Questionnaire Text

Argentina 1970 Ethiopia 1984 Laos 1995 Puerto Rico 2020
Argentina 1980 Ethiopia 1994 Laos 2005 Romania 1992
Argentina 1991 Ethiopia 2007 Laos 2015 Romania 2002
Argentina 2001 Fiji 1976 Lesotho 1996 Romania 2011
Armenia 2001 Fiji 2007 Lesotho 2006 Russia 2002
Armenia 2011 Fiji 2014 Liberia 1974 Russia 2010
Austria 1971 Finland 2010 Liberia 2008 Rwanda 1991
Austria 1981 France 1962 Malawi 1987 Rwanda 2002
Austria 1991 France 1968 Malawi 1998 Rwanda 2012
Austria 2001 France 1975 Malawi 2008 Saint Lucia 1991
Austria 2011 France 1982 Malaysia 1970 Senegal 1988
Bangladesh 1991 France 1990 Malaysia 1980 Senegal 2002
Bangladesh 2001 France 1999 Malaysia 1991 Senegal 2013
Belarus 1999 France 2006 Malaysia 2000 Sierra Leone 2015
Belarus 2009 France 2011 Mali 1987 Slovakia 1991
Benin 1979 Germany 1970 Mali 1998 Slovakia 2001
Benin 1992 Germany 1971 Mali 2009 Slovakia 2011
Benin 2002 Germany 1981 Mauritius 1990 South Africa 1996
Benin 2013 Germany 1987 Mauritius 2000 South Africa 2001
Bolivia 1976 Ghana 1984 Mauritius 2011 South Africa 2007
Bolivia 1992 Ghana 2000 Mexico 1960 South Sudan 2008
Bolivia 2001 Ghana 2010 Mexico 1970 Spain 1981
Bolivia 2012 Greece 1971 Mexico 1990 Spain 1991
Botswana 1991 Greece 1981 Mexico 1995 Spain 2001
Botswana 2001 Greece 1991 Mexico 2000 Spain 2011
Botswana 2011 Greece 2001 Mexico 2010 Sudan 2008
Brazil 1960 Greece 2011 Mexico 2015 Suriname 2004
Brazil 1970 Guatemala 1964 Mexico 2020 Suriname 2012
Brazil 1980 Guatemala 1973 Mongolia 2000 Switzerland 1970
Brazil 1991 Guatemala 1981 Morocco 1982 Switzerland 1980
Brazil 2000 Guatemala 1994 Morocco 1994 Switzerland 1990
Brazil 2010 Guatemala 2002 Morocco 2004 Switzerland 2000
Burkina Faso 1985 Guinea 1983 Morocco 2014 Switzerland 2011
Burkina Faso 1996 Guinea 1996 Nepal 2001 Tanzania 1988
Burkina Faso 2006 Guinea 2014 Nepal 2011 Tanzania 2002
Cambodia 1998 Haiti 1971 Netherlands 1960 Tanzania 2012
Cambodia 2004 Haiti 1982 Netherlands 1971 Thailand 1970
Cambodia 2008 Haiti 2003 Netherlands 2001 Thailand 1980
Cambodia 2013 Honduras 1961 Netherlands 2011 Thailand 1990
Cambodia 2019 Honduras 1974 Nicaragua 1971 Thailand 2000
Cameroon 1976 Honduras 1988 Nicaragua 1995 Togo 1970
Cameroon 1987 Honduras 2001 Nicaragua 2005 Togo 2010
Cameroon 2005 Hungary 1970 Pakistan 1973 Trinidad and Tobago 1970
Canada 1971 Hungary 1980 Palestine 1997 Trinidad and Tobago 1980
Canada 1981 Hungary 1990 Palestine 2007 Trinidad and Tobago 1990
Canada 1991 Hungary 2001 Palestine 2017 Trinidad and Tobago 2000
Canada 2001 Hungary 2011 Panama 1960 Trinidad and Tobago 2011
Canada 2011 Indonesia 1971 Panama 1970 Turkey 1985
Chile 1960 Indonesia 1976 Panama 1980 Turkey 1990
Chile 1970 Indonesia 1980 Panama 1990 Turkey 2000
Chile 1982 Indonesia 1985 Panama 2000 Uganda 1991
Chile 1992 Indonesia 1990 Panama 2010 Uganda 2002
Chile 2002 Indonesia 1995 Papua New Guinea 1980 Uganda 2014
Colombia 1964 Indonesia 2000 Papua New Guinea 1990 United Kingdom 1991
Colombia 1973 Indonesia 2005 Papua New Guinea 2000 United Kingdom 2001
Colombia 1985 Indonesia 2010 Paraguay 1962 United States 1960
Colombia 1993 Iran 2006 Paraguay 1972 United States 1970
Colombia 2005 Iran 2011 Paraguay 1982 United States 1980
Costa Rica 1973 Iraq 1997 Paraguay 1992 United States 1990
Costa Rica 1984 Ireland 1971 Paraguay 2002 United States 2000
Costa Rica 2000 Ireland 1981 Peru 1993 United States 2005
Costa Rica 2011 Ireland 1986 Peru 2007 United States 2010
Côte d'Ivoire 1988 Ireland 1991 Peru 2017 United States 2015
Côte d'Ivoire 1998 Ireland 1996 Philippines 1995 United States 2020
Dominican Republic 1960 Ireland 2002 Philippines 2000 Uruguay 1963
Dominican Republic 1970 Ireland 2006 Philippines 2010 Uruguay 1975
Dominican Republic 1981 Ireland 2011 Poland 1978 Uruguay 1985
Dominican Republic 2002 Ireland 2016 Poland 1988 Uruguay 1996
Dominican Republic 2010 Israel 1972 Poland 2002 Uruguay 2006
Ecuador 1962 Israel 1983 Portugal 1981 Venezuela 1971
Ecuador 1974 Israel 1995 Portugal 1991 Venezuela 1981
Ecuador 1982 Israel 2008 Portugal 2001 Venezuela 1990
Ecuador 1990 Italy 2001 Portugal 2011 Venezuela 2001
Ecuador 2001 Italy 2011 Puerto Rico 1970 Vietnam 2009
Ecuador 2010 Jamaica 1982 Puerto Rico 1980 Vietnam 2019
Egypt 1986 Jamaica 1991 Puerto Rico 1990 Zambia 1990
Egypt 1996 Jamaica 2001 Puerto Rico 2000 Zambia 2000
Egypt 2006 Jordan 2004 Puerto Rico 2005 Zambia 2010
El Salvador 1992 Kyrgyzstan 1999 Puerto Rico 2010
El Salvador 2007 Kyrgyzstan 2009 Puerto Rico 2015
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Argentina 1970 — source variable AR1970A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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Economic Characteristics -- for all individuals ten years of age and older

[Questions 13-17 were asked of all persons 10 years and older.]

Only those people who responded 1, 2 or 3 in question number 13 should answer these questions.


[Questions 14-16 are asked only of persons who responded 1, 2 or 3 to question 13. The questions referred to the activity carried out between Monday and the Sunday before the day of the census.]


16. What is the category or position you hold in the exercise of your profession?

Ask each question in the order given and upon receiving an affirmative response, mark the appropriate box.

[] 1 Worker?
[] 2 Employee?
[] 3 Own account (does not have employees)?
[] 4 Owner or partner (has employees)?
[] 5 Family worker without a fixed wage?
[] 6 Unanswered

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Economic Characteristics


1. In this section of the form, all persons should respond who are [10] years old and [more] (consult the census form).


[p.161]

2. The Census will take place on September 30.

You will ask each person who you are enumerating: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26.

The question refers to the week immediately [before] the "Census Day."

[p.162]

3. To complete the following box, consult the census form, question number 13.

The concept of "the majority of last week" refers to [4] normal work shifts, according to the occupation that the person practices, or if he/she worked more than [35] hours a week.

[p.163]

4. Observe that the question number 13 includes ten alternatives that are listed in a column. Once you have read question number 13, without waiting for an answer, begin reading each of the ten choices. If the person answers affirmatively to the choices 1, 2, or 3, you should mark the corresponding box and then continue with the question 14.

Miss Garcia answers "Yes" to choice 2 (Didn't work, but had employment?). You mark [x]2 and move immediately to question number [14].

[p.164]

5. When you enumerate Mr. Pereira you ask: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26? Immediately, without waiting for an answer, begin to read the ten possible options. When you read the first (worked?), Mr. Pereira answers, "yes." You mark this answer [x]1, and immediately move on to question number [14].

[p.165]

6. If a person answering the census answers "Yes" to the alternative [1], [2] or [3], you move on to question 14, then mark the respective box.

But if person answering the census answers "Yes" to any of the alternative 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, you move directly to question number 17.


8. Now let's consider questions number 14, 15, and 16.

These questions will be asked exclusively in the cases in which you marked one of the boxes [1], [2], or [3] in the question number 13.


[p.179]

20. In the same manner as for questions 14 and 15, you will ask the question number 16 only of those persons who have given answers to one of the boxes [1], [2], or [3] for question number 13.

The question number 16 refers to the [category] or [position] that the person has in the exercise of his/her occupation (consult the census form).

[p.180]

Panel 5

1- Worker

Person who carries out an activity that is predominantly manual and who works for a day wage or a salary, for a public or private boss or employer.


These are workers, among others:
a) The domestic employees (cook, nanny, butler, maid, chauffer, gardener, etc.);
b) Builders and other construction laborers;
c) Supervisors, laborers, and other workers in agricultural enterprises;
d) Drivers of public transportation vehicles;
e) Stackers, porters, deliverymen, packagers, workers, etc.


[p.181]

2-Employee
Person in whose work the predominant work involves intellectual activities over physical activities and who work for a salary, for a public or private boss or employee. The following are employees, among others:

a) The directors, managers, inspectors, bosses, secretaries, etc;
b) The professors, salaried professionals, assistants to independent professionals;
c) The employees who work at a desk, counter, or in an office;
d) The payment collectors, salesmen, traveling salesmen, etc.


[p.182]

3- Self-employed (does not have employees)
Person who without depending on a boss, exploits his/her own economic enterprise, or who practices, on his/her own account, a profession or job, without employing any paid worker.


4- Boss or partner (has employees)
Person who exploits his/her own economic enterprise, or who practices, on his/her own account, a profession or job, and has one or more paid workers.


5- Unpaid permanent family worker
Person who works in an enterprise or business that is owned by a relative and who does not receive fixed payment.


[The examples for question 14, 15 and 16 in pages 183-188 are not presented here.]

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Argentina 1980 — source variable AR1980A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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C. Population

For all of the persons 14 years and more

[Questions 10-15 were asked of persons age 14 and older.]


Questions 11, 12, and 13 should be asked only of the person that responded to one of the first three choices in question 10. The answer should refer to the activity carried out between Monday and the Sunday before the day of the census.

[Question 11, 12 and 13 were asked of persons who responded to one of the first three choices in question 10: worked, didn't work but had a job, or looked for work having worked before.]


12. What position did you have in this occupation?

Ask the questions one at a time in the indicated order when you get an affirmative answer mark the corresponding box.

[] Employee or worker in the public sector
[] Employee or worker in the private sector
[] Domestic employee
[] Self-employed (does not have employer)
[] Owner or partner (has employees)
[] Family worker without regular income
[] Unanswered

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C. Population

Census home is a person or group of persons, related or not, who occupy the same dwelling. You will write down first the name and surname of the head of the household, then ask all the corresponding questions.


You will ask the following questions to all persons 14 years old or older.


12. What position do you have in the running of this occupation?
Employee or worker of the public sector: a person who works for daily wages or salary for a centralized or decentralized or autonomous organism of national, provincial, or municipal administration; government employees, or companies under governmental control.

Employee or worker of the private sector: a person who works for daily wages or salary for an employer, company or private employer.

Domestic employee: a person who works for daily wages or salary for an employer doing domestic duties (cook, nanny, butler, maid, gardener, etc.).

Self-employed (does not have employers): a person who without depending on a employer, exploits their own economic company, or who runs for their own account a profession or craft, without employing any remunerated worker.

Employer or partner (has employees): a person who exploits their own economic company or runs by their own account a profession or craft, and who has one or more workers for salary or daily wages.

Family worker without remuneration: a person who works in a company or business whose owner is a relative and does not receive a fixed remuneration.


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Argentina 1991 — source variable AR1991A_CLASSWK — Labor relation
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For all women and men fourteen years of age or older.
[Questions 17-25 were asked of persons age 14 years +.]


[Questions 21-24 were asked of persons age 14+ who had a job last week (did formal or informal work or did not work due to sickness, vacation, etc.), per questions 17-19.]


21. In your main job, the one where you work the most hours, what position did you have in this occupation?

[] Owner or partner (has employees)

How many workers or employers are there in the establishment where you work?

[] 1 to 5
[] 6 or more
[] Unanswered

[] Employee or worker in the private sector

How many workers or employers are there in the establishment where you work?

[] 1 to 5
[] 6 or more
[] Unanswered

[] Employee or worker in the public sector

[] National
[] Provincial
[] Municipal
[] Unanswered

[] Domestic employee

[] Self-employed (does not have employer)
[] Family worker without regular income
[] Unanswered

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The next questions (from 17 to 25) are asked to all women and men 14 years old or older


21. In your main job, the one where you work the most hours, what position did you have in this occupation?

"Main job" is what a person has done for the most hours of the previous week to the week of the Census. If a person answers us that he/she is an "employer" or "laborer or worker of the private sector", we are going to investigate the size of the establishment where they work.

The establishment is a physical place (factory, building) where a person does their job. If a person informs us that he/she is "laborer or worker of the public sector", we ask if it is of the National, Provincial, or Municipal Administration.

We make clear with examples the concept of "non remunerated family worker": a daughter of a grocer who works there without having an established wage; a wife or children who help a rural farmer with the harvest, without receiving a direct payment.


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Argentina 2001 — source variable AR2001A_OCCCAT — Class of worker
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[Questions 20-36 were asked of persons age 14+.]


[Questions 28-36 were asked about the main job where the person works the most hours.]


31. In the principal job, you are:

[] Worker or employee
[] Boss [skip questions 32-33]
[] Own-account worker [skip questions 32-33]
[] Family worker [skip questions 32-34]


32. Do you work in. . .
[Question 32 was asked of persons age 14+ who worked last week or had a job as a worker or employee, per questions 24, 25, 26, and 31.]

[] A public sector job (national, provincial or municipal)?
[] A private sector job?
[] Unknown

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Starting here, men and women who are 14 years old and more should answer the questions.

Follow the order of the questions strictly.

Pay attention to the sequence indicated by the arrows and the steps to continue asking the questions.

The questions 20 to 23 refer to the marital status of the persons 14 years old or more.

Questions 24 to 37
These questions ask about the employment of the population. We will now see how some of the questions should be completed.

Carefully observe sequence indicated by the arrows and the steps tom continue asking questions.


Question 31: In your principal work, are you a ______ ?

Worker or employee: persons who work in a relationship of dependency with an employer, business or state organism. Also considered employees are the workers in domestic service and ad--honorem workers.

Employer: individuals who, being sole owners or partners in a business, hire or employ at least one salaried person, which means that he/she has workers or employees.

Self--employed worker: the difference with an employer is that self--employed workers do not employ or contract persons, nor do they depend on an employer.

Family worker: persons who frequently carry out activities that help in the activity of a family member.


Carefully observe the steps indicated by the arrows and the sub--categories to continue with the questioning.

Question 32: Do you work in [sector of employment]?
A state employee is one whose employer is a State institution, organism, section, or business in the national, provincial, or municipal jurisdictions.

An employee of the private sector is one whose employer is a business, association and/or organization comprised of individuals, or by organizations or businesses with mixed property (public and private).


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Armenia 2001 — source variable AM2001A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Is not completed for temporary presents
[Questions 16-32 were asked of persons absent and permanently present only. Persons who are temporarily present are not included.]


[Questions 26-28 are asked for persons aged 15 years and older who had a job or other income-producing business (per Q25) and were not temporarily present at enumeration (per Q2).]

Q26: What is the type of your main job organization, institution or its branch? ____

Q27: What is your occupation at your main workplace (type of main workplace) ____

Q28: What is your status in your main occupation?

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Cooperative (industrial) member
[] 4 Entrepreneur
[] 5 Self-employed
[] 6 Family member assisting family business
[] 7 Member of farming household
[] 8 Other

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Questions 22-32 are registered only for the people of 15 years old and higher.


Question 28

The status of the main occupation

This question is filled in for the people who had a job or profitable occupation in October 3-9, 2001 (for whom in the 25th question "yes" prompt code was written). Here the prompt codes that correspond one of the prompts are written.

1. "Hired worker" is considered to be those people who work in the organizations or establishments based on a contract (written or oral) and are paid by salary (money or goods). This prompt code is also written for:


those people who are assigned for management
managers, supervisors and principles
students who get a salary
people who work in the organizations that belong to the relatives or the members of the family, who get a salary and work on the same basis and have the same rights as the other people doing the same job and the religious workers.

2. "Employer" is considered to be those people who direct their own organization (business) on their own basis or with one or several partners and hire one or more workers for the organization. Also, the partners may or may not be the members of the same family or household.

3. "The member of the cooperative (production)" is considered to be those people who work in their own establishments producing goods and services and are an active (working) member in taking part in the process of the production, consumption of goods and dividing the profit with other workers with the same rights. A hired citizen working in the cooperative (production, consumption) is not considered to be the member of the cooperative.

4. "Businessman" is considered to be those people who direct their establishment or who realize professional, trade, creative activities or other activities for which they don't hire people or they hire for a very short period of time.

[p. 29]

5. "Self-employed" is considered to be those people who are engaged in the profitable professional and trade activities without engaging any workers. In some cases, even if they engage workers then it's not permanent. People who are engaged in the personal households are also in this group.

6. "The member of the family supporting the activity of the organization" is considered to be those people who work in the organization or establishment that belongs to the member of the family or relative without payment for helping and supporting. As a rule they don't get a payment, of either money or goods, instead they work for a certain reward or for the family budget.

7. "The member of the agriculture" is considered to be those people who are engaged in agriculture.

8. "Other status" is written for those people whose status of activity is not possible to include in any of the mentioned above.


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Armenia 2011 — source variable AM2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Questions 21-28 are filled in for 15-75 years old persons.

21. Whether the respondent had a job or income-producing business during the week preceding the census i.e. from October 4 - 11 (including those who are temporarily absent from their job)

[] Yes
[] No

Questions 22-24 were asked of those who had a job or income-producing business.

24. Employment status

[] Employee
[] Employer
[] Self-employed in farm household
[] Self-employed in other activity
[] Contributing family member
[] Member of producers? co-operative
[] Other
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Question 29

The work status at the main occupation

For this question the prompt codes are written that correspond one of the prompts.
"1" Employee with a written contract or with verbal agreement. The prompt code is written for those people who work in the organizations or establishments based on a contract (written or oral) and are paid by salary (money or goods).
This prompt code is also written for those people who are assigned for management, managers, supervisors, and principles, for the people who get a salary and work on the same bases and have the same rights as the other people doing the same job.
"2" Employer (owner with permanent employees) is written for those people who direct their own organization (business) on their own bases or with one or several partners and hire one or more workers for the organization.
"3" Self-employed in a farm are considered to be those people who are engaged in the profitable professional and trade activities in agriculture without engaging any workers. In some cases even if they engage workers then it's not permanent.
"4" Self-employed are considered to be those people who are engaged in the profitable professional and trade activities without engaging any workers. In some cases even if they engage workers then it's not permanent.
"5" "Unpaid family worker" are considered to be those people who work in the organization or establishment that belongs to the member of the family or relative without payment for helping and supporting. As a rule they don't get a payment, either by money or by goods, instead they work for a certain reward or for the family budget.
"6" "Member of the producer, consumer cooperative" is considered to be those people who work in their own establishments of producing goods and services and are active (working) member and take part in the process of the production, consumption of goods and dividing the profit with other workers with the same rights.
Besides the hired citizen working in the cooperative (production, consumption) is not considered to be the member of the cooperative.
"7" "Other status" is written for those people whose status of activity is not possible to include in any of the mentioned above.


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Austria 1971 — source variable AT1971A_CLWK2 — Status in employment of supporter
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For employed persons, active duty guardsmen, and unemployed persons
[Questions 15-17 were asked of employed persons, active duty guardsman, and unemployed persons only.]

Please note the explanations on page 4 of the household list.


16. You practice your profession as:

[] Self-employed person
[] Unpaid family worker
[] Employee, civil servant

Worker, namely:

[] Skilled worker
[] Semi-skilled worker, unskilled worker
[] Apprentice


For Question 16, do you practice your profession as: Workers mark "Skilled worker" or "Semi-skilled worker, unskilled worker", as the case may be, if they are classified in their business.

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Question 15-17 of the persons sheet
[Questions 15 - 17 were asked of employed persons, active duty guardsman, and unemployed persons only.]

The Statistic Central Office checks the answers for Questions 15 and 17 in the systematic register, so that they can be coded correctly for consolidation processing with the computer. For a very general restrained held answers, for example "office employee", the person in charge however does not know whether the person should be classified as an authorized signatory, accountant, shorthand typist, or paper sorter. If in question 17 for example only "metal branch" is marked, then this could just as well be a car factory, an art lock-making or an ironware store. Therefore the most accurate possible answers are requested. If someone remarks that they are not able to describe their profession, a description of work of the employed person or the type of product or the services of the business or the department is also sufficient.

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Austria 1981 — source variable AT1981A_CLWK2 — Status in employment (of supporter)
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(12) Employed as:
Self-employed:
[] With worker(s)
[] Without workers

[] Unpaid family worker
[] Employee, civil servant
[] Skilled worker
[] Semi-skilled worker
[] Unskilled worker
[] Apprentice

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For Question 12, position in profession:

Persons, who declared themselves as a co-owner, should classify themselves as self-employed in case of doubt.

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Austria 1991 — source variable AT1991A_CLWK1 — Status in employment (of supporter)
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11. Status in employment
[] Skilled worker
[] Semi-skilled worker
[] Unskilled worker
[] In an apprenticeship
[] Employee, civil servant
[] Self-employed without employees
[] Unpaid family worker


11 to 16. If several employments exist, please answer questions 11 to 16 for the job with the most working time. In case of a change of employment at the time of the census, please answer questions 11 to 16 for the situation on May 15, 1991. Persons who both attend a school and have an occupation answer questions 11 to 16, depending on whether they have defined themselves as "employed" or as "pupil, student" in question 10.

11. Status in employment: workers mark "skilled worker", "semi-skilled worker" or "unskilled worker", depending on their collective labor agreement placement in the business they are employed in.
A person is self-employed if he/she is not an employee but instead has a profession in his/her own account.
With/without employee: depending whether persons receiving wages or salaries are employed in the business or not. Self-employed persons whose only employees are family members who are not being formally paid, please mark "without employees".
Unpaid workers in a family business are working in the business of a family member without being formally paid.

12. Exact description of occupation: Your statements will be categorized in one of 300 different occupational groups, and we therefore ask you to be as precise as possible in describing your occupational activity.

Examples of precise description of occupation:

Gas welder for steel construction parts
Operator of data processing machines
Adjuster of men's shirts
Plexiglas cutter
Operator of plastic processing machines
Foreman of a dip-varnishing business
Electrician for high-tension transmission lines
Scientific researcher in the field of environmental protection


13. Branch of economic activity of the company or office: the branch of economic activity states to which branch the business or which you are working belongs to. Public service employees enter "federal administration", "provincial administration" or "municipal administration" depending on which government unit they are employed with.

14. Name of company or type of school you are presently attending: persons with several employers, cleaners) enter "several employers".

15 and 16. Address and journey to workplace or school: These questions are designed to describe your journey from your housing unit to your workplace or school. Teachers therefore state the school where they are teaching (school they are based at) and not e.g. School Inspection Authority.
Persons working in their house or on the same piece of property (e.g. janitors, farmers, homeworkers) or who live in the school building, mark the box "this house" for questions 15; these persons skip question 16.
If the workplace (school) is abroad, please state which country.
Persons with changing workplace (e.g. cleaning women, constructions workers) answer question 15 and 16 in accordance with the situation on May 15, 1991.
Persons who marked "not daily" in question 16a) can skip parts b and c.
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11 to 16, occupational questions:
If several employment relationships exist, please answer question 11 to 16 for the profession with the most working hours.

If you are changing employment relationships at the time of the population census, please answer questions 11 to 16 for the situation on May 15, 1991.

Persons who are employed as well as attending a school, answer questions 11 to 16 depending on if they designated themselves as "employed" or "student, pupil" in question 10.

Purpose of the question:
The results of the populations census in occupational and economic areas are of great importance for the planning administration, the economy, research and the representation of interests, because they present a cross section of the total of all employed persons. Other surveys (like e.g. local unit of employment census or the social insurance institutes) also provide data in this area, but not with the diversity, objectivity, and regional subdivision and combination possibilities of the population census.


11, Occupational status:
Possible answers: "skilled worker," "semi-skilled worker," "unskilled worker," "apprenticeship," "employee/civil servant," "self-employed with or without employees," "workers in a family business."

Workers mark "skilled worker, "semi-skilled worker, or "unskilled worker" depending on how they are classified by collective agreement in their company.
A person is self-employed if they are not an employee in an employment relationship, rather practice a profession on their own behalf. With/without employees: depends on if persons receiving wages or salaries are employed in the business or not. Self-employed persons who only employee family members without formal pay mark "without employees."

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Unpaid workers in a family business are working in the business of a family member without formal pay.

Purpose of the question:
The "occupational status" describes the legal status or the collectively agreed classification that a person has in a company. The data do not only give information on the degree of responsibility in the company, rather also serves as an element for subdivision of the population and employed persons according to socioeconomic status. Different analyses about the occupational structure are only meaningful in combination with the occupational status (e.g. the demand for freelance and employed doctors).


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Austria 2001 — source variable AT2001A_CLWK1 — Status in employment (of supporter)
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[Questions 12 - 15 were asked of persons gainfully employed]

12. Professional position:

[] Skilled worker
[] Semiskilled worker
[] Unskilled worker
[] Apprentice
[] White-collar worker; or contracted worker in public services
[] Civil servant
[] Self-employed
[] Helping in family business
[] Under contract for works and services, freelance staff

Questions 12 to 15:
Persons who marked one of the three "gainfully employed" boxes in question 11 must always answer questions 12 to 15 for this gainful employment regardless of the referrals to other questions. If you hold several jobs, please answer questions12 to 15 for the occupation involving the most working hours. If you are switching jobs at the time of the census, please answer questions 12 to 15 for your situation on 15 May 2001.

Question 12:
The "self-employed" (also freelances and professionals) are individuals who pursue their profession for their own account and are therefore not in an employment relationship as an employee.

Persons "helping in family business" are gainfully employed persons who are working in a business owned by a family member without receiving formal remuneration for this work.

Persons "under contract for work and services, freelance staff" are individuals who perform their work for their own account, similar to the self-employed.

Question 13:
Please select the designation (job title) that best describes your work (where possible, also the degree of responsibility you have within the business or operation).

Examples of precise work designations:
Accounts clerk
Men's shirts packing machinist
Glas cutter
Foreman at dip painting plant
Manager of retail shop
High voltage line installer
Planing machine operator
Scientific researcher in environmental protection


Question 14:
Please indicate as precisely as possible the name of the business/establishment at which you work for item 14.1, its industry (branch of economic activity) for item 14.2.

Please write in 14.1 the complete company name (e.g. Robert Miller GmbH). If you own a business without a formal company name (e.g. farmer), enter your own name in question 14.1.

Persons with several employers enter the company where they work the most amount of time and answer the remaining questions for this company.

Question 15:
The information from questions 15.1 to 15.6 on going to work or school everyday can be used to determine traffic flows. If you go both to school and to work, you should answer the questions for going to work.

Re 15.1: Persons commuting once a week enter the address of their accommodations at their place of work/school. If you depart both from your main place of residence and other accommodations, please indicate the place from which you depart more frequently. In case of doubt, the situation on the reference date applies.

Re 15.2: Gainfully employed persons with telework positions who visit their company at least once a week should include commuter data for these trips to the company.

Re 15.4: Gainfully employed persons enter the address of their place of work where they start work everyday. In other words, it is not the address of the head office of the company that is to be entered but e.g. for sales staff the address of the branch and for teachers the address of the school (base school) at which they teach. Persons with variable places of work (e.g. traveling salesmen) are kindly asked to enter the address of the place of work where they receive their work assignment.

Re 15.5: Persons who switch the mode of transportation they use day to day should indicate the one most frequently used. In case of doubt, the situation on the reference date should be entered.
Car pools with alternating drivers should indicate the situation on the reference date.
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Questions 12 through 15:
Explanation: Persons who marked one of the three "gainfully employed" boxes in question 11 must answer questions 12 to 15 in any case for this gainful employment regardless of the referrals to other questions. If you hold several jobs, please answer questions 12 to 15 for the occupation involving the most working hours. If you are switching jobs at the time of the census, please answer questions 12 to 15 for your situation on 15 May 2001.
The population census results by occupational and economic characteristics are of great importance for the planning administration, the economy, research and the representation of interests, because they present a cross section of the total of all gainfully employed persons. Other surveys (like e.g. local unit of employment census) or the social insurance institutes also provide information in this field, but not with the diversity, objectivity, and regional structural and combination possibilities of the population census.


12. Professional position:
Explanation: "Self-employed" (also freelancers) are individuals who pursue their profession on their own behalf and are therefore not in an employment relationship as an employee.

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Persons "helping in a family business" are gainfully employed persons who are working in a business owned by a family member without receiving formal remuneration for their work.
Persons "under contract for works and services, freelance employees" are persons who perform their work on their own behalf, similar to the self-employed.

The "professional position" portrays the legal status or the collectively agreed classification that a person has in a company. Different analyses about the occupational distribution and economic structure are only meaningful in combination with the professional position (e.g. the demand for freelance and employed doctors).


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Austria 2011 — source variable AT2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker

No questionnaire text is available for this sample.


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Bangladesh 1991 — source variable BD1991A_CLASSWK — Working status
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24. Work status:
[] 1. Employer
[] 2. Employee
[] 3. Self-employed
[] 4. Family worker
[] 5. Laborer

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24. Work status:
Considering the propensity of works, mark any one appropriate oval of the following for economically active people.
Not applicable for answer (1) and (2) of question number 23.

1. Employer: Mainly employer,
2. Salaried: who receives monthly salary against his/her work,
3. Self-employed: who accomplish his own work by himself,
4. Family helper: who helps in family work without salary,
5. Laborer: who works on the basis of daily remuneration.

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Bangladesh 2001 — source variable BD2001A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Questions from 23 to 28 is applicable for persons aged 5 years and above]


28. Work status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Family worker
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Day labor
[] 5 Servant at home
[] 6. Others

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Question 28: Working Status
Working status is divided into five categories. Fill out the most appropriate oval box for this question.


Question 28 Working Status: This question is not applicable for person who do not work or looking for work as identified in question 27 and filled oval code 1 and 2. Fill out the following oval codes for persons economically active.

1. Employer: A person who worked as an employer for the last week.
2. Family Helper: A person who worked as a family helper without remuneration.
3. Other Self Employed: Person who is self employed i.e not employed by others.
4. Day Labour: Person who works on daily wage basis.
5. House Servant: Person who is engaged as house servant/maid servant/security workers on the basis of salary.
6. Others: Person engaged in works except category 1 to 5.


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Belarus 1999 — source variable BY1999A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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14. At your main activity, are you:
[] 1 An employee (under labor agreement or contract)
[] 2 A member of a producers' cooperative
[] 3 Running your own enterprise (farm) or business with permanent use of employees' labor
[] 4 Working on your own-account running a farm or business without hiring employees
[] 5 An unpaid family worker (working without payment in a shop, farm or enterprise owned by a relative)

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Question 14. What was your employment status (who were you at your main activity):

"Employee (under labor agreement or contract)" is to be recorded for persons working under a written labor contract or verbal agreement concluded with the administration of an enterprise, organization, institution of any ownership or with a private employer and receiving a guaranteed payment in cash or in kind (wage or salary, commission charge, interest on marketing products, etc.) independent of the income of the enterprise for which they work.

The same response is to be marked for:
- those elected, appointed or approved for a post;
- salaried managers, directors and other similar persons;
- apprentices receiving wages;
- paid family workers working in the family business who enjoy the same rights and receive the same payment as other workers engaged in the same duties;
- ministries of religion and persons engaged in the field of religious faiths;
- members of the armed forces.


Persons working for individuals under civil law contracts (orders) for a definite payment, both individually or engaging employees, should not be related to the "employees" (e.g., construction of houses or repair of flats for individual customers, furnace lining, servicing parties, etc.). In these cases, if a person permanently used the labor of one or more employees, code 3 should be marked, but if he/she worked on his/her own account or engaged employees for a short period, code 4 should be marked.

"Member of producers' cooperative" is to be marked for persons working at own enterprises organized in the form of cooperative where each member has equal rights in deciding the matters of work organization, sales of products, and other activity of the enterprise, as well as those concerning investments and income distribution among its members.

"Run own enterprise (farm) or business with permanent use of employees' labor" is to be marked for persons who worked at own enterprise or farm or were engaged in independent professional or commercial activity and permanently used the labor of one or more employees.

"Own-account worker running farm or business without attracting employees" is to be marked for persons who worked at own enterprise or farm or were engaged in independent professional or commercial activity and did not engage employees or engaged those for a very short period.

This category will also include individuals engaged in gainful activity, whether having or not any patent (or license) permitting this kind of activity, as well as persons of so called "liberal professions", for instance, artists, authors, composers, psychics, etc, who are not on the permanent staff of any enterprise, institution or organization; persons engaged in production of products in their personal subsidiary plots with the purpose of further sale thereof or those engaged in sale of those products, even if they did not actually work in their personal subsidiary plots and spent time exclusively for repair of equipment or for ancillary works.

"Unpaid family worker (worked without payment in the shop, farm or enterprise owned by a relative)" is to be marked for persons working without payment in a peasant (farming) holding, production cooperative, private (individual or family) enterprise owned by a relative. Works performed in country houses or kitchen gardens are not to be included because those do not relate to family enterprises.

