If the respondent had two or more places of employment, questions 17.1-17.4 should refer to the place of employment which he/she considers the main.
[After responding to questions 17.1-17.4, skip question 18.]

17.4 What was your position at work?

[] 1 Hired worker
Self-employed:

[] 2 Involving hired workers
[] 3 Without hiring workers

[] 4 Family member, assisting a relative without pay
[] 5 Other

Questions 17.1 -- 17.4 relate to the employment which is considered by the respondent as his/her main job.
If the respondent had more than one job, and finds difficult to determine the main one, it should be noted that the main job is the job where the respondent's work record card is kept, or the greatest number of hours is worked, or the highest income is earned;

33.18. In question 17.4. "What was your status in employment?", the answer "employee" should be completed for respondents working under a written agreement or a contract concluded with his/her employer or a verbal agreement and receiving remuneration in cash (wages/salaries, commission, sale fees, etc.) or in kind.

The same answer should also be completed for respondents who were elected or appointed to a position, including heads of organizations; for ministers of church and persons practicing a religion; military men; family members working for a relative for remuneration.

The answer "employee" is also completed for members of agricultural production cooperatives having a labour agreement (contract) concluded with them.

Own-account workers comprise persons with a self-employment job, individual entrepreneurs, and also persons producing products in their personal subsidiary plots for further sale; persons of "liberal professions" (artists, writers, musicians, etc.) who are not on staff of any organization. For those who engaged or did not engage employees, the corresponding answer is completed.

The answer "contributing family worker" is to be completed for respondents who worked without payment in a peasant farm or private enterprise (family-type or individual) owned by a relative or a household member. Contributing family workers do not include persons who carried out works at dachas, in gardens, etc.

The answer "other" should be marked for persons who cannot be included in any of the preceding categories;