[Questions 26-28 are asked for persons aged 15 years and older who had a job or other income-producing business (per Q25) and were not temporarily present at enumeration (per Q2).]

Q26: What is the type of your main job organization, institution or its branch? ____

Q27: What is your occupation at your main workplace (type of main workplace) ____

Q28: What is your status in your main occupation?

Question 27

Your activity in the main workplace (the type of the job you do).

For those people who had a job or a profitable occupation in October 3-9, 2001 (for whom "yes" prompt code is written in the 25th question), a detailed description of the type of the activity (the later drafting of the information will be done according to the international standards using "the model dictionary of occupation", Moscow-99, which was published by CIS statistical committee)) that they do in the workplace, mentioned in the 26th question, is written.

If the replier did not work as his/her main occupation, then the main occupation is written.

The occupation must be written in detail mentioning the type of the work. It's not allowed to write "manager", "master", "typist", "operator" and so on (because most of them have the same name, but they belong to a different sphere of activity) instead it must be written "manager of the edition", "manager of the library", "the manager of the marketing department", "economic advisor", "drilling master", "computer operator", "camera operator", "sewer", "truck driver", "shop assistant in the construction materials shop" and so on.

For those people who work in their own organizations or establishments without hiring people or engaging them in work time after time, the name of the occupation (handicraft) is written; for example "dentist", "sewer" and so on.

"Worker" is written for those people who do different works (except agriculture) that doesn't require a specialization, but in other cases the character of the job must be found out and must be written for example "porter".

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If the replier does agriculture work, depending on the household specialization, the corresponding occupation is written, for example "working in agriculture" working on farm and melon field or "working in agriculture" this time engaged in cattle breeding and poultry farming and so on. If the replier did different work in agriculture and it is impossible to clearly differentiate them from each other, then "engaged in stock breeding" or "engaged in farm works" and so on is written.

"Agriculture worker" is written for those people who do different work in agriculture that doesn't require a specialization.

For those people who work in the organizations or establishments that belong to the member of the family, without payment, the occupation they are engaged in most of the time is written. For example if the member of the family is engaged in unloading of goods most of the time, it is written "porter".
For those who are in the army "doesn't have" is written.
For those people who don't have a job or profitable occupation "doesn't have" is written.