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Belarus 2009 — source variable BY2009A_EMPSTAT — Status in employment
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Form 2H: Personal Questionnaire
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
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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;

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Benin 1979 — source variable BJ1979A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Economic Characteristics (for persons 10 years or older) (Only for ordinary households)
[Columns 13-16]

(16) Situation within the profession ____

Write down according to the case:

[] EMP = employer
[] IND = independent
[] SAL = employee
[] AF = familial aid
[] APP = apprentice
[] AUT = other
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Economic characteristics
The information classified under this broad rubric relates to the last 4 questions of the census.
The first set of information, column (13) "Type of activity" shall be asked to all persons of 10 or more years of age, without exception. This will allow classifying such persons either in the economically active population or the economically inactive population.
While the last 3 sets of information, columns (14), (15), and (16) shall only be asked to persons classified under the 2 types of activity: employed and unemployed. These sets of information provide more details on the population

Column (13): Type of activity
Ask the following question to each person of 10 or more years of age: What did you do during the month preceding the census?
Then report:

- OCC (employed) for each person with a job even if seasonal;
- CHO (unemployed) for each person having previously worked for at least once and who is unemployed and seeking employment during the census;
- CT (seeking employment) for each person seeking employment for the first time;
- MEN (household) for women who only take care of their household and children.
- ETU (student) for schoolchildren, high school students, and students in higher education.
- RET (retirement) for retired persons and rentiers. Is considered retired, every person who regularly receives income as a result of previous employment. A rentier is a person who possesses a personal fortune allowing him to live without having to work. However, a retired person or a rentier helping a relative with his work or who also holds a job that provides him with income shall be classified as OCC i.e. employed. This is the case of retired persons who work in commerce or agriculture;
- DP (disabled) for each person suffering from a mental or physical disability that precludes him/her from working. Certain disabilities do not however preclude all activities and a partially disabled individual who works should be naturally considered as employed.
- AUT (other) for other. This category comprises all persons who are not engaged in any economic activity or all other persons who are not included in the categories below such as children in school.
Column (16): Professional situation
This is the situation or hierarchical position of a person [his/her status] in his/her current or previous employment. This question is obviously for the employed and the unemployed. Report:

- EMP (employer) for a person who, excluding himself, employs and pays other workers;
- IND (independent or isolated worker) for a person managing a commerce or other without any paid employees; such is the case of a cultivator who works his field with or without his children;
[p. 30]
- SAL (paid employee) for a person who is paid according to a set criteria (daily, weekly, monthly, or other);
- AF (unpaid related worker) for each person helping a family member in a family business and who is not paid for the work that he performs. He could however be housed, fed, taken care of in a way or another, without however being paid for the work provided. This person is also called: "familial aid," it's the case of a son or a peasant helping his father in the field;
- APP (apprentice) for a person who performs an unpaid job with the goal of acquiring specialization in a profession;
- AUT (other) for all persons who could not be classified in any of the categories above.

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Benin 1992 — source variable BJ1992A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Persons of 10 years or more of age

[Questions in columns 17 - 21 were asked of persons age 10 or older.]

(20) Status within the profession

[] 0 EMP: employer
[] 1 IND: independent
[] 2 SAP: permanent salaried employee
[] 3 SAT: temporary salaried employee
[] 4 COOP: cooperative member
[] 5 AF: familial aid
[] 6 APP: apprentice
[] 7 AUT: other
[] 8 SO: Not applicable
[] 9 ND: Undeclared
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II. How to fill out the questionnaire (Document RGPH 2 Number 1).

Columns (17) to (21): These columns are only for persons older than 10 i.e. born before February 1982.

Column (20): Status within the profession
This is the status of an active person within his/her profession during the reference period. This question only applies to employed individuals.
Circle according to the situation:

[] 0 EMP (employer): for a person who have other workers whom he pays.
[] 1 IND (independent worker): for each person working independently, alone or with family help.
[] 2 SAP (permanent employee): for a permanent agent of the state or any private sector employee with a permanent status.
[] 3 SAT (temporary worker): for each individual working in the public or private sector without a permanent status.
[] 4 COOP for each person member of a production or sales cooperative.
[] 5 AF (unpaid family aid): for each individual working for a family member in a family business, in the field or elsewhere. He could however be housed, fed, and provided for in a way or another. This is the case of the son who helps his father in the field.
[] 6 APP (apprentice): this is an employed person who is learning a trade and receiving, or not, a compensation.
[] 7 AUT (other): for those who could not be classified in the groups above.

This question does not apply to those younger than 10 years.


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Benin 2002 — source variable BJ2002A_CLASSWK — Class of work
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For all persons
[Questions in columns 1 to 11 were asked of all persons]

Now we would like to ask for information on you and the persons habitually living in your household or currently residing in your home

Residents of 6 years or more of age
[Questions in columns 18 - 22 were asked of residents 6+ years old]

(21) Status within the profession

[] 0 EMP: employer
[] 1 IND: independent
[] 2 SAP: permanent salaried employee
[] 3 SAT: temporary salaried employee
[] 4 COOP: cooperative member
[] 5 AF: familial aid
[] 6 APP: apprentice
[] 9 AUT: other
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iv) Economic Characteristics
For all questions related to economic activity, the census agent shall refer to the 3-month periods preceding the interview.

Column (21): Status within the profession
This is the status of an active person within his/her profession during the reference period. This question only applies to employed and unemployed individuals.
Case where the respondent is not the counted person.
Ask first: "Does or has [the respondent] have or had workers that he pays?" If yes, circle the code "0" corresponding to employer (EMP). If no, ask the question: "Does or has [the respondent] work or worked for his own alone, with apprentices, or family aid?" If yes, circle the code "1" for independent (IND). If NO, ask the following question: "What is or was [the respondent]'s status within your employment?" Circle the code according to the case:

2. SAP (permanent salaried employee): for a permanent agent of the state or any private sector employee with a permanent status.
3. SAT (temporary salaried employee): for each individual working in the public or private sector without a permanent status.
4. COOP for each person member of a production or sales cooperative.
5. AF (unpaid family aid): for each individual working for a family member in a family business, in the field or elsewhere. He could however be housed, fed, and provided for in a way or another. This is the case of the son who helps his father in the field.
6. APP (apprentice): this is an employed person who is learning a trade and receiving, or not, a compensation.
9. AUT (other): for those who could not be classified in the groups above.

Case where the respondent is the counted person.
Ask first: "Do you have workers that you pay?" If yes, circle the code "0" corresponding to employer (EMP). If no, ask the question: "Do you work for your own alone, with apprentices, or family aid?" If yes, circle the code "1" for independent (IND). If NO, ask the following question: "What is your status within your employment?" Circle the code according to the case.


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Benin 2013 — source variable BJ2013A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Residents of 6 years or more of age (questions 20 to 24)
[Questions 20-24 were asked of persons aged 6 years or older]

23. Status within the profession

[] 0 EMP: Employer
[] 1 IND: Independent
[] 2 SAP: Permanent salaried employee
[] 3 SAT: Temporary salaried employee
[] 4 COOP: Cooperative member
[] 5 AF: Familial aid
[] 6 APP: Apprentice
[] 9 AUT: Other
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23. Employment situation
Employment situation, which concerns the worker's situation relative to their colleagues [if any] in the company. Allows a categorization of the employed active population.
Q: "What is your/what was [the respondent]'s situation in the profession exercised?"

The modality codes of the employment situation are:

[] 0. Employer [EMP]: this is a person who runs their own economic enterprise and employs workers;
[] 1. Independent [IND]: this is a person who works in their own business and does not use salaried employees. They may be using family aid and/or unpaid apprentices;
[] 2. Permanent salaried employee [SAP]: this is a person who works for a public or private employer and who receives a return, regular in kind or in money.
[] 3. Temporary salaried worker [SAT]: this is a person who works intermittently for a public or private employer and who receives a return in cash or in kind;
[] 4. Member of a [production] cooperative [COOP]: members of a cooperative are independent workers organized in a cooperative, of which all members decide how to organize the production, sales or other activities, investments, and the division of profits between members. It must be noted that salaried employees of cooperatives do not fall under this category and should be classified as "salaried employees." Members of unofficial cooperatives must be classified under the category "employers" or "independent workers," according to whether they continuously employ salaried workers or not.
[] 5. Familial aid [AF]: this is a person who works in a family enterprise without being remunerated;
[] 6. Apprentice [APP]: this is a person who is learning a job and who does or does not receive a return in cash or in kind;
[] 9. Other [AUT]

Circle the code corresponding to the given response.


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Bolivia 1976 — source variable BO1976A_CLASSWK — Category of worker
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C. Economic Information


Only for those 7 years of age and older


[Questions 13, 14 and 15 should be answered only by those who marked boxes 1, 2 or 3, per Question 12]

15. What was your category or position in the occupation indicated above?

[Question 15 was asked of persons aged 7 years and older who worked, did not work but had a job, or were unemployed, per Question 12.]

[] 1 Manual laborer (Rural peasant, agricultural manager, day laborer)
[] 2 White-collar/professional employee
[] 3 Unpaid family worker
[] 4 Own-account worker (does not have paid employees or laborers)
[] 5 Owner or employer (has paid employees or laborers)

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C. Economic information

Questions 12, 13, 14 and 15 of Economic Information should be asked to all persons 7 years old or older.


Question 15. What was the category or position in the occupation that you indicate?

After asking the question, clearly read each one of the alternatives in the indicated order, and upon receiving a response, mark the corresponding box.


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Bolivia 1992 — source variable BO1992A_CLASSWK — Occupation category (employment status)
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Only for those who marked one of the choices in part A in the previous question (15).
[Applies to questions 16-18.]


18. In this occupation do you work (or did you work if unemployed) as a:

[] 1 Manual laborer (Rural peasant, day laborer, agricultural manager)
[] 2 White-collar/professional employee
[] 3 Own-account worker
[] 4 Owner, partner or employer
[] 5 Member of a production cooperative
[] 6 Independent professional
[] 7 Unpaid family worker or unpaid apprentice

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Question 18. In this occupation you work (or used to work if unemployed) as?:

When asking this question read the options slowly and in the order indicated, and record the appropriate one in accordance with the following terms:

1. Manual Laborer (Unskilled laborer, day-laborer, foreman)

Is a person who performs a predominantly manual job, and who works for a public or private employer, receiving a salary or daily wage. The manual laborer generally performs tasks directly related to production, of a manual nature, and based on physical effort.

Examples: Driver of a truck for industry, driver in the construction sector, doorkeeper in a factory, builders, unskilled laborers, etc.

2. [Office] Employee

Is a person who performs a predominantly intellectual occupation and who works for a public or private employer, receiving a salary for their job. The employee generally performs administrative tasks not directly related to production nor based on physical effort.

Examples: Secretaries, doctors in a general hospital, primary or secondary school teachers, public employees, etc.

3. Own-account worker

Is a person who runs their own company or business, without having any compensated workers in their charge and without depending on an owner. The own-account worker runs their own [p. 48] economic unit, selling and/or producing goods and/or services, with or without the help of family workers or unpaid apprentices.

Example: Cutter, carpenter, street vendors, master builder, plumber, and others.

4. Owner, partner or employer

Is the owner and/or partner of an economic unit that produces goods and/or services, who necessarily contracts one or more paid workers, whether temporarily or permanently.

Example: Doctors with more than two employees, factory owners, owners of large or medium-sized workshops, construction contractors and others.

5. Member of a production cooperative

Is a person who works actively in a cooperative business, receiving income or assuming the losses in their role as a partner.

Example: members of mining cooperatives, members of gold cooperatives, members of transportation cooperatives (shuttles, taxis), etc.

6. Independent professional

A person who practices or performs tasks supported by their academic bachelors degree; they work, without depending on an owner, in activities that provide professional services, directed and carried out by them. The independent professional has a maximum of two employees.

Example: Lawyers who perform services in their firms, doctors with their own offices, architects who design plans privately, etc.

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7. Unpaid family worker or apprentice

A person who, whether a member of the household of the owner of the establishment where they work or not, performs an activity without receiving monetary compensation in exchange.

Example: Helper in a mechanic's workshop, children of store owners who help out with selling, family members of rural farmers, etc.

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Bolivia 2001 — source variable BO2001A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Chapter F. Only for persons seven years old or more.
[Questions 42-47 were asked of all persons seven years or older.]


46. In this work, you worked as:

[Question 46 was asked of persons aged 7 years and older who worked or were engaged in any productive activity during the week prior to enumeration, per Questions 42 and 43.]

[] 3 Employee (manual laborer or professional)
[] 4 Own-account worker
[] 5 Owner, partner, employer
[] 6 Member of a cooperative
[] 7 Unpaid family worker or apprentice

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Chapter F. Only for persons 7 years of age and older

If the person is 7 year of age or older, question 42 is presented. If younger than 7 years of age, the interview is ended and the next person is interviewed.


Question 46. What was your employment status in this occupation?

[Employment status]

The question should be presented by reading each option slowly and deliberately until reaching the question mark. When an answer is given, the oval is filled in and the next question is presented.

The following clarifications should be considered:

Worker or employee? This is a salaried person who works for a company, institution, business, or household, This person depends on an employer or boss and receives remuneration in money or in-kind for the work completed.

Own-account worker? This is a person who has his own company or business, has no remunerated employees and does not depend on an employer. This person sells and/or produces goods or services with the help of family workers or apprentices or without help. For example: fabric cutter, carpenter, peddler, plumber, etc.

Owner, partner, or employer? This is the owner and/or partner of a company or business of goods and/or services that, necessarily, contracts one or more paid workers; either permanently or temporarily. For example: Owners of factories, medium-sized to large workshops, construction contractors, and others.

Member of a production cooperative? This person is a partner who actively works in a cooperative enterprise. For example: cooperative miners, cooperative gold-miners, cooperative telephone workers, etc.

Family worker or un-paid apprentice? This is a person who carries out an activity without receiving payment in money or in-kind; may or may not be a relative of the owner of the workplace. For example: mechanical workshop worker, children of owners of retail sales stores, family members of rural farmers.


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Bolivia 2012 — source variable BO2012A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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F3. Only for people at least 7 years old

43. In that occupation, did you work as...?

[] 1 A laborer or employee
[] 2 A freelance worker
[] 3 An employer or partner
[] 4 An unpaid apprentice or family worker
[] 5 A domestic worker
[] 6 A member of a production / service co-op
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F3. Only for people at least 7 years old
Economic characteristics of the population

The criteria for collecting economic data about the population are:

- Minimum age: 7
- Reference period: the week before Census Day

The population's economic characteristics being researched in the census are the type of activity, the principal occupation, the branch of economic activity, and the occupational category or job position (see Appendix).

43. Occupational category
The occupational categories are defined as follows:

1. Laborer: This is a paid worker who performs a predominantly manual occupation (performs physical labor) and who works for a public or private employer, for which the worker is remunerated with money or in kind. For example: construction workers or farm workers.
1. Employee: This is a person who performs a predominantly intellectual occupation and who works for a public or private employer, for which the worker is paid with money or in kind. For example: an office secretary, schoolteacher, or public employee.
2. Freelance worker: This is a person who has their own company or business, with no paid employees and without answering to a boss or employer. For example: tailor, carpenter, street vendor, or plumber.
3. Employer or partner: The owner of and/or partner in a company, economic unit, or business that provides goods and/or services, which must have one or more temporary or permanent paid workers. For example: owners of factories, large or medium-sized workshops, lawyers with employees, and building contractors.
4. Unpaid apprentice or family worker: This is a person who, whether a member of the household or not, performs some economic or service activity without receiving any monetary or in-kind remuneration in return.
5. Domestic worker: This is a person who provides domestic services in a home in exchange for periodic remuneration (in money or in kind).
6. Member of a production or service cooperative: This is someone who, as a member, works actively in a cooperative business, receiving income or assuming losses in their capacity as a member.

The question about occupational category is closed-ended and allows only one answer.


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Botswana 1991 — source variable BW1991A_EMPSTAT — Working status
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Section A

(12 years and over)

12. During the past 30 days did [the respondent] work for cash?

[] 1 Yes for someone else (Go to Q. 14)
[] 2 Yes, for self (Go to Q. 14)
[] 3 No (Go to Q. 13)

13. Then what did [the person] do during the last 30 days?

[] 1 Family business
[] 2 Work at lands/farms/cattle post
[For responses 1 or 2,] go to Q.14
[] 3 Actively seeking work
[] 4 Housework
[] 5 Student
[] 6 Retired
[] 7 Other (specify)
[For responses 3 to 6,] go to Q.16 if female, else go to next person
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Column A12: Work done for cash during the past 30 days

During the past 30 days did [the respondent] work for cash?

Enter the appropriate one-digit code in the shaded area:

1 Yes, for someone else: This code applies if a person has worked for someone else for cash payment during the 30 days before the census, no matter how short the period. If a person was on paid leave - annual, sick or maternity - 1 is still the appropriate code. If you enter 1 in column A12, you should put a dash in column A13 and go to column A14.

2 Yes, for self: This code applies if a person was self-employed during the 30 days before the census. Remember that those who work for cash reward include those who work for wages, salaries, fees, commissions and the like, while the self-employed include those who are in business for themselves, such as farmers (who farm with the specific intention of selling their products), shop owners, hawkers, those who repair shoes or cut hair under a tree, or those who weave baskets or sell oranges for their living. If you enter 2 in column A12, you should put a dash in column A13 and go to column A14.

3 No: This code applies if the person did not work at all for cash payment during the last 30 days. Included in this group are farmers who grow mainly for household consumption; individuals who worked at farms, lands or cattleposts without receiving cash payment; and those who worked in a family business without receiving cash payment. If any of these individuals received any cash payment for their work, however small, they should be coded 1 or 2, as appropriate.

If you enter 3 in column A12, you should go to A13 to find out what the person was doing during the past 30 days (since he/she was not working for cash).

In the sample questionnaire on page 26, James worked for someone else during the past 30 days and received cash, so he is coded 1 in column A12. Anne did not work for cash (although she did some farming on the lands), so she is coded 3. Since Mimi and Molelo are under 12 years old, the question does not apply to them, and dashes are entered in column A12 for them. Anthony did not work for cash (since he is a student), so he is coded 3. David was self-employed and is coded 2. Thembe did not work for cash either and is coded 3.


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Botswana 2001 — source variable BW2001A_CLASSWK — Class of worker in the past 7 days
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All persons 12 years and over
[Questions A16-A26]

A24. What was [the person's] working as during the past 7 days?

[] 01 Employee (paid cash)
[] 02 Employee (paid in kind)
[] 03 Self-employed (no employees)
[] 04 Self-employed (with employees)
[] 06 Unpaid family helper
[] 07 Working at lands/cattle posts
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109b. Column A16-A26: These questions apply only to persons aged 12 years and more. If the person is under 12 years of age, then when you reach column A16 you should put dashes in the shaded areas for columns A16 -- A32 and proceed to the next listed person in the household.

113. Column A23: Employment status

Q: What was [the person's] work status during the past 7 days?

This column relates to persons who were either self-employed or working for other persons for payment during the 30 days before the census. Find out what they were employed as during most of the reference period and probe if necessary.

Enter the appropriate one-digit code in the shaded area:

[] 01 Employee-Paid cash
A person who does a job and receives cash or money in exchange for the job done is an employee who is paid in cash.

[] 02 Employee-Paid in kind
A person may be working in a family business without receiving any cash payment for his labour. For example, a woman runs a small kiosk from which she sells snacks to office workers. Her younger brother helps her there, but instead of paying him a wage she gives him a bag of mealie meal and some other food each month. This is the kind of payment referred to as payment in kind.

[] 03 Self Employed (No employees)
This is where by the person is running his/her own business, like a taxi or a tuck shop, without the assistance of any employee. This category includes those Gardeners and Cleaners who are freelancing.

[] 04 Self Employed (With employees):
A person may be operating a business of any form with the assistance of one or more employees. The employees could be paid in cash or in kind.

[] 05 Member of the producers' cooperative
People, who serve the cooperatives either for payment or for other reward falls in this category.

[] 06 Working in Family business (Unpaid)
A person may be working in an economic enterprise operated by a relative; such would fall under this category. For example, a boy could be helping in his father's business and as such there would be no payment.

[] 07 Lands/Farms/Cattle post:
This category includes farmers who grow mainly for household consumption (rather than to sell their products), and those individuals who worked at farms, lands or cattle-posts but who did not receive any payment.

[] 08 Apprentices
Included in this group are boys or girls who are working in a company, or with any expert individual in a particular field with the aim of acquiring knowledge. These are normally not charged for the knowledge they are acquiring and they are not paid for the help they are providing.

[] Other (specify):
If the person was doing something else other than the possibilities listed above, then write in what the person was doing in the unshaded area in column A23. If you need more space, use the comments box.

If a person says he was doing "nothing" during the past 7 days, probe to find out what the person was really doing. It is very unlikely that the person was literally doing nothing.

If a person says he does housework, or that he is a student/retired/other, probe to find out whether he did any work for cash during the past 7 days, no matter how little the cash or how short the period. If yes, go back to A21and A22 to correct codes to reflect that they worked for pay or for no pay accordingly.

In the example since all eligible persons have never been married they are coded 1. Maungo is coded 01 in A21 as she was a paid worker, while it was admitted by the respondent in A22 that Mothus did agricultural activities at the lands or cattle post for no pay. Maungo was working as an employee who was paid in cash, Mothusi and Mmantsheledi worked at the lands for no pay. Mmantsheledi was at the same time looking for job, as such she is coded code 05, "Jobseeker" in A21 and code 04 in A22. The skip instruction for Mmantsheledi in A22 takes her to A26, so dashes for her row were used in A23, A24 and A25.

[Table showing economic activity to all persons aged 12 years and over is omitted here]


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Botswana 2011 — source variable BW2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker in past 7 days
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A. Person Information

Economic activity

22. What was [the respondent] working as during the past 7 days?

[] 1 Employee - paid cash
[] 2 Employee - paid in kind
[] 3 Self-employed (no employees)
[] 4 Self-employed (with employees)
[] 5 Unpaid family helper
[] 6 Working at own lands / cattle posts
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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.

151. Column A23: Employment status
Q. What was the respondent's working as during the past 7 days?
This question is meant to capture the employment status of an individual. The column relates to persons who were either self-employed or working for other persons for payment during the past 7 days before the census. Find out what they were employed as during most of the reference period and probe if necessary. Enter the appropriate two-digit code in the shaded area:

01. Employee-paid cash
This is a person who works and receives cash as payment. An employee who is paid in both cash and kind should fall under this category. For example, a maid who eats with the employer and at the same time is getting paid in cash.
02. Employee-paid in kind only
This is a person who works and receives non-monetary payment. You should note that employees who are paid in kind only fall under this category.
Self-Employed
Self-employed includes all types of persons working for themselves or in partnership in any type of business undertaking. This includes hawkers, car washers, carpenters, but they must get the income form the business themselves and not getting a wage or salary from a company owning the business. In some cases businesses are registered and the person who owns the business actually is an employee of the company (i.e. managing director). Because of this, this person is a paid employee, code 01 (employed by his/her own company).
03. Self-employed (no employees):
This is whereby the person is running his/her own business, like a taxi or a tuck shop, without the assistance of any employee. This category includes those gardeners and cleaners who are freelancing.
04. Self-employed (with employees):
A person operating a business of any form with the assistance of one or more employees would fall under this category. The employees could be paid in cash or in kind.
05. Unpaid family helpers:
A person working in an economic enterprise operated by a relative and not being paid in any form, would fall under this category. For example, a boy/girl could be helping in his/her aunt's business without any payment attached.
06. Working at family lands/farms/cattle-post:
This category includes farmers who plough mainly for household consumption (rather than to sell their products), and those individuals who worked at farms, lands, or cattle-posts, but who did not receive any payment. School children working on family lands/farms/cattle-posts while on vacation fall under this category.
07. Other (Specify):
If the person was doing something else other than the possibilities listed above then write in what the person was doing in the unshaded area in column A23. If you need more space, use the comment box.
[Table omitted]


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Brazil 1960 — source variable BR1960A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Only for people who worked in the year prior to the census date
[Applies to questions V - Z]


Z. Position in the occupation declared in question V

[] 85 public employee
[] 86 private employee
[] 87 self-employed
[] 88 partner (part or half ownership)
[] 89 employer
[] 90 member of family or institution

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The following questions will only be asked of those persons who worked during the year preceding the date of the census
(September 1, 1959, to August 31, 1960)

[Applies to questions V - Z]


Question Z - Position in the occupation declared in Question V.

The field with the response should be marked with an X, observing the following definitions:

Public employee - For those who receive remuneration from an organ of a federal, state or municipal government or of a government-owned company. Construction workers paid by the day will not be included in this group;
Private employee - For those who receive monetary payment or payment in kind (part of the production) for work which is rendered by the individual, company or institution. Persons such as Construction workers paid by the day by an organ of public administration will be included in this group;
Work by self-employed persons - For persons who exercise their activity individually or with the help of persons in the family (provided that these latter do not receive monetary payment);
Sharecropper - For those who work in a type of economic activity with a certain degree of autonomy (growing of crops, livestock raising, fishing, etc.) and who pay part of their production for the right to exercise this activity. In this case, sharecroppers who work individually or with the help of persons in the family (provided that these latter do not receive monetary payment) will be considered sharecroppers. Those who have employees should be classified as employers;
Employer - For those who are engaged, with their own resources, in a line of economic activity and who employ one or more employees. Persons who have only domestic help will not be included in this group;
Members of the family or institution - For those who help in the work of the head of the family or of other persons in the family and do not receive monetary payment and for those who are part of a religious, educational or charitable institution, etc. and do not receive direct remuneration.


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Brazil 1970 — source variable BR1970A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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Only for people who worked in the 12 months prior to the census date (Sept-1-1969 through Aug-31-1970) or who are seeking work (response 7 in #22)
[Applies to questions 23 - 28]


25. Position in the occupation declared in #23

[] 1 public employee
[] 2 private employee
[] 3 self-employed
[] 4 partner (part or half ownership)
[] 5 employer
[] 6 not paid

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Question 25 - Position in the occupation declared in question 23

(Only for persons age 10 or over who worked during the twelve months prior to the date of the Census or are looking for work for the 1st time)

Record:

Public employee - For those who receive remuneration from an organ of a federal, state or municipal government (including government employees under the general labor laws - CLT);
Private employee - For those who receive remuneration in money or in kind (part of the production) for work they render to an individual, company or institution.


[p. 50]

Self-employed - For persons who exercise their activity individually or with the help of persons in the family (provided that these latter do not receive monetary payment);
Sharecropper (Parceiro ou meeiro) - For those who work in a type of economic activity with a certain degree of autonomy (growing of crops, livestock raising, fishing, etc.) and who pay part of their production for the right to exercise this activity. In this case, sharecroppers who work individually or with the help of persons in the family (provided that these latter do not receive monetary payment) will be considered in this category; those who have employees should be classified as Employers;
Employer - For those who are engaged, with their own resources, in a line of economic activity and who employ one or more employees. Persons who have only domestic help should not be included in this group;
Not remunerated - for persons who help in the work of the head of or other persons in the family, without monetary remuneration, and for those who belong to a religious, educational, or charitable institution, etc., and who do not receive direct remuneration, including for persons for whom First time was recorded in the two previous questions.


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Brazil 1980 — source variable BR1980A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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The following questions are to be filled out only for the person 10 years or older
[Applies to questions 25 -49]


33. Position in the establishment, organization, institution, etc declared in question 31

Migrant agricultural worker:
[] 1 with broker
[] 2 without broker
Partner or half-owner:
[] 3 employee
[] 4 employer
[] 5 self-employed
[] 6 employed
[] 7 employer
[] 8 self employed
[] 9 without remuneration

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The following questions will only be filled out for persons age 10 or over, that is, those born before September 1, 1970.

[Applies to questions 25-49]


Question 33 - Position in the establishment, business, institution, etc., declared in Question 31

This question asks about the position occupied by the person in his or her labor relationship, considering;
Migrant farm worker - With a middleman - a person without a steady job who works at one or more farming or plant extraction establishments, paid per task, per day, or per hour, contracted or recruited by a middleman from whom he or she receives payment;
Migrant farm worker - Without a middleman - a person without a steady job who works at one or more farming or plant extraction establishments, paid per task, per day or per hour, who offers his or her labor directly to the person responsible for the establishment, and receives payment from this person;
Depending on the region, migrants with or without a middleman are known as Migrants, Illegals, Migrant Middlemen, Bóias-frias, Calungas, Turmeiros, etc.;
Sharecropper (Parceiro ou meeiro) - a person who is engaged in or exercises an economic activity (farming, cattle raising, plant extraction, fishing or gold mining) and receives part of the production for the work or pays for the use of the land with part of the production.
When a sharecropper has no employees and is free to cede the partnership to whomever he or she wishes, mark Self-employed sharecropper (parceiro).
When the sharecropper (parceiro ou meeiro) is helped by one or more employees, mark Employer sharecropper (Parceiro empregado).
When the sharecropper has no employees and is not free in terms of to whom he or she cedes the partnership, mark Employed sharecropper.
Employee - a person who has a steady job and works for an employer, with remuneration that is either solely monetary or monetary and in products. Apprentices and trainees, remunerated or not, will also be considered Employees, as well as domestic employees who receive only in benefits (housing, food, clothing, etc.);
Employer - a person who is engaged in an economic activity with the help of one or more employees. Persons who have only domestic employees will not be considered employers;
Self-employed - a person who exercises an activity individually or with the help of one or more non-remunerated persons who are residents in the household; or
Without remuneration - a person who exercises an economic activity without remuneration and works at least 15 hours per week helping a member of the household or who helps a religious or charitable institution.
Note: priests, church ministers, rabbis, friars and nuns will be considered employees when they receive monetary remuneration. If they receive only benefits, they will be classified as Without remuneration.


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Brazil 1991 — source variable BR1991A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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49. Position in the establishment, organization, institution, etc. declared in question 31
[] 1 migrant agricultural worker
Share cropper:
[] 2 employed
[] 3 self-employed
Domestic worker:
[] 4 employed
[] 5 self-employed
[] 6 employed in private sector
Employed in Public Sector:
[] 7 public servant
[] 8 state employee
[] 9 self-employed
[] 10 employer
[] 11 without remuneration

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Question 49 - Relationship of work or the position of the occupation in the establishment, business, institution, etc., declared in question 48
This item investigates the position occupied by the person or the labor relationship.
Mark:
1 - Migrant farm worker - a person without a steady job who works in one or more establishments for farming, cattle raising or plant extraction paid by the task, day or hour, who offers his or her services directly to the person responsible for the establishment, receiving payment for such work, or when contracted or recruited by a middleman, receiving the payment from this latter.
Depending on the region, migrant workers are also known as Illegals, Bóias-frias, Calungas, Turmeiros, etc.;
Sharecropper (parceiro ou meeiro) - a person who is engaged in or exercises an economic activity (farming, cattle raising, plant extraction, fishing or gold mining) and receives part of the production for the work or pays part of the production for the use of the land, boat or per section of gold mining. According to the [degree of] autonomy, mark:
2 Sharecropper - Employed - for persons, helped or not by another, non-remunerated, resident of the household who do not have autonomy regarding the person who has assigned the partnership (may only plant what has been determined);
3 - Sharecropper - Self-employed - for persons helped or not by another, non-remunerated, resident of the household, and has autonomy in the relation to the person who has assigned the partnership (may plant whatever he or she considers most convenient);
NOTE: consider as an employer a sharecropper who works with the help of employees.
Domestic worker - a person who does remunerated domestic work at the home of an employer. As the case may be, mark:
4 - Domestic worker - Employee - for persons who do daily domestic work for a single employer, whether or not he or she sleeps at the employer's house, usually paid monthly, as is the case of a cook, housemaid, nursemaid, etc.;
5 - Domestic worker - Self-employed - for persons who do remunerated domestic work usually for more [p. 86] than one employer, not working every day and generally being paid for the days actually worked, is as the case of cleaning women, laundresses, ironing women, maids paid by the day, etc.;
6 - Employee in the private sector - for persons who work for a company, firm, business, institution, etc., limited liability company, corporation, quota company, open capital company, etc. Note that companies whose main shareholder is the government (federal, state or municipal) are not considered private companies;
Employee of the public sector - a person who works for an organ or company of direct public administration, autonomous government agency, foundation, or public company of mixed ownership of which the government is the single or main shareholder. As the case may be, mark:
7 - Public employee - for persons who work for the government, in direct administration, an autonomous government agency or a foundation under the Statute of Public Employees or the Labor Code (CLT). Included in this case are teachers, physicians, nurses, policemen and firemen who work in the public school, health or security system as well as employees in technical, bureaucratic and manual occupations who work in ministries, state or municipal departments, or autonomous government agencies and foundations, such as the Brazilian Census Office (IBGE), FUNABEM, etc.;
8 - Employee of the public sector - in a government-owned company - for persons who work in a public company or company of joint public and private ownership whose employment bond is usually governed by the CLT and in some cases may also be governed by the Statute of Public Employees, such as Banco do Brasil, Banco do Estado, Banco da Amazônia, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, ELETROBRÁS, EMBRAER, PETROBRAS, Rede Ferroviária Federal (RFFSA), SERPRO, etc.;
9 - Self-employed - for persons who work individually or with the help of a non-remunerated resident of the household;
10 - Employer - for persons who are engaged in an economic activity with the help of one or more employees; and
11 - Without remuneration - a person who exercises an economic activity without remuneration and works at least 15 hours per week helping a member of the household or who helps a religious or charitable institution.

[p. 87]
Note: Priests, Church Ministers, Rabbis, Friars and Nuns will be considered employees when they receive monetary remuneration. If they receive only benefits, they will be classified as without remuneration.

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Brazil 2000 — source variable BR2000A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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For persons 10 years old or older (born until July 31, 1990)
[Applies to questions 4.36 - 4.61]


4.47 The work was

[] 1 domestic work with signed worker's card (carteira de trabalho assinada) (go to 4.51)
[] 2 domestic work with no signed worker's card (go to 4.50)
[] 3 employee with signed worker's card (go to 4.51)
[] 4 employee with no signed worker's card (go to 4.48)
[] 5 employer (go to 4.49)
[] 6 self-employed (go to 4.50)
[] 7 apprentice or intern without remuneration (go to 4.51)
[] 8 unpaid help for member of household (go to 4.51)
[] 9 worker in production for own consumption (go to 4.53)

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For persons age 10 or over (born on or before July 31, 1990)
[Applies to questions 4.36 - 4.61]


Position in the occupation

Position in the occupation is understood as the labor relationship existing between the person and the organization where he or she worked.

Question 4.47 - In this work, were you :

Mark, as the case may be:

1 - A legally registered domestic employee - for persons who provided remunerated domestic services in one or more households and were legally registered in at least one of them;
2 - Domestic worker without legally signed contract - for persons who provided remunerated domestic services in one or more households without a legally signed contract;


[pg. 125]

3 - Employee with a legally signed contract - for persons who worked for an employer (natural or legal organization) generally agreeing to comply with established working hours and receiving, in return, a remuneration in monetary values, merchandise, products, or benefits, such as housing, food, clothing, etc., with a legally signed contract.
4 - Employee without a legally signed contract - for persons who worked for an employer (individual or organization), generally agreeing to comply with established working hours and receiving, in return, remuneration in monetary values, merchandise, products, or benefits such as housing, food, clothing, etc., without a legally signed contract.


Note: Regardless of having a legally signed contract or not, the following are also considered employees:
  • Persons rendering obligatory military service;
  • Priests, church ministers, rabbis, friars, nuns and other clerics, and
  • Remunerated apprentices or trainees.


