11. You are (multiple answers are possible, e.g. retired marginally employed on a part-time basis):
Self-employed, farmers, freelances and liberal professionals, family members helping out in the family business, apprentices and nursing trainees are also considered to be gainfully employed.
[] Gainfully employed full time (32 and more hours a week)
[] Gainfully employed part time (12 to 31 hours a week)
[] Marginally employed part time (1 to 11 hours a week):
[Those who chosen three choices above,]
Please answer questions 12 to 15
[] Looking for gainful employment for the first time (never gainfully employed before)
Thank you, no further questions.
[] Unemployed (was gainfully employed before)
[] On parental or maternity leave
[] Was gainfully employed before the leave
[] Was unemployed before the leave
[For those who chose "Unemployed" and "On parental or maternity leave",] Please answer questions 12 to 14 on the type of work you last did.
If you are also (marginally) gainfully employed, please answer questions 12 to 15 on the work you are currently doing.
[] On compulsory military service or conscientious objector doing non-military service
Please answer just questions 14 and 15 on the route taken to the barracks or place of service.
[] Homemaker
[] Retirement pension from own gainful employment
[] Widow's or widower's pension
[For those who chose three choices above,] If you are also gainfully employed, please proceed to question 12. Otherwise, thank you, no further questions.
[] Pupil or university student: Please answer question 15 regarding the route taken to school.
If you are also gainfully employed (e.g. working a job on the side as a student) please answer questions 12 to 15 regarding this employment.
[] Child not currently attending school
Thank you, no further questions.
[] Other means of livelihood (e.g. public welfare, support payments, supported by relatives, rent revenues):
If you are also gainfully employed please proceed to question 12. Otherwise, thank you, no further questions.
Question 11:
General instructions:
Please put an "X" in all boxes applicable to you and note the references to further questions.
Example: A housewife with marginal part-time employment puts an "X" in both boxes. The note next to "Marginally employed part time" indicates that the person should proceed to questions 12 to 15 and answer them.
Instructions for individual groups of persons:
Gainfully employed persons: Persons over 15 years of age who do paid work at least 1 hour per week or help in a family business without being formally paid are deemed to be gainfully employed.
A person who does just voluntary work is not deemed to be gainfully employed.
Whether you have full-time, part-time or marginally part-time employment depends on how many hours a week you work on average. If you work several jobs, you should add up the total number of hours worked per week and mark the appropriate box
Answer questions 12 to 15 for this gainful employment (if several part-time positions are held, for the job involving the most working hours.)
Exceptions: Teachers with a full-time teaching position and judges put an "X" next to "gainfully employed full time" even if their work week is less than 32 hours. This is also true of workers in businesses with "short-time working" arrangements (i.e. temporarily reduced working hours).
The unemployed: Persons over 15 years of age who were previously employed and who are seeking work or an apprenticeship position are deemed to be unemployed regardless of whether or not they receive unemployment benefits. Seasonally unemployed persons (e.g. waiters who are without a job between the summer season and the winter season) are deemed to be unemployed unless they pursue other work in the intervening period (in the period around May 15) (e.g. helping out on the family farm).
Persons undergoing practical training, e.g. apprentices, trainees, unpaid interns, pupils being trained for police work and for nursing, are deemed to be fully employed.
Persons undergoing vocational retraining put an "X" next to "gainfully employed full time" if they still hold their position or if they have health insurance through the public employment services agency (AMS) but should answer the questions 12 to 15 for their previous occupation (i.e. not "Public Employment Services Agency").
Persons attending vocational or professional preparatory courses put an "X" next to "pupil or university student" and answer the question 10.1 "School currently attended" and question 15.
Persons drawing special emergency relief assistance (Sondernotstandshilfe) are not deemed to be unemployed and put an "X" next to "Other means of livelihood."
11. You are:
Explanation:
General instructions: Please mark all boxes that are applicable to you and note the references to further questions. Example: A housewife with marginal part-time employment marks both boxes. The note next to "Marginally employed part-time" indicates that the person should proceed to questions 12 through 15 and answer them.
Instructions for individual groups of persons:
Gainfully employed persons: Persons over 15 years of age who do paid work at least 1 hour per week or help in a family business without being formally paid are considered to be gainfully employed.
