) activities SECTION P. EDUCATION P85591 Professional and licensure review services Training centers and facilities activities including culinary, P85592 caregiving, language proficiency P85593 Online tutorial services P85594 Driving schools P85599 Other education, n.e.c. SECTION Q. HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES Q86114 Public maternity hospitals Q86124 Private maternity hospitals Q86224 Medical and diagnostic laboratory services Q86225 Dialysis Center activities Other residential care activities for mental retardation, mental Q87209 health and substance abuse, n.e.c. SECTION R. ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION R93293 Token, coin or cash-basis and card-operated games (arcade) R93294 Indoor playground and playhouse operations for children Light and/or sound system operation for fair and shows, R93295 discotheques and dance floor SECTION S. OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES S96107 Massage parlor Event planning/organizing activities (e.g., wedding, birthday, debut, S96906 baptismal)
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SUMMARY OF 2019 UPDATES TO THE 2009 PSIC
LIST OF SPLITTED INDUSTRY SUB-CLASSES 2009 OLD INDUSTRY 2019 NEW INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION PSIC DESCRIPTION UPDATES SECTION C. MANUFACTURING C1012 Production, processing C10121 Production, processing and preserving and preserving of meat of meat and meat products including and meat products tocino, tapa, ham, bacon, sausage, longanisa, corned beef, hotdog, meat loaf, and bologna C10122 Production of fresh, chilled or frozen meat or poultry C10123 Rendering of lard and other edible fats of animal origin C10129 Production, processing and preserving of meat and meat products, n.e.c. C14120 Women's and girls' and C14120 Women's and girl's garment babies' garment manufacturing manufacturing C14140 Babies' Garment Manufacturing C26120 Manufacture of semi- C26121 Manufacture of sensors conductor devices and C26122 Manufacture of actuators other electronic C26123 Manufacture of oscillators components C26124 Manufacture of resonators C26129 Manufacture of semi-conductor devices and other electronic components, n.e.c. C30300 Manufacture of air and C30301 Manufacture of airplanes for the spacecraft and related transport of goods or passengers, for machinery use by the defense forces, for sport or other purposes C30302 Manufacture of spacecraft and launch vehicles, satellites, planetary probes, orbital, shuttles C30303 Conversion, modification and overhaul of aircrafts C30309 Manufacture of other air and spacecraft and related machinery, n.e.c. SECTION D. ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY D35100 Electric power D35101 Electric power generation generation, D35102 Electric power transmission transmission and D35103 Electric power distribution distribution
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SUMMARY OF 2019 UPDATES TO THE 2009 PSIC
LIST OF SPLITTED INDUSTRY SUB-CLASSES 2009 OLD INDUSTRY 2019 NEW INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION PSIC DESCRIPTION UPDATES SECTION F. CONSTRUCTION F42200 Construction of utility F42201 Construction of telecommunication projects lines and pipelines F42202 Water main and line construction F42203 Construction of gas and energy pipelines F42204 Construction of electric power lines Other construction of utility projects, F42209 n.e.c. SECTION G. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES G45401 Sale of motorcycles G45401 Sale of motorcycles and their parts and G45403 Sale of motorcycles parts and components components G47414 Retail sale of cellular G47414 Retail sale of mobile phones and phones, parts and other handheld mobile devices (e.g. accessories cellular phones, smart phones, tablets) G47415 Retail sale of parts and accessories of cellular phones and other handheld mobile devices SECTION I. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES I55101 Hotels and motels I55101 Hotels I55106 Motels SECTION J. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION J59110 Motion picture, video J59111 Complete production of motion and television picture, video and television programme activities programme activities J59112 Pre and main production of traditional and 2D animation J59113 Pre and main production of 3D animation J59119 Pre and main production of other motion films and etc. J59120 Motion picture, video J59121 Post-production of traditional and 2D and television animation programme post- J59122 Post-production of 3D animation production activities J59129 Post-production of other motion films and etc. J62010 Computer J62011 Game design and development programming activities Other computer programming J62019 activities
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SUMMARY OF 2019 UPDATES TO THE 2009 PSIC
LIST OF SPLITTED INDUSTRY SUB-CLASSES 2009 OLD INDUSTRY 2019 NEW INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION PSIC DESCRIPTION Updates SECTION L. REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES L68130 Cemetery and L68131 Cemetery development, selling, columbarium renting, leasing and operating of self- development, selling, owned cemetery renting, leasing and L68132 Columbarium development, selling, operating of self-owned renting, leasing and operating of self- cemetery/ columbarium owned columbarium (including burial (including burial crypt) crypt) SECTION N. ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES N82300 Organization of N82301 Conventions, trade shows, exhibits, conventions and trade conferences and meetings activities shows N82309 Other organization of conventions and trade shows, n.e.c. SECTION S. OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES S95290 Repair of personal and S95291 Repair and alteration of jewelry household goods, n.e.c. S95292 Repair of watches S95299 Other repair of personal and household goods, n.e.c.