[pg. 126]

5 - Employer - for persons who worked in their own enterprise with at least one employee;
6 - Self-employed - for persons who worked in their own enterprise, alone or with a partner and without having any employees but who may have received help from a non-remunerated worker;
7 - Non-remunerated apprentice or trainee - for persons who exercised an occupation without remuneration, where they learned a profession or trade in a obligatory or volunteer training program without remuneration related to a profession;
8 - Not remunerated in helping a member of the household - for persons who worked without remuneration in helping a member of the household, who was employed in the production of primary goods (which includes activities of farming, cattle raising, silviculture, plant and mineral extraction, hunting, fishing or fish raising) or in helping in the work of a member of the household who was self-employed or an employer in any activity; and
9 - Worker in production for one's own consumption - for persons who worked in the production of goods in the area that includes the activities of farming, silviculture, cattle raising, plant extraction, fishing and fish raising, destined exclusively for providing food for at least one resident of the household.


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Brazil 2010 — source variable BR2010A_CLASSWKR — Status in employment from July 25 to July 31, 2010
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6. Resident characteristics


Work and earnings
For persons aged 10 years or older
[Questions 6.41 to 6.59 were asked for persons 10 years of age or older.]


[Questions 6.45 to 6.53 were asked for persons who reported working for pay, being temporarily away from a paid job, or helping another member of the household with a paid job during the reference week.]


Questions 6.46 to 6.49 should refer to the single or main job that the person had during the reference week.


6.48 In this work, were you:

[] 01 Employee with a formal contract
[] 02 Army, navy, air force, police and firemen military member (Skip to 6.51)
[] 03 Public sector employee
[] 04 Employee without a formal contract (Skip to 6.50)
[] 05 Self-employed
[] 06 Employer (Go to 6.49)
[] 07 Unpaid worker (If code 1 in item 6.45, skip to 6.53. If code 2 in item 6.45, skip to 6.50)

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Work and Income
For residents 10 years of age or older


Questions 6.46 to 6.48 refer to the main or only work that the person had on the week in reference.


6.48 ? In this job you were:

This question seeks to capture the occupational position and category of employment in the person's main job on the week of reference.

But what is "occupational position"?

Occupational position is the relationship between the person and the enterprise in which he/she works. The employee is a person who worked for an employer (individual or legal entity), being committed to fulfill a day's work and receiving a remuneration in cash, goods, products or benefits (housing, food, clothing, training, etc.).

[page 258]

In the occupational position an employee is:

  • A person who did military service for a salary;
  • A priest, minister of the church, pastor, rabbi, monk, nun and other clergyman;
  • A person working in housekeeping services with wages, or benefits in one or more households;
  • Apprentices and trainees receiving only learning or training as payment;
  • Persons employed only receiving (housing, food, clothing, training, etc.).


Depending on the situation, record:
01 - Employee with a formal contract: A person employed with a formal contract.
02 - Soldier in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Military Police or Fire Department: A person who serves in the Army, Navy, Air Force or Auxiliary Forces as Military Police or Fire Department, including the person who had obligatory military service.


[page 259]

03 - Employee of the civil services judicial branch in any instance (federal, state or local): A person employed at an institution, foundation, government agency, etc., or at the governmental (executive, legislative, judicial) branches no matter if it is at the local, state or federal level.
04 - Employee without contract: A person employed without a formal contract, who has not been in military services or does not work in any governmental institution.
05 - Self-employed: A person who works in his/her own business, alone or with a partner, without having employees, even if counting on help from an unpaid worker.
06 - Employer: A person who worked in his/her own enterprise with at least one employee.
07 - Unpaid worker: A person who, on the week of reference, worked to help household residents but did not received payment.


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Burkina Faso 1985 — source variable BF1985A_CLASSWK — Situation of principal occupation
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Residents 10 years of age and older
[Questions 9-15 were asked for residents age 10 and older.]


Economic activity


13. Employment situation in principal occupation ____

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Attention: Columns 12 to 15 only apply to those persons employed or unemployed but looking for employment (OCC and CHO). In each case, they should describe their last job. For the other categories (QUE, POF, ETU, RET, INV, AUT), record a dash in these columns.


Column thirteen - situation within principal occupation:

This is a person's situation in relation to their current principal occupation, or previous principal occupation if the person is unemployed but looking for work.

The possible categories and their codes are:

Employer, Boss -- EMP
Independent -- IND
Salaried -- SAL
Apprentice -- APP
Family helper -- AIF
Other -- AUT.


Employer, Boss (EMP): This is an active, employed person who runs their own economic enterprise or exercises a profession for their own well-being. To this effect, they employ one or more persons that are paid.

A person that employs one or more domestic workers is not an employer, even if the person pays them.

Independent (IND): This is an active person that is self-employed but does not employ anyone else. They may, however, have family helpers or non-paid apprentices.

Salaried (SAL): This is a person that works for a public or private employer and who in return receives a salary in cash or in benefits.

Family helper (AIF): This is a person who works for a business owned by a family member and does not receive compensation, a salary or any remuneration. Family helpers are most often found in agriculture, commerce and transport; they are generally given room and board and, from time to time, receive gifts.

Other (AUT): These are persons whose occupational situations cannot be classified in any of the categories mentioned above.

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Burkina Faso 1996 — source variable BF1996A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Residents age 10 years or older:
[Questions P18 to P22 were asked for persons 10 years of age or older who were household residents.]


Situation within principal occupation:
P20. What is/was [person]'s situation within this occupation?

Circle the corresponding code.

[] 1. Employer, Boss (EMP)
[] 2. Independent (IND)
[] 3. Salaried (SAL)
[] 4. Apprentice (APP)
[] 5. Family helper (AIF)
[] 6. Other (AUT)


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Burkina Faso 2006 — source variable BF2006A_CLASSWK — Situation in principal occupation
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Participation in economic activity
[For persons five years of age and older]

[Questions P.22-P.24 were asked only of economically active residents (code 1 or 2 circled in P21)]


P23. Situation within principal occupation:

What is/was [the person's] situation within this occupation?

Circle the corresponding code.

[] 1 Employer, Boss (EMP)
[] 2 Independent (IND)
[] 3 Salaried (SAL)
[] 4 Apprentice (APP)
[] 5 Family helper (AIF)
[] 6 Other (AUT)

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3.2 Reference period


-- Reference period for economic activity: the reference period for information regarding economic activity is the week that precedes the census agent's visit to the household. This reference period is one week (7 days).


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Cambodia 1998 — source variable KH1998A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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15 Main Activity (Enter Code from list below)
Main activity during last year

Codes for Column 15 Main Activity During Last Year
1 Employed (Fill in Cols. 16 to 20)
2 Unemployed (Employed any time before - Fill in Cols. 16 to 20 for last employment)
3 Unemployed (Never employed any time before)
Inactive
4 Homemaker
5 Student
6 Dependent
7 Rent-receiver, retired or other income recipient
8 ___ Other (Specify)
(For codes 3 to 8, put dash ( - ) in Cols. 16 to 20)]


18 Employment Status

Employment Status / Class (Enter Code from list below)
1 Employer
2 Paid employee
3 Own - account worker
4 Unpaid family worker
5 ___ Other (specify)

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Columns 15 to 20 on Economic Characteristics of Population

97. These columns relate to the economic characteristics of population both male and female. Information proposed to be collected on economic characteristics of population includes information on economically active and economically not active population. Economically active population includes those who are employed and unemployed. Economically inactive population includes home makers; full time students; dependents; rent-receivers, retired people and other categories of income recipients; and others who are neither employed nor unemployed and also do not come under any of the inactive categories mentioned. The reference period for this is the last one year.


Columns 16 to 20

99. Information in these Columns should be filled-in only for a person who is employed (Code 1 in Column 15) or unemployed (employed before) i.e. Code 2 in Column 15. For unemployed (not employed before) i.e. Code 3 in Column 15 and inactive population i.e. any Code from 4 to 8 in Column 15, no information can be furnished in Columns 16 to 20 and hence enter dash (--) in each of these Columns for these persons. Following are the instructions for filling-in Columns 16 to 20 for a person for whom Code 1 or 2 is given in Column 15. The information to be filled-in will relate to employment details of the employed person (Code 1 in Column 15). In the case of unemployed (employed before) i.e. Code 2 in Column 15, the information to be filled-in will relate to last employment held by that person.


Column 18: Employment Status

102. Five categories have been provided for Employment Status or Class. When the answer corresponds to one of these, you should record the appropriate code number. Note that you should record only one code for each respondent.

(a) Employer:- Record Code 1 for a person who operates his own enterprise directly or through another person (e.g. a manager or caretaker) and who for the operation of this enterprise hires one or more employees whom he pays. Note that the persons considered employees here exclude unpaid family workers and apprentices.

(b) Paid Employee:- Record Code 2 for a person who works for a public or private employer and is paid by this employer. All Government Servants, for example, are employees. Payment may also be in kind.

(c) Own Account Worker:- Record Code 3 for a person who operates his own enterprise (e.g. a farmer cultivating his own land, petty-trader, private doctor, advocate who practices independently) and who does not employ anybody to work for him in operation of his enterprise. He or she neither employs anybody nor is employed by anybody, (e.g. a fruit seller who does his or her business all alone).

(d) Unpaid family worker:- Record Code 4 for a person who helps in running an economic enterprise operated by a member of his or her family without payment of wages or salary (e.g. wife who helps her husband in farming, daughter who helps in hand-loom weaving).

(e) Other, (specify):- To this category belong all persons who do not fall in any of the above groups. You should write down the person's employment status in the space provided, after recording Code 5 (e.g. 5 Apprentice)


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Cambodia 2004 — source variable KH2004A_CLASSWK — Employment status
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Form B: Household questionnaire Part 2

[21] Employment status

[Question 21 asked of persons who responded codes 1 and 2 in question 18.]

Employment status/class

Enter code from list below.

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Paid employee
[] 3 Own-account worker
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Other (specify) ____
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75. Columns 18 to 23
Information in these Columns should be filled-in only for a person who is employed (Code 1 in Column 18) or unemployed (employed before) i.e. Code 2 in Column 18. For unemployed (not employed before) i.e. Code 3 in Column 18 and inactive population i.e. any Code 4 from 4 to 8 in Column 18, no information can be furnished in Column 18 to 23 and hence enter dash (-) in each of these Columns for these persons. Following are the instructions for filling-in Column 18 to 23 for a person for whom Code 1 or 2 is given in Column 18. The information to be filled-in will relate to employment details of the employed person (Code 1 in Column 18). In the case of unemployed (employed before) i.e. Code 2 in Column 18, the information to be filled-in will relate to last employment held by that person.

78. Column 21: Employment status
Five categories have been provided for Employment Status or Class. When the answer corresponds to one of these, you should record the appropriate code number. Note that you should record only one code for each respondent.

(a) Employer:- Record Code 1 for a person who operates his own enterprise directly or through another person (e.g. a manager or caretaker) and who for the operation of this enterprise hires one or more employees whom he pays. Note that persons considered employees here exclude unpaid family workers and apprentices.
(b) Paid Employee:- Record Code 2 for a person who works for a public or private employer and is paid by this employer. All Government Servants, for example, are employees. Payment may also be in kind.
(c) Own Account Worker:- Record Code 3 for a person who operates his enterprise (e.g. farmer cultivating his own land, petty-trader, private doctor, advocate who practices independently) and who does not employ anybody to work for him in operation of his enterprise. He or she neither employs anybody nor is employed by anybody, (e.g. a fruit seller who does his or her business all alone).
(d) Unpaid family worker:- Record Code 4 for a person who helps in running an economic enterprise operated by a member of his or her family without payment of wages or salary (e.g. wife who helps her husband in farming, daughter who helps in hand-loom weaving).
(e) Other, (specify):- To this category belong all persons who do not fall in any of the above groups. You should write down the person's employment status in the space provided, after recording Code 5 (e.g. 5 Apprentice).

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Cambodia 2008 — source variable KH2008A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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19. Employment status
Employment status / class (enter code from the list below)

[Question 19 was asked of persons who have ever worked, as per question 16.]

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Paid employee
[] 3 Own-account worker
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Other (specify) ____

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Columns 16 to 21 on Economic Characteristics of Population

98. These columns relate to the economic characteristics of population both male and female. Information proposed to be collected on economic characteristics of population include information on economically active
[p.37]
and economically not active population. The economically active population includes those who are employed and unemployed. The economically inactive population includes those who are mainly home makers, full-time students, dependents, rent-receivers, retired people and other categories of income recipients; and others who are neither employed or unemployed and also do not come under any of the inactive categories mentioned. The reference period for this is the one year or 12 months before the census night, that is from 4 March 2007 to 3 March 2008. This is also referred to as last year or last one year in this instruction manual.


Columns 17 to 21

100. Information in these Columns should be filled in only for a person who is employed (Code 1 in Column 16) or unemployed (employed before) (Code 2 in Column 16). For unemployed (not employed before) (Code 3 in Column 16) and mainly inactive population (any Code from 4 to 8 in Column 16), no information can be furnished in Columns 17 to 21 and hence enter dash (-) in each of these Columns for these persons. The following are the instructions for filling in Columns 17 to 21 for a person for whom Code 1 or 2 is given in Column 16. The information to be filled in will relate to employment details of the employed person (Code 1 in Column 16). In the case of unemployed (employed before) (Code 2 in Column 16), the information to be filled in will relate to last employment held by that person.


Column 19: Employment Status
[p.41]
103. Five categories have been provided for Employment Status or Class. When the answer corresponds to one of these, you should record the appropriate code number. Note that you should record only one code for each respondent.

(a) Employer: Record Code 1 for a person who operates his own enterprise directly or through another person (e.g. a manager or caretaker) and who for the operation of this enterprise hires one or more employees whom he pays. Note that the persons considered employees here exclude unpaid family workers and apprentices.
(b) Paid Employee: Record Code 2 for a person who works for a public or private employer and is paid by this employer. All Government servants, for example, are employees. Payment may also be in kind.
(c) Own Account Worker: Record Code 3 for a person who operates his own enterprise (e.g. a farmer cultivating his own land, petty trader, private doctor, advocate who practices independently) and who does not employ anybody to work for him in operation of his enterprise. He or she neither employs anybody nor is employed by anybody, (e.g. a fruit seller who does his or her business all alone).
(d) Unpaid family worker: Record Code 4 for a person who helps in running an economic enterprise operated by a member of his or her family without payment of wages or salary (e.g. wife who helps her husband in farming, daughter who helps in hand-loom weaving).
(e) Other, (specify): To this category belong all persons who do not fall in any of the above groups. You should write down the person's employment status in the space provided, after recording Code 5 (e.g. 5 Apprentice)


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Cambodia 2013 — source variable KH2013A_EMPSTAT — Employment status
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For all persons
[Questions 10 to 25 were asked of all persons]

[Question 20 to 24 were asked of persons who have ever worked, as per question 19]

22. Employment status:

Employment status / class

(Enter the code from the list below)

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Paid employee
[] 3 Own-account worker
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Other (specify) ____
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72. Column 19 to 25 on economic characteristics of population

These questions should be asked of all persons irrespective of age. These columns relate to the economic characteristics of population, both male and female. Information is proposed to be collected on economic characteristics of population. Economically active population includes those who are employed and unemployed (including those available for work or seeking work). Economically inactive population includes home makers; full time students; dependents; rent-receivers, retired people and other categories of income recipients; and others who are neither employed nor unemployed and also do not come under any of the inactive categories mentioned. The reference period for this is the one year or 12 months before the survey night, that is from 4 March 2012 to 3 March 2013. This is also referred to as last year or last one year in this instruction manual.

74. Columns 20 to 24

Information in these columns should be filled-in only for a person who is employed (Code 1 in column 19) or unemployed (employed before) i.e. Code 2 in column 19. For unemployed (not employed before) i.e. Code 3 in column 19 and inactive population i.e. any code from 4 to 8 in column 19, no information can be furnished in columns 20 to 24 and hence enter dash (-) in each of these columns for these persons. Following are the instructions for filling-in columns 20 to 24 for a person for whom code 1 or 2 is given in column 19. The information to be filled-in will relate to employment details of the employed person (Code 1 in column 19). In the case of unemployed (employed before) i.e. Code 2 in column 19, the information to be filled-in will relate to last employment held by that person.

[p. 33]

77. Column 22: employment status

Five categories have been provided for Employment status or Class. When the answer corresponds to one of these, you should record the appropriate code number. Note that you should record only one code for each respondent.

(a) Employer: Record code 1 for a person who operates his own enterprise directly or through another person (e.g. a manager or caretaker) and who for the operation of this enterprise hires one or more employees whom he pays. Note that persons considered employees here exclude unpaid family workers and apprentices.
(b) Paid employee: Record code 2 for a person who works for a public or private employer and is paid by this employer. All Government servants, for example, are employees. Payment may also be in kind.
(c) Own account Worker: Record code 3 for a person who operates his enterprise (e.g. farmer cultivating his own land, petty-trader, private doctor, advocate who practices independently) and who does not employ anybody to work for him in operation of his enterprise. He or she neither employs anybody nor is employed by anybody, (e.g. a fruit seller who does his or her business all alone).
(d) Unpaid family worker: Record code 4 for a person who helps in running an economic enterprise operated by a member of his or her family without payment of wages or salary (e.g. wife who helps her husband in farming, daughter who helps in hand-loom weaving).
[p. 34]
(e) Other, (specify): To this category belong all persons who do not fall in any of the above groups. You should write down the person's employment status in the space provided, after recording code 5 (e.g. 5 Apprentice).

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Cambodia 2019 — source variable KH2019A_CLASSWK — Employment status
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Form B household questionnaire part 2

Individual particulars
[This section except for questions 6 and 8 are to be completed by all persons]

[Questions 17-22 of this section are to be answered by persons aged 5 years and older]

20. Employment status/class

[] 1. Employer
[] 2. Paid employee
[] 3. Own-account worker
[] 4. Unpaid family worker
[] 5. Other (specify): ____

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Cameroon 1976 — source variable CM1976A_CLASSWK — Employment status
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Population 4 years old or older


Ask only those who have worked during the reference period (WK) and those without work having already worked (UN). For the others, mark with the line.


23) Employment status
Mark one of the abbreviations from the bottom of the page regarding the status.

[] 1 IND= Independent worker
[] 2 EMP= Employer
[] 4 SAP= Permanent salaried employee
[] 5 SAT= Temporary salaried employee
[] 6 APP= Apprentice
[] 7 AF= Family aid

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b) Column 17 to 25:

To be filled out individually for the people ages 4 and over (mark a line in column 17 to 25 for children under 4.


N.B. Columns on employment (columns 22 to 24)

These columns are only to be filled out for people having worked during the reference week (WK in column 21) and for people without employment already having worked, in search of a new job (UN in column 21). For all others, mark a line from column 22 to column 24.


Column 23: Employment status

This is the situation of a person (his status) relating to his current or former employment.

IND for an independent worker (self employed person working alone or with family helpers)

EMP For an employer (person who runs his own business with the help of workers or employees, meaning all people working for any type of remuneration: salary, commission, payment in kind, etc?.)

SAP for a permanent salaried employee (person who works for a public or private employer for any type of remuneration and has a permanent status)

SAT for a temporary salaried employee (person who works for a public or private employer, for any type of remuneration, but only has a temporary status)

APP for an apprentice (person who learns a trade from a boss and who doesn't fit into the above categories)

AF for a family helper (person participating in the work of a family business without remuneration)


[Examples omitted]

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Cameroon 1987 — source variable CM1987A_CLASSWK — Employment status
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Population of 6 years and older (born before April 1981)
[Questions 19-22 were asked of persons 6 years old or more.]


This applies only to persons who worked during the week referred to and those unemployed who had lost their job. For all other persons, put a dash.
[Questions 20-22 were asked of persons in the labor force.]


P21. Work status________

What was [the respondent's] status at this job? Put one of the abbreviations that correspond to the status on the job, according to the instructions at the bottom of the page.

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Columns P19 to P22: Population of 6 years and older (born before April 1981)
These columns concern only persons who are 6 or- more years old, in other words persons born before April 1981.
For all children who are less than six years old, put a dash in columns P19, P20, P21 and P22.
For all persons who are six or more years old, you should determine their economic activity during the reference week -that preceding the interview in the household.


Column P21: work status
This column also concerns only persons who are six or more years old for whom you have written WK or UN in column P19.
For all persons who are six or more years old for whom you have written WK or UN in column P19, put a dash in column P21.
If you have written WK or UN in column P19 for a person, you should write in column P21 the status of such person in the job he did during the reference week or before he became jobless.
Write one of the following abbreviations as the case may be:

IND. For a self-employed person, in other words a person who worked for himself, alone or with other persons whom he did not remunerate or was not remunerating in any way (family help and unpaid apprentices).
EMP. For an employer, in other words a person who worked or was working in his own business with workers or employees whom he paid or was paying in any way (wages, pay in kind)
SAP. For a permanent wage-earner, in other words a person who worked or was working for a public or private employer on a permanent basis and received or was receiving remuneration.
SAT. For a temporary wage-earner, in other words, a person who worked or was working for a public or private employer on a temporary basis and received or was receiving remuneration.
APR. For a paid apprentice, in other words a person who was learning a trade form a master who remunerated him.
APNR. Foe an unpaid apprentice, in other words a person who was learning a trade from a master but received no remuneration.
AF. For a family help, in other words a person who helped in the work of a family undertaking without being remunerated.

Examples:
1) A farmer was cultivating his farm with the help of his wife and son

column P21, write
IND for the farmer
AF for his wife
AF for his son

2) A farmer was cultivating his farm with laborers hired for the season and they were paid.

column P21, write
EMP for the farmer
SAT for each laborer

3) For a person who is a teacher

column P21, write
SAP for him whether he is a civil servant or contract employee


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Cameroon 2005 — source variable CM2005A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Economic activity for persons aged 6 years and above
[Questions 27 to 33 were asked of persons aged 6 years and older.]


29. In the main job held last week, was the person...?

[Question 29 was asked of persons aged 6 years and older who reported working in the last 7 days, per Question 28.]

[] A permanent wage (salary earner)
[] A temporary wage (salary earner)
[] An employer
[] An independent, self-employed worker
[] A family helper
[] A wage-earning apprentice
[] A non-wage-earning apprentice

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Questions (Questions 27-33) related to the economic activity are only ask to people 6 years old and older


29. Employment status
The status of employment, which is related to the worker's situation related to his colleagues (if he has any) in the company, is a way of categorizing the engaged active population.

The codes of the terms of employment status are:
1-Permanent salaried: This is a person who works for a public or private employer and who receives regular compensation in kind or in cash.
2-Temporary salaried: This is a person who works intermittently for a public or private employers and who receives compensation in cash or in kind.
3-An employer is a person who has his own economic enterprise and who a salaried labor force
4-Independent-This is a person who works for himself and doesn't use any salaried labor force. He can use several uncompensated family helpers or apprentices
5-Family helper-This is a person who works in a family business without compensation
6-Compensated apprentice-This is a person who is learning a trade and who recipes compensation in cash or in kind.
7-Uncompensated apprentice-This is a person who is learning a trade and who does not receive any type of compensation

Q29: What is/was the employment status of ________ in his job/his last job?
-Mark in the proper space the code for the employment status of the surveyed person.


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Canada 1971 — source variable CA1971A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Questions 22-40 were asked of persons age 15+, per question 21.]


Questions 33-38 refer to your job or business last week. If none, answer for your job of longest duration since January 1, 1970.
[Questions 33-38 were asked of persons 15+ who worked in 1970 or 1971, per question 32.]


37. In this occupation were you mainly:

[] Working for wages, salary, tips or commission?
[] Working without pay in a family business or farm?
[] Self-employed without paid help?

Was this farm or business incorporated?
[] Yes
[] No

[] Self-employed with paid help?

Was this farm or business incorporated?
[] Yes
[] No

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33 to 38.
If you had a job last week, answer these questions for your job last week even if you were absent from work because of temporary lay-off, illness, vacation, labour dispute, training courses, etc.
Answer the questions for the same job. If you had more than one job last week, give information for the one at which you worked the most hours.
If you had no job or business last week (with or without pay), give the information for your job of longest duration since January 1, 1970.


37. Fill the circle opposite "Working for wages, salary, tips or commission" if in the job reported you were engaged for wages and salaries, or

(1) you worked for piece-rates;
(2) you worked for payment "in kind" in non-family enterprises, e.g. as a member of a
religious order;
(3) you worked on commission as a salesman for only one company and did not maintain
an office or staff;
(4) you worked for various people as an odd-job labourer or as a baby-sitter, etc.

Fill the circle opposite "working without pay in a family business or farm" if you worked without regular money wages for a relative who is a member of the same household, at tasks which contributed to the operation of a business or farm owned and operated by the relative.
Fill either the circle opposite "Self-employed without paid help" or "Self-employed with paid help" as appropriate and indicate whether your business or farm was incorporated if you:
(1) operate a business or professional practice, alone or in partnership;
(2) operate a farm, whether you own or rent the land;
(3) work on a free-lance basis or contract to do a job;
(4) work as a private duty nurse.


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Canada 1981 — source variable CA1981A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Questions 31-46 were asked of persons age 15+, per question 30.]


Note: Questions 41 to 44 refer to your job or business last week. If none, answer for your job of longest duration since January 1, 1980. If you held more than one job last week, answer for the job at which you worked the most hours.


44 a. In this job, you were mainly:

[] Working for wages, salary, tips or commission?: Go to Question 45
[] Working without pay for a relative in a family farm or business? : Go to Question 45
[] Self-employed without paid help?: Continue with question 44b.
[] Self-employed with paid help?: Continue with question 44b.

b. If self-employed, was your farm or business incorporated?
[Question 44b was asked of persons 15+ who were self-employed last week, per question 44a.]
[] No
[] Yes


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Canada 1991 — source variable CA1991A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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STEP 10: Answer Questions 20 to 45 for each person aged 15 and over.


30. Last week, how many hours did this person work (not including volunteer work, housework, maintenance or repairs for his/her own home)?

Include as work: working without pay in a family farm or business (e.g., assisting in seeding, doing accounts); working in his/her own business, farm or professional practice, alone or in partnership; working for wages, salary, tips or commission.
Number of hours (to the nearest hour) - go to Question 36 ____
Or
[] None - continue with the next question


Note: Questions 36 to 42 refer to this person's job or business last week. If this person held no job last week, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 1990. If this person held more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours.


41. In this job, was this person mainly:

[] Working for wages, salary, tips or commission? Go to Question 43
[] Working without pay for his/her spouse or another relative in a family farm or business? Go to Question 43
[] Self-employed without paid help (alone or in partnership)? Continue with the next question
[] Self-employed with paid help (alone or in partnership)? Continue with the next question

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Answer Questions 20 to 45 for each person aged 15 and over, that is, for each person born before June 4, 1976.


Question 41: Class of worker

Mark the circle labelled working for wages, salary, tips or commission for persons who reported that in the job they worked: for wages and/or salary; for tips; on commission as a salesperson for only one company and did not maintain an office or staff; for payment in kind (room, board) in a non-family enterprise (for example, as a member of a religious order); for piece-rates; as a member of the Armed Forces; an hour or more for pay, in a job such as cleaning or baby-sitting (in another person's home); as a "paid" housekeeper or nanny.
Mark working without pay for his/her spouse or another relative in a family farm or business for persons who reported that they worked without money wages for a spouse or relative who is a member of this household at a task which contributed to the operation of the spouse's or relative's farm or business.
Do not include volunteer work, housework, or home maintenance or repairs.
Mark self-employed without paid help or self-employed with paid help for persons who reported that they: operated their own business, farm or professional practice (alone or in partnership) even if no goods or services were sold or rendered; operated their own business, farm or professional practice (alone or in a partnership) whether it made a profit or suffered a loss; operated a farm, whether or not they owned or rented the land; worked on a free-lance or contract basis; provided meals and/or room or day care services in their own home for boarders, roomers or neighbours' children; operated a direct distributorship selling and delivering products such as cosmetics, newspapers, brushes or soap products; fished, trapped or hunted for profit or for the maintenance of family or community, with their own equipment or with equipment in which they had part ownership; were setting up a business, farm or professional practice.


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Canada 2001 — source variable CA2001A_COWP — Class of worker
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23. Answer questions 24 to 51 for each person aged 15 and over.


44. In this job or business, was this person mainly:

Mark "x" one circle only.
[] Working for wages, salary, tips or commission? - go to Question 46
[] Working without pay for his/her spouse or another relative in a family farm or business? - go to Question 46
[] Self-employed without paid help (alone or in partnership)?
[] Self-employed with paid help (alone or in partnership)?

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[Questions 34 to 50 collect information on paid work done by people aged 15 and older.]


Question 44 -- Class of worker

Mark working for wages, salary, tips or commission for persons aged 15 and over who worked: for wages or salary; for tips; on commission as a salesperson for only one company and did not; maintain an office or staff; for payment in kind (room, board) in a non-family enterprise (for example, as a member of a religious order); for piece-rates; as a member of the Armed Forces; an hour or more for pay in a job such as cleaning or babysitting (in another person's home); as a paid housekeeper or nanny.
Mark working without pay for his / her spouse or another relative in a family farm or business for persons aged 15 and over who worked: without money wages at a task that contributed to the operation of a farm or business that belongs to a spouse or relative who is a member of this household.
Mark self-employed without paid help or self-employed with paid help for persons aged 15 and over who: operated their own business, farm or professional practice (alone or in partnership) even if no goods or services were sold; operated their own business, farm or professional practice (alone or in partnership) whether it made a profit or suffered a loss; operated a farm, whether they owned or rented the land; worked on a freelance or contract basis; provided meals and /or room or daycare services in their own home for boarders, roomers or neighbours' children; operated a direct distributorship selling and delivering products such as cosmetics, newspapers, brushes or cleaning products; fished, trapped or hunted for profit or for the maintenance of the community, with their own or rented equipment or with equipment in which they had part ownership; were setting up a business, farm or professional practice.


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Canada 2011 — source variable CA2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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The next few questions were asked of persons aged 15+ about paid work.

34. During the week of Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2011, how many hours did this person spend working for pay or in self-employment?

Please enter the total number of hours worked for pay or in self-employment at all jobs held during the week of May 1 to May 7.

Include:
Working for wages, salary, tips or commission;
Waking, selling or trading arts and crafts;
Running a business;
Trapping, hunting and fishing (except as a leisure activity);
Fixing gear used to hunt, fish or trap;
Working as a guide.
[] Number of hours (to the nearest hour): _ _ _ [Go to question 40.]
[] None [Continue with the next question.]
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Labor market activities
Questions 34 to 45 and 49 to 51 provide information on Canada's workforce including the industries and occupations in which they work, as well as the language used at work. Employment information is used to assess the economic conditions of communities and specific populations such as Aboriginal Peoples and immigrants. Industry and occupation information is used to forecast job opportunities.

Question 44 -- Class of worker
Mark 'working for wages, salary, tips or commission' for persons aged 15 and over who worked:

[] For wages or salary
[] For tips
[] On commission as a salesperson
[] For payment in kind (room, board) in a non-family enterprise (for example, as a member of a religious order)
[] For piece-rates
[] As a member of the armed forces
[] As a paid housekeeper or nanny

Mark 'working without pay for his / her spouse or another relative in a family agricultural operation or business' for persons aged 15 and over who worked without money wages at a task that contributed to the operation of an agricultural operation or business that belongs to a spouse or relative who is a member of this household.

'Self-employed' refers to persons aged 15 and over who:

[] Operated their own business, agricultural operation or professional practice (alone or in partnership) even if no goods or services were sold
[] Operated their own business, agricultural operation or professional practice (alone or in partnership) whether it made a profit or suffered a loss
[] Operated an agricultural operation, whether they owned or rented the land
[] Worked on a freelance or contract basis
[] Provided meals and / or room or day-care services in their own home for boarders, roomers or neighbors' children
[] Operated a direct distributorship selling and delivering products such as cosmetics, newspapers, brushes or cleaning products
[] Fished, trapped or hunted for profit or for the maintenance of the community, with equipment that is rented, owned or owned in part
[] Were setting up a business, agricultural operation or professional practice.

Mark 'self-employed without paid help' if the person is self-employed and does not have any employees.

Mark 'self-employed with paid help' if the person is self-employed and has one or more paid employees.

If the person held more than one job, they should answer question 44 for the job at which they worked the most hours.


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Chile 1960 — source variable CL1960A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For all individuals 12 years of age and older. [applies to questions 15-18]


18. Occupational category [employment status] ____

Only for those Employed and Unemployed.

Write the Occupational category in the following manner:


ER = Employer
TCP = Own-account worker
EM = Professional employee
OB = Manual laborer
ED = Domestic employee
FR = Paid family worker
FNR = Unpaid family worker
OT = Other

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Column 18: Occupational Category. The information about occupational categories should be obtained based on the following definitions:

Group "ER": (Employer). A person who runs their own company or who practices a profession or trade on their own and who has one or more compensated workers, not counting domestic workers. [Translator's note: In the value labels (categories 1 and 3) employee (employee) appears twice due to a typo. In this case, it definitely refers to the employer, corresponding to category 3 in the value labels.]

Group "TCP": (Self-employed Worker). A person who runs their own company or who practices a profession or trade on their own, but does not employ any compensated workers. Can work by themselves or in association with others.

Group "EM": (Employee). A person who uses more mental than physical effort in their job and who is compensated for work done for a public or private employer of whose census household that person is not a member. Also considered to be employees are managers, administrators, and other managerial personnel. Some special laws assign the designation of employee to people in certain professions, such as hairdressers, chauffeurs, etc., according the welfare system [previsión social] to which the person being enumerated has recourse.

Group "OB": (Manual Laborer). A person who performs a predominantly manual activity and is compensated for work done for a public or private employer of whose census household that person is not a member. When there are doubts about classifying someone as a manual laborer, refer to the welfare system to which the person being enumerated has recourse.

Group "ED": (Domestic Worker). A person devoted to activities related to household service (waiter, butler, cook, servant girl, cook, housekeeper, nanny) and who is compensated for work done for a public or private employer of whose census household that person is not a member. This category of people have "family house" as their industry.

Group "FR": (Paid Family Worker). A person who is compensated for work done for a company run by a member of their family.

Group "FNR": (Unpaid Family Worker). A person who is not compensated for work done for a company run by a member of their family, and who practices that profession at least three hours a day (two days a week).

Record this information for all people whose occupation has been recorded and who belong to either Group "OC" (Employed) or Group "CE" (Unemployed).

[p. 41]

Summary: Once the enumeration is finished, make sure that you haven't forgotten to enumerate anyone, and write down separately the number of men, the number of women, and the total number of people.

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Chile 1970 — source variable CL1970A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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III Economic Characteristics

Only for those 12 years of age and older.


15. Occupational category:

For those who answered 0, 1 and 2 in question number 13.

What position did you have in the occupation or job indicated above?

[] 1 Employer or owner
[] 2 Own-account worker
[] 3 Employee (professional or white-collar)
[] 4 Manual laborer or day laborer
[] 5 Domestic employee
[] 6 Unpaid family worker
[] 7 Unknown

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Question No. 15--Occupational Category

This question will only be asked of those people who responded with boxes 0, 1, and 2 to question 13.

