30. Employment status

To complete the inside of the questionnaire, you must have:

- Read and fully understand the contents of this manual.
- If any points are unclear to you, ask your team leader for an explanation.
- Know the definitions perfectly and the meaning of the abbreviations used.
- The presence of the person you are surveying to obtain reliable information. If the head of the household is absent, speak with his representative to get the necessary information.

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- Ask each person to be surveyed to present an identification document (national identification card, birth certificate, passport, driver's license, etc.) in order to quickly obtain answers to questions regarding first and last names, date of birth, etc.

Carefully follow all instructions you have been given, especially regarding how to ask the questions.

Question for persons age 6 and older.

Question 30: Employment status

Employment status refers to an individual's situation with respect to his/her economic activity. Anyone age 6 or above must be classified as "working" or "not working." Employed individuals (EM), individuals who have lost their job but are looking for another job (UE), and individuals seeking their first job (SK).

Other individuals are considered inactive (housewives, students or pupils, retirees, pensioners, those not working, and other unemployed individuals).

Depending on the answer given by the surveyed individual, circle the corresponding code.

Anyone age 6 or older who reports that they have performed paid or unpaid work at least 6 days during the 4 weeks prior to the Census Official's arrival is considered employed.

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However, individuals who are working at the time of the census are considered employed, even if they did not work during the reference period indicated above.

Note: In rural areas, farmers and their family helpers are employed (EM) even if the census is being conducted during a period of inactivity (between two harvests, for example).

Individuals who are suspended or on leave (illness or other reasons) at the time of the survey are considered employed (EM).

Individuals age 6 and older who used to work but who lost their job prior to the time of the census and are seeking a job are considered unemployed.

The date of last employment must not fall within the reference period.

In rural areas, employees (workers, farm laborers, etc.) who cannot find any work at the time of the census are considered unemployed (UE).

Note: A man or woman who performs housework for a salary is employed (EM). Example: servants, cooks, nurses, etc.

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A craftswoman (seamstress, potter, etc.) is considered employed, even if she takes care of the house.

A woman who cultivates a plot of land to assist her husband with farm work (especially in rural areas) or works in an income-generating business (such as a small shop in an urban area) is considered employed (EM).