DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06889.v1
title: Bicol Multipurpose Survey (BMS), 1983: [Philippines]
title: Version 1

description: The 1983 Bicol Multipurpose Survey (BMS) was designed to revisit the residents of the Bicol Region of the Philippines who were surveyed during 1978 in an effort to review the progress of the Bicol River Basin Development Project (BRBDP). The Bicol Multipurpose Survey (BMS) was designed to assess the impact of the BRBDP on one of the poorest regions in the Philippines. Using data collected from both semi-urban and rural areas of the Bicol Region, the BMS sought to examine the impact not only of the various development projects of the BRBDP such as irrigation, electricity, and road repair, but also the economic, social, and health issues faced by the residents of the Bicol Region. The survey gathered data for 17 project areas and 3 cities in the provinces of Albay, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon. The 1983 BMS follows the same design as BICOL MULTIPURPOSE SURVEY (BMS), 1978: [PHILIPPINES] (ICPSR 6878), with the data being organized into 31 "blocks" or series of questions. A total of 1,901 households were surveyed in 1983, most of which were previously surveyed in 1978. An additional replacement sample of 420 was drawn from the 1978 rosters for the 1983 survey. Respondents were again asked about income, employment, education, health status, and health services. Additionally, the 1983 survey gathered extensive information on fishing, business expenses, and small business activities, along with fertility, pregnancy, and mortality histories. Due to time and cost considerations, detailed questions on credit, some health-related items regarding beliefs, chronic illnesses, and breast-feeding, and detailed questions on crops were not included in the 1983 BMS. Section I, Household Data (Parts 1-32), focused on background information, transportation, environment, morbidity, and health services. Information was gathered about people living in the household six months prior to the survey as well as people who had left the household five years prior to the survey. Expenditure data on schooling were gathered for individuals 6-30 years of age. Marriage and pregnancy histories were elicited from women aged 15-49 along with family planning and birth interval information. Section II, Agriculture/Income/Labor Data (Parts 33-87), posed questions on employment, wages, and hired labor for men, women, and children aged 6-15. Data on coconut, sugar cane, and abaca crop production were also gathered, along with information about livestock and poultry, and extensive data were collected about fishing activities. Fishing boat owners were interviewed, along with capture fisherman who fished both inland and marine waters. The Barangay Survey (Parts 88-96) provided information about characteristics of the barangay in which the respondent lived (a barangay is a political subdivision equivalent to a village in rural areas and to a neighborhood in urban areas), services available in the community, types of social services or practitioners, the availability of public utilities and transportation, different types of organizations present within the barangay, employment conditions, and environmental sanitation conditions.
description: Datasets: 
 
 DS0: Study-Level Files 
 DS1: Background Information: Household 
 DS2: Background Information: Individual Household Member 
 DS3: Migration Data: Persons Moving into the Household Within the Past 5 Years 
 DS4: Migration Data: Persons Who Left the Household Within the Past 5 Years 
 DS5: Transport and Travel Data 
 DS6: Environment and Housing Data 
 DS7: Education Expenditures, Children Aged 6-30 
 DS8: Education Expenditures, Formal or Nonformal Vocational Education 
 DS9: Time Allocation: Home Production -- Father and Mother 
 DS10: Time Allocation: Home Production -- Other Household Members 
 DS11: Time Allocation: Gardening 
 DS12: Time Allocation: Market Production -- Father and Mother 
 DS13: Time Allocation: Market Production -- Other Household Members 
 DS14: Health Insurance/Health Services 
 DS15: Morbidity -- Past 6 Months 
 DS16: Health Care -- Specific Illnesses 
 DS17: Marriage History 
 DS18: Pregnancy Status 
 DS19: Pregnancy History -- Completed Pregnancies 
 DS20: Family Planning -- General Knowledge and Use 
 DS21: Pregnancy Status and Current Family Planning Use 
 DS22: Family Planning Use -- Intervals Between Pregnancies Since 1975 
 DS23: Delivery Experience -- Live Births in the Past 24 Months 
 DS24: Prenatal Care -- Non-Live-Birth Pregnancies in the Past 24 Months 
 DS25: Well-Baby Care -- Live Births in the Past 24 Months 