You will mark one of the following alternatives, as appropriate:

1) Employer or boss: If the person being enumerated ran their own business, or practiced a profession or trade on their own and had one or more wage-earning or salaried employees or manual laborers during the week of April 13 to 18.

2) Own-account worker: If the person ran their own company or practiced a profession or trade on their own, but did not have any wage-earning or salaried employees or manual laborers during the week of April 13 to 18.

3) Employee: A person who works for an employer or boss and makes their tax contributions [imposiciones] to an Employees' Social Security Fund [Caja de Previsión de Empleados], as for example the Private Employees' Fund, the Public Employees Fund, etc.

4) Manual Laborer or Day-Laborer: A person who works for an employer and contributes to the Social Security Service or another Manual Laborer Social Security Fund.

If the person doesn't make contributions or doesn't know which fund they contribute to, the person should be classified as an employee or manual laborer based on whether intellectual or physical effort, respectively, prevail in their work.

5) Domestic Worker: If the person worked for an employer or boss and worked at activities related to household service during the week of April 13 to 18 and received compensation in the form of a salary.

[p. 39]

6) Unpaid family member: If the person worked, during the week of April 13 to 18, without compensation in a business run by a relative, for at least a third of the normal work week.

For those who worked previously but were unemployed during the week of April 13 to 18, record the category (employee, manual laborer, etc.) that they had in their last occupation.

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Chile 1982 — source variable CL1982A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For all those age 15 and older


12. In this work you are or were ____

1. An employee
2. Laborer
3. Employer or Boss
4. Self-employed
5. Unpaid family member
6. Employed in domestic service in the home

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12. In this job are you (or were you)?

The goal of this question is to specify the position of the person being enumerated in carrying out the job, trade, or type of work reported previously in question 11.

The conditions of [White-Collar/Office] Employee, Manual Laborer or Day Laborer, Own-Account Worker, Non-Compensated Family Member, and Household Domestic Service can present some difficulties, and for that reason some explanations will be given.

Self-employed: is a person who works independently and without employing compensated personnel. For example: businesspeople without wage-earning employees; independent professionals and technicians, taxi drivers, street vendors, etc.

It is then, a person who runs their own business or practices a profession or trade on their own. The person may work alone or in association and may or may not have the help of family members who are not monetarily compensated.

Uncompensated Family Member: is a person who doesn't receive a salary or wage for the work that they do in a company or business that belongs to a family member, and who works at least a third of a normal work week.

Household Domestic Service: is carried out by the person who does work related to the house and for which they are paid a wage or salary. These people should be included in the household [p. 22] that is being enumerated only if they slept there the night prior to the day of the census. People who do this type of work and usually sleep in their own houses (live-in worker) will only be included if they slept in this household that night, and therefore were not enumerated in their own houses.

[The above directions refer to a picture of question 12 in this section of the enumeration form.]

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Chile 1992 — source variable CL1992A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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5. When you were born, in what municipality or place did your mother live?

[] 1 In this municipality

In another municipality
____ Name of the municipality or place
____ Province


In another country
____ Name of the country


Year of arrival in this country [fill-in ovals, 2 digits, 0 through 9]


For all individuals 14 years of age and older [applies to questions 10 to 16]

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13. In this job are you (or were you)?

The goal of this question is to specify the position of the person being enumerated in carrying out the job, trade, or type of work reported in the previous question.

The conditions 1. Boss or Employer, 4. Salaried Worker (Employee, Manual Laborer, Day Laborer) are understood on their own and don't need further comments.

On the other hand, the conditions 2. Own-Account Worker, 3. Household Domestic Service Worker, 5. Uncompensated Family Member, can cause some difficulties and for that reason some explanation will be given:

2. Own-Account Worker: Is a person who works independently and without employing compensated personnel; runs their own business or practices a profession or trade on their own. The person may work alone or in association and may have the help of family members who are not monetarily compensated: independent professionals and technicians, a store owner without employees, a taxi driver, street vendors, etc.

3. Household Domestic Service Worker: A person who does work related to the house and for which they are paid a wage or salary. These people should be included in the household that is being enumerated only if they have their usual residence there (live-in worker [puertas adentro]) and slept there the night prior to the day of the Census. People who do this type of work and usually sleep in their own houses (live-out worker [puertas afuera]) will be enumerated in their own households.

5. Uncompensated Family Member: A person who doesn't receive a salary or wage for the work that they do in a relative's company or business; this person works at least three days of a normal work week.

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Chile 2002 — source variable CL2002A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For all individuals 15 years of age and older


30. In this job, are (or were) you.

[] 1 A salaried worker (white-collar, manual laborer or day laborer, etc.)
[] 2 Worker in domestic service
[] 3 Own-account worker
[] 4 Employer, business owner or boss
[] 5 Unpaid family worker

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Question 30

[A graphic of question 30 on the census form is provided.]

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Colombia 1964 — source variable CO1964A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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21. Work category. ____ _
Write according as applicable:

Owner: When the person pays employees or workers out of his own funds.
Own-Account worker: When the person works for himself/herself without employees or workers.
Family helper: When he/she helps the head of family or a relative [with] payment.
Professional/white collar worker: When the work involves office work, control, or security.
Manual laborer/blue collar worker: When the work is manual.

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Occupation category

Column No. 21. - In this column the occupation category that a person has in the establishment or place where they work or when they worked if they are unemployed will be indicated. The corresponding questions to each category are given below:

[p. 24]

Employer or owner: Do you pay your own account or one or more workers or employees in your business? If the question is affirmative the word "employer" should be written down.

Examples of employers are: An owner of a factory, farm or store or any other company of business, who occupies and pays by their own account workers and employees. In the registering of this column, managers, administrators, butlers, subordinate office heads are not taken into account, since these persons depend on others and therefore are not employers but rather employees.

Independent worker: Do you work for you own account without paying workers or employees in your business?

An Independent Worker can work alone or with the free aid of relatives, but not with remunerated persons. In these conditions the word "Independent Worker" will be written down.

Examples of Independent Workers are, a craftsperson who has their own workshop, a farmer who works a parcel of land, a salesclerk who attends their store, a mason who does small jobs by contract, an owner of a truck or automobile who drives it and takes for themselves the product of the work, a shoeshine person, a newspaper seller, always persons who do not work with remunerated workers.

It can be observed that the difference between an independent worker and an employer, is that the employer has remunerated workers and the independent worker has none.

Family helpers: Do you help without fixed remuneration, in the job of the Head of family or any relative? A person from the family (spouse, children, relatives) who with their job helps the Head of family or relative in their business for a time equivalent to two days a week, or 10 days a month to four months a year, without receiving fixed remuneration, should be written down in this column with the name "Family Helper".

Example of family helpers can be the following persons always who meet the following pointed out conditions: A child or relative who works in the farm of their father; a wife who works in the store of her husband, a child who helps their mother in a dressmaker's studio, etc.

One should keep in mind when registering this column that a family helper meets the following conditions:


a) Being relative of the Head of family or person who collaborates with him.

b) Working without fixed remuneration (food should not be considered remuneration).

c) Working with the Head or parent for more than two days a week, or 10 days a month to four months a year.


Employee: Are you an employee? An employee is considered a person who carries out, under the dependence of another, administrative functions, direction, organization, or vigilance in exchange for remuneration. Examples: a manager of a bank, an administrator of a company, workers in an office of institutional officials or of private companies.


[p. 25]

Exceptions: In this column chauffeurs of companies and persons of domestic service (servants) will be indicated, such as the Law stipulates.

Laborer: A laborer is considered to be a worker who is employed with a predominately manual activity, connected directly to a production of goods and services, always depending on an employer and receives a periodic remuneration. Laborers are workers of the production in factories or workshops, those employed in manual jobs in public works and agricultural day laborers. They are also those who work in a house for a determined employer, whether for a fixed daily wage or by the job, as in the very frequent case of laborers in a tailor's shop, shoe store, and couturier shop, who does work in their house and who earns according to what was done.


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Colombia 1973 — source variable CO1973A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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C. Economic characteristics (For persons 10 years old or more)
[Applies to questions 14 - 19]


17. What position or category did you have at work?

-Read all the choices in order until you get an affirmative response.

[] 1 Laborer or journeyman
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Employer/Boss
[] 4 Independent worker
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 61 Domestic worker
[] 7 Other

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Section C. Economic characteristics

This section should be filled out only for persons 10 years old or older.
[Applies to questions 14 - 19]


Question No. 17. Occupational position

[Below the text is a form.]

Fill out this form for persons 10 years old or older who belong in alternatives 1, 2 or 3 of question 14.

This question refers to the work position that a worker had in carrying out their principal occupation

Mark with "x" only one of the boxes in accordance with the following definitions:

1 Worker or day laborer: is a worker who is occupied directly in the production of goods or services under the dependence of an employer (or their representative) from whom they receive a salary in money or in kind.

2 Employee: A person who carries out functions in the direction, administration, organization, planning or vigilance of a company and receives remuneration in the form of a salary, wage, commissions, etc.

3 Employer: A person who works and has under their dependence one or more salaried persons, for carrying out an economic activity, in a company of which they are owner.


[p. 54]

Those not considered employers:


Heads of household who have domestic employees in their private dwelling.

Persons who manage a family company in which no- remunerated family members work exclusively.

Persons who have directive positions in the companies (managers, bosses of personnel, etc.) if they are not owners of the company where they work.


4 Independent worker: is a person who works in their own company or who runs a profession or craft for their own account, with help or not from non-remunerated family workers, but without using any salaried worker (office worker or manual laborer).

Persons who work with associates, in equal conditions, without relations of dependence with an employer are also considered independent workers.

5 Family worker without remuneration: is a person who helped at a job in a family agricultural or livestock exploitation or business, without obtaining a salary, for 15 hours or more a week.

A person who works in a family company and receives any amount of money that could be considered salary should be classified as "office worker" or "manual laborer".

6 Domestic Employee is a person who works on their own activities in the service of the household, in a private house and receives for their work a salary in money or in kind. They are understood to be servants, private chauffeurs, gardeners, superintendents of houses, nannies, housekeeper, etc.

Persons dedicated to the care of a private household, without receiving remuneration should not be classified in this or any other alternative of this question.

7 Others. This box will be marked with "x" for persons who have an occupational position different than those previously defined. For example, members of religious cults.


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Colombia 1985 — source variable CO1985A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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D. For persons ten years old or more.
[Applies to questions 42 - 45]


45. In the work, you were:

[] 1 Laborer or journeyman
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Boss or employer
[] 4 Independent worker or self-employed
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 6 Domestic worker

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D. For persons 10 years old or older
[Applies to questions 42 - 45]


Question No. 45 Occupational position

[Below the text is a form.]

Mark "x" in the corresponding box, taking into account the following definitions.

Manual laborer or day laborer. It is a person who is directly employed in the production of goods and services under the direction of an employer (or their representative), from whom they receive a fixed salary or a produced unit.

Office worker. It is a salaried worker who works in a company that produces goods and services, without working directly in the production of tasks, doing functions of direction, administration, organization or guarding.

Patron or employer. It is a person who, to run an economic activity, has one or more salaried employees, that is to say, workers who receive remuneration or payment in money or in kind (food, clothes, services, etc.). Make clear that heads of the home are not employers by the fact of having domestic servants in their private house, nor persons who only help as non paid family workers.

Directors of entities or companies are considered office workers.

Independent or for their own account. It is a person who runs their own economic company or who manages for their own account a profession or trade with the help or not of non remunerated family workers, but without using any salaried worker (office worker or manual laborer). These persons can work alone or be associated with others, in equal conditions.

Family worker without remuneration It is a person who helped the work in a family economic company for 15 hours or more a week without getting a salary.

If by any work done they received money that can be considered salary, you should qualify them as office worker or manual laborer.


[p. 50]

Habitation or clothes received is not considered salary.

Domestic employment. It is a person who works on domestic chores of the dwelling where they live or in other dwellings in exchange for remuneration in money or in kind (food, clothes, services, etc.).

Persons who are dedicated to the care of their house without receiving payment or remuneration should not be classified in this alternative.


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Colombia 1993 — source variable CO1993A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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F3. Ask these questions of all persons who are ten years old or more.


39. In this job, he/she was

[] 1 Worker (professional or manual labor)
[] 2 Owner, employer
[] 3 Own-account worker
[] 4 Domestic employee
[] 5 Family worker

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F3. Ask these questions to all persons 10 years old or older


39. In this job [the respondent] is or was:

Mark a single option taking into account the following criteria:

[Below the text is a form.]

Worker, employee
A person who works or has worked for a private employer or the government for a salary in money or in kind.

Directors and administrators in the front of entities or companies are considered employees if they do not own the business.

Owner, employer
A person who directs their own company or runs for their own account a profession or trade using one or more remunerated employees.

Heads of household by having one or more workers at the service of the household are not considered "patron" or employer.

Own-account worker
They are persons who run for their own account a profession or trade or manage their own company, without using any remunerated worker. They can work alone, with associates of equal condition or using non remunerated family workers.

Domestic employee
It is a person who works in a single household different from their own, carrying out their own labors and receiving a salary in money or in kind, understood to be servants, nannies, housekeeper, chauffeurs, gardeners, etc.


[p. 173]

If a person works for different households, you should consider them as "worker on their own account".

Family worker without remuneration
It is a person who works without remuneration in a company or agricultural or livestock exploitation of a family member.


If they receive any money in a regular form that can be considered a payment, you should consider them worker or employee.

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Colombia 2005 — source variable CO2005A_CLASSWK — Type of work
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For persons five years old or more (generated through the DMC )
[Questions 45-52 were asked of persons age 5+.]


49. In this job, [the respondent] was: (expanded)

[] 1 Worker, employee?
[] 2 Boss, employer?
[] 3 Self-employed worker?
[] 4 Domestic employee?
[] 5 Unpaid family worker?


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Costa Rica 1973 — source variable CR1973A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Only for individuals 12 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 17 - 22]


Only for those who "worked" or "did not work"
[Applies to questions 18-20]


20. Occupational category (employment status)

[] 1 Paid worker
[] 2 Own-account worker
[] 3 Owner
[] 4 Unpaid family worker

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26.- Question No. 20.- Occupational Category

This question should be asked only to persons of the classifications worked and not worked.

Every person should be assigned a corresponding category of occupation agreeing with the occupation and industry written down before.

Remember that only one circle should be marked.

[26.1.-] Remunerated Worker: is a person who receives remuneration in the form of salary, wage, commission, paid by the job or in kind and who works for an employer.

Examples: A carpenter in a construction site, a typist in a factory, a secretary in a public dependence.

26.2.- For Their Own Account: is a person who is dedicated to an occupation, profession or office, alone or with associates in an independent form, that is, without remunerated employees, nor being employed by anyone. It can be that there are family workers or apprentices without wages.

Examples: A taxi chauffeur, the owner of a local store or a place in the market, the owner of a cabinet making shop who works with their children, who do not receive any payment.

26.3.- Employer: is the owner of any company, big or small, or one who manages a profession or craft and has one or more remunerated workers.

Examples: The owner of a factory who has remunerated employees, a doctor who has a private practice and has a secretary or a nurse.

[26.4.-] Non-Remunerated Family Worker: is a person who manages a non remunerated occupation in a company in which a family member is owner.

Examples: An underage child who works on his father's farm; a spouse who attends to the local store of the spouse, a nephew who keeps the accounting books for his uncle's bakery, etc.

You should, according to the previous definitions, assign to each person the corresponding category. When you find any special situation that you consider doubtful, write it down in the space "Observations".

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Costa Rica 1984 — source variable CR1984A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Only for those 12 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 12-16]


14. Occupational category

[] 1 Salaried
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Owner/Employer
[] 4 Unpaid family worker

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Fourth block of questions: only for persons 12 years old or more

This block of questions is formed by questions 12 to 16 and should be asked only to persons 12 years old and older. If a person that you enumerate does not meet this requirement, you should cross out the whole block with two diagonally crossed lines and go to the next person. This part has some complexity because of this it is recommended to put much care to each one of the concepts noted here. This block has as its objective gathering information about the work characteristics of the interviewed persons to attain correct information and a good understanding of the questions it is necessary that you keep in mind the following concepts:

1. Working age population
It is the group of persons 12 years old or older.
2. Work Force or Economically Active Population
It is the group of persons 12 years old or older who work, look for work.
3. Economically Inactive Population
It is the group of persons 12 years old or older who do not work and do not look for work.
4. Work
Work is understood to be a labor activity that has as its goal the production of goods and services with economic value in the market.


Question 14: Occupational Category

The occupational category refers to the condition according to what the employed person did during the reference period, or did in the last occupation if they were unemployed. This question indicates if the person is or has been: salaried, worker on their own account, employer or family worker without wage.

[Below the text is a form.]

Ask the question in the following manner: Under what condition did you work in your principal occupation last week or during your last job? So that you are able to correctly write down the responses that they give you, you will have to be very clear with the following concepts:

1. Salaried worker: is considered as such, one who depends on an employer and receives a payment for the job. This payment appears under the form of wage, salary, day's wages, by the job or in kind.
2. Self Employed Worker: is considered as one who works (alone or with associates) without establishing a relationship of dependence with an employer and without hiring salaried personnel. They can, in some cases, have under their dependency one or many non remunerated workers (generally family members).
3. Owner/employer: is considered such as the owner or active member of a company that by carrying out their job hire one or more salaried workers.
4. Unpaid family worker: is considered as one who manages a job in relation with a member of the household of a farm, business, etc. of a family that resides in the household, and who does not receive payment (neither in money nor in kind).


Paying attention to the concepts related to this question that were expressed previously, you should be very sure of the occupational category of the interviewed person, before writing down the information in the box. Do not accept the fist response they give you, since it can be not correct. Overall in the case of independent workers (employers and own account).

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Costa Rica 2000 — source variable CR2000A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For those 12 years of age and older [Applies to questions 13-18]

For the principal job
[Applies to questions 15-18]

18. In this job, is ____ a(n)

[] 1 employer or owner (hires workers)?
[] 2 own-account worker?
[] 3 salaried worker?
[] 4 unpaid family worker?
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Third Block

Only for persons 12 years old or older


Question 18: Occupational category

[Note: the Spanish version explicitly refers to both male and female grammatical endings in the sub-headings of this section.]

This question refers to the condition or relation of dependence under which the person carries out the principal occupation. This information is important for analyzing the forms of worker participation of the employed population.

Because of this it is necessary that you understand the following concepts:

1. Employer (hires employees): refers to an owner or active member of a company who by carrying out their job hires one or more permanent salaried or employed workers.

[Below the text is a picture of an employer.]

2. Worker on their own account: is a person who works alone or with an associate in their own business, without establishing dependence with an employer and without hiring permanent salaried personnel. They can, in certain cases, have under their dependence one or more remunerated workers (generally family members) or salaried workers hired for short or occasional periods. The person defines the work conditions and fixes the value of the goods produced, or of the services rendered, or the price of merchandise sold.


[Below the text is a picture of a man digging a hole.]

3. Salaried worker: A person who works in a relation of dependence with an employer (company or private institution) or for the State, and receives a payment for the work in the form of a wage or salary, either in money or in kind or both.


[Below the text is a picture of three women sewing.]

4. Unpaid family worker: is one who works in a relation of dependence with a member of the home (or another person) who administers or is in charge of a family farm, business or company, and who does not receive payment for the work in money or in kind.


[Below the text is a picture of a child not receiving money.]

You should be very sure of the occupational category of the person before marking the corresponding box, based on the concepts given previously. Read the question, option by option, until the person responds affirmatively and mark according to what corresponds.

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Costa Rica 2011 — source variable CR2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Only for people 12 years or older
[Questions 20 through 23 are asked only of persons aged 20 and older]

28. In this job [the respondent] is...?

[] 1 Employer (has permanent employees)
[] 2 Self-employed worker
[] 3 Employee of a private company
[] 4 Employee of the public sector
[] 5 Employee of a private households
[] 6 Unpaid worker
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Questions 20 to 31 are asked only of people 12 years of age or older.

Questions 24 to 29: Determine the characteristics of the people's main work
This refers to the characteristics of the main job, that to which the person habitually dedicates the most number of hours or that which generates the greatest income.

About the main job

Question 28: Occupational category

28. In this job [name] is...?

[] 1 Employer (has permanent employees)
[] 2 Self-employed worker
[] 3 Employee of a private sector
[] 4 Employee of the public sector
[] 5 Employee of private households
[] 6 Helper without pay

The "occupational category" is that relationship of dependence in which a person completes his/her occupation. In order to correctly note this it is necessary to understand the following concepts:

Employer (has permanent employees): this is the owner or active partner in a business that as part of his/her job contracts one or more salaried workers in a permanent way.

Self-employed worker: this is the person that works alone or in association, without establishing dependence with a boss, that generally does not contract salaried personnel or only on occasion.

A person that works "on one's own" defines the conditions of the work and places value of the goods produced, of the services provided, or of the price of the merchandise sold.

The people that work in a cooperative as partners of the cooperative are in included in this category.

Employee of a private sector: person that works in a relationship of dependence with a private company and receives a payment for the work in the form of a salary, wage, or daily paid, whether in money or in kind, or both.

Employee of the public sector: person that works in a relationship of dependence with the state.

Employee of private households: the person that works in a relationship of dependence with a household that is not his/her own. This person works as a salaried worker, in money or in kind, or both.
[p. 168]

Unpaid worker: this is that person that works in a relationship of dependence with a person in a farm, business, or family company, and does not receive payment for his/her work in money or in kind.


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Côte d'Ivoire 1988 — source variable CI1988A_CLASSWK — Type of employment
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Individuals age 6 and older
[Question 29 through 33 were asked of persons age 6 and older]

32. Job level

Ask the question in accordance with the instruction manual

[] 1 Employer (em)
[] 2 Salaried worker (sa)
[] 3 Contingent work (cw)
[] 4 Independent (in)
[] 5 Family helper (fh)
[] 6 Apprentice (ap)
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4.3.2 The inside of the questionnaire: data on the household

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.

[p.32]

- 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 32: Job level

This concerns the status of a person working in a job. A distinction is made between:

[] l EM = Employer, an employed, working person operating his/her own business or working on his/her own behalf who employs at least one regularly working employee. Remark: An individual who employs one or more domestic servants is not an employer.

[] 2 SA = A salaried employee, which refers to an employed, working person who regularly receives a salary from a public or private employer in exchange for work performed. A remunerated apprentice is considered a salaried employee.

[] 3 CW = Contingent worker refers to an employed, working person who is paid as a function of the work performed. He/she does not receive a regular salary.

[] 4 IN = An independent worker is an employed, working person who works on his/her own behalf in a sole proprietorship. One or more family helpers may assist him/her.

[] 5 FH = A family helper is someone who works on behalf of a company or a farm belonging to a member of his/her family or the household to which he/she belongs. A family helper does not receive any salary but receives food and board in exchange for his/her work.

[p.53]

[] 6 AP = Apprentice: An apprentice is someone who is learning a trade and does not receive compensation.

How to conduct the interview

Ask the following question: "Do you work on your own behalf?"

If "yes," ask "Do you employ and pay anyone in your company?"
If "yes," circle the code l = EM. If "no," circle the code 4 = IN
If "no," ask "Do you work for the government, a private company, or an individual?"
If "yes," ask "Do you receive a regular salary?

If "yes", circle code 2 = SA

If "no," ask "Do you work for a relative without receiving a salary" or "Are you learning a trade?" or "Are you paid by the task (contingent work)?"

Depending on the answer, circle code 5 = FH or code 6 = AP or code 3 = CW.

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Côte d'Ivoire 1998 — source variable CI1998A_CLASSWK — Current employment status
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Residents of age six years and over
[Question 26 through 33 asked of resident persons aged 6 and older.]

31. Type of occupation

[] 1 Employer (em)
[] 2 Public sector employee (spb)
[] 3 Private sector employee (spv)
[] 4 Casual work - "by the job" (ta)
[] 5 Cooperative (cop)
[] 6 Independent (ind)
[] 7 Family helper (af)
[] 8 Apprentice (ap)
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Attention: Questions 26-32 apply only to residents of the household who are at least 6 years of age. Therefore, these questions do not apply to: visitors, any and all resident children (present or absent) who are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 years of age, or born in 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, or, 1993, or who were born between November 1 and December 31, 1992.
Resident children (present or absent) born between January 1 and October 31, 1992, are now 6 years of age; therefore, questions 26-32 apply to them.

Special case: For any child who is a resident (present or absent) and was born in 1992, without the month being specified, questions 26-32 apply. For resident children (present or absent) to whom questions 26-32 do not apply, draw a slash through column 26 and the following columns.

Question 31: Current employment status
The "Current Employment Status" refers to the hierarchical position of an "employed" person or simply any worker within the company; the industrial, artisanal or commercial unit; the farm; the Government, etc., in which he or she currently practices or has previously practiced his/her economic activity, employment, trade, or duty during the reference period, i.e., in the last 4 weeks prior to the census taker's visit to the household.

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For purposes of the census, a distinction must be drawn among 8 possible situations: employer, public sector employee, private sector employee, day laborer, member of a cooperative, self-employed worker, family assistant, and unpaid apprentice.
A worker is a person bound to an employer, public or private, by an employment contract that provides for salary-based compensation, in kind or in cash, for the work he/she provides. The census is also concerned with the type of employer, hence the distinction made between a public sector employee and a private sector employee.

"1 = EMP" Employer: This is an employed person who operates his/her own business. He/she owns the means of production, equipment, machinery, buildings, etc., has concentrated decision-making powers, and employs workers in this enterprise who are paid, in kind or in cash, in return for the work done.
"2 = SPB" Public sector employee. All civil servants and public officials, including contract workers employed by the Government, a semi-public administration, or local authorities, and the employees of public institutions, are considered public sector employees. In this case, we are referring to the Ivorian national public sector. Employees of international organizations or of the embassies and consulates of foreign countries established in Côte d'Ivoire are employees of the international public sector and the foreign public sector, respectively. They must be classified as public sector employees.
"3 = SPV" Private sector employee: All salaried workers in agricultural, industrial, commercial, transportation, and service enterprises, banks and insurance companies in the private sector, and workers from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are grouped in this category.
"4 = TA" Day laborer: This is a worker or service provider who has very rudimentary equipment, most often carried in a bag, and who waits for prospective customers on a street corner or a makeshift shed, or who is itinerant. He/she is paid per service or task performed.
"5 = COP" Member of a cooperative. This refers to an employed person who offers goods (agriculture, livestock) or services (trade, transport, etc.) in association with other people. Each member is paid based on the value of the goods or services produced.
"6 = IND" Self-employed: A self-employed person is an individual engaged in his or her own career or business, alone or with the help of family members or unpaid apprentices.
"7 = AF" Family assistant: A family assistant is a person, male or female, who contributes labor to a family business without receiving compensation in cash or in kind. The term "family business" refers to an agricultural operation, a commercial operation, a crafts operation, etc., owned by a member of his/her family.
"8 = AP." An Unpaid Apprentice is a person who is learning a manual trade through an apprenticeship, in the workshop or in the field, with a master. He or she receives no compensation in cash or in kind in return for the work performed.

Note: An apprentice paid in cash or in kind must be considered a private sector employee.

How to conduct the interview on current employment status?
To all residents aged 6 years or older who are declared "employed," ask the following question:

[p.42]

1- Do you work or conduct business on your own behalf, without associating yourself with anyone else, in a company, an establishment, an industrial, artisanal, agricultural or commercial production unit, or a facility that provides services, whose means of production and equipment belong to you?

1.1- If the answer is "yes," two cases are possible and it is necessary to continue the line of questioning as follows:
a) In the course of this economic activity, do you make use of any temporary or permanent staff to whom you pay a salary in cash or in kind for the work completed? If the answer is yes, then the individual in question is an employer. Circle code "1 = EMP." If the answer is "no," ask the following question (b).
b) In the course of this economic activity, do you work alone or do you employ a few members of your family, without formally paying them for the work done?
i) If the answer is "yes," then the individual in question is self-employed. Circle code "6 = IND."
ii) If the answer is "no," there are clearly inconsistencies; repeat the questions with more explanations so that the individual will better understand the nature of the information sought.
1.2- If the answer is "no," the individual in question is neither an employer, nor a self-employed person, nor a day laborer. Then ask the following questions to determine whether the individual is a public sector salaried worker or a private sector salaried worker.

2- Do you work or conduct your business on behalf of a government office, an organization, a company, an industrial, agricultural, commercial, or artisanal production unit, a facility that provides services, or an ordinary household (or an individual) that compensates you, on the basis of a verbal or written contract, in the form of a wage or salary, in cash or in kind, in return for the work done?

2.1- If the answer is "yes," the individual in question is a salaried worker. Then ask the following question:
a) Do you work for the Government, a local government, an international organization, an embassy or consulate, a public undertaking, or a state-owned company? If the answer is "yes," then the individual in question is a public sector employee. Circle code "2 = SPB." If the answer is "no," continue to question series (b).
b) Do you work in a private business or institution, a non-governmental organization, or a household? If the answer is "yes," then the individual is a private sector worker. Circle code "3 = SPV." If the answer is "no," then there appears to have been a misunderstanding. All questions must be repeated with more explanation.
2.2- If the answer is "no," the individual in question is not a salaried worker. Then ask the following questions to determine if the worker in question is a day laborer, a member of a cooperative, an unpaid apprentice, or a family assistant.

3- Do you practice your trade (craftsman, worker) on behalf of various clients (individuals, companies, etc.) who pay you by the job?" If the answer is "yes," the worker in question is a day laborer. Circle code "4 = TA." If the answer is "no," ask the following question:
4- "Do you conduct your business (trade, crafts, agriculture) on your own behalf, or in association with other people (in a cooperative)? If the answer is "yes," then this worker is a member of a cooperative. Circle code "5 = COP." If the answer is no, continue the interview.

[p.43]

5- "Do you conduct your business in a family business (boutique, small-scale production, commercial operation, farm, workshop, etc.) run by a relative who pays you no salary in return?" If the answer is "yes," then the individual in question is a family assistant. Circle code "7 = AF." If the answer is "no," ask the following question.
6- "Do you conduct your business or practice your trade with a master (worker, craftsman, service professional, etc.) who provides your professional training and therefore does not pay you any salary in return?" If the answer is "yes," then the individual in question is an unpaid apprentice. Circle code "8 = AP." If the answer is "no," then all questions must be repeated.
The current employment status also pertains to residents aged 6 years or older who are declared "unemployed" in column 28, "type of activity." We must therefore repeat the same sets of questions for each person declared "unemployed," this time referring to the last economic activity carried out before individual came to be unemployed.


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Dominican Republic 1960 — source variable DO1960A_CLASSWKR — Status in employment
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For those individuals 10 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 14 - 18]

17. Occupational category.

E = employer, T. P. = self-employed, A = salaried employee, T. F. = family worker
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Economic characteristics

64. The questions 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 are presented to all persons 10 years of age or older. A dash [-] is traced in the spaces 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 for those younger than 10 years of age.

It may be difficult to obtain accurate answers due to the nature of this information. Great care should be taken to ensure that the annotation reflects the desired information.

Reference period

65. The information recorded in the spaces mentioned above (14, 15, 16, 17, and 18) refers to the following period of time: from January 1st to August 7th, 1960. In other words, the time that has passed since the beginning of the year to the date of the census. Whenever the "reference period" is mentioned, it is to be interpreted as the period of time between the two dates mentioned above.

74. Question 17. The symbol that represents the category or position that corresponds, or corresponded, to the persons with an annotation in question 15, those who carried out an occupation during the "reference period", is recorded in this space. Excluded are those "new workers" and "old workers", for whom a dash (-) is recorded.

Symbol: E
Category: Employer

Symbol: TP
Category: Own-account

Symbol: A
Category: Salaried

Symbol: TF
Category: Family worker

Definitions:

a) Employer. The owner of an economic enterprise, or one who works on own-account in a profession or trade and who has one or more employees.

Examples:

1) Owner of a fabric store with one or more employees;

2) Farmer, owner of a farm, who employs field workers;

3) Farmer, owner of a farm, who pays his son for work carried out on the agricultural operation;

4) Owner of a boarding house that employs a cook and servants;

5) A lawyer who pays a secretary; a medical doctor who pays a nurse and secretary.
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b) Own-account worker. One who operates his own economic enterprise or who carries out a profession or trade on his own-account but who does not have any salaried employees. This person can work alone, in association, or with relatives who are un-paid.

Examples:

1) Professionals who earn honorariums for their work and who do not have assistants;

2) Store owner who only works with the help of unpaid family members;

3) Farm owner who only works with the help of unpaid family members;

4) Traveling salesmen or street peddlers who work alone.

Note: If one of these persons uses one or more paid workers, other than unpaid family members, their category changes from "Own-Account Worker" to "Employer".
c) Salaried. One who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in the form of a salary, wage, commission, tips, piece-rate, or pay in-kind.

Examples:

1) Those who work for employers (or for private organizations) and receive a wage or salary;

2) Those who work for any branch of the Government, including elected and remunerated officials and members of the Armed Forces.
p. 44
3) Administrators, directors, and other employees of economic enterprises who are not owners of the business in which they work, even if they carry out the functions of an employer.

4) Those who only receive tips for their work and do not receive a salary or wage.

5) Those who do piecework in their home or in a workshop for one or more employers or for their own clientele;

6) Domestic employees who receive a salary, wage, or pay in-kind.
d) Family worker. One who carries out an unpaid occupation in a business or economic enterprise operated by a member of the census household.

Examples:

1) The woman who helps her husband in the store without being paid.

2) The son who helps his father on the farm and does not receive pay.

3) The boy who helps his uncle in the uncle?s business.

4) The wife of a doctor who keeps the books and makes appointments.

5) The son of a farm owner who takes products to the market and sells them.

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Dominican Republic 1970 — source variable DO1970A_EMPSTAT — Class of worker
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Ask questions 13-16 only of those who answered 1 or 2 in question 12.

15. Occupational category. What is the category of the enumerated person within the occupation, according to the list that I am going to read to you? For the enumerated person without work (unemployed), write the category corresponding to the most recent occupation.