A person who only works voluntarily is not considered to be gainfully employed.
Whether you are employed full-time, part-time or marginally part-time depends on how many hours a week you work on average. If you work several jobs, you should add up the total number of hours worked per week and mark the appropriate box.
Answer questions 12 through 15 for this gainful employment (if several part-time positions are held, answer the questions for the job involving the most working hours.)
Exceptions: Teachers with a full-time teaching position and judges mark "gainfully employed full time" even if their work week is less than 32 hours. This is also true of workers in businesses with "short-time working" arrangements (i.e. temporarily reduced working hours).
Unemployed: Persons over 15 years of age who were previously employed and who are seeking work or an [p. 91] apprenticeship position are deemed to be unemployed regardless of whether or not they receive unemployment benefits. Seasonally unemployed persons (e.g. waiters who are without a job between the summer season and winter season) are considered unemployed unless they pursue other work in the intervening period (in the period around May 15) (e.g. helping out on the family farm).
Persons undergoing practical training, (e.g. apprentices, trainees, unpaid interns, pupils being trained for police work and nursing) are considered gainfully employed.
Persons undergoing vocational retraining mark "gainfully employed full time" if they still hold their position or if they have health insurance through the public employment services agency (AMS) but should answer questions 12 through 15 for their previous occupation (i.e. not "Public Employment Services Agency")
Persons attending vocational or professional preparatory courses should mark "pupil or university student" and answer the question 10.1 "School currently attended" as well as question 15.
Persons receiving special emergency relief assistance are not considered to be unemployed and should mark "Other means of livelihood."
Question 11 must be answered by every person. Double markings are possible.
The situation in the last weeks before the census is to be considered, in cases of doubt, the situation on May 15, 2001.
Who is gainfully employed?
Anyone who works at least 1 hour per week on average is gainfully employed and answers questions 12 through 15 for this employment.
The following groups of persons are considered gainfully employed, although they often do not identify themselves as such:
Helpers in a family business (especially housewives)
Retirees with a secondary occupation
Working students
Farmers
Wives of farmers with at least 1 hour per week of yard or field work
Apprentices
Nursing students
Contractors for work and services
Freelance employees
Freelancers
Tradesman
Members of a religious order (e.g. nuns): Questions 12 through 15 should be answered for the secular profession (e.g. Kindergarten teacher, nurse). If no secular profession is available, "Nun" or "monk" is entered for the job title in question 13.
Persons in disabled local units of employment: Questions 12 through 15 are answered for the job that is performed in this local unit of employment.
Below you will find further instructions on the specific characteristics:
Working for the home or family: This box should be marked by persons that devote their work to their own household. If these persons are also gainfully employed, they should mark the appropriate box and answer questions 12 through 15 for this occupation.
Seeking gainful employment for the first time: This box should be marked by persons that have not previously been gainfully employed and are now searching for work or an apprenticeship.
On parental or maternity leave: Questions 12 through 15 should be answered for the occupation practiced before entering parental or maternity leave.
Retirement pension from own gainful employment: This box should be marked by persons that receive their own pension.
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Widow or widower's pension: Persons that receive a widow or widower's pension should mark this box.
Pupil or university student: Persons that currently attend a school, university, etc. should mark this box.
Other means of livelihood: Persons that live on an orphan pension or accident benefits should also mark this box.
With this questions it is determined, who, and to what extent, is "gainfully employed" (and accordingly who must answer the further questions). The structural data about gainfully employed and commuters are among the most important results of the population census.
The numbers about gainfully employed are needed for calculating general and specific labor force participation rates and find application as a basis for different predictions.
Information about participation in working life is important for labor market analyses and international comparisons. Especially of interest are the type and scope of the gainful employment of older employees, women, youth and foreigners. Data about the extent of gainful employment in connection with information about gender, age and marital status gain increasing weight in the face of growing importance of part time work, especially for family policy and regional levels.
This question further makes it possible to divide the not gainfully employed population into the predominant source of livelihood. This differentiation is of central importance for many economic and socio-political questions, for example: the dependent children and homemakers of gainfully employed persons, the occupation of women in terms of age as well as the numerical proportion of gainfully employed and retired persons.