 DS26: Prenatal Care -- Live Births in the Past 24 Months 
 DS27: Currently Pregnant Household Members 
 DS28: Infant Formula Knowledge 
 DS29: Organizational Participation -- Females 
 DS30: Pattern and History of Mother 
 DS31: Consumer Durables 
 DS32: Household Income From Other (Non-Wage) Sources -- All Household Members 
 DS33: Labor Force and Employment: Age 6 and Above 
 DS34: Secondary Occupation 
 DS35: Work History of Father 
 DS36: Work History: Last Week 
 DS37: Work History: Worked Two Weeks Within the Past Year 
 DS38: Crop Farm Data: All Parcels 
 DS39: Rice Crop Production: Area, Production, and Disposal of Production 
 DS40: Rice Crop Production: Input Costs 
 DS41: Rice Crop Production: Hired Labor (Men, Women, Children Aged 6-15 Years) 
 DS42: Rice Crop Production: Wages for Hired Labor 
 DS43: Rice Crop Production: Custom Labor and Machinery Use 
 DS44: Rice Crop Production: Unpaid Family Labor 
 DS45: Rice Crop Production: Threshing, Hauling, and Storage Costs 
 DS46: Rice Crop Production: Labor Utilization 
 DS47: Rice Crop Production: Irrigation -- Extension Worker Contacts 
 DS48: Corn Crop Production: Area, Production, Disposal of Production, and Input Costs 
 DS49: Corn Crop Production: Hired Labor (Men, Women, Children Aged 6-15 Years) 
 DS50: Corn Crop Production: Wages for Hired Labor 
 DS51: Corn Crop Production: Custom Labor and Machinery Use 
 DS52: Corn Crop Production: Unpaid Family Labor 
 DS53: Corn Crop Production: Extension Worker Contacts 
 DS54: Coconut Crop Production: Production and Disposal of Production 
 DS55: Coconut Crop Production: Hired Labor (Men, Women, Children Aged 6-15 Years) 
 DS56: Coconut Crop Production: Unpaid Family Labor 
 DS57: Coconut Crop Production: Harvest 
 DS58: Coconut Crop Production: Pest Control -- Extension Worker Contacts 
 DS59: Sugarcane Crop Production: Area, Production, Disposal of Production, and Input Costs 
 DS60: Sugarcane Crop Production: Unpaid Family Labor 
 DS61: Sugarcane Crop Production: Extension Worker Contacts 
 DS62: Abaca Crop Production: Unpaid Family Labor 
 DS63: Abaca Crop Production: Area, Production, Disposal of Production, and Input Costs -- Extension Worker Contacts 
 DS64: Other Crop Production: Area, Production, Disposal of Production, and Input Costs 
 DS65: Other Crop Production: Unpaid Family Labor 
 DS66: Other Crop Production: Extension Worker Contacts 
 DS67: Livestock/Poultry: Unpaid Family Labor 
 DS68: Livestock/Poultry: Inventory and Ownership Status 
 DS69: Livestock/Poultry: Changes in Inventory 
 DS70: Livestock/Poultry: Purchases and Value 
 DS71: Commercially Raised Fowl/Poultry 
 DS72: Backyard Fowl/Poultry Raisers 
 DS73: Livestock/Poultry: Production Expenses 
 DS74: Extension Worker Contacts 
 DS75: Type of Fishing 
 DS76: Capture Fishing: Boat Operation 
 DS77: Capture Fishing: Boat Sharing and Expenses 
 DS78: Capture Fishing: Species and Disposal of Catch 
 DS79: Fishpond/Fishcage: Area, Production, Disposal of Catch, and Input Costs 
 DS80: Fishpond/Fishcage: Unpaid Family Labor -- Extension Worker Contacts for All Types of Fishing 
 DS81: Business/Profession: Manufacturing and Trade-Oriented Business 
 DS82: Business/Profession: Service-Oriented Business -- Unpaid Family Labor for All Types of Business/Profession 
 DS83: Inventory of Capital Items 
 DS84: Loans Received in the Past 12 Months 
 DS85: Loans Received Between 1978 and 1981 
 DS86: Organizational Participation: Males 
 DS87: Anthropometrics 
 DS88: General Characteristics 
 DS89: Community Services 
 DS90: Social Services/Practitioners 
 DS91: Other Services 
 DS92: Public Utilities, Transport Facilities, and Roads 
 DS93: Barangay Organizations 
 DS94: Commercial Establishments/Employment Conditions 
 DS95: Environmental Sanitation 
 DS96: Prices 
 DS97: Codebook for All Parts (PDF) 
 DS98: Study Description, Appendices, and Data Collection Instruments (PDF)
description: The 1983 data may be merged with the data from 1978 (ICPSR 6878) and BICOL MULTIPURPOSE SURVEY (BMS), 1994: [PHILIPPINES] (ICPSR 6890).
Users should note that barangay codes have been scrambled and documentation has been modified to preserve respondent confidentiality.
description: All farm and nonfarm households residing in 17 integrated development areas (IDAs) and three cities of the Bicol Region, Philippines.
description: Multistage, stratified random sample of approximately 1,900 households containing more than 17,000 individuals residing in both semi-urban and rural areas. A household is defined as a dwelling where one or more families prepare food in common. A second sample of 420 replacement households was drawn from the 1978 household rosters.