[] 1 Employer (boss/owner)
[] 2 Self employed
[] 3 Salaried or waged employee (including domestic servants and paid family workers)
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
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11.5.4 Economic characteristics. Questions 12-16 are presented only to those 10 years of age and older. It is also pointed out that questions 13-16 are only presented to those who were classified in either of the first two groups of question 12: "employed" or "unemployed".

d) Question 15. Employment status. Within each occupation there are various categories or positions. This question attempts to find out which of these is held by the enumerated person. This is the information that allows this question to be answered. In order to obtain a correct response, it is indispensable that the four categories found in the census form be read to the informant. These categories are defined below: i) Employer (owner). This is the person who directs his own economic enterprise or who carries out a profession or trade by and for himself and who has one or more employees or workers who receive a salary or wage. This excludes domestic employees.; ii) Own-account worker. This is the person who operates his own economic enterprise or who carries out a profession or trade by and for himself and who does not have any employees or workers receiving a salary or wage.; iii) Employee with a salary or wage (including domestic employees and paid family workers). This category includes, therefore, three groups: employees, paid family workers, and domestic employees. An employee is a person who works for a public or private employer (owner) and who receives remuneration in the form of salary, wage, tips, commissions, pay for piecework (for units of work), or pay in-kind. It does not matter, therefore, if the work is predominantly intellectual or physical in nature, or vice versa. A paid family worker is a person who works for pay or earnings, for less than three hours per day, in an economic enterprise operated by a relative, only if they live in the same household. A Domestic employee is a person who works for a public or private employer (owner) and who carries out activities related to household service (servant, butler, cook, doorman, nanny, washerwoman, etc.) and who receives a basic remuneration in the form of a salary and normally some additional perks (housing, food, etc.).;
p. 18
iv) Unpaid family worker. This is a person who works, without pay or earnings, in an economic enterprise operated by a relative for at least three hours per day; only if they live in the same household.

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Dominican Republic 1981 — source variable DO1981A_CLASSWKR — Status in employment
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For individuals 10 years of age and older[Applies to questions 51-64.]

62. In this job are or were you a:

[] 1 Public sector employee
[] 2 Private sector employee
[] 3 Employer or owner
[] 4 Own-account worker
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 6 Worker in a family home
[] 9 Other (specify) ____
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For persons 10 years of age and older

Question 62: In this occupation, were you??

The options are read to the informant and the corresponding circle is filled in, according to the answer.

When "Other" is filled in, the enumerator should specify.


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Dominican Republic 2002 — source variable DO2002A_CLASSWK — Professional status
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For persons of 10 years old and more

51. In that job, [the respondent] is/ was:

[] 1 Employee earning a wage or salary
[] 2 Employer or boss
[] 3 Unpaid family worker
[] 4 Self-employed (Skip to question 54)
[] 5 Member of a production cooperative (Skip to question 54)
[] 6 Other (Skip to question 54)
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For people age 10 or older

Question 51: In that job (NAME) was (or is)?

Read clearly all the answer options to the interviewee for this question. Read slowly and clearly so the interviewee can fully understand.

Fill in the correct answer.
If the interviewee answered with code 4, 5 or 6 skip to question 54.

Salary paid employee: A person that works as an employee, laborer, day laborer and that receives a salary for the work he/she does in an institution, company, business or farm. These include those employees that receive a fix salary (monthly, biweekly, etc.) as well as those who get paid by commission or by job basis, or by honorary or in other similar ways.

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Employer or Owner: A person that has his/her own company, business, or establishment and employs more than one person, which he/she pays a salary.

Independent Worker: A person that works independently in an economic activity. He/she could work by himself/herself or be associated to others and receive help from family members.

Family worker with no remuneration: Persons that do not receive any type of remuneration, either a salary or any payment for the work that they do in a business, company or family economic activity.

Member of a cooperative: A person that works for a cooperative obtaining some sort of income from his/her work there.

Other category: A person with other positions or work characteristics not previously specified.


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Dominican Republic 2010 — source variable DO2010A_CLASSWK — Professional status
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For persons age 10 or older

53. In that job [the respondent] was (or is)?

Read all answers and mark only one.

[] 1 Salary or waged employee?
[] 2 Employer or owner?
[] 3 Family worker or unpaid worker?
[] 4 Self-employed?
[] 5 Other?
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Question 53. In that job [the respondent] was (or is)?
This question has the goal of defining the occupational category that the person being surveyed had in the business or company where they worked during the week before the census interview. In the case of people who were not working the week prior to the census, but who did work some time in the past, the question refers to the occupational category in their last paid job. Fill in the bubble according to the informant's answer.
What follows is an explanation of the concepts related to the various alternatives of occupational categories, with the purpose of providing you with enough knowledge to choose the correct response based on the informant's answer.

  • Salary paid employee is the person who maintains a dependent relationship with the company or institution that he/she works for and receives pay in the form of a salary, either in cash or kind.
  • Employer or Owner is the person who runs or manages on their own a business or career, employing one or more paid employees, in addition to family members or non-relatives who work, not necessarily paid.
  • Family worker with no remuneration is the person who works in the business or company of a family member or non-family member without pay, for at least one hour during the week before the census. However, if the person is regularly paid a pre-determined amount of money, that could be considered a salary, he/she should be recorded as a paid employee.
  • Independent Worker is the type of worker that has neither a boss, nor is in charge of employees or laborers. The business or company only has one worker, not belonging to another organization, that sells and/or produces goods and/or services for that which a price is charged. Examples: an independent lawyer, engineer, plumber, electrician, door to door salesperson, artisan, etc.
  • Other. This category exists for people who are economically active and cannot be included in any of the previous categories.

Ask the question exactly as it is written in the census survey and fill in the bubble corresponding to the code that fits the informant's answer.


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Ecuador 1962 — source variable EC1962A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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Only for those 12 years of age and older
[Applies to items 14 through 18]


X. Economic Characteristics


(18) Occupational category or employment status

Owner/boss
Own-account worker
Employee
Salaried worker
Unpaid worker
Other
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Column 18: Employment status. Write down one of the 6 categories specified below, for each of the people who provided data en columns 16 and 17:

a) Owner. For any person who runs their own company or business and who has one or more paid workers;

b) Own-Account. For any person who performs an activity, profession or trade independently and who doesn't have any paid workers in their charge;

c) Employee. For any person who generally does an intellectual or administrative job and receives a twice-monthly or monthly salary;

d) Wage-earner. For the person who does manual labor and receives a wage, daily or monthly, as in the case of a day-laborer, manual laborer, or unskilled laborer;

e) Unpaid. For any person who doesn't receive a salary or wage, paid either monetarily or in kind [p. 22], as in the case of apprentices or an unpaid relative.

f) Other. For any person who can't be classified in one of the previous categories, as in the case of members of religious organizations.


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Ecuador 1974 — source variable EC1974A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For all individuals 12 years of age and older [Applies to questions 12-15.]

Questions 13 -15 only for those who responded 1, 2, or 3 in question 12.


15. What was your category or position in the occupation indicated? Ask the questions in the order given and upon receiving an answer, mark the appropriate box.

[] 1 Owner or active partner? (Have employees)
[] 2 Own-account? (Do not have employees)
[] 3 Worker or salaried employee?
[] 4 Unpaid family worker?
[] 5 Others
[] 9 Unknown

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D. Economic characteristics for people 12 and older

[Note that this section corresponds to section C. on the enumeration form. There appears to be no section C. in the enumerator's manual, but rather two sections labeled D.]


Question No. 17

[The following directions refer to a graphic representing question 17, "what is your category or position in the occupation or trade that you indicated?", in this section of the enumeration form.]

Read each one of the different alternatives slowly until the person being enumerated classifies themself in one of them. Mark the corresponding box.

[Note that this question corresponds to question 15 on the enumeration form. Further, the enumeration form includes one response option ("unknown") that the enumerator's manual lacks, but lacks one option ("apprentice") that the enumerator's manual includes.]


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Ecuador 1982 — source variable EC1982A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For all individuals 12 years of age and older


Questions 14 - 16 are only for those who answered 1, 2, or 3 in question 13.


16. What was the category or position in the occupation indicated?

Ask the questions in the order given and upon receiving an answer; mark the appropriate box.

[] 1 Owner or active partner?
[] 2 Own-account?

Worker or salaried employee?
[] 3 Public sector
[] 4 Private sector
[] 5 Unpaid family worker?
[] 6 Others
[] 9 Unknown

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Questions 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 on Economic characteristics should be asked of all people 12 and older.


Question 16. What was your category or position in the occupation you indicated?

After asking the question, clearly read each of the options in the order that they appear and, upon receiving a response, mark the corresponding box.

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Mark box 1 when it is an owner or active partner.

Owner. Is a person who runs their own company or business, or who practices a profession or trade and who has one or more paid employees. Ex: the owner of a factory.

Active partner. Is a person who invests by their work, or through capital and work, in a given company.

Mark box 2, own-account, if the person runs their own company or business, or practices a profession or trade on their own, but does not have paid employees. Ex: street vendor [In the rural manual: ex: a farmer who works land on their own property, a spinner, etc.]

Mark box 3, public employee or wage-earner, when the person being enumerated is an official, employee, or manual laborer for the National Government, Sectional Government, or Autonomous Sector, who receives remuneration, a salary, a wage or piecework pay(pago a destajo), under appointment, contract, or a daily wage.

[This paragraph as follows in the rural manual:] Mark box 3, public employee or wage-earner, when the person being enumerated is an official, employee, or manual laborer who receives remuneration, a salary, a wage or piecework pay (pago a destajo), under appointment, contract, or a daily wage from the National Government, e.g., a sheriff ( Teniente Político), Post Office employee, etc.; Sectional Government such as Municipalities, Provincial Councils, etc; or Autonomous Sector, institutions like the National Development Bank (Banco de Fomento), etc.

Private sector employee or wage earner. Mark box 4 for an official, employee, or manual laborer who works in a private company and receives remuneration, a salary, a wage, commission, tips, piecework pay (pago a destajo) or payment in kind.

Unpaid family worker. Mark box 5 if the person being enumerated performs an unpaid occupation in the company or business of a family member during the majority of the week.


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Ecuador 1990 — source variable EC1990A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For all individuals 8 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 13-18.]


For those who answered 0, 1 or 2 in question 13 and 1 in question 14:
[Applies to questions 15-18.]


18. What was the position or category in the occupation indicated?

Read the options in the order given and upon receiving an answer mark the appropriate box.

[] 1 Owner or active partner
[] 2 Own-account

Employee or paid worker:

[] 3 Of a municipality or provincial council
[] 4 Of the state [estado, i.e., central government]
[] 5 Of the private sector

[] 6 Unpaid family worker
[] 9 Unknown

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Question 18. What was the position or job category of the work indicated?

The goal of this question is to understand the labor relationship that each person has in his/her work, activity or business that he/she indicated in question 15.

Owner- this is the person who manages his/her own company or business or practices a profession or occupation and has one or more paid employees. For example: factory owner, owner of a clothing workshop, etc.

Investment partner- This is a person who contributes with work or capital or with work and capital, in a specific business. For example: partner in a company where he/she provides capital.

Self-employed- This is the person who works in his/her own company or business, profession or occupation, but without employees. For example: traveling salesman, seamstress, lawyer who practices his/her profession without a secretary, etc.

Employee or worker- All persons who receive payment for labor in the form of hourly salary, monthly salary, daily pay, or piece work wages.

If the person being enumerated works for the municipality or Provincial government, mark box 3.

If the person being enumerated provides services in a public office, mark box 4.

If the person works in a company, business, industry or other private enterprise, mark box 5.

Unpaid family worker- This is the person who works without pay in a company, land plot, or family business. For example: the spouse who works in the grocery store owned by her spouse, etc.

What was the position or job category of the work indicated?

Read the possible answers in order and when you receive and answer, mark the corresponding box.

[ ] 1 Owner or active partner
[ ] 2 Self-employed
Employee or salaried worker:

[ ] 3 of the municipality or provincial council
[ ] 4 of the State
[ ] 5 of the private sector

[ ] 6 Unpaid family worker
[ ] 9 Don't know


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Ecuador 2001 — source variable EC2001A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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23. What was the position or job category of the work indicated?
Read the possible answers in order and when you receive and answer, mark the corresponding box.

[ ] 1 Owner or active partner
[ ] 2 Self-employed
Employee or salaried worker:

[ ] 3 Of the municipality or provincial council
[ ] 4 Of the State
[ ] 5 Of the private sector

[ ] 6 Unpaid family worker
[ ] 9 Don't know

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Question 23.- What was your position or status in the occupation that you indicated?

[There is a picture of question 23 from this section of the enumeration form.]

The purpose of this question is to determine the work relationship that each person has in the job, activity, or business that they indicated in question 22.

Owner.- This the person who directs their own company or business or who practices a profession or trade and has one or more paid employees. Example: factory owner, owner of a sewing shop, etc.

Active partner.- Is a person who contributes by their work or by their work and capital in a given company. Example: partner in a company who contributes capital.

Own-account.- Is a person who runs their own company or business, profession or trade, but doesn't have employees. Example: peddler, seamstress, attorney who practices his profession without a female secretary, etc.

Employee or wage-earner.- Is any person who received compensation in the form of a wage, salary, daily wage, piecework pay, for work performed.


If the person being enumerated works for the municipality or the provincial Council, mark box 3.

[There is a drawing of a street cleaner with box 3 checked.]

If the person being enumerated works in a public office, mark box 4, of the State.

If they work in a company, business, industry or other private [entity], mark box 5, of the Private Sector.


Unpaid family worker.- Is a person who performs an unpaid occupation in a family member's company, plot of land, or business. Example: the wife who works in her husband's supply store, etc., without receiving any compensation.


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Ecuador 2010 — source variable EC2010A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For persons five years old and older
[Questions 27 to 33 were asked of all people five years and older.]

In the last week or the last week that he/she worked:
[Questions 29-33 were asked of people who reported some kind of work or looking for work in the last week.]


31. In the place indicated, [the respondent] works or worked as:

[] 1 Employee or worker of the State, government, municipality, provincial council, parish boards?
[] 2 Private employee or worker?
[] 3 Day laborer or laborer?
[] 4 Patron/employer?
[] 5 Partner?
[] 6 Self-employed?
[] 7 Non-remunerated worker?
[] 8 Domestic employee?

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[Section 4]


Step 14: Continue with section 4, information about the population / D: Economic characteristics (annex, pages 41-45)

[A copy of section 4D of the census questionnaire is omitted here.]

Tips:

  • Follow the sequential order of the questions.
  • Remember that the questions are for people 5 years old and older.
  • (A)The week of reference will be Sunday the 21st to Saturday the 27th of November.
  • Question 27 serves to identify people who did some activity for an income or not.
  • (B)Take into account the leaps of questions 27 and 28.
  • Question 29 is written literally, the activity of the business or company in which the interviewed person works or worked.
  • If the informant mentions having more than one job, you should register the one that he/she considers the principal one.
  • Question 30 is written very literally, what does the interviewed person do or what he/she did where he/she works/worked
  • Question 31 indicates the dependency relation that the person has in the place where he/she works.
  • Question 32 registers the total number of worked hours, at his/her principal work, in the past week or the last week that he/she worked.
  • In question 33, register if the activity that the person does is inside or outside the household.
  • If the person does more than one activity, as for example weave wool clothing in the household and leave to sell in the streets; for the registry of question 33 priority will be given to the production, therefore you will mark x in code 1 (within the home).


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Egypt 1986 — source variable EG1986A_EMPSTAT — Employment status
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Part B: Individual data

Persons six years and over
[Questions 8-11 asked of persons six years and over.]

8. Employment status

[] 1 Under age
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Employee
[] 5 Unpaid worker
[] 6 Seeking work (old)
[] 7 Seeking work (new)
[] 8 Student
[] 9 Housewife
[] 10 Not willing to work
[] 11 Retired
[] 12 Aged not working
[] 13 Unable to work
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Employment status: Column number (8)
For the person less than (6) years put the circle round number (1)
For the person (6) years and over put a circle:
Circle number (2) who runs a work on his own account and employs others

Or circle number (3) for the person who works on his own account and doesn't employ others
Or circle number (4) for worker who is paid by others even those others are his relatives
Or circle number (5) a family unpaid worker
Or circle number (6) for the person seeking work but, he was previously working
Or circle number (7) for the person seeking work and has no previous work

The person seeking work means that he is able and willing to work but, he can't find it

Or circle number (8) for the student of full time study
Or circle number (9) for the female who has a full time housework
Or circle number (10) for the person who is able to work but, unwilling to work
Or circle number (11) for the pensioner because of age (60 years but, not reaching 65) and he is not working now either willing or unwilling
If the pensioner is working after the legal age; therefore, number (11) is not given to him but, it is given the suitable employment status "retired" if the retired is under the age of retirement (60) years and he is able to work, the suitable recent employment status and not the employment status before his retirement
Or circle number (12) for the person who is (65) years old and over and he is not working
Or circle number (13) for the person (6) years and over and less than (65) years and not working because he is unable to work

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Egypt 1996 — source variable EG1996A_EMPSTAT — Work status
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Persons six years and over
[Questions 8-11 were asked of persons 6 years and over.]


8. Employment status

[] 1 Under age
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Employee
[] 5 Unpaid worker
[] 6 Seeking work (old)
[] 7 Seeking work (new)
[] 8 Student
[] 9 Housewife
[] 10 Not willing to work
[] 11 Retired
[] 12 Aged not working
[] 13 Unable to work

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The employment status column No.(8)
For the person less than (6) years fill in ink the circle in front of No.(1)
For the person six years and over fill in ink the circle:
In front of No.(2) for the employer
In front of No.(3) for the person who is working for his own account (self employed)
In front of No.(4) is for the paid worker who is working to other or to his relatives (employee)
In front of No.(5) for unpaid worker
In front of No.(6) the person who is seeking work but he was previously working
In front of No.(7) is for the person who is seeking for work but, he has no previous work
In front of No.(8) is for student
In front of No.(9) is for the housewife
In front of No.(10) is for the person who is able to work but, he is unwilling
In front of No.(11) is for the retired person because of age (60 years but he does not reach 65) and he is not working now, he is either willing or unwilling.
If the retired person after the legal age is working, the proper employment status is given to him, and not No.(11) as retired is given to him, if he is able to work, it is given to him the proper employment status that he is practicing after finishing his first job
In front of No.(12) for the person whose age is 65 and over and he is not working
In front of No.(13) for the person (6) years and more and less than 65 years and he is not working because he is unable to work


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Egypt 2006 — source variable EG2006A_EMPSTAT — Employment status
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[Questions 8-14 were asked of persons age 6 and older]


9. Work status

[] 1 Underage
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Self employed
[] 4 Waged worker
[] 5 Unpaid, working for family
[] 6 Unpaid, working for others
[] 7 Currently unemployed
[] 8 Recently unemployed
[] 9 Full-time student
[] 10 Housewife
[] 11 Retired
[] 12 Oldster and does not work
[] 13 Disabled
[] 14 Does not want to work
[] 15 Others

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Table 1: Household characteristics


11. Member employment status (during the previous week of the enumeration day)

The data regarding the nature of work, for members aged 6 years and older, should be selected from field number (1) to field number (16). There are 2 squares to code one of the correct answers in, writing the verbal response below the squares:

1. Member below age (less than 6 years).
2. Business owner who hires others.
3. Member who works for himself/herself and doesn't hire anyone.
4. Member who works for a wage for others or for family.
5. Member who works for family without wage.
6. Member who works for others without wage.
7. Unemployed who has worked before.
8. Unemployed who has never worked before.
9. Full-time student.
10. Full-time housewife
11. Retired who is less than 65 years and doesn't work
12. Member who is 65 years or above and doesn't work
13. Disabled
14. Doesn't want to work although he/she can work because he/she has enough income.
15. Other, for a male member who is between 6 to below 15 years, who is not enrolled in school and doesn't work.


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El Salvador 1992 — source variable SV1992A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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V. Information on members of the household


2. Persons age 10 or older
[Questions 14-21 were asked of persons age 10 or older]


[Questions 16-20 were asked of persons age 10 or older with employment or who performed some other activity, per questions 14 and 15.]


19. In this job, are or were you:

[] 1 Public sector employee or worker
[] 2 Private sector employee or worker
[] 3 Owner or employer
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Independent worker (own-account worker)
[] 6 Domestic worker
[] 7 Worker in a production cooperative
[] 8 Unknown

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4.5.4 Persons age 10 or older
These questions numbered 14 to 21 will be asked to those who are age 10 or older, males and females. If the person is younger than 10, the interview will end, canceling the corresponding page.


19. Situation at work
It is desired to know which position was worked in the principal job taking place in the week prior to the census. It is desired to know if the person was an employee or worker in the public or private sector, boss, or any of the categories that appear in the box.

[pg. 57]

In this job, you were:

Employee or worker in the public sector:
This is the person who works or worked in an institution in the public sector, whether with the central government, with an autonomous entity, or with a municipal city hall.

Employee or worker in the private sector:
This is the person who worked for a business, establishment, company or institution of the private sector. As such, this will include the people who work in international organizations, such as the UN, IDA (International Development Association), OAS (Organization of American States), etc. This should take into account that even though a person occupies the position of director, manager or president, if they are not owner of the company, they are still an employee, which is valid in both sectors (public and private).

Boss or employer:
The boss, entrepreneur or owner is the person who operates their own business or company or who works in a profession or capacity on their own account and who has one or more employees or paid or salaried workers.

Family worker without pay:
Uncompensated family workers are those who help with the family business without receiving pay, for at least 15 hours per week.


[pg. 58]

Independent workers (self-employed):
An independent worker is a person who is self-employed and doesn't have employees or workers to supervise but can receive help from a family member without paying them. Care should be taken not to confuse the self-employed worker with the owner or employer.

Domestic worker:
This is a man or woman who works in a permanent form for a household, doing household chores, such as: washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning, gardening, etc., for which he/she receives pay.

Worker in a producer cooperative:
This is a partner who works in one or more producer cooperatives for which they receive retribution according to their investment in the cooperative. If it is only a worker compensated by the cooperative, it should be clarified as "1" or "2" or rather as either employee or worker of the public or private sector.


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El Salvador 2007 — source variable SV2007A_CLASSWK — Work situation in the previous week
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[Questions 13-24 are for persons age 10 or older]


22. Are you or were you the following in this job:

[] 1 Employee or worker in the public sector
[] 2 Employee or worker in the private sector
[] 3 Boss or employer
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Unpaid non-family worker
[] 6 Independent worker (self-employed)
[] 7 Domestic employee

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[Questions 13-24 are for persons age 10 or older. If the person is younger than 10, end the interview and cross out the corresponding page]


Question 22: Are you or were you the following in this job?
The information desired is the position the person had in the principal job he/she performed in the week prior to the census. Was the person an employee or worker in the public or private sector, a boss or [employed in] any of the following categories:

Employee or worker in the public sector:
This is a person who works or worked in a public sector institution, be it the central government, an autonomous agency or a mayor's office.

Employee or worker in the private sector:
This is a person who worked in a company, establishment, business or institution in the private sector. Also include persons who work for international organizations such as the United Nations, USAID [US Agency for International Development], the Organization of American States, etc.

Keep in mind that, even if the person holds the position of director, manager or president, if he/she is not president of the company then he/she is considered an employee. This is the case for both the public and the private sector.


Boss or employer: A boss, entrepreneur or owner is a person who runs his/her own company or business or is self-employed in a profession or trade and who has one or more paid employees or workers.

Unpaid family worker:
This is a person who helps in the family business.

Unpaid non-family worker:
This is a person who helps in the business, on the farm, in the shop, etc., without receiving pay.

Independent worker (self-employed):
This is someone who is self-employed and does not have any employees or workers in his/her service. He/she may receive help from a family member if the family member is unpaid. Be careful not to confuse the self-employed worker with a boss or employer.

Domestic employee:
This is a man or woman who is permanently employed in a dwelling doing housework such as washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning, child care, running errands, gardening, etc. He/she receives pay for his/her work.


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Ethiopia 1984 — source variable ET1984A_CLASSWKR — Status in employment
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36. Status

____
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Column 36: Employment Status

For all household members occupation and major product or service of industry are filled for, employment status will be recorded in brief in column 36 and the correct code will be entered in card column 67 from the list of codes given below.

List of Employment Status and their Codes

0 = Employer: - A member who owns and runs a business by himself/herself and hiring one or more employees in his/her business.
1 = Public Employee: - One who works for public office paid with salary or in kind.
2 = Employee for producers or Service Cooperative Association: - Working for Producers or Service Cooperative Association paid salary or in kind.
3 = Employee of Private Organization: - Hired employee for private or private family paid in salary or in kind.
4 = Employee of International Organization: - Employees of embassies, United Nations Agencies, Overseas Organizations, Organization of African Union-etc.
5 = Member of Producers Service Cooperative Association: - Member of the producers association working for the association and member of the Service Cooperative Association.
6 = Self Employed: - A member who runs own organization on his/her own or with the help from family. This does not include members of Service Cooperative Association.
7 = Unpaid Employee of Family Organization: - A member working for the organization owned by the family he/she lives in.
8 = Other: - /for Humanitarian, public organizations, faith organizations, workers without pay, etc. /

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Ethiopia 1994 — source variable ET1994A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Section III: Detailed particulars of household members

[Questions 30-32 were asked for person's age 10+ who were engaged in economic activity, unemployed with previous work experience, or had work but did not work in the last 12 months.]

32. Status

____________

[For urban area]
32. The following codes are used to enter status of the person

[] 01 Employer
[] 02 Self employed
[] 03 Government employees
[] 04 Private employees
[] 05 Members of Agricultural or industrial cooperatives
[] 06 Unpaid family workers
[] 07 Others
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Columns 28 - 32: Information on economic activity
The information collected on economic activity status in these columns during the last
12 months include:

a. whether the person was engaged in productive work during the reference period
b. reason for not being engaged in productive work during the reference period (for those who were not so engaged)
d. major types of occupation
d. major product or service of the establishment or industry
e. employment status in the main activity
Column 30 ? 32: For those who have been engaged in productive work during most of the last months (column 28 code 1), unemployed with previous work experience (column 29 code 02) and for who had work but did not work during the last 12 months (column 29 code 03).

Column 32: What was (NAME's) employment status in the main job?

This question is asked for those who answered code 1 or 2 in question 31 (who has engaged in economic activity for most of the last 12 month and unemployed with work experience). The main activity refers to what a person has been doing for the longest period within the last 12 months.
NOTE: Employment status for unemployed persons with work experience is the status of the main job just before they left their work. Before filling the status, one has to understand well the following list and explanation of employment status.

1 = Employer: A person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engaged independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more employees during most of the last 12 months. This person may or may not participate in the production processes.
2 = Self-employed: These are own-account workers who operate their own economic enterprise or engage independently in a profession or trade, and hire no employees. They worked a productive activity for most of the last 12 months in their enterprise.

3 = Government employee: -This category includes those who, for most of the last 12 months worked on permanent or contractual basis, and paid on daily or weekly bases, and were paid from the government institutions such as hospitals, schools, defense forces?.etc and employed in public owned factories other development organizations (Government banks, state farms, etc.).

4 = Private employee: -These include those who, for most of the last 12 months, worked for a private employer and were paid either wages, salary in cash or in kind by the employer. The employments may be permanent or contract. The employer may pay them monthly, fortnightly, weekly, or daily. Those employed in NGO's or international organizations are also included here.

5 = Members of co-operative: -Who is an active member of a producers' co-operative and worked for most of the last 12 months. But those of the employees of the cooperatives should be included under code 4.

6 = Unpaid family workers: Those members of household (living in the same household) who worked for most of the last 12 months with out pay for families.

7 = Other: For those whose employment status is different from the above mentioned (1 - 6) and who worked for most the last 12 months are grouped in this code (code 7).

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Ethiopia 2007 — source variable ET2007A_CLASSWK — Class of worker (main job)
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Section 3: Details of persons in the household

[Questions 21-25 were asked of long form respondents' age 10+.]

24. What was [the respondent]'s employment status in the main job?

[] 1 Employee - government
[] 2 Employee - government parastatal
[] 3 Employee - private organization
[] 4 Employee - NGO/international org.
[] 5 Employee - Domestic
[] 6 Employee ? Others
[] 7 Self employed
[] 8 Unpaid family worker
[] 9 Apprentice
[] 10 Member of cooperative
[] 11 Employer
[] 12 Other
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Question 21 - 24:- Economic Activity

In this section the enumerators collect data regarding the economic activities and indicators of unemployment characteristics during the last seven days and the last twelve months prior to the date of enumeration.

Question 24:- What was [the respondent's] employment status in the main job?

This question is asked for those who answered code 1 or 2 in question 23 (who has engaged in economic activity for most of the last 12 month and unemployed with work experience). The main activity refers to what a person has been doing for the longest period within the last 12 months.

Note: Employment status for unemployed persons with work experience is the status of the main job just before they left their work. Before filling the status, one has to understand well the following list and explanation of employment status.

1 = Government employee:-This category includes those who, for most of the last 12 months worked on permanent or contractual basis, and paid on daily or weekly bases, and were paid from the government institutions such as hospitals, schools, defense forces....etc.

2 = Parastatal employee:-This category include those who for most of the last 12 months worked for government parastatal, and paid on permanent, contract, weekly or daily basis. These categories include government factories, state farms, etc. The parastatal may be fully or partly owned by the Government.

3 = Private employee:-These include those who, for most of the last 12 months, worked for a private employer and were paid either wages, salary in cash or in kind by the employer. The employments may be permanent or contract. The employer may pay them monthly, fortnightly, weekly, or daily.

4 = NGO's employee (including local and International non government Organizations.) Those include who for most of the last 12 months, worked for NGOs, International organization (UN). They were paid on monthly, weekly, daily or hourly basis. The terms of employment may be permanent or contract.

5 = Domestic employee:-These include maidservants, guards of the house, drivers...etc., who for most of the last 12 months, worked for private household. They were paid in cash or in kind. Their main job is preparing food, fetching water, washing cloth, cleaning the house for private households, etc.

6 = Other employee:-For most of the last 12 months they worked for non-profitable organizations such as churches, mosques, etc.

7 = Self-employed:-These are own-account workers who operate their own economic enterprise or engage independently in a profession or trade, and hire no employees. They worked a productive activity for most of the last 12 months in their enterprise.

8 = Unpaid family workers:-Those members of household (living in the same household) who worked for most of the last 12 months without pay for families.

9 = Apprentice:-These persons were the new entrants to the labour force, they may or may not trained in some specific field of study. They may be paid or not, who are practicing during most of the last 12 months in the productive activities.

10 = Members of co-operative:-Who is an active member of a producers' co-operative and worked for most of the last 12 months. But those of the employees of the cooperatives should be included under code 3.

11 = Employer:-A person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engaged independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more employees during most of the last 12 months. This person may or may not participate in the production processes.

12 = Other (Specify):-For those whose employment status is different from the above mentioned (7-11) and who worked for most the last 12 months are grouped in this code (code 12).

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Fiji 1976 — source variable FJ1976A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For all persons born in 1962 and before


15. Employment status last week

State whether employer, self employed, government wage or salary, private wage or salary, unpaid family worker or other.
____


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Fiji 2007 — source variable FJ2007A_CLASSWKR — Employment status
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For all persons born in 1997 or before
[Questions D19-24.]
(Questions D19-D24 refer to last week)


Questions D20-D23 for money or other compensation workers only.


D22. What is [the person's] employment status?

[ ] 1 Employee
[ ] 2 Employer
[ ] 3 Self employed
[ ] 4 Unpaid family worker
[ ] 5 Other specify____


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Fiji 2014 — source variable FJ2014A_CLASSWK — Employment status
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Questions D14-D18 for money or other compensation workers only

[D16] What is this person's employment status?

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Other, specify ____

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Finland 2010 — source variable FI2010A_CLASSWK — Occupational status
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[5] Employment
Employment statistics are annual statistics providing data by region on the population's economic activity and employment.

Active population
The labour force (active population) comprises all persons who were either employed or unemployed during the last week of the year. Participation in the labour force is determined on the basis of information derived from various registers.

Employee
Wage and salary earners (employees) are defined as persons aged between 18 and 74 who, according to the register data of employment statistics, have a valid employment relationship or employment pension insurance in the last week of the year. Persons employed by labour policy measures (other than business start-up allowance) in the last week of the year are also defined as wage and salary earners. It is required that the person defined as a wage and salary earner has received wage and salary income during the year, and that the person is not performing military or non-military service or has not been an unemployed job seeker in the job seeker register on the last day of the year.
If the person has self-employed person's pension insurance valid at the same time as the employment relationship, the person is defined as a wage and salary earner if his/her wage and salary income generated during the year is higher than his/her entrepreneurial income and he/she has not been a self-employed person in the statistics in the previous year.
If the person is not a self-employed person, unemployed, student, pensioner, performing non-military service or military service and his/her wage and salary income exceeds a defined income limit, he/she is defined as a wage and salary earner even if according to the employment relationship data, he/she did not have a valid employment relationship.

Status in employment
Status in employment describes the position of the employed on the labour market. . The status is classified as follows:

-- wage and salary earners
-- entrepreneurs

The data on status in employment are based on the person's pension insurance and amounts of wage and salary and entrepreneurial income.


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France 1962 — source variable FR1962A_SCLASSWK — SAPHIR class of worker
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Professional Activity

(For all persons born before January 1, 1948)
[Applies to questions 11 - 16]

If you are currently without work and you are looking for work, go directly to question 16.
If you are no longer working, go directly to question 17.


12. Do you work without pay helping another person in his/her profession (for example, a member of your family)?

[] yes
[] no


13. Do you practice your declared profession in question 11 as:

[] A paid employee
-- answer questions 14a, b and c and question 15)

[] Someone who works out of his/her home
[] An apprentice under contract
-- [If you checked either of the two above options,] skip to question 15

[] Landowning farmer, farmer, tenant farmer
[] Professional
[] Employer or independent worker: craftsman, shop-keeper, etc. (working independently, including managers who are majority shareholders of S.A.R.L. [gerants majoritaires de S.A.R.L] and persons working strictly on commission).
-- [If you check any of the three above options,] skip to question 15 and answer:

Do you have paid employees (do not count paid household help. In agriculture, count only permanent paid employees)
[] yes. How many? ____
[] no


14b. For state or municipal civil servants, public service employees (electric company, railroad, etc.), career military personnel, indicate your category [grade].

Examples: clerk, administrative secretary, administrator, chief engineer, registering agent [facteur enregistrant] for the French National Railroad:

____


16. For persons who are currently without work and who are looking for work.

a. Have you ever worked?

[] yes
[] no

b. What is your profession?

____

c. For how long have you been seeking work?

____

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Questions 11 through 17 The questions on professional activity are especially important. You should check carefully to make sure they are filled out carefully
Question 11: This question is of capital importance. It is impossible to be too specific in this category.
Read carefully the following explanations and the examples given on the individual report [bulletin individuel], as well as the following list:
Examples of inadequate answers which should not be accepted under any circumstance and comments
1. Answers which are inadequate because they are not specific enough:

Employee
Worker
Engineer

Indicate exactly the occupation of the person in question. For example: department- store salesperson, metal turner, chemical engineer.

Civil Servant
Railroad employee
Gas company worker

Specify the rank or job of civil servants and employees of public services. For example: accounting and order clerk, combined- use railroad agent [facteur mixte S.N.C.F.].

Shopkeeper
Manufacturer
Craftsman
Administrator

Answer in this way, for example: retail grocer, automobile repair mechanic, director of a noodle factory.

2. Answers which are inadequate because they are incomplete:

O.S.2.
O.P.
Qualified laborer
Team leader
Foreman

The above indicate the professional rank, but do not give the individual occupation.

[p.25]
Question 12 - Unpaid workers who help another person in his/her job
It may sometime happen that certain persons - above all, women - work helping another person in his/her job without receiving any pay for their work. These persons should answer "yes" to question 12, even if they only work as such on a part- time basis.
This question concerns, for example, the wife of a farmer who participates in farm work, or the wife or daughter of a shopkeeper who spends a few hours a day at the shop as a salesperson or at the cash register.
Question 13 - Household employee. This category is not intended for persons who are self- employed and work at home (craftsmen, seamstresses, milliners). It applies only to persons who work at home, often on a piecework basis, for an industrial or commercial establishment which pays them on this basis. Such is the case, for example, of certain designers for fashion magazines, persons who work for design houses, etc.
If these persons have several employers at the same time, indicate in question 15 which is their principal employer.

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France 1968 — source variable FR1968A_SCLASSWK — SAPHIR class of worker
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Professional activity (for all persons born before January 1st, 1954)
[Applies to questions 12- 18]


13. Do you work without pay, by helping another person in your profession ( a member of your family, for example)?

[] 1 Yes
[] No


14. Do you practice your main profession declared in question 12 as:

[] 2 Owner, farmer, sharecropper.
[] 3 Member of a free-market profession
[] 4 Employer or self-employed: artisan, merchant, industrialist, etc. (self-employed, including managers of the S.A.R.L. [Société à responsabilité limitée] and people only working on commission).
[For any of the above options:]

Do you hire employees?
Do not count servants at home in your service. In agriculture, only count permanent paid workers.
[] Yes
How many?

[] 1 1 to 2
[] 3 3 to 5
[] 6 6 or more

[] 0 No

[] 5 Person working at home for one (or more) businesses.
[] 6 Apprenticed under contract.
[] 7 Paid worker : answer questions 15a, 15b or 15c below:


15a. If you are a worker, specify the qualification for your current job:

[] 1 Unskilled laborer or specialized laborer
[] 2 Specialized worker (OS1, OS2, ...).
[] 3 Skilled worker or highly qualified (P1, P2, P3...)

15b. If you are an employee of the state, a local town or a public service (E.D.F. "Electricité de France", S.N.C.F. "Société nationale des chemins de fer", etc.) or military by career, specify your rank:
____

Examples: administrative secretary, second-class stationmaster, typist, etc.
15c. If you are in a different situation, specify your position in the organization:
____

Examples: supervisor, workshop manager, department store head, etc.
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Question 13: People working by helping another person in their profession, while not being paid.
It sometimes happens that some people - especially women - work by helping another person in his profession, without receiving a salary for it. These people will answer "yes" to question 12, even if they only work part time in these situations.
For example, this question effects the wife of a farmer who participates in the work of the farm, the wife or daughter of a merchant who spends several hours per day in the shop to ensure the sales or to operate the cash register.

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France 1975 — source variable FR1975A_SCLASSWK — SAPHIR class of worker
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For all people 16 years of age or older
[Applies to questions 8 -18]


12. Do you work without pay by helping another person in his/her profession (for example a member of your family)?

[] 1 Yes
[] No


15. If you are self-employed:

(answers 2, 3, or 4 on question 13)

Do you hire employees?
Do not count servants at home in your service. In agriculture, only count permanent paid workers.

[] Yes
How many?

[] 1 1 to 2
[] 3 3 to 5
[] 6 6 or more


[] 0 No


17. If you are currently without work and if you are looking for some:

a. For how long have you been looking for work?

[] 1 less than 3 months
[] 2 3 to less than 6 months
[] 3 6 months to less than a year
[] 4 one year or more


b. Have you already worked?

[] Yes
[] No


c. What is your career? ____

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[Questions 8 - 18 are for persons age 16 or older]


Question 12: People working to help another person in their profession without being paid.
It sometimes happens that some people - especially women - work by helping another person in his profession, without receiving a salary for it. These people will answer "yes" to question 12, even if they only work part time in these situations.
For example, this question effects the wife of a farmer who participates in the work of the farm, the wife or daughter of a merchant who spends several hours per day in the shop to ensure the sales or to operate the cash register.
These people should indicate the profession which they practice on question 11.


Question 17: The case of the unemployed and those who are looking for work.
This question concerns all people having or having not already worked, who fulfill the following conditions simultaneously:
a) do not have a job:
b) are actively looking for work.
Do not apply to these people the label "unemployed" which is sometimes judged offensive and which has a slightly different connotation.


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France 1982 — source variable FR1982A_SCLASS — SAPHIR class of worker
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For all persons aged 14 or older

If have practice a professional activity, answer questions 12 through 15,
Including: If you help a family member at work, even if part time
If you are an apprentice under contract or a paid intern

If you are not currently practice a professional activity or if you are unemployed: answer question 16.


13. Do you practice this profession as:

[] 1 An employer or independent worker (director or co-director of a farm, craftsman, shop keeper, industrialist, member of a liberal profession, etc.)

Do you employ paid workers? Do not count either apprentices or people who live with you as household help. In the agricultural sector, only count permanent paid employees.
[] Yes. How many?

[] 1 1 or 2
[] 2 3 to 5
[] 3 6 to 9
[] 4 10 or more

[] No. 0


[] 2 An unpaid mother's helper/household help (spouse, child or other family member of a farmer, a shop keeper, etc.)
[] 3 An apprentice under contract
[] 4 Paid employee

Are you an employee who works at home for one or more firms
[] 1 Yes
[] 0 No


16. If you do not actually practice any professional activity, or if you are unemployed:

a. Are you:

[] 1 A mother or housewife
[] 2 Retired (non age-related) from business (former shop keeper, former farmer, etc.)
If you checked box 1 or 2, indicate your previous professions: ____
[] 3 High school or college/university student
[] 4 Unemployed
[] 5 If other, please indicate: ____


b. Are you currently seeking work?

[] 1 Yes

Have you ever worked?
[] 1 Yes
[] 0 No

[] 0 No


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France 1990 — source variable FR1990A_SCLASSWK — SAPHIR class of worker
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Questions 8 through 21 are only for those people 14 years old or more


If you work, go to the back of the page (questions 12 to 21)
Includes:

If you are on sick leave or maternity leave
If you help a member of your family in his or her work without pay
If you are apprenticed under contract, a paid intern (TUC, SIVP..), etc.


11. Are you looking for work?

[] 1 You are not looking for work
You have been looking for work since:
[] 2 - less than 3 months
[] 3 - 3 moths to less than a year
[] 4 - 1 year to less than 2 years
[] 5 - 2 years or more


13. Do you help a member of your family in his or her work?
(farming or industrial operation, business, self-employed, etc.)

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

14. If you are a state employee, from a local community, from a public hospital, a public service (EDF [Electricité de France - French Electric Company], SNCF [Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer - National Railroad Organization], etc.) or military by career, specify your classification (corps, rank, etc.)
____


16. Are you?

[] 1 Paid
[] 2 Self-employed
(farmer, artisan, merchant, manufacturer, self-employed, unpaid family helper, etc)


18. If you are self-employed
How many employees do you have?
(Don't count apprentices or servants. In farming, count only people on a salary.)

[] 1 None
[] 2 1 or 2
[] 3 3 to 9
[] 4 10 or more


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France 1999 — source variable FR1999A_WKTY — Detailed status of working population holding a job

No questionnaire text is available for this sample.


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France 2006 — source variable FR2006A_CLASSWKR — Employment status
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[6. The rest of the questionnaire is for persons age 14 or older.]


[17. The rest of the questionnaire is for persons who are currently working. If you have several jobs, only describe your principal job in questions 18-30]


27. What is your contract or employment type?

[] 1 Non fixed-term employment; open-ended contract; civil service employees
[] 2 Apprenticeship contract
[] 3 Placed by a temporary-employment agency
[] 4 Paid internship with a company
[] 5 Youth employment contract [emploi-jeune]; solidarity employment contract (CES); qualification contract [contract de qualification] or other assisted employment
[] 6 Other fixed-term employment, fixed-term contract; short-term contract, seasonal, temp/casual


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France 2011 — source variable FR2011A_WKSTAT — Professional status
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6) The following portion of the questionnaire is for individuals age 14 or older.

11) Are you currently working?
If you have a job where you work from time to time, or if you are temporarily employed, or if you are in an apprenticeship or a paid internship, tick "yes".
If you are on medical or maternity leave, tick "yes".

[ ] 1 Yes, tick then skip to 17
[ ] 2 No, tick then skip to 12
12) If you are not currently working, answer questions 13-16.

15) What was your main profession?


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Germany 1970 — source variable DE1970A_CLASSWK — Position in occupation
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For economically active persons (also self-employed, farmers, family workers)
[Questions 15-18 were asked of economically active persons]


16. Are you:

[] Wage earner/homeworker
[] Industrial apprentice
[] Salaried employee
[] Commercial, technical, administrative apprentice
[] Official/judge
[] Self-employed
[] Unpaid family worker


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Germany 1971 — source variable DE1971A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Occupational information

To be filled out for all working and gainfully employed persons, as well as retirees that are still in the labor process, but not for apprentices and students


8.c. Are you employed as:

Mark applicable

[] 1 Worker/employee
[] 2 Member of cooperative
[] 3 Freelance worker
[] 4 Self-employed
[] 5 Family worker


Question 8: Occupational data

Question 8 should also be filled out by seasonal employees who are employed on census day. At present job seekers answer only questions 8b and 8c based on their last job.


Question 8c: Are you employed as:

Only members and candidates of production cooperatives (agricultural production cooperative, production cooperative for handicrafts, horticultural production cooperative, production cooperative for working fishermen, fishery production cooperative) as well as councils of lawyers should be entered as cooperative members. Only persons that work in the firm of a family member without a legal working relationship and do not get taxable and social security-taxable income from a firm should be entered as "family worker". Also counted here are family members working exclusively in the personal home economy of an agricultural production cooperative member. Family members whose legal working relationship in the firm of a relative is recognized from the time sheet and income tax and social security contributions are entered as "worker/employee".

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Questions about employment (to be answered by all working persons including pensioners who still work, but not apprentices and full time students)


8c. Are you gainfully employed as (mark as applicable):

[] 1 Blue or white collar worker
[] 2 Member of cooperative
[] 3 Freelance worker
[] 4 Self employed
[] 5 Assisting family member


To question 8: Employment

The question is to be answered also for seasonal workers if they are employed at census day. Persons looking for work answer only questions 8b and 8c according to their last employment.


To question 8c: Are you gainfully employed?


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Germany 1981 — source variable DE1981A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Fill out questions 11-13 for employed persons only (not apprentices).


11. Are you employed as:

[] 1 Worker/employee
[] 2 Agricultural production cooperative member
[] 3 Other cooperative member
[] 4 Person of liberal professions
[] 5 Self-employed
[] 6 Family worker

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Directions for filling out the person census list


Regarding questions 11 to 13:
For mothers that are currently on leave due to the birth of a child, questions 11 to 13 should still be answered. In question 12, "leave" should be entered in addition to the job held.


Question 11: Are you employed as...?
Only members should be entered as "agricultural production cooperative member". For members of the horticultural production cooperative and the production cooperative for working fishermen, "agricultural production cooperative member" should be marked.

Only members of production cooperatives for handicrafts, fishery production cooperative and council of lawyers should be entered under "other cooperative member."

"Family workers" work in the firm without conclusion of an employment contract.


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Germany 1987 — source variable DE1987A_CLASSWK — Present type of employment
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Question 15: Are you presently working as?
Home workers indicate either "other wage earner" or "skilled worker" in accordance with the activity pursued. Skilled workers also include journeymen.

Trainees and improvers are considered apprentices.

Tradesmen/women working from home, work agents or persons having a contract for work, and labor should mark "self-employed".


For economically active persons
[Questions 15-18 were asked of economically active persons.]


15. Are you presently working as:

[] 1 Skilled worker
[] 2 Other wage earner
[] 3 Salaried employee
[] 4 Apprentice
[] 5 Official (3), judge, soldier, person doing civilian alternative service
[] 6 Self-employed, employing paid labor
[] 7 Self-employed, without paid labor
[] 8 Assistant family member

(3) = Also applicants for civil service


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Ghana 1984 — source variable GH1984A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Answer only for the employed (including those with jobs who did not work) and the unemployed
[Questions 9-11 were asked of employed and unemployed persons age 10 and older]

11. Employment status

1 [] Employee
2 [] Self-employed without employees
3 [] Self-employed and employs others
4 [] Unpaid family worker
[] Other, specify ____
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8. Economic characteristics.

Questions 8, 9, 10 and 11 are restricted to persons aged 10 years and over.

11. What was your employment status in this establishment?

Four boxes have been provided under this item and where the answer corresponds to one of these you should mark the appropriate box. Note that you should mark only one box for each respondent.

(a) Employee- Mark this box for a person who works for a public or private employer and is paid by this employer. Note that in certain establishments like the Electricity Corporation some employees work under the title "Apprentice". Such persons should be considered as employees.

(b) Self-employed without other employees- Mark this box for a person who operates his own enterprise (e.g., a farmer, kenkey seller, carpenter) and who does not employ anybody to work for him in the operation of his enterprise (except perhaps apprentices or members of his family). Note that apprentices should not be classified as employees,

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so a carpenter or blacksmith, who works with apprentices only falls under this category. You should, however, make sure that the assistants of such a person are apprentices and not paid employees before classifying the respondent in this group.

(c) Self-employed and employs others- Mark this box for a person who operates his own enterprise directly or through another person (e.g. a manager or caretaker) and who for the operation of this enterprise hires one or more employees whom he pays. Note that the persons considered employees here exclude unpaid family workers and apprentices whether paid or unpaid.

(d) Unpaid family worker- Mark this box for a person who helps in running an economic enterprise operated by a member of his or her family without payment of wages or salary.

(e) Other, specify- To this category belong all persons who do not fall into any of the above groups. You should write down the person's employment status on the dotted line provided. Some of the types of workers you are likely to encounter here are caretaker in agriculture (Abusa, Abunu, etc.), Paramount Chief and Apprentice.

(i) Caretaker (Abusa, Abunu, etc.) should not be confused with a family worker. A Caretaker or Abusa is a person who looks after or manages another person's farm and who receives a share of the proceeds of the farm as payment for his services in operating the farm. The terms abusa (meaning one third) and abunu (one half) express the economic relationship between the land-tenant and the land-owner. You should note that this group is found only in agriculture and fishing and should not ·be confused with workers in other industries who are sometimes called "caretakers" e.g. a caretaker of a government rest-house, who is in fact a government employee. The Caretaker may or may not be a relative of the owner of the farm.

(ii) Chief refers to a Paramount Chief or any other chief who devotes more time to Local Administration than to any other
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activity. Note that many chiefs have their own farms. Therefore the only criterion to use in differentiating between a chief (who may also be an employer or self-employed) is the amount of time devoted to each work.

(iii) Apprentice refers to a worker who is learning a trade and who normally works under the supervision of a qualified worker. He is given an allowance.

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Ghana 2000 — source variable GH2000A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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P13 Type of activity: For P13 to P17; answer only for ages 7 years or older. The answer should refer to the 7 days before census night:


[P14-P17 were asked of persons who did not work for pay or profit or family gain and P13b=1 or 2.]


P16 Employment status: What was (name's) employment status in that establishment/industry?

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Self employed without employees
[] 3 Self employed with employees
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Apprentice
[] 6 Domestic employee (house help)
[] 7 Other

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P13 Type of activity: questions are to be asked of only persons aged 7 years or older; and refer to the seven days before census night


P16 Employment status: What was (name's) employment status in that establishment/ industry?

Seven boxes have been provided for this question and where the answer corresponds to one of these you must write the code and mark the appropriate box. Note that you must mark only one box for each respondent.

a. Employee- Mark this box for a person who works for a public or private employer and is paid by this employer.

b. Self-employed without employees- Mark this box for a person who operates his/her own enterprise (e.g., a farmer, kenkey seller, carpenter) and who does not employ anybody to work for him/her in the operation of his/her enterprise (except perhaps apprentices or members of his/her family). Note that apprentices must not be classified as employees. You must, however, make sure that the assistants of such a person are apprentices and not paid employees before classifying the respondent in this group.

c. Self-employed with employees- Mark this box for a person who operates his/her own enterprise directly or through another person (e.g. a manager or caretaker) and who for the operation of this enterprise hires one or more employees. Note that the persons considered employees here exclude unpaid family workers and apprentices, whether they are given an allowance or not.

d. Unpaid family worker-- Mark this box for a person who helps in running an economic enterprise operated by a member of his or her family without payment of wages or salary.

e. Apprentice- Refers to a worker who is learning a trade and who normally works under the supervision of a qualified worker. He/she may or may not be given an allowance.

f. Domestic employee (househelp)-- These are persons who are engaged to render household service with or without pay.

Other - To this category belong all persons who do not fall into any of the above groups


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Ghana 2010 — source variable GH2010A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Questions P00-P20 were asked for persons in both the household and non-household populations.]

Economic activity -- P13-P17: Should be related to the past 7 days preceding census night
[P13 to P17 were asked of all persons age 5 years or older.]

[Questions P14-P17 were asked of persons age 5 or older who were engaged in an activity for pay in the 7 days prior to the census (per question P13a) or had worked before and were seeking work or had been engaged in voluntary work without pay in the 7 days prior to the census (per question P13b).]

P16. Employment status.
What was [the respondent's] employment status in that establishment/industry?

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Self-employed without employees
[] 3 Self-employed with employees
[] 4 Casual worker
[] 5 Contributing family worker
[] 6 Apprentice
[] 7 Domestic employee (househelp)
[] 8 Other
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Economic activity (P13 - P17)

Economic activity questions cover P13a, P13b, P13c, P14, P15, P15a, P16 and P17. All these questions should be related to the period of 7 days preceding Census Night. They should be asked only for persons aged 5 years and older.

P16. Employment status: What was (name)'s employment status in that establishment/ industry?

Eight categories have been provided for this question and you must write the appropriate code in the corresponding box.

1. Employee - Write code 1 in the appropriate box for a person who works for a public or private employer and is paid by this employer.

2. Self-employed without employees - Enter code 2 for a person who operates his/her own enterprise (e.g., a farmer, kenkey seller, carpenter) and who does not employ anybody to work for him/her in the operation of his/her enterprise (except perhaps apprentices or contributing family workers). It also includes persons who pay themselves on own account (e.g. financial consultant, lawyer, hairdresser, dressmaker, etc.). Note that apprentices must not be classified as employees. You must, however, make sure that the assistants of such a person are actually apprentices and not paid employees before classifying the respondent in this group.

3. Self-employed with employees - Enter code 3 for a person who operates his/her own enterprise directly or through another person (e.g. a manager or caretaker) and who for the operation of this enterprise hires one or more employees. Note that the persons considered employees here exclude contributing family workers and apprentices, whether they are given allowances or not.

4. Casual worker - Refers to any person who provides labor or services under an irregular or informal working arrangement. They are contracted from time to time for short periods to perform specific jobs and have limited entitlement to benefits and little or no security of employment. They are also normally paid through the casual payroll. Enter code 4 for such persons.

5. Contributing family worker - Record code 5 in the appropriate box for a person who helps in running an economic enterprise operated by a member of his or her family without payment of wages or salary.

Note that a family member who works for pay must be classified as an employee.

6. Apprentice - This category refers to a worker (male or female) who is learning a trade and who normally works under the supervision of a qualified worker. He/she may or may not be given an allowance.

7. Domestic employee (house help)- These are persons who are engaged to render household service with or without pay.

8. Other - To this category belong all persons who do not fall into any of the above groups

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Greece 1971 — source variable GR1971A_CLASSWRK — Class of worker
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The following questions 13-24 should only be completed for persons born in 1960 or earlier.


The following questions (17-20) refer to the person's occupation during the previous week (7-13 March 1971), regardless of whether or not the person usually works.


If he/she worked during the previous week (questions 17-19):


19. What was his/her occupational status in the establishment, farm, enterprise, or service where he/she was working?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Assistant in the family business
[] 4 Employee or wage-earner

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[Questions 17-20 refer to the person's occupation during the previous week (7-13 March 1971) regardless of whether they usually work or not]

Questions 18, Type of work and establishment of work [omitted]
Question 19, Occupational status [omitted]
Question 20, Reason for not working [omitted]


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Greece 1981 — source variable GR1981A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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The following questions should be answered only by persons born in 1970 or earlier.


Occupation [Questions 11 to 14]


12. If he/she was working or seeking work (answer 1 or 2 in question 11) Answers to questions a and b must be specific. For question c, put an X in the appropriate space. If the person was seeking his or her first job, write "new worker" for questions a and b, and do not answer question c.

___ _ _ _ a) What type of work are they doing (or were they doing, the last time they worked)?

___ _ _ _ b) In what type of establishment, enterprise, farm, service, etc. do they work (or did they work, the last time they worked)?

c) What is their occupational status in this job (or in the last job that they held)?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Assistant in the family business or farm
[] 4 Employee or wage-earner

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Questions 10-15 should only be completed for persons born in 1970 or before


186. If the respondent is working or seeking work then he has to answer the following questions:

[Omitted, a), b) and c) as in the form]

187. The type of work he is or was doing the last time he worked must be very clear so as to be coded according to the occupational codes.

If his answer is general or vague, e.g. "technician", "employee" or "merchant" or "public servant", more questions are needed so as to clarify e.g. "what kind of technician', "what kind of employee", "what kind of trade, whole sale or retail" etc.

[Bottom of p. 60 and p. 61 omitted]

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190. Question (b) "what is the type of establishment, enterprise, agricultural land, service etc. he works (or was the last time he worked)" refers to the type of economic activity (industry branch) of the establishment, enterprise etc. the enumerated is working or if he is seeking work to the establishment, enterprise etc. he was working last. If seeking work for the first time as before "young" will be recorded.

191. The answer to this question must not be general or vague as e.g. "shop" or "factory" or "company" but must clarify the economic activity of the establishment or service he is working (or was working last). [Examples omitted]

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194. Question (c) "occupational status" the enumerated must answer whether he is (or was) employer, self-employed, assistant in the family business or agricultural land, or employee or wage earner.

These categories are clarified as following:

i) Employer is considered the owner of the establishment (either by himself or with partners) and is employing salaried or wage earning staff.
ii) Self-employed is the one that works in his own work without employing salaried or wage earning staff apart maybe a member of his family as unpaid assistant.
iii) Assistant in the family business or agricultural land is the family member working in the family business or agricultural land without pay, except his livelihood, within the time limits defined in paragraph 181.
iv) Employee or wage earner is the person who for his work is having a salary or a day's wage or by contract or percentage on the sales.


195. The employee or wage earner that works on contract but has the materials or is working with percentages on the profits is not to be considered as employee or wage earner. In these cases, he will be considered as employer (if he employs staff) or self-employed (if not employing staff).

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Greece 1991 — source variable GR1991A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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The following questions should only be completed for persons born in 1980 or earlier.


16. For those that answered 1 or 2 in question 15 (i.e., those who were working or were looking for work during the previous week) must describe:
a. The type of work they were doing the previous week (or did the last time they worked) question a1.)

and their activities, obligations, or duties in this work (question a2.).
___ a1. Type of work
___ _ _ _ a2. What were their activities, duties or obligations in this work?

___ _ _ _ b. In what type of establishment, enterprise, service, etc. did they work during the previous week (or during the last time they worked)?


c. Their class of work in this job (or in the job in which they last worked).
-Answers to questions a1 and b must be specific. For example, for an employee who worked as a salesman in a shoe store during the previous week (or during the last job), the answer should be written as follows: for question a1: "Occupation: shoe salesman"; for question b: "Establishment: shoe store." For question a2, the person's duties, obligations, or activities in this job must be described in detail.
-If, during the previous week, they were seeking work for the first time: write "NEW WORKER" in questions a1, a2, and b, and do not answer question c.
-Do not fill in the three spaces supplied for subsequent coding.
[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Employee or wage-earner
[] 4 Assistant in the family business or family farm

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The following questions (12-25) were answered only by individuals born in 1980 or before.

12. Level of education
[As in the form, omitted]

13.
[As in the form, omitted]

The question was clear and without problems. In the case of graduates of a foreign educational institution the code of the respective Greek educational institution was checked.


16. For the individuals having answered that they were working or seeking work describe the type of work, the type of the establishment, enterprise etc., as well as their occupational status.

The type of work referred to the enumerated individual's occupation or of that he/she worked last. For those that were seeking work for the first time it was entered the word "young". The coding of the occupation was based on the 3 digits ISCO 68 [88?].

The type of establishment, enterprise etc. referred to the type of economic activity (industry branch) of the establishment where the enumerated individual was working or for those that were seeking work, of that they worked last. For those that were seeking work for the first time it was entered the word "young".

For the coding of the economic activity STAKOD was used, based on the 3 digits NACE Revision 1.

For their occupational status [answers as in the form, omitted].


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Greece 2001 — source variable GR2001A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Questions 15-26 below should only be completed for persons born in 1990 or earlier


19. What was your status at this job?
Give only one answer.
(Answer only the response to question 16 was 1 or 2, i.e., "Working" or "Looking for Work.")

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Employee or wage earner
[] 4 Assistant in family business

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Question 19: Employer is a person who employs at least one person, excluding members of the household contributing in the family business without payment.

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Greece 2011 — source variable GR2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Questions 14 through 16 were asked of all persons that are currently working or seeking work]

14. In what type of establishment, enterprise etc., did you work during the previous week or the last time you worked?

Give a full description (example, wool mill) ____

15. What is or was you profession (job) the last time you worked?

Give a full description (example, assistant accountant) ____

16. What is or was your status at this job?

Choose only one answer.

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own-account worker
[] 3 Employee or wage-earner
[] 4 Member of producers' cooperative
[] 5 Contributing family worker
[] 6 Not classifiable
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Question 16 "What is or was your status at this work?" (Cases 1 or 2 of question 13)
The enumerated individual will record his occupational status at his work or if he is seeking work his occupational status at his last job, i.e. [omitted as in the form].
For each case we clarify:

[] Employer is the owner of the establishment (with one or few partners) and is employing on a continuous basis one or more individuals, salaried, a day's wages etc.
[] Self-employed is the individual that works in his own business (with one or few partners) without employing continuously any individual, salaried employee or a day's wages worker, apart maybe members of his family as unpaid assistants.
[] Employee or a day's wage earner is the person who for his work is having a salary or a day's wage or is paid by contract or percentage on the sales, with bonus, or in kind (food, housing, education).
[] Member of producers' cooperative is the self-employed individual at a cooperative, where each member takes part on equal terms with the other members in the organization of production, sales and /or other work, investments and distribution of profits to the members. Note that, "producers' cooperative employees" they are not classified in this group but in the "employee or a day's wage earner" category.
[] Assistant in the family business is the family member working in the family business without pay, except the expenses for his livelihood.

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Guatemala 1964 — source variable GT1964A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Educational and occupational characteristics
Persons 7 years old and more
[Questions 15 to 26 are asked of persons age 7+ years old]

Occupational situation in the month before the census

23. Occupational position: What position do you have in your job?

According to the person has remunerated workers to his or her orders; he or she works for another person and receives remuneration; he or she works on their own account or with relatives and receives or not remuneration

[] 1 Boss
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Paid family worker
[] 5 Unpaid family worker or other non-remunerated worker
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Educational and occupational characteristics

These questions should be asked exclusively of the persons who have informed that they are seven years old or older.

Economic characteristics of the population

The questions oriented to find out which were the economic activities of the population (questions 19 to 26) will only be asked of persons who are seven years old or older. Therefore, for every child who is six years old or younger, you should make an X in the respective spaces across the columns.

Questions 19 to 26 are of great significance, and therefore we request that the enumerator pay the greatest attention possible to the instructions that are given on the following pages for filling them in.

The questions contained in this section of the form have a certain relationship to each other, and therefore, if you do not put special care in completing them, you run the risk of obtaining incompatible information that will cause enormous damage to the posterior process to which the form will be subjected.

In general, the research of the economic characteristics of the population will refer not to the day of the census, but to the month previous to the census, which will be from March 17th to April 17th, 1964.

Question 23: Occupational position (owner/employer, employee, self-employed worker, paid family worker, and unpaid family or other person)

This question should be asked exclusively of persons who are seven years old or older and who have informed to be working or looking for work during the last four weeks before the census.

Through this question, we will try to classify each person, assigning to the person the occupational position that corresponds to him or her, according to the annotations made in the questions 21 and 22, according to the following categories:

a) Employer: owner of any business (large or small), or the person who performs a profession or occupation and has one or more paid workers. (Do not include the family members, nor the servants.) A person who does not have paid employees is not an employer.

b) Employee: all persons who work for another who is not a member of their census household, receiving payment for this (wage, payment in-kind, tips or commissions). Here will also be included workers, day-laborers, and other employees, as the vendors of products owned by others sold by commission, insurance agents who work at home with materials provided by the employer and similar;

c) Self-employed: whoever is dedicated to an occupation, profession or trade, in independent form, which means, without having paid employees nor being the employee of anyone. Whoever has unpaid employees is also included in this category. The self-employed can work alone or associated;
d) Paid family worker: every person who works for a member of the census household, receiving payment, as long as he or she had been working for at least six days during the period from March 17th to April 17th, 1964; and

e) Unpaid family worker: this is the unpaid person who works in an economic business, leaded by a member of the household or by another person who is not related.

According to the above definitions, the enumerator should assign to each person his or her category and mark the corresponding small box; in no case should you mark more than one small box. When a special situation presents itself, which you consider doubtful, you should note the explanation in the space for "observations."


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Guatemala 1973 — source variable GT1973A_CLASSWK — Status in employment last week
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D - Economic characteristics
(For those 10 years of age and older)
[Questions 15 to 19 are asked of persons age 10+ years old]

18. Occupational category

Which category or position did you have in the occupation indicated above (question 16)?

[] 1 Owner
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Salaried or waged employee
[] 4 Unpaid family member
[] 9 Unknown

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D. Economic characteristics (for person aged ten years or older)

Ask questions 15-19 only for those aged ten (10) years or older.

Question 18: occupational category

1. How to ask the question:

[p. 80]

Ask, "What professional category were you in, or what position did you have in the "principal occupation" category indicated in question 16?"

After you ask this question, slowly read the options until the person being enumerated determines which category he or she falls in. Keep in mind the definition of each option so that you can advise the person being enumerated.

1. Employer: this is a person who has or had one or more wage earners performing an economic activity, i.e., workers who receive payment in cash or kind. If the person does not have employees, he or she is not an employer.

2. Self-employed: this is a person who works for himself or herself, does not work for anyone else, and does not have any paid employees. A self-employed worker may receive help from family members and may work alone or with someone else.

3. Paid employee: this is someone who works for a public or private employer and who receives wages, commission, or compensation in kind in exchange for his or her work.

4. Unpaid family member: This is a person who performs unpaid work for an enterprise operated by a relative and who works for at least one-third of the work day. People who do domestic work or occasional work in the enterprise are not included in this category.

2. How to record the answer:
Mark an "X" in one of the options. Mark an "X" in box 9, "unknown," only if the respondent does not know the occupational category of a household member.

3. Example:
[This box contains question 18 of the section VI, "people in the census household."]


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Guatemala 1981 — source variable GT1981A_EMPSTAT — Class of worker
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VII. People in the census household

Only for those who answered 1, 2, or 3 in question 16
[Questions 17 - 20 are asked for persons who responded 1, 2, or 3 in question 16]

20. Occupational category

What category [position] did you have in the principal occupation indicated above?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Public sector employee
[] 4 Private sector paid employee
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 9 Unknown
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D. Fourth block: economic characteristics (for those 10 years of age and older).

Questions 16 through 20 are only presented to those 10 years of age and older.


Note: questions 17-20 are only presented to those who answered 1, 2, or 3 for question 16. For those answering 4-9, an "X" is marked in all of the spaces for questions 17-20.


Question 20: occupational category

1. How to formulate the question

What was your employment status in the principal occupation indicated in question 17?

The list of different alternative answers is slowly read, one by one, until the enumerated person is classified into one of them.

The following definitions will help orient the enumerated person.

a. Employer: This refers to those who have one or more salaried persons in their charge carrying out an economic activity; that is, workers who receive monetary or in-kind remuneration. One who has no employees is not an employer.

[p. 87]

b. Own account: This refers to those who work independently, who do not have remunerated employees and are not employees of anyone else. An own-account worker can count on the help of family workers and can work alone or as an associate.

c. Public sector employee: This refers to employees who receive a salary or wage from any state agency, either from the central government or from semi-autonomous or a decentralized entity (municipality, Institute of Social Security, Universidad de San Carlos, ministries, etc.).

d. Private sector paid employee: This refers to employees who receive a wage or salary from a company whose capital is private (Factories, Stores, Private Farms, etc.).

e. Unpaid family worker: This refers to those who carry out an unpaid occupation in an establishment operated by a relative, working at least 15 hours per week. Excluded from this category are those who carry out domestic duties or occasional tasks in the establishment.

2. How to record the data

The number corresponding to the answer is circled. "9. Not known" is circled only when the informant does not know the employment status of the household member.

3. Example:

[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 20 of the census form]


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Guatemala 1994 — source variable GT1994A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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VII. People in the census household

19. Occupational category

What category [position] did you have in the principal occupation indicated above?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed with a workplace
[] 3 Self-employed without a workplace
[] 4 Public employee
[] 5 Private employee
[] 6 Non-remunerated family worker
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Questions for persons aged seven and older only
If the person is less than seven, do not ask him/her question 13-24. Instead, go to the next person on the list.

19. Occupational category
This is the relation between an employed person and his/her job, and indicates if the person is (or has been, in the case of the unemployed) an employer, a self-employed worker, a civil service employee, an employee in the private sector, or an unpaid family worker.

[A graphic of box 19, "occupational category," is reproduced on the left-hand side of the page.]

Ask "What was your occupational category in your principal occupation?" and mark an X in the appropriate circle.

Below are definitions for the "occupational category" so that you can better identify the options:

- Employer: this is a person who is responsible for one or more workers who receive payment in cash or kind for performing an economic activity. If someone is not responsible for employees he/she is not an employer.

- Self-employed: this is a person who does not have an employer and who manages his/her own business, company or farm and who does not employ paid employees.

- Self-employed with premises: this is a person who has a fixed place from which to conduct business, such as a grocery store, a permanent market stall, office, farm, workshop, plot of land, etc.

[p. 67]

- Self-employed without premises: these are persons such as street vendors or others who work for themselves and do not have a fixed place in which to conduct their business. Examples are broom sellers, basket sellers, shoeshine boys, etc.

- Civil service: this is a person who earns a wage or salary from any state office; this may be the central government, municipalities, or autonomous or semi-autonomous independent bodies.

- Paid private employee: this is any employee who earns a wage or salary in any company using private capital.

- Unpaid family member: this is a person who works in a company, business, farm or agricultural enterprise which a family member owns or manages, and who does not receive pay for his/her work.

It is important to understand the information about the person's occupational category to know the country's productive structure, which is important information for economic planning. There should always be an answer if the person has a job. Do not leave this area blank.