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SUMMARY OF 2019 UPDATES TO THE 2009 PSIC
LIST OF SUB-CLASSES WITH CHANGES IN THE DESCRIPTION 2019 OLD INDUSTRY NEW INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION UPDATES DESCRIPTION SECTION A. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING A01189 Growing of other roots, bulbs, Growing of other roots, bulbs, tuberous tuberous crops and crops and vegetables including vegetables mushroom A01192 Growing of flowers or flower Growing of flowers or flower buds, buds, (except orchids) (except orchids), cut flowers A01193 Production or growing of Production or growing of horticultural horticultural specialties and specialties including nursery products nursery products and ornamental plants A01195 Growing of crops chiefly for Growing of crops chiefly for construction, construction purposes (e.g., furniture and other purposes (e.g., nipa, bamboo, buri, etc.) bamboo, buri, nipa, etc.) A01260 Growing of coconut, including Growing of coconut, including copra- copra-making, tuba gathering making, tuba gathering and coco-shell and coco-shell charcoal charcoal and coconut sap syrup making making in the farm in the farm A01271 Growing of coffee Growing of coffee plant A01272 Growing of cocoa Growing of cacao A01273 Growing of tea Growing of tea plant A01291 Growing of other tropical Growing of other tropical fruits, e.g. fruits, e.g. jackfruit, guavas, jackfruit, guavas, avocados, lanzones, avocados, lanzones, durian, durian, rambutan, chico, atis, rambutan, chico, atis, mangosteen, makopa, dragon fruit etc. mangosteen, makopa, etc. A01461 Chicken production, broiler Raising (farming) of Chicken, broiler A01462 Chicken production, layer Raising (farming) of Chicken, layer A01463 Chicken production, native Raising (farming) of Chicken, native SECTION C. MANUFACTURING C10203 Smoking of fish and other Smoking of fish (tinapa) and other marine products marine products C11051 Manufacture of bottled water Manufacture of bottled drinking water SECTION F. CONSTRUCTION F4100 Construction of buildings This class also includes construction of residential buildings for mass housing. This class also includes closed-circuit F43210 Electrical installation television camera wirings
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SUMMARY OF 2019 UPDATES TO THE 2009 PSIC
LIST OF SUB-CLASSES WITH CHANGES IN THE DESCRIPTION 2019 NEW INDUSTRY OLD INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION UPDATES DESCRIPTION SECTION G. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES G46203 Wholesale of coconut and coconut by- Wholesale of coconut, coconut- products based products, and coconut by- products (e.g., copra, macapuno, coconut husk, coconut shell) G46306 Wholesale of drinking water, juices Wholesale of drinking water, (including powder), coffee, tea, cocoa juices (including powder), coffee, and other beverages tea, cocoa, softdrinks, energy and sports drinks, alcoholic and other beverages SECTION H. TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE H49204 Chartered buses and cars operation Chartered buses operation (e.g. tourist buses, rent-a-car) (e.g. tourist buses, renting of bus) H49321 Jeepney and Asian Utility Vehicle Jeepney and UV Express (AUV) operation operation H52219 Other supporting land transport Other supporting land transport activities, n.e.c. activities, including towing services and truck weighing services, n.e.c. SECTION I. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES I56101 Restaurants Restaurants (full-service) I56102 Fast-food chains Fast-food restaurants/ Quick Service Restaurant SECTION K. FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES K64191 Expanded commercial banking Universal Banking (universal banking) K64192 Regular commercial banking Commercial Banking K64193 Savings and mortgage banking Thrift Banking K64196 Rural Banking Rural Banking K64197 Regular rural banking Cooperative banking K64198 Cooperative rural banking Specialized government banking K64199 Specialized government banking Other monetary intermediation i.e., Islamic Banking, n.e.c. K64304 Banking activities, n.e.c. Trust corporation operation K64922 Lending investor activities Lending company operation SECTION L. REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES L68120 Real estate buying, developing, Real estate buying, developing, subdividing and selling subdividing and selling of residential including mass housing
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SUMMARY OF 2019 UPDATES TO THE 2009 PSIC
LIST OF SUB-CLASSES WITH CHANGES IN THE DESCRIPTION 2019 NEW INDUSTRY OLD INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION UPDATES DESCRIPTION SECTION Q. HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES Child-care/pediatric clinic Q86223 Child-care clinics services SECTION S. OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES S96105 Beauty parlor activities Beauty parlor/salon activities Coin/bill/card-operated S96905 Coin-operated machines activities machines activities
LIST OF INDUSTRY SUB-CLASSES TRANSFERRED Former Industry New Industry 2009 2019 INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION PSIC UPDATES SECTION C. MANUFACTURING C10420 Manufacture of desiccated C10308 Manufacture of desiccated coconut coconut C10430 Manufacture of nata de C10122 Manufacture of nata de coco coco SECTION N. ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES N78105 Theatrical booking agency N79906 Tickets sales/booking, for activities theatrical, entertainment and recreational reservation activities
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LETTER TO THE BUILDING ADMINISTRATOR
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