[] 1 Yes [to question 17.1]
[] 2 Temporarily did not work because of illness, paid leave, maternity leave, child care leave up to 3 years old, work on the rotational basis and other specific work type, taking extension courses and so on [to question 17.1]
[] 3 No [to question 18]

33.14. In question 17 "Did you work during the last week prior to the census (7-13 October of the current year)?":

The positive answer should be completed for respondents who in the period from 7 to 13 October 2009:

- worked (at least one hour) in paid employment, whether it was regular, temporary or other work;
- worked at their own account or with one or a few partners, both engaging or not any employees;
- worked without pay for relatives (other than those performing housework);
- worked at the personal subsidiary plot with the purpose of further sale of goods produced.

Employees also include respondents who were temporarily absent from work but at the same time had agreements or contracts with their employers. Reasons for temporary absence from work may be as follows:

- illness or injury;
- care for sick person;
- leave, including maternity leave and leave to care for a child under 3;
- off-the-job vocational training (vocational preparation, professional development, probation, retraining);
- rotational or other special type of work and other similar reasons.

Employees also include military servicemen, both regular and conscripts, churchmen. Pupils, students, and pensioners having gainful employment in the period from 7 to 13 October 2009 also refer to those employed.

Persons without employment include:

- contributing family workers who work (help) without pay for a related person, but in the period under review did not perform any work;
- seasonal workers whose employment contract has expired;
- persons who obtained employment (own business), but did not start it yet;
- persons without labour relationship with their employers (performed occasional works) who were not in paid employment in the period from 7 to 13 October 2009;
- those unemployed assigned by employment services for paid social works;
- persons attending full-time military colleges, military academies, postgraduate schools, and doctoral training centers;
- persons producing goods at personal subsidiary plots for own consumption;
- persons performing domestic work at home (housewives);
- persons providing voluntary unpaid services to individuals or charitable organizations, parents' committees, committees of veterans, hospitals, orphanages and homes for the elderly, etc.; those who hold shares of economic societies without direct involvement in economic activities of these societies;
persons engaged in begging, collecting bottles, waste paper, etc.