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Guatemala 2002 — source variable GT2002A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Chapter VII. Characteristics of the people

For persons of age 7 years and older
[Questions 12 to 20 are for persons of age 7 years and older]

[Questions 18 to 20 are asked of persons who worked or experienced unemployed]

19. In this main occupation, you worked or work as:

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed with a workplace
[] 3 Self-employed without a workplace
[] 4 Public employee
[] 5 Private employee
[] 6 Non-remunerated family worker
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Section 7: Individual characteristics

This section records individual information for a maximum of ten people - those listed in section 6, "total number of persons in the household." If there are more than ten people in the census household use as many additional forms as necessary.

[A graphic of the "individual characteristics", located at the top of section 7 of the census form, is included here.]

Person number: In the grid spaces on the upper left side of the form, write the number that corresponds to the person according to the order from the list of persons in section VI. The head of household is number 1.

Name: In the appropriate space, write the name of each of the persons who make up the household according to the order in which they appear on the list in question 3 of section VI. Begin with the head of household and continue writing according to the order established.

Information supplied by respondent: This is when the person interviewed gives information about his/her own self. Fill in the appropriate oval according to the information you receive.

Questions 1-11 should be asked for all permanent residents of the household in the dwelling.

Questions 12-20 are for persons aged seven or older.

The reference period for questions 16-20 is the week preceding the census date (from Sunday November 17 to Saturday November 23, 2002).

19. Occupational category
Ask, "What job do you perform in your principal occupation?"

[A graphic of question 19, from section 7 of the census form, is included here.]

Employer: This person is responsible for one or more wage earners who receive payment in cash or kind for performing an economic activity.

Self-employed with premises: This person does not have an employer, but manages his/her own business, company or farm and is not responsible for paid employees. This person has premises for his/her exclusive use in which to conduct business, such as a grocery store/warehouse, a market stall, office, farm, workshop, etc.

Self-employed without premises: This person does not have an employer, but manages his/her own business, company or farm and is not responsible for paid employees. This person does not have exclusive use of a fixed place in which to conduct his/her business and normally does so in the street or outdoors. Examples are street vendors, shoeshine boys, etc.

Civil service: This is a person who earns a wage or salary from a government office. This may be either the central government, or state and local.

Private employee: This person earns a wage or salary in the private sector.

Unpaid family member: This is a person who works in a company, business, farm or agricultural enterprise owned or managed by a family member. He/she does not receive pay for his/her work.


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Guinea 1983 — source variable GN1983A_CLASSWK — Status in the profession
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For the population aged 10 years and above: Economic characteristics
[Questions 15-18 were asked of persons aged 10 years and above.]


18. Employment status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Family assistant
[] 5 Apprentice
[] 9 Other

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C. Economic characteristics for the population aged 10 and older


Column (18): Work Status
139. By "work status", it means the status or hierarchical position of an individual within the company or service with relation to his current employment in the "employed" (OCC) category, or previous [employment] for the "unemployed" (ST) category. Depending on the case, write:

-EMP for Employer: one who uses workers other than himself and pays them either in room and board (en nature) or in cash;
-IND for an Independent Worker, or one who works alone: he who is self employed in a profession or craft and who does not employ any paid workers, but who may have a family helper or helpers;
-AF for Family Helper: he who works without pay for a member of his family, a relative. The family member or relative should be the owner of a company in the broad sense (family farm, workshop, enterprise or company) and must work within the company.
-AP for Apprentice: he who completes his work with or without remuneration, with a goal of learning a trade;
-AUT for Other situations not classified in the above categories.


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Guinea 1996 — source variable GN1996A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Resident population aged 6 years and above
[Questions P13-P18 were asked of resident population aged 6 years and above.]


To be filled out only for employed and available unemployed persons
[Questions P16-P18 to be asked only for employed and available unemployed persons.]


P17 Employment status

[] 1 Self-employed
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Public administration employee
[] 4 Mixed enterprise employee
[] 5 Private sector employee
[] 6 Cooperative
[] 7 Apprentice
[] 8 Family assistant

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Column P17 Status of economic activity (Situation Dans L'activité Economique)
The status of economic activity refers to the hierarchical position of the worker in the organization, production unit or economic enterprise, familial or otherwise, in which the worker is engaged or, in the case of an unemployed person, in which he was engaged.

For the purposes of the census, the National Bureau of Statistics has identified the following possible situations: independent worker, employer, salaried civil service worker, salaried worker in a joint public/private enterprise, salaried worker of a private sector enterprise, members of a producer's cooperative, apprentice, and family helper.

a) Independent worker. An independent worker is a person who is self employed in his occupation or economic activity either alone or with the help of members of his family or unpaid apprentices.

b) Employer. An employer is a person who employs salaried workers in a [company] that belongs to him. He possesses the means of production, equipment, machines, buildings, etc.

[p. 50]

c) Salaried worker. A salaried worked is connected to an employer, either public or private, by a work contract which remunerates its employee either with room and board, or in cash for the work he does. For the purposes of the census, the National Census Bureau is also interested in the type of employer, and so differentiates: salaried worker in public administration; salaried worker of a joint public/private enterprise (entreprise mixte); and salaried worker in the private sector.

i) Salaried worker in public administration.
All civil service employees and agents of the state, including contracted workers of the Administration and of public bodies are salaried workers in public administration. Salaried workers of international bodies and foreign embassies, including all those who have diplomatic status in Guinea, are classified as "SAP."

ii) Salaried worker in a joint public/private enterprise.
All workers of companies in the joint public/private and paragovernmental (parapublic) sectors are classified in this category.

iii) Salaried worker in the private sector.
All salaried workers in companies in the private sector are grouped in this category.


d) Members of a producer's cooperative. Members of cooperatives, of groupings or associations of producers, are people who participate voluntarily and actively in a communal activity related to agricultural, commercial or artisanal production. They are not salaried workers but, on the contrary, share the profits realized according to the established rules [of the cooperative].

e) Apprentice. An apprentice is a person who is learning a manual trade within the framework of an apprenticeship, either in a workshop or in the field, with a professional. He receives no remuneration, as either room and board or in cash, for the work he does.

f) Family helper. A family helper is a person, either male or female, who works in a family business) without receiving any remuneration, either [in cash or as room and board]. By "family business," a farm, a commercial concern, a craft business, etc., belonging to a member of the family, is understood.


To figure out the question(s) you should ask to obtain the status of economic activity engaged in, rely on the nature of the economic activity engaged in by the worker to see which elements should be verified. Is it a question of:

a) work done for an employer who gives you a salary in exchange?

[p. 51]

If the answer is yes, then you are dealing with a salaried employee and need to determine the status of the employer, who may be:
i) The government, the state, a local government body, (collectivité locale) an international agency or a public agency ? SAP.
ii) A joint public/private or paragovernmental enterprise (entreprise mixte ou une enterprise parapublique)? SEM
iii) A firm, company or small business ? SPr
iv) An ordinary household ? Spr


b) a job carried out by the individual on his own behalf (the firm, workshop, shop, commercial, agricultural or industrial concern (exploitation), or provision of services belongs to him)?

If the answer is yes:

1st case: the workers has hired temporary or permanent personnel who are paid based on a contract: he is an employer -- Emp.
2nd case: The worker works alone with only members of his family or unpaid apprentices: he is independent -- Ind.

c) work carried out in the framework of a producers cooperative (artisans, shopkeepers, farmers)? If the answer is yes: the worker is a member of a cooperative ? Coop.

d) manual work carried out in the framework of an apprenticeship in a workshop or in the field (sur le tas) with a qualified person, a master tradesman (un maître) so to speak, without receiving any type of remuneration in exchange? If the answer is yes, the person who carries out such manual work is an "apprentice" -- App.

e) agricultural, commercial (buying or selling), transportation or artisanal activities, or providing a service, and carried out in a family business setting without receiving any type of remuneration in exchange? If the person answers yes, the person who carries out such economic activity is "a family helper" -- Afa.

Once you have managed to obtain an appropriate answer, circle the number of the corresponding code.

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Guinea 2014 — source variable GN2014A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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III. Individual characteristics

Residents of 6 years or more
[Questions P22- P25 were asked of resident persons age 3 or more.]

P24. Status in activity

[For those who answered 1 or 2 in P22.]

What was the status of [the respondent] in this activity?

Enter the appropriate code.

[] 1 Independent
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Public employee
[] 4 Private employee
[] 5 Contract employment
[] 6 Apprentice
[] 7 Family helper
[] 8 Member of a cooperative or group

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Haiti 1971 — source variable HT1971A_CLASSWK — Status in profession
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[Questions 15 to 21 are asked to persons 5 years old and over]


19. Status in the profession
The category "Other" is reserved for those who are not able to be classified according to the situation in the profession: workers feeling that the situation is badly defined or unemployed having never worked.

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Salaried worker
[] 4 Family assistant
[] 5 Other

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D) Questions 15-21: Working Population

[Questions 15 to 21 are asked to persons 5 years old and over]


Column 18- Activity of the company(what activity does the company do?): Indicate precisely the type of work that the company where the person in question works engages in. If necessary, indicate the name of the company.

Example: Ministry of Finance; shoe factory; garage.

For agriculture, indicate if it is an individual farm, a family business, a co-op, etc.


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Haiti 1982 — source variable HT1982A_CLASSWK — Status in work
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D. Economic characteristics
For persons 10 years and older.
[Questions 17-21 were asked of persons 10 years of age and older.]


21. Employment status: Is this person the owner, a paid employee??

[] 1 Owner
[] 2 Paid employee
[] 3 Independent worker
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 9 Undeclared

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D) Economic characteristics
[Questions 17-21.]
Ask questions relative to the economic characteristics of people age 10 years old or more.


Question 20: Branch of activity
81. The branch of activity refers to the activity of the establishment or company where the person has worked for most of the period of reference.
Clearly record what the business or employer does in general (for example, manufacture of shoes, bike repair, retail of cloth, subsistence crops, etc.)
Write down "government" for all employees and government employees of the state.
In the case where the employee is a maid at an individual's home, write down "domestic service".
For a typist working in a building company, write down "building construction".


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Haiti 2003 — source variable HT2003A_EMPLOYM — Type of employment
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F3. Population aged 10 and older
[Questions 21-28 were asked for individuals 10 years of age and older.]


27. In what capacity does this person work in this job:

[] 01. Owner/ boss [patron]
[] 02. Employee
[] 03. Independent
[] 04. Family helper
[] 05. Apprentice
[] 06. Other


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Honduras 1961 — source variable HN1961A_CLASSWK — Class of work
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For those who worked or looked for work
[Questions 17-19 were asked of people aged 10 years or older who worked or looked for a job]

Employment category (symbols of column 19)

[] Owner or employer: P
[] Government employee: G
[] Other employees and workers: E
[] Independent worker: TI
[] Family worker: TF
[] Others: O
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Economic characteristics
This section comprises questions 11 to 19 which are asked to persons aged 10 years or older.

Column number 19: Employment category
This question is designed to find out if the person is an: employer, government employee, private employee, independent worker, or an unpaid family worker. This only refers to the employment listed in column 18.

Employer: Those who operate their own company or who carry out a profession or trade on their own account and who have one or more remunerated employees.

Exceptions:

a) Someone whose only employees are domestic servants is not considered to be an employer.
b) A salaried manager of a company that is not his or her own is not considered to be an employer.
c) Government personnel who are responsible for other employees are not considered to by employers.

Government employee: they are functionaries, employees, and laborers who receive a wage or salary from the national treasury, from district or municipal funds, from foreign governments (personnel from embassies or diplomatic missions, etcetera) or from international institutions.

Other employees and laborers: they work for an employer, receiving a wage or salary.

Independent worker: they do not work for an employer, but operate their own company or carry out a profession or trade without having remunerated employees.

Unpaid family worker: Those who work, without pay, for a member of their family, for at least one-third time (2 days per week or 2 hours per day).

The following symbols, also found on the form, should be used for the annotation:

"PE" for employer
"EG" for government employees
"E" for other employees and laborers
[p. 26]
"TI" for self-employed workers
"TF" for family workers
"C" for other not included in the previous five categories

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Honduras 1974 — source variable HN1974A_CLASSWK — Class of work
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C. - Economic Characteristics

(For all individuals 10 years of age and older)

16. Did you work on your own account, as a salaried or waged employee, or as a family worker?

Only for those who answered 1, 2 or 3 in question 14.]
Mark the appropriate box according to your manual, page 43.

Own account
[] 1 With employees or workers
[] 2 Without employees or workers
[] 3 Salaried or waged employee
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 9 Unknown
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C. Economic Characteristics (For persons aged ten and older)
Do not ask persons aged less than ten any more questions from the form. Cross out questions 14-21 with a large X.

The answers in question set 14 are the basis for categorizing the population aged ten and older as economically active (employed and unemployed) and economically inactive (students, domestic work (unpaid), those who live from rental or investment income, retired workers and the disabled).

The questions in this section refer to the situation in the week immediately preceding the census date (the week of February 25-March 2).

Question set 16: Did you/the person work for himself/herself, as a paid office worker, or as a family worker?

Keep in mind that this question set is related to question set 15 and has the following definitions:

1) Self employed with employee or worker: This is any person who has his/her own company or works for himself/herself in a profession or trade and has one or more paid workers.

Exceptions:
a) People whose only employees are domestic servants do not fall into this category.
b) A paid employee of a company of which he/she is not the owner does not fall into this category.
[p. 44]
c) A civil-service employee who has other employees under him/her does not fall into this category.

2. Self-employed without employees or workers: This is a person who works independently, does not have any paid employees, and did not employ anyone.

Self-employed without employees may count on the help of family workers and may also work alone or in partnership.

3. Paid employee. This is any person who works in exchange for pay, commission, or payment in kind.

4. Unpaid family worker. This is someone who performs unpaid labor in a family business and works for at least one-third of a normal workday. Persons who perform domestic work or occasional or random work in the business are excluded from this category.

Mark an "X" in one of the options. Mark an "X" in box 9, "Unknown" only if the respondent does not know the job category of a household member.


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Honduras 1988 — source variable HN1988A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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C. Economic characteristics


23. In this job, are or were you a:

[] 1 Public sector employee or worker
[] 2 Private sector employee or worker
[] 3 Employer
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Own-account worker
[] 6 Domestic servant
[] 7 Worker in a production cooperative

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C. Economic characteristics

23. In this job, are you or were you? [employment status]
Employee or worker in the public sector:
It refers to those who work in public administration (governments or autonomous institutions), carrying out an executive, administrative, or support occupation.

[p. 54]

Employee or worker in the private sector:
It refers to those who work in a private company carrying out a managerial, technical, administrative, manual, or support occupation.

Employer:
It refers to those who work alone or in association, in their own factory, workshop, company, or business and who employs one or more persons for a salary or wage.

Administrators, managers, or other directors who are in charge of personnel but are not the company's owner, are not considered to be employers.

Unpaid family worker:
It refers to those who work for the company directed by a family member, not receiving a salary or a wage.

Own-account worker:
This refers to the workers who offer and charge for their services individually. They do not have an employer and do not contract salaried personnel. In some cases, they work with family members and do not pay them for their work. Examples: street peddlers, shoeshines, small businessmen, independent shoemakers, plumbers, etcetera.

Domestic servant:

It refers to those who permanently work in the home of a family carrying out domestic duties, such as washing, cleaning, cooking, etcetera, for which a salary is received.

Worker in a production cooperative:
In this category are those who work as active members of one or more production cooperatives and who receive payment according to their participation. If the person is not a member of the cooperative and only receives a wage, they must not be in this category, rather they must be included in the first or second category as an employee or laborer of the public or private sector.


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Honduras 2001 — source variable HN2001A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Section F. Characteristics of the persons

For persons 7 years old or more
[Questions 12-16 were asked of persons aged 7 years or older]

15. In this job, [the person] works as or worked as:

[] 1 Private employee or worker
[] 2 Public employee or worker
[] 3 Owner with employees
[] 4 Self-employed
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 6 Domestic employee
[] 7 Other
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Only for persons who answered in Block A
[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons who marked any option of block A of question 13]

Question 15: In this job, you work as or worked as: Private employee or worker?; public employee or worker?; Employer with employees?; Independent worker?; Unpaid family worker?; Domestic employee?; Other?

Read each of the options until you receive an affirmative answer and mark the corresponding box.

The indicated categories respond to the following definitions:

1. Private employee or worker: This person works for an employer or private business, and perceives payment in the form of salary, daily wage, commissions, payment, in currency or in-kind, for doing occupations that are managerial, technical, administrative, or support.

2. Public employee or worker: This person works in the public administration (central government, autonomous and municipal institutions) doing work that is executive, technical, administrative, and support.

3. Employer with employees: This person is owner of an economic unit (factory, business, workshop, farm, ranch, etc.) who hire or employ one or more persons in permanent form.

4. Independent worker: This person does an activity in independent manner, does not have an employer, nor hires salaried personnel in permanent form. In some cases, unpaid family members work for him or her. Example: Independent professionals and technicians, peddler, small businesspersons, shoemakers, plumbers, farmer, etc.

5. Unpaid family worker: This person works in the business of a relative, without receiving any payment in exchange.
[p. 53]
6. Domestic employee: In this category you should include all of the persons who are in charge of caring for a dwelling and its inhabitants, in exchange for payment in money or in-kind, for example: Housekeepers, butlers, cooks, nannies, launderers, gardeners, chauffeurs for the exclusive service of the dwelling, etc.

7. Other: In this category, you should include all persons who do not belong to any of the categories above.

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Hungary 1970 — source variable HU1970A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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III. Occupation Data of the Person Enumerated
[Questions 16-22.]


For those who are 14 years and older (born in 1955 or earlier)
[Questions 16-22. Questions 16-17 determined employment status, and questions 18-22 were asked only of those employed.]


21. a. Occupational status

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Member of co-operative
[] 3 Self-employed worker
[] 4 Unpaid family worker


21. b. If you are an employee or member of co-operative, in what capacity do you work?
[] Non-manual worker
[] Manual worker: skilled-worker
[] Manual worker: semiskilled-worker
[] Manual worker: unskilled-hand-worker
[] Other manual worker, namely ____

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21/a Employment status
The answer should define in the case of the occupation entered at question 20 relates to a person having a working contract (as employed), to a private entrepreneur, to a member of a co-operative or else.

[p.30]

Employee
The "employees" are the persons having a working contract at a state company, institution, office, agricultural or other co-operative, private entrepreneur, etc. and based on the contract a salary or other material compensation is paid to them. The same entry will be recorded in case of day-labourers, causal workers too.

Member of co-operative
The member of co-operative is the person who is regular member of an agricultural co-operative (production-, specialized co-operative, co-operative working group, association, vine-growing community), fishing co-operative, industrial or cottage industrial co-operative and their membership was effective on 31 December, 1969. (The supporting members are not regarded as members of a co-operative.)

The answer must not be underlined in case of persons working for the General Consumer's and Trading Co-operatives as well as in case of persons working as members of a working team (e.g. lawyer's team). The correct entry for these persons is "employee".

Private entrepreneur
The answer "private entrepreneur" shall be given in case of persons who are working as agricultural private entrepreneurs, artisans, retailers, free-lance intellectuals, of those letting their land for a material compensation.

Family helper
The answer "family helper" should be given in case of persons working without any material compensation in a workshop, store, and private venture of one of the household members.


21/b Intellectual (white-collar) or manual worker
The persons giving the answer to question 21/a "employee" or "member of co-operative" should declare the qualification of the profession, job entered at question 20.

The answer should not be given in case of the professional employees of the armed forces though it has to be answered by civilian employees there.

Before the detailed description of the quality of occupation it to be defined in the case of the persons was a "white-collar" or a "blue-collar" worker. The answer will be given by underlining the respective word printed.

In general the intellectual (white-collar) workers are those performing managing, administrative activities not requiring physical efforts.

Intellectual (white-collar) worker
The white-collar workers are the technical managers (chief engineers, plant engineers, etc.); the persons pursuing scientific or teaching activities (scientific researchers physicists, librarians, teachers, schoolmasters, etc.); the persons curing, taking care of sick people (physicians, maternity nurses, nurses, etc.); the artists (performers, writers, etc.); the managers of companies, institutions, offices; payroll-clerks, cashiers, typists, etc.); the shop managers and managers of restaurants .

The persons working as trainees to become an engineer, technician, chemist, nurse or similar and those working as candidates for intellectual works should be regarded also as white-collar workers.

[p.31]

Manual (blue-collar) worker
The categories of blue-collar workers besides the physical workers cover the activities complementing the productive work: doormen, guards, cleaners, packers. The category includes also the shop assistants, the messengers, the janitors, the domestic hands.

The quality of the blue-collar workers should be further classified. Answer should be given in the case of the enumerated person was a skilled worker, a semi-skilled worker, an outside worker or other worker.

Skilled worker
The person is a skilled worker having the qualification of (proved by) a journeyman's certificate, a certificate of skilled laborer, a document on passing the exam of technical base studies). Nevertheless the same answer will be underlined even in case the given persons do not have the necessary written certificate though based on the long experience he is employed as such.

Semi-skilled worker
Semi-skilled workers are executing similar works as the skilled workers but as they acquired the ability for accomplishing the tasks by a simple training, they do not have a certificate of profession neither a document to proof the passing the exam of technical base studies and they do not regard themselves as skilled workers.

Contracting (outside) worker
The answer "contracting (outside) worker" should be underlined in case of persons working generally at their homes, usually performing industrial works based on a contract with a state company, a production co-operative eventually a private entrepreneur. In their case it must not be recorded the qualification of the work (skilled or semi-skilled labour) but the word "outside worker". Persons working in the household plots of the members of the agricultural co-operatives must not be regarded as outside (contracting) workers.

Other manual worker
The answer "other manual worker" will be underlined in case of persons not listed above, such as:

Unskilled workers, that is the persons assisting the skilled and semi-skilled workers (e.g. material handlers);
The persons performing agricultural works without having any professional qualification in crops production, animal husbandry, teamsters, etc., that is the unskilled agricultural laborers;
The roustabouts, causal workers and
The persons performing other auxiliary physical activities not listed above, e.g. doormen, guards, office servants, etc.


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Hungary 1980 — source variable HU1980A_CLASSWK1 — Status in employment
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Questions No. 15 to 18 to be answered by:

[Questions 15-18 were asked of those who satisfied one of the following four requirements:]
- Answered 'yes' to question 14
- Inactive earners data prior to child (care leave, retiring)
- Other dependents having worked 90 days or longer,
- Dependents who were not enumerated together with the supporter (supporter's data)


16. Occupation status

[] 1, 2 Employed
[] 3, 4 Member of co-operative
[] 5 Own account worker
[] 6-9 family helper

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17. Staff group, function

This question must not be asked of the following persons:

1. Own account workers (private entrepreneurs);

2. Family helpers;

3. Professional and retired members of the armed forces.


In cases of manual workers (blue collars), the staff group ("skilled worker", "semi-skilled worker" or "unskilled worker") will be marked. (The actual staff group of the person is defined by his/her employer.)

In cases of agricultural day laborers and casual laborers, the answer "unskilled worker (3)" will be underlined.

In cases of the non-manual workers (white-collars), the respective answer should be underlined.

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Hungary 1990 — source variable HU1990A_CLASSWK1 — Status in employment
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[Questions 15-19 were asked of persons who are economically active, work or get a child care fee or child care allowance, per question 14]


16. Occupational status:

[] 1 Employed
[] 2 Member of co-operative
[] 3 Own-account worker, person of liberal profession -- family helper

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16. Employment status

The answer should be given by underlining the respective answer. The following remarks should be taken into account:

-- "Employee (1)" is the person having a working contract with a company, office, institution, co-operative, private entrepreneur/private person, an organization formed by private persons (private business partnership, company of general partnership, working team of lawyers, etc.) and his working activity is compensated by a wage or salary.

-- "Member of co-operative (2)" is marked for working members of agricultural, industrial and other co-operatives;

-- "Private entrepreneur, freelancer" is the persons working on his own as agricultural farmer, artisan, trader, freighter, etc., as a commissioned renter of a productive or commercial unit, member of a working tam of private individuals, etc.;

-- "Family helper" is the person working in a shop, store, and private venture of one of his family member.

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Hungary 2001 — source variable HU2001A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Only for those who marked answers 10-11 in question 13
[Questions 15.1 through 18.2 were asked of those who marked answers 10-11 in question 13.]


16. What's your status in employment?

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Self employed, sole proprietor
[] 3 Working owner of a company
[] 4 Working member of a co-operative
[] 5 Contributing family worker
[] 6 Occasional worker
[] 7 Worker for public utility

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Question 16: What is your status in employment?
The entry is employee in case the person is working -- generally on the base of a contract -- for an employer, that means he is neither a private entrepreneur nor a working member of a co-operative or family helper, etc.

The answer is marked in case of elected and nominated civil servants, judges, prosecutors as well as in case of the professional and civilian members of the armed and security forces, organizations.

Private entrepreneur is the entry in case of persons having a license for private business in general, the working member of a one-person undertaking without or with employees (artisan, merchant, agricultural producer, free-lance intellectual).

Working member of a joint undertaking will be marked in case of a person who is co-owner of a joint undertaking (other than co-operative) with the obligation of performing work in the business.

The entry is "member of co-operative" in case the given person is a member of a (consumer's or producing) co-operative with the obligation of personal contribution by work to the business.
The entry is "family helper" in case the given person is a family helper of a private entrepreneur, member of a joint undertaking or co-operative and is contributing to the business by his own work free of charge, though as a member of the household of the supported person he/she will benefit from the undertaking.

The entry is "causal hand, day laborer" in case of persons working with or without an entrepreneur's license usually on a short-term agreement for somebody (e.g. agricultural day labor, cleaning the roads, unskilled work in a construction, etc.). The causal hand -- depending on the agreement with the employer -- either is working for a given period of time (for a day, a week, etc.) or undertakes to carry on a definite work (e.g. dig a given parcel, painting the fence, etc.). The persons who in the farm of an ad hoc assignment (not as entrepreneurs) undertake the completion of an intellectual work (e.g. translation of a study, delivering a lecture, etc.) are regarded also as causal hands.

The entry is "worker for public utility" in case the person is employed by the local government in the frame of the public utility program.

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Hungary 2011 — source variable HU2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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IV. Occupation, workplace and transport

28. What is (was) your status in employment?

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Sole proprietor, self-employed
[] 3 Working member of a company
[] 4 Working member of a co-operative
[] 5 Causal employee (working by special commission contract, casual workers, day workers)
[] 6 Employed in public works (doing work for public benefit, public purposes etc., employed in public employment)
[] 7 Helping family member
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IV. Occupation, workplace and transport

28. What is (was) your status in employment?
Employee is the person who is in labor relation with an employer generally based on working contract. This category includes civil servants, public functionaries, persons acting as judges or attorneys, as well as professional and contracted members of armed forces and public defense (their legal status being civil servant or public services worker).

Sole proprietor, self-employed is the person working alone or with some employees -- generally on the basis of a license of activity -- as sole proprietor (like artisans, retailers, farmers, free-lancers etc.), not as member of a joint undertaking.

Working member of a company is the person, who parallel to his/her partnership in possessing a non-co-operative venture, is obliged to contribute to the activity of the venture by personal activity, work.

Working member of a co-operative is the person who as a member of any kind of economic organization in co-operative form (e.g. consumption co-operative, agrarian co-operative) is obliged for work.

Casual employee (working by special commission contract, casual worker, day worker) is the person, who neither has a stable working contract, nor is an entrepreneur, though -- with, or without a special document -- is working, usually lasting for a short period of time (e.g. agricultural day-work, shoveling the snow, unskilled work in construction). The day-worker, based on an agreement with the employer, is working either for a negotiated period of time (one day, week etc.), or is performing a given job (digging of a piece of land, painting the fence etc.). Odd job performers are also the persons, who on the basis of an individual contract, not as entrepreneurs, perform an intellectual job (e.g. translation of a text, holding a lecture etc.).

Employed in public works (doing work for public benefit, public purposes etc., employed in public employment) is the person who is employed by the local government in public benefit work or public work program.

Contributing family worker is the participating family member who helps the sole proprietors, members of a company or members of a co-operative in their activity without pay, but receiving from the achievements of the enterprise or economic company as a member of the household.

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Indonesia 1971 — source variable ID1971A_CLASSWK — Occupation class
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Individual form
[Section I is the same as Section I: Household and Living Unit Information above]


IV. 10 years or older


[Questions 21-23 were asked of persons age 10 or older who had either worked last week, or have ever worked before and were looking for work last week, per questions 18, 19 and 20.]


21. Occupation status

[] Own account
[] Employer
[] Employee
[] Unpaid family worker

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8. Part IV: For age 10 or older
All the Questions in this part are intended for household members age 10 or older. Skip this part and the Questions if younger than 10.

8.1. Questions 18 to 23
The Questions are:
Question 18: "Have you been working in the past week?"
Question 19: "What have you been doing in the past week?"
Question 20: "Have you worked before?"
Question 21: "Type/status of job"
Question 22: "What is your job?"
Question 23: "Industry"

D. Self-employment
Those who own businesses and carry their own risks, without any employees except for volunteer help from family members.

Example:

- Store owner who runs own business with the help of family members.
- Businessmen or women who do not employ any employees.
- People who are involved in business partnerships and do not employ any employees.
- Farmers who work on their own or with the help of family members.
- Barbers who are self-employed
- Craftsmen or women who are self-employed
- Rickshaw (becak) drivers who take a risk in hiring their own rickshaw.
- Taxi drivers, bus drivers, etc., who run their own businesses.
E. Employer
Those who run their businesses by hiring paid employees.

Example:

- Store, stall, restaurant owners who pay employees
- Farmer who hires people to help run the farm.
- Factory owner who has many paid laborers.
F. Labour
Those who work and obtain salaries in the form of money or goods.

Example:

- Public servant
- Private/government/small business employee.
- Waiter/waitress, sales person, hotel employee
- Paid housemaid
- People who are paid by working on other people's farm and land.
- Drivers who work in offices or for an employer.
G. Family worker
Family members who help runs the business voluntarily that is owned by other family member.

Example:

- Children who help in their parents' shop.
- Wife who helps in her husband's shop.

8.1.2. Filling procedure for Questions 18 to 23
The accuracy of the answer for these Questions depends on the enumerator's ability to ask the questions. To obtain the best results, follow these directions:


4. Question 21
If the answer for Question 20 [Have you ever worked?] is "Yes", ask this question:
"Are you self-employed, working as an employer, a laborer [employee], or a family worker?"

Fill in the answer for the appropriate box on Question 21 and move on to Question 22.


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Indonesia 1976 — source variable ID1976A_CLASSWK — Worker status
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D. Information on economic activity

Ask of household members age 10 or older. Ask questions person by person.


D3-D7. Primary occupation during the past week
[Questions D3-D8 were asked of persons age 10 or older who worked at least one hour during the past week, as per questions D1 and D2.]


D5. Status

In this work were you a:

[] 1 Own account worker
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Unpaid family worker

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D. Economic activity

Questions for all columns in this section should only be asked to household members age 10 or older. For household members younger than 10, these columns should not be filled in at all.


Primary activity during the past week
For those who worked or ever worked during the past week, the first thing to investigate is the primary activity. If during the past week someone, besides engaging in his primary activity also engages in a side line or additional work, the investigation here is only concerned with the main activity whereas the side line or additional work will be asked about later. For those whose main activity was not work but had ever worked (at least 1 hour), then the work they did for at least 1 hour will be considered their main activity. What will be asked here is occupation, field of work, status, place of work, and duration of the work during the past week.


Column (8) Status
Status is the position a person has in carrying out his job. Status is categorized as follows:

Self-employed without workers: The intention here is those who carry out their work/effort at their own risk without any paid workers or are only assisted by unpaid household members.
Example:

Store owner, food stall owner who serves his customers by himself and a household member.
Tradesman who does not have any paid assistant.
People who have agreed to work together, but each one works on his own, and does not have paid workers.
Farmer who farms alone or is helped by his household members.
Barber who works alone.
Solderer who works by himself.
Private teachers, lawyer, doctor who work alone.
Pedicab driver who works alone.
Cab or bus driver who works alone.


Self-employed with workers (employer): This is someone who is assisted by one or more paid workers in carrying out his work.
Example:
Owner of a store, food stall, restaurant, etc. who is assisted by one or more paid employees.
Farmers who use one or more paid workers to till the land or maintain the crops.
Owner of a company, factory who has one or more paid employees.


Laborer/employee: This is someone who works for a wage or salary either in cash or in kind.
Example:
Public servant, employee of state /private sector enterprises.
Employee of hotel, store, restaurant etc.
Housemaid who is paid.
Farm worker who is paid to help till the fields/help with crops.
Driver who is employed by a company or office to drive a vehicle


Unpaid family worker: This is a household member who helps one of the other household members in conducting his business without being paid.
Example:
Children who help serve customers at their parent's kiosk/food stall.
Wife who helps her husband in his store, etc.


Filling in the form:
For those who work, ask their position in their primary job as follows:
"What is your position in your primary job mentioned earlier? Are you self-employed without workers, self-employed with workers (employer), a laborer/employee, or a family worker?"
Fill in the code corresponding to the respondent's answer.

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Indonesia 1980 — source variable ID1980A_CLASSWK — Employment status in primary activity during the previous week
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[Questions 31-37 were asked of persons who worked for at least one hour last week or had a job to go to, as per questions 27, 28 and 29.]


36. Employment status in primary activity during the previous week

[] 1 Self-employed
[] 2 Self-employed assisted by family member/temporary help
[] 3 Employer
[] 4 Employee
[] 5 Family worker


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Indonesia 1985 — source variable ID1985A_CLASSWK — Status in primary occupation
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(Persons age 10 or older)
[Questions 1-17 were asked of persons age 10 or older]


Q.3 Main work status

[] 1 Self-employed
[] 2 Self-employed assisted by family members/temporary workers
[] 3 Employer with permanent workers
[] 4 Worker/employee
[] 5 Family worker

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X. Information on household members

A. Block VII: General information on household members
1. The objective of this block is to record information on items such as sex, age, schooling status, and activities conducted during the past week for every household member, starting with the member with serial number "01" and continuing to the last household member.

2. Method of filling out the form
Circle one of the codes corresponding to the respondent's answer, and then write the code in the box on the right.


Block VIII: Labor force (Persons age 10 or older)


Question 3: Status of employment of main job
Status of employment is the position of a person in a particular job.

[pg. 66]

Status of employment is differentiated as follows:
a. "Self-employed" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the economic risk, and in this effort he/she does not employ any family workers and other workers.
Example:

a. Pedicab driver who drives his pedicab at his own risk.
b. Taxi driver who drives a car at his own risk.
c. Coolies in a market, station or other public places without a specific employer.


b. "Self-employed assisted by family workers or temporary workers" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the risk and is assisted by unpaid family workers or temporary workers.
  • Temporary worker/staff is one who is employed by another person or an institution/office/company and only receives wages based on time worked or volume produced.

