A. Person Information
Economic activity
Industry
24. What was the main product, service, or activity of [the respondent's] place of work?
________ [probe as necessary, use two or more words to describe the industry]
[Go to question 25 for female, else go to next question]
All Persons Aged 12 years and over
145. Column A18-A25
These questions apply only to persons aged 12 and years and over. If the person is less than 12 years of age, then when you reach column A16 you should put dashes in the shaded areas for columns A16-A31 and proceed to the next listed person in the household.
153. Column A25: Industry
Q. What was the main product, service, or activity of the respondent's place of work?
The industry identifies the main kind of product produced or the main service provided by the establishment or the work unit in which the individual works. It is important to understand the difference between industry and occupation. An occupation summarises the tasks performed by an individual who is working. The industry has to do with the products or services, or main functions or activities, of the workplace. For example, a woman may be an accounts clerk who is employed by a dairy farmer. Her occupation is "accounts clerk" and the industry in which she works is "dairy farming". If the same person was employed by a diamond mine, the occupation would still be "accounts clerk" but the industry would be "diamond mining". A man working in the same mine might be a mine sampler - his occupation would be "mine sampler, but he also belongs to the mining industry. Clearly, an industry may include a number of different occupations, and the same occupation may be found in many different industries.
If the respondent can give you the name of the company for which an individual works or the name of a self-employed person's business, then the Central Statistics Office will often be able to identify the industry from the company name using available records within the CSO. However, you should still also try to find out what goods or services are produced by the company or individual. Records both the name of the company (abbreviates if necessary, and then write out the name in full in the comments box) and the goods or services produced.
You will usually have to probe the respondent to get good information about the industry in which a person works. Some general tips for probing and the Botswana Standard Industrial Classification ? Revision 3 are given below.
General Tips:
a. First ask the respondent what the name of the company or business is.
b. You should then ask the respondent what kinds of goods are produced at the place where the person works, especially if the name of the business is not known, or if the individual is self-employed, working on a farm, lands, or cattle-post, or working for another individual/household rather than for a company or business. If you need more space use the comments box. See below for some examples of goods produced.
c. If the business or workplace does not produce goods, ask what kinds of services are provided. See below for some examples of services provided.
d. In recording the response, be sure to indicate whether the business is making or selling goods (if relevant). For example, write "brews beer" or "sells beer", not just "beer".
e. If the above approaches do not succeed, ask the respondent what type of business the person works in and, if necessary, see more examples below.
i. Examples of goods produced
Bread, traditional beer, biltong, textiles, tinned meat, glass, bricks, tiles, metal tools, shoes, leather bags, rope, books, baskets, clothing, fat cakes, brooms, newspapers, plastic pipes, kgotla chairs, boilers, mats, pots, wooden spoons, vaccines, maize flour, milk, soap, etc.
ii. Examples of services provided
Repairing cars, repairing shoes, repairing watches, cleaning houses, guarding houses, taking care of children, typing, hawking goods, driving a taxi, cutting and styling hair, treating illnesses, teaching, selling property, selling airline tickets, renting videos, dry-cleaning clothes, selling beer, running a restaurant, running a shop, etc.
iii. Examples of types of businesses or economic activities
Building houses, constructing roads, wholesale trade, general retailer, hotel, restaurant, butchery, petrol station, airline, railway, selling cars, transporting goods, bank, insurance, real estate, prospecting, architectural services, church, school, hospital, clinic, local government, brigades, traditional farming, fishing, hunting, blacksmith, traditional healing, performing at nightclubs, travel agency, employers' organization, labor union, co-operative, electrical construction, law firm, accounting firm, market stall, dairy farming, commercial farming etc.
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