Example:
a. Stall/shop owner assisted by family members/unpaid employees or assisted by others who are paid based on number of days worked.
b. Travelling salesman assisted by an unpaid employee or assisted by others who are paid only when they work.
c. Farmer who works on farm land assisted by family workers. However, during the harvest the worker may receive some of the harvest (harvest shared or halved, etc.); this worker is not considered a permanent employee. The farmer is classified as self-employed assisted by family worker/temporary worker.


c. "Employer" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the risk and employs at least one paid, permanent worker.

[pg. 67]

"Paid, permanent employee" is a person who is employed by another person or an institution/office/company and receives wages/salary on a regular basis whether or not the employer has any work for him/her.

Example:
a. A shopkeeper who employs one or more permanent employees.
b. Shoe merchant who employs permanent workers.


d. "Employee/worker" is someone employed by others or an institution/office/company and regularly receives wages/salary in cash or in kind.

e. "Family worker" is someone who works by helping others without receiving wages/salary either in cash or in kind.

Explanation:
Family worker can be:
i. A member of the household of the person he/she assists.
ii. Not a member of the household of the person he/she assists.
iii. Not a member of the household and not a family member of the person he/she assists.


Example:
  • Wife who assists her husband in the rice field.
  • A sibling/other relative who helps serve in a food stall.
  • A neighbor who helps weaving hats as a home industry.


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Indonesia 1990 — source variable ID1990A_CLASSWK — Employment status in main job last week
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VII. Activity of persons age 10 or older
Household members age 10 or older
[Questions 24-38.]


24. The main activity done during previous week

[] 1 Working
[] 2 Attending school
[] 3 Housekeeping
[] 4 Other


25. Besides [answers] 2, 3, and 4 [in question 24], also worked at least 1 hour during the previous week

[Question 25 was asked of persons age 10 or older who did not work last week, as per question 24.]

[] 1 Yes (go to question 28)
[] 2 No


26. Having a job/business but temporarily not working during previous week

[Question 26 was asked of persons age 10 or older who did not work at least one hour last week, as per questions 24 and 25.]

[] 1 Yes (go to question 30)
[] 2 No


32. Status of main work during previous week

[Question 32 was asked of persons age 10 or older who worked at least one hour last week or had a job/business to return to, as per questions 24, 25 and 26.]

[] 1 Self-employed without other people's assistance

Self-employed with assistance from:

[] 2 Family members/temporary workers
[] 3 Employer with permanent workers

[] 4 Worker/employee
[] 5 Unpaid worker

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D. Block VII. Activities of persons age 10 or older

1. Purpose
The purpose of the questions in this block is to collect characteristics on the economic activities of every household member age 10 or older, such as field of work, type of work, work status and number of working days/hours during the past week. The work force of the community age 10 or older is divided into two categories: labor force and not in labor force. The population age 10 or older included in the labor force are those who had a job in the past week, those who are working or temporarily not working due to a certain cause such as waiting for harvesting time, or is on leave, etc. Also included in this group are those who do not have a job but are seeking one, hopefully to obtain a job. Populations that are not in the labor force are those who in the [previous] week only attended school, took care of a household, or others who did not do any activities that could be categorized as working, temporarily not working, or seeking work. There are several questions that are specifically asked to people who are either working or seeking a job. Also there are some [questions] for the non-working force that attends school, takes care of a household or elderly people, or [performs] other activities. In order to gain confirmation of the total population that is or is not included in the labor force, several questions will be asked in this block. Pay attention to the arrows and instructions that arrange the sequence of questions.


Question 24: Most frequent activity conducted during the past week

A week ago is a time period of 7 consecutive days that ends a day before the date of the enumeration. For example, if the enumeration was conducted on October 14, the week before began from October 7 until October 13.

Activity covers the activity of working, attending school, a homemaking and others (for example, actively seeking a job, join courses, sports, or recreation). Those who are incapable of working are categorized as "Other".

Most frequent activity is the most time consuming activity compared to the others.

The most time consuming activity is calculated by comparing the time used for work, school, household work and others (actively seeking a job, incapable of conducting an activity, courses or sports). Leisure time used for relaxing, resting, sleeping and planting for working people, attending school, or taking care of a household are not used as a comparison.

Working is an activity of conducting work in order to obtain income or profits at least for one hour during the previous week. Working for an hour has to be conducted consecutively and continuously, including those who have a job but is temporarily not working. Earnings or profits cover salary/wages including all allowances, bonus and earnings from leasing, interests and profits in the form of cash or goods.

Explanation:

a. A person who conducts activities that produce grain (paddy, maize, sorghum) or palawija = second crop (cassava, sweet potato, potato) for self-consumption and mainly for fundamental needs, not as a hobby, is considered to be working.
b. A person who conducts activities that produce goods (not rice or a second crop) for self-consumption such as sewing one's own clothes, painting for a private collection, cooking for one's own family and fishing for pleasure, is not considered to be working.
c. Household members who help the work of the household head or that of other members, for example in the rice field, stall/shop, etc. are considered to be working, although they do not receive salary/wages ("Unpaid worker")
d. A person who hires machines/farm machinery, industrial machines, party equipments, transportation vehicle or others is categorized as "Working".
e. Housemaid/servant is categorized as "Working", whether or not they are a member of their employer's household.
f. A prisoner who conducts activities such as planting, making furniture or other is not considered to be working.
g. A person who rents his farm to another person and shares the products is categorized as "Working" if he/she is responsible or is managing the farm.


Attending school is attending classes in a formal school at the primary level or other levels (secondary and high), including those on vacation. For those who also go to school and work, the activity during the past week is the one which is the most time consuming.

Taking care of the household is the activity of doing household work/helping without receiving salary/wages.

Example:
A housewife, or her children who help with household activities, is categorized as "Taking care of a household". A helper who does the same activities but receives salary/wages is not categorized as "Taking care of a household", but rather is categorized as "Working".

"Other" are activities besides working, such as attending school, household work, those who are incapable of conducting activities, such as elderly people, handicapped or those who obtain pension and do not work anymore.

Circle one of the appropriate codes based on the respondent's answer; if the answer is Code 1 continue the interview to Question 28.


Question 25: Did you work at least one hour during the past week?
Circle code 1 if the answer is "Yes" then continue to Question 28. Circle code 2 if the answer is "No" then continue to Question 26.


Question 26: Employed but temporarily not working during the past week?
Circle code 1 if the answer is "Yes" then continue to Question 30. Circle code 2 if the answer is "No" then continue to Question 27.

Those who are categorized as employed but are temporarily not working are those who have a job but during the past week did not work because of several causes such as illness, waiting for harvest, or on strike. Also [include] those who had a job but did not start work in the previous week.

Example:

a. A freelance professional worker who is not working because he/she is sick or waiting for the next job, such as a puppeteer, masseur, native healer and singer.
b. A civil worker or a private worker who is not working because on leave, sick, on strike, or is temporarily relieved because the establishment has stopped its activities due to for example: machinery problems, lack of raw material, etc.
c. A farmer who is not working because he/she is sick or waiting for a next job, such as waiting for harvest or the rainy season to work at the rice field.
d. A person who is in the process of waiting to be selected as a worker or has received a letter from the company (although has not started working).


Question 32: Status of main work during the past week
The working status is the position of someone in a job.

a. Self-employed is undertaking [a job] at one's own risk and not using paid or unpaid workers.
Example:

1. Independent cab driver (does not receive salary) with an installment system.
2. Becak (pedicab) driver.
3. Workers at the market, train station, or other places that have unclear employer


b. Helped by non-permanent workers/unpaid workers is working at one's own risk and using unpaid workers and non-permanent workers.
Non-permanent workers are workers who work with other people or an institution/office/company and only receive salary/wages based on the length of the work is or the volume of work done.

Example:
1. A shopkeeper who is helped by household members/unpaid workers and or helped by other people who receive their wages based on the working days.
2. Vendors helped by unpaid workers or other people who are given wages when helping only.
3. A farmer who works on his land helped by unpaid workers. Although when harvesting is shared, workers are not considered permanent and the farmer is categorized as working with the help of family workers/non permanent workers.


c. Permanent workers is undertaking [a job] at one's own risk and hiring a minimum of one permanent [worker].
Permanent worker is someone who is employed by someone else or by a state institution/office/company and receives salary/wages permanently, even when there is no activity.


Example:
1. A shopkeeper who employs more than one permanent worker.
2. A person who owns a cigarette factory and employs permanent workers.


d. Workers/employees are those who are employed by someone else or an institution/state/institution/office/establishment with receiving salary/wages in cash or in-goods. A farm worker, although he/she has no employer, is considered to be a worker; a freelance worker who has no employer is categorized as a worker/employee.

e. Unpaid worker is someone who works helping others and does not receive salary/wages, in cash or in goods.

Unpaid workers consists of:
1. Household members of the person being helped, such as a wife who helps her husband in the rice field.
2. Not a household member of the person being helped, such as relative/family who helps selling at a food stall.
3. Not a household member of the person being helped, such as helping a neighbor who has a home industry weaving hats.


Circle one of the appropriate code based on the respondent's answer and write down the code in the appropriate box on the right hand side.

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Indonesia 1995 — source variable ID1995A_CLASSWK — Employment type in the past week
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VI. Economic activity of persons age 10 or older
[Questions 601 to 615]


[Questions 604-608 were asked of persons age 10 or older who are employed, worked at least one hour or held a job but were temporarily absent during the previous week, as per questions 601, 602 and 603.]


608. Employment status in primary activity during the previous week

[] 1 Self-employed (go to Q610)
[] 2 Self-employed assisted by family member/temporary help (go to Q610)
[] 3 Employer (go to Q610)
[] 4 Employee
[] 5 Unpaid worker (go to Q610)


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Indonesia 2000 — source variable ID2000A_CLASSWK — Employment type of primary occupation
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13. Employment status
[] 1 Self-employed
[] 2 Self-employed/[employer] assisted by temporary employees
[] 3 Employer
[] 4 Employee
[] 5 Unpaid worker

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Question 12 and Question 13 are asked if the answer to Question 11 is coded as 1


Question 13: Employment status
Employment status is status of employment on the job.
1. Self-employed are those who work at their own risk and do not have any assistance.

Examples:
1. Taxi drivers who assume the entire risk of their business.
2. Pedicap drivers who assume the entire risk of their business.
3. Laborers who operating in the market, railway station or similar places who have no particular employer.


2. Self-employed assisted by temporary employees are those who run their own business at their own risk with assistance from their family members and/or temporary workers.
Temporary employees are those who work for different employers, whether a personal/institution/government/company, receiving salary/wages based on the length of time working or on a work output volume basis.

Example:
1. A shop owner is assisted by household members/unpaid workers or other people who receive their wages based on the working days.
2. Vendors running their business assisted by unpaid workers or other people who are given wages based on the amount of labor productivity only.
3. Farmer who runs business on his/her own land helped by unpaid workers. Although during harvest season the labor was given part of the paddy production by the owner/employer, the laborer is not considered as a permanent worker.


3. Self-employed assisted by permanent workers are those who run their own business at own risk assisted by at least one employee/permanent worker.
Permanent worker is an employee for an employer/state/institution/office/establishment who receives salary/wages in cash and in goods permanently, regardless of the availability of economic output/activity.
Example:
1. Shop owner is assisted by at least one permanent worker.
2. Andi is an employee of a cigarette company, so Andi is categorized as a permanent worker.


4. Worker/employee is an employee for an employer/state/institution/office/establishment receiving salary/wages in cash or in goods permanently, regardless of the availability of economic output/activity. Agriculture laborers without employers are included into "Worker", as well as freelance workers who have no employer.

5. Unpaid worker are permanent and non-permanent workers/laborers who are employed without salary/wages in cash or in goods.
Unpaid workers consist of:
1. Household members assisting/working for family business without payment.
2. Non-household members assisting/working for family business without payment, such as shopkeepers.
3. Non-household members and non-family members of the business owner who they assisted, such as workers in a handicraft home industry.


Blacken [the oval] for the appropriate box as provided.

Some examples to accurately determine the occupational status and employment status:
1. Gino, Yanto, Yanti, Beny, Rano and Ramli work in a shoe industry that is owned by Ms. Ati. Gino is responsible for buying raw materials of industry. Yanto supervises shoe makers, Yanti is a typist, Beny is a driver, Rano is one of the shoe makers and Mono is an office boy. In her daily duties Ms. Ati is helped by her son Alan who is a paid book keeper. Ms. Ati is the manager of company.

The occupational status/main industry and employment status of those people in detail are:
Name - Main industry - Employment status
1. Ms. Ati - shoe industry - self-employed assisted by permanent employees
2. Alan - shoe industry - employee
3. Gino - shoe industry - employee
4. Yanto - shoe industry - employee
5. Yanti - shoe industry - employee
6. Beny - shoe industry - employee
7. Rano - shoe industry - employee
8. Ramli - shoe industry - employee


2. Triman is a self-employed farmer on his own paddy field land. He is helped by his wife and children in running his business. Ms. Mimin weaves mattresses for selling without employees. Nandi is a driver of Ms. Prayogo and is paid. Jono is a tailor with assistance from his wife Inem, and during peak production Jono will employ some laborers who are not household members with payment. Iman is a personal driver of the Air Mancur Herbal Factory and Iman's wife Marni looks for firewood in the jungle for selling.

Main industry/occupational status and employment status of the people above in detail are:
Name - Main industry - Employment status
1. Triman - Agriculture/farmer - Self-employed assisted by temporary employees
2. Mimin - Manufacturing industry - Self-employed
3. Nandi - Personal services - Employee
4. Jono - Personal services (Tailor) - Self-employed assisted by temporary employees
5. Inem - Personal services - Unpaid worker
6. Iman - Manufacturing industry - Employee
7. Marni - Agriculture - Self-employed


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Indonesia 2005 — source variable ID2005A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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VI.C. Household members age 10 or older
[Questions 626 - 629 were asked of household members age 10 or older.]


[Questions 627 - 629 were asked of persons age 10 or older who had work in the past week, as per question 626]


629. Employment status of main work

[] 1 Own account worker
[] 2 Self employed assisted by temporary employee/unpaid employee
[] 3 Employer
[] 4 Regular employee
[] 5 Casual employee in agriculture
[] 6 Casual employee not in agriculture
[] 7 Unpaid worker

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7.7.3 Block VI.C. Household members age 10 or older


Question 629: Status of employment of main job
Status of employment is the position of a person in a particular job consisting of:

a. "Own account worker" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the economic risk, that is, there is a possibility that the production costs will not be returned in this endeavor, and the person has no paid or unpaid worker. This includes endeavors that require special technology or expertise.

[p. 116]

Example:
A casual driver (no wages) who drives a vehicle owned by someone else and pays a flat rate to the owner per period of time; pedicab driver; carpenter; stone mason; electrician; masseuse, well digger; newspaper agent; ojek driver; merchant; doctor/midwife/shaman; ticket scalper; real estate broker, and others.

b. "Self-employed assisted by temporary/unpaid employee" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the risk and is assisted by an unpaid or temporary worker/staff/worker.
"Temporary worker/staff/worker" is one who is employed by another person or an institution/office/company and only receives wages based on time worked or volume produced.

Example:
1. Stall/shop owner assisted by family member/unpaid employee or assisted by others who are paid based on number of days worked.
2. Travelling salesman assisted by an unpaid employee or assisted by others who are paid whenever they work.
3. Farmer who works on farm land assisted by an unpaid worker. However, during the harvest the worker receives some of the harvest; this worker is not a permanent employee.

c. "Employer" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the risk and is assisted by at least one paid, permanent worker/staff/worker.

"A paid, permanent employee/worker/staff" is a person who is employed by another person or an institution/office/company and receives wages on a regular basis whether or not the employer has any work for him/her.

Example:
1. A shopkeeper who employs one or more permanent employees.
2. A cigarette manufacturer who employs permanent workers.

[p. 117]

d. "Regular employee/worker/staff" is someone employed by others or an institution/office/company and regularly receives wages/salary in cash or in kind. An employee who has no regular employer is considered a casual worker. Someone is considered to have a regular employer if he had the same employer (person/household) for the last month, except for the construction sector where the duration is the last three months. If the employer is an institution, there may be more than one employer.

Example:
Hendri works in the mornings as an employee of BPS and in the evenings as a permanent teacher at a school. Hendri is categorized as a regular employee/worker/staff.

e. "Casual worker in agriculture" is someone employed in agriculture by different people/employers/institutions (more than one employer during the last month) either at a household or non-household enterprise who receives payment either in cash or kind based on a daily wage or contract. Agriculture enterprises include food crops farms, plantations, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, hunting, and agricultural services.

Employer is the person or the party who assigns the work based on agreed terms of payment.

Example of someone who is an employer:
1. A paddy farmer who employs a farm worker to process/work the rice field with daily wages.

2. A plantation entrepreneur who employs several workers to fetch coconuts with an agreed payment.
Examples of casual worker in agriculture: worker who harvests paddy; worker who tills a rice field/farm land; worker who collects sap from the rubber trees; worker who harvests shrimp from a fish pond, worker who picks coffee, coconut, clove, etc.

[p. 118]

f. "Casual worker not in agriculture" is someone employed in non-agriculture enterprises by different people/employers/institutions (more than one employer during the last month) who receives payment either in cash or kind based on a daily wage or contract. Non-agriculture enterprises are all businesses in all other sectors except agriculture.
Examples of casual worker not in agriculture: Coolies in the market, station or other places with no permanent employer; passenger recruiter for public transportation; traveling clothes washer, picker of items from trash piles, construction helper, casual parking attendants, etc.

g. "Unpaid worker" is someone who works by helping others without receiving wages/salary either in cash or in kind.

Unpaid worker consists of:
1. Household member such as a wife who helps her husband work in the rice field.
2. Relative but not a household member who helps in a food stall.
3. Non-relative and non-household member who helps weave a hat for his neighbor in a home industry.


The method of filling in: use the appropriate code corresponding to the respondent's answer.

Some examples to determine the field of activities/industry, type of activities/occupation and status of employment are as follows:

1.
Andi, Eko, Nita, Hery, Toni, and Adi are employed at a shoe factory owned by Mrs. Dewi. Andi works as the raw materials buyer, Eko supervises the workers who make the shoes, Nita is a typist, Hery as a driver, Toni is a shoe maker, and Adi is an office boy. In her daily activities Mrs. Dewi is assisted by her son, Dedi, as a cashier without pay. Mrs. Dewi is the general manager of the company.

[p. 119]

[The table "Field of activity/industry, type of activity/occupation and status of employment -- for the respondents mentioned above" is not reported here]

2.
a. Nazir is a paddy farmer assisted by his wife and children.
b. Mirna makes plastic mats for sale without any help.
c. Joni is a tailor assisted by his wife Irma, and when he has a lot of sewing to be done he hires a temporary worker.
d. Hadi is the personal driver of Mrs. Pramudya and receives a salary.
e. Imron is a truck driver at an herbal medicine factory "Air Mancur" and his wife Marni is collecting firewood in the forest for sale.
f. Tomi is a casual dirt tiller who works at the Haji Ali and Haji Nawi's farm lands.
[p. 120]
g. Surti is a clothes washer who works at Mrs. Darto's, Mrs. Anggi's, and Mrs. Eko's houses.

[The table "Field of activity/industry, type of activity/occupation and status of employment -- for the respondents mentioned above" is not reported here]

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Indonesia 2010 — source variable ID2010A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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For persons age 10 or older
[Questions 215-218 were asked of persons age 10 or older.]


[Questions 217-218 were asked of persons age 10 or older who worked or were on temporary leave during the previous week.]


218. What was [the respondent's] employment status during the previous week?

[] 1 Self-employed
[] 2 Self-employed, assisted by unpaid temporary employees
[] 3 Employer, assisted by paid permanent employees
[] 4 Employee
[] 5 Casual worker
[] 6 Unpaid family worker

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Household Members 10 Years or Older
Questions 215 through 218 are asked to household members who are 10 years of age or older. See Q204; if 10, 11, 12... 98 have been entered, then the relevant household member must be asked Q215 through Q218 where appropriate.


Questions 216 through 218: Labor Force
The objective of Q216 and Q218 is to obtain information about the labor force situation which covers activities carried out during the previous week, the main industry of that work, and the employment status of that main work activity.


Question 218: Status/Position of Main Job
192. Ask the status or position of the household member in his primary job. Put a mark beside the appropriate answer.
Job Status

1. Self employed is a job or activity in which a person takes all the economic risk including the risk of not being able to recover the cost of the production incurred, also without using either paid or unpaid workers. This includes situations where technology or expertise is required.

[p. 138]

Explanation:

If a company is founded by more than one person and no laborers/employees are used, each of the founders has the status of self employed.

Example:

A freelance driver (one who does not receive a salary) who uses the deposit system, pedicab driver, carpenter, stonemason, electrician, masseur, one who digs wells, newspaper agent, one who uses a motorbike to give people rides, merchant who works alone, doctor/midwife/shaman who has his/her own practice, ticket broker, real estate broker, and the like.


2. Self employed assisted by temporary laborers or unpaid workers is work or an endeavor at one's own risk and laborers/workers/employees are unpaid or temporary.

Example:

1. A food stall/store owner who is assisted by a member of the household who is unpaid or some other person who is paid based on the days he/she works.
2. Traveling merchant who is assisted by a temporary worker.
3. Traveling merchant who is assisted by a worker who is paid only when he/she works.
4. A farmer who works his farm land assisted by an unpaid worker. Even though the farmer shares part of the harvest with the worker, the worker is not considered a permanent worker.

3. Employer assisted by paid permanent workers is an endeavor at one's own risk in which at least one permanent, paid laborer/worker/employee is employed.


[p. 139]
Examples:

1. Shop owner who employs one or more permanent workers.
2. Cigarette factory which has permanent workers.

4. Laborer/worker/employee is a person who is employed by another person or institution/office/business on a permanent basis and receives wages/salary in the form of cash or kind. A worker who does not have a permanent employer is not classified as a laborer/worker/employee but as a casual worker. A worker is considered to have a permanent employer if he had the same employer as he had last month; in the construction sector a respondent would be considered a worker if he worked for the same employer for at least three months.

Examples:

1. Rico is a construction worker who has been repairing the house of Mr. Bedu for four months. Rico is classified as a laborer/worker/employee.
2. A housemaid who does not live in her employer's household but just works there is classified as a laborer/worker/employee.

5. Casual worker includes casual workers in agriculture and in non agriculture.
Casual Agricultural worker is a person who works temporarily for another person/employer/institution (more than one employer during the last month) in agriculture in the form of a household endeavor or not a household endeavor and gives his/her services in exchange for wages or payment in cash or in kind either using a daily payment system or a contract.
An agricultural endeavor includes food crop agriculture, plantations, forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries and hunting, and includes agricultural services.
An employer is a person or party that gives work and makes the payment agreed upon.

[p. 140]
Examples of a person who has the status of employer:

1. A rice farmer who employs a farm worker to harvest the rice and pays him a daily wage.
2. A plantation entrepreneur who hires a person to gather coconuts and pays him a wage.

Examples of casual agricultural worker:

1. Laborer who harvests rice,
2. Laborer who tills a rice/agricultural field,
3. Laborer who collects sap from rubber trees,
4. Laborer who catches shrimp from a pond,
5. Laborer who picks coffee, coconuts, cloves and the like.

Non agricultural casual worker is a person who works temporarily for another person/employer/institution (more than one employer during the last month), in a nonagricultural sector and receives a wage or payment in cash or in kind either with a daily payment system or a contract. Nonagricultural includes all sectors other than agriculture.

Examples of nonagricultural casual workers:

Porters in a market, station or other place who don't have a permanent employer, a recruiter for public transportation, traveling laundress, someone who picks through the trash, construction worker, someone directing parking, and the like.

6. Family or unpaid worker is someone who works assisting someone else without wages/salary neither in cash nor in kind.

[p. 141]
Family or unpaid workers can consist of:

1. A member of the household of the person assisted such as a wife who helps her husband in the rice field.
2. Not a member of the household but a member of the family of the person being assisted such as a sibling/relative who helps with sales in a food stall.
3. Not a member of the household or a member of the family of the person being assisted such as one who helps weave hats in a neighbor's cottage industry.


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Iran 2006 — source variable IR2006A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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For codes 1 or 2 in column 23
[Questions 24-27 were asked of persons who are employed]


26. Status in employment

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own account worker
Wage and salary earner:

[] 3 Public sector
[] 4 Private sector

[] 5 Unpaid family worker

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22. Working status, column 23
Fill this column based on the following directions for all the members of the household who are 10 years old and above and leave it blank for the rest of them. To define an individual's working status, you should know the definition of work.
Work: the part of economic activities (physical or intellectual), the purpose of which is to gain profits (cash or non-cash) for the goal of producing goods or demonstrating service.
People who work are distributed in two major groups; freelance (they work for themselves) and salaried (they get paid in exchange for their work). Pay attention to the following:
The following people's activities are also considered as work:
- Individuals who work for one of the household members without earning an income (working for free for family). These people are usually women and teenagers who help other members of the family for free in activities such as farming, animal husbandry, carpet weaving, etc.
- Individuals serving in the military service.
- Individuals who serve in the Basij militia and earn money from it.
- Individuals who work at their residence in order to earn money, such as carpet weaving, sewing, hairdressing, typing, tutoring, fixing small electronics, baby-sitting, etc.
- Individuals who are occupied with activities like carpet weaving and sewing in order to produce durable goods for their own consumption.
- Individuals who are building, fixing or redecorating their own residence.
- Individuals who are interning and are involved directly in the production of goods and service, whether it is for exchange of money or not.
- Women or men who are occupied with activities such as farming, gardening, animal husbandry, fishing, etc.

The following activities are not considered as work:
- Unpaid activities at home for other members of the household like cooking, house holding, taking care of children, etc., which are mostly done by women.
- Social volunteering services at charities and Basij, etc.
- Small house maintenances such as faucets and valves, fixing windows and small electronics.
- Investing in economical activities without participating in management or actual operations, such as the stock exchange or investing money in companies.


23. Occupation, Industry, "Employment status", Columns 24, 25 and 26
Fill these columns for any 10 years old and above member of the household who have worked in the last 7 days, or have a job but have not worked in the past 7 days for specific reasons (codes 1 and 2 in column 23) and leave it blank for other members.
Note:

- For those who have a job but have not worked in the past 7 days (temporarily absent, code 2 in column 23), fill these columns based on the usual job of the person.
- For those who have worked in another field other than their usual job in the past 7 days (code 1 in column 23), fill these columns based on the person's field of work in the last 7 days.
- For those who have worked in more than one field in the past 7 days, fill these columns based on what they give you as their main job. If the respondent fails to indicate the main job, consider the one they have allocated more time to during the past week, and if the timing was even for all the jobs, consider the one that they have more work experience in.


23.3. Employment status, column 26
Record people's employment statuses related to their occupation, based on the following descriptions and write the proper code in this column.
[] 1 Employer: is someone who has employed at least one person. The following examples serve to illustrate this more:

- The owner of a timber factory, who has hired a few salaried employees to manage the factory, is an employer.
- The owner of a food supply store, who has hired a shop-boy, is an employer.
- A construction worker, who has won a contract for construction and is performing it with the help of a few salaried workmen, is an employer.
- Those who use only the help of family workers without paying them any money are not considered employers.
- Those who are employees themselves, even if a few other people are under their supervision, are not employers. For example, those who work for government in any position are not employers.

[] 2 Freelance worker: is someone who has not hired anyone to perform his work and is not salaried himself also. Note the following:
- Someone who manages his own fruit store alone or with help of his partner is a freelancer.
- Those who use only the help of family workers and do not disburse any money to them are freelance workers. For example, someone who only uses the help of his children who live with him and does not pay them money is a freelancer.
- Consider a farmer who participates in harvesting time as a separate freelance worker, if he has not hired anyone.

[] 3 Public sector - salaried: is considered for those who work in ministries, governmental organizations, institutions, Islamic revolutionary foundations and other public organizations like public banks and municipalities, and earn an income from that, such as employees at the department of education.
- A salaried person in the public sector might be official, on a contract, daily-paid, etc.
- Employees of the production, commercial, etc. sectors which are under public sector supervision are considered as salaried by the public sector.
- Those on military service at the time of enumeration are considered as public sector salaried employees.
- Those who work for private contractors, even if those contractors work for public institutions, are not considered as public sector salaried.

[] 4 Private sector - salaried: are those who work for people or private organizations in exchange for money or services, such as a CEO of a private construction company, a private kindergarten teacher, an accountant in a private hospital, a construction worker's trainee, a cashier in a private bank, etc.
Note that:
- Cooperative companies' salaried individuals are considered private sector salaried.
- Those who have contracts with the private sector and work in governmental organizations, municipalities, etc. (public sector) are considered private sector salaried.
- Unpaid interns will be assigned to codes 3 or 4 based on the sector (public or private) they are working for.

[] 5 Unpaid family worker: consider anyone who is working for a relative without earning an income as an unpaid family worker.

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Iran 2011 — source variable IR2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Activity and marital status - For people aged 10 and over

Questions 26-28 for those who are working, doing unpaid work in the household business, or are temporarily absent from work

28. Job status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own-account, wage, and salaried worker
[] 3 Public sector
[] 4 Private sector
[] 5 Cooperative sector
[] 6 Unpaid family worker
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Column 23 -30, Employment and marital status -General description

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Fill these columns for individual 10-year or older.
Columns 26 -29, main activity of the workplace, job, job status, workplace
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Fill these columns if codes 1, 2, or 3 are checked in column 23, and leave it blank for the rest.
? For individuals who were temporarily absent from work (column 23 code 3) fill this column according to their usual job.
? When filling these columns for an individual who worked a job other than his usual one in the past 7 days [column 23 code 1] consider the most recent job carried.
? When filling these columns for individuals who work multiple jobs, consider the main job carried. If the respondent cannot specify the answer, the job that individual worked the highest number of hours carrying in the past 7 days is the main job. If the individual spends equal number of hours at each job, then the main job is the one that the individual has stayed with the longest.
Column 28, status in employment
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Code 1, employer
An individual who hires at least one employee e.g.:
? Owner of a sawmill who has hired a few laborers to run the mill.
? Owner of grocery with one hired laborer working for him
? A mason who has hired a few construction workers to carry the job he has contracted.
Note:
? Individuals who run their occupational activities using only unpaid family workers are not employers.
Code 2, own- account worker
An individual who hires no employee, and himself is not a paid worker either:
? A grocer who runs his own grocery store individually or with a partner.
? Individuals who run their occupational activities using only unpaid family workers.
? Farmers who cooperate with each other during harvest are considered own- account worker if they do not hire any laborer.
Code 3, public sector employee
Individuals who work for ministries, institutions, agencies, government offices and agencies and Islamic revolution organizations, public banks, or city, and are paid in cash or in-kind e.g. employees of Ministry of Education or National Bank of Iran or police officers.
? Public sector employees are hired, on contract, temp, or day laborer.
? Employees of manufacturing and business activities under public sector management.
? Privates in conscription.
? Individuals hired to work under private sector contractors are not public sector employees even if the contractor works for public sector.
Code 4, private sector employee
An individual who works in private sector in return for cash or in kind, whether the employee is an individual or institution, e.g. the CEO of a private sector construction company, private nursery teacher, private hospital accountant, cashier of private sector bank, etc.
Note:
? An individual hired and paid by private sector whose workplace is in public sector is private sector employee.
? Unpaid internes who work in public or private sector get codes 3 or 4 respectively.
Code 5, co- operative sector employee
Co- operative companies are created and registered according to co- operative law of trade and comprise different types such as consumer co- ops, housing co- ops, etc.
Code 6, unpaid family worker
An individual who works unpaid for another member of the same household with whom he has family ties e.g. a son who helps his father in livestock farm without pay.

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Iraq 1997 — source variable IQ1997A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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For persons six years old and more
[Applies to questions 46-52]


49. Employment status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own-account worker
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Unpaid family worker

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49. Employment status:
Indicated by the sign (x) in the right square according to the following:
1. Employer
Related to the employers in the private, Arab and foreign sector only and defined as the person who owns or runs a big or small establishment or practices a skill or profession on condition he has to employ one person or more to fulfill his work.
2. Own account worker
A person who works on his own account and practices a skill or work on workshop that he owns and runs and doesn't employ any person to help him or fulfill his work.
3. Employee
Every person who receives a salary or fee in return for his work in different sectors governmental, mixed, private, Arabic, foreign or work for his own household in return of wage.
4. Unpaid family worker
He is the person that works no less than third of the ordinary working hours that means working at least two unpaid hours in agricultural holding or establishment that owned or ran by one person of his household.
Note: If a person corresponds on more than one status. The status of the more working hours is taken.

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Ireland 1971 — source variable IE1971A_CLASSWK — Class of worker, employment status
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[Questions 14-18 are be completed for each person aged 14 years or older]


15. Employment status_____

If usually working for payment or profit, state whether "Employee", "Assisting relative", "Self employed", "Employs others" or "Self employed, without employees". If at present out of work, write "Out of work".

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The Enumerator should check that, within his knowledge, there is no inconsistency between the answers in this column and those given in Columns 4, 14 and 16.

Questions 14, 15 and 16 are the most difficult and require the most careful scrutiny. Question 14 should be answered for all persons aged 14 years or over, while questions 15 and 16 should be answered for persons who have a job or who are out of work.


Question 15 - Employment status.
This question should be answered for persons aged 14 years or over with a job or who are out of work. Note that the term "Employee" should be used for a person receiving a fixed wage or salary, even if he is assisting a relative. If, however, he is assisting a relative without receiving a fixed wage or salary he should be described as "Assisting relative". Members of religious orders should be described as "Employees". Persons without any paid employees, even though assisted by relatives who are not receiving fixed wages, should be described as "self employed without employees". Persons in partnership in a firm not having paid employees should be described as "self employed, without employees", while persons in partnership in a firm having paid employees should be described as "self employed, employs others". Persons employed to manage commercial concerns should be described as "Employee".


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Ireland 1981 — source variable IE1981A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Q.17 Employment status
[] 1 Self-employed, employing others
[] 2 Self-employed, without paid employees
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)

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Q.15 to Q.19:
The Questions on the person's position in regard to employment (Questions 15-19) are the most difficult to check and require the most careful study. These Questions should be answered for each persons aged 15 years and over. (i.e. born on or before 5 April, 1966). Answers in respect of persons aged under 15 should be ignored.

Q.17: Employment status
An answer is required here for persons in Category 1, 3 or 6 at Question 15. Answers for other persons should be ignored. The answers supplied should relate to the occupation given at Question 16. Note that the term "Employee" should be used for a person receiving a fixed wage or salary, even if he assisting a relative. If, however, he/she is assisting a relative without receiving a fixed wage or salary, he/she should be described as "Assisting Relative". Members of religious orders should be described as "Employees". Persons without any paid employees, even though assisted by relatives who are not receiving fixed wages, should be described as "Self Employed, Without Employees". Persons in partnership in a firm not having paid employees should also be described as "Self employed, Without Employees", while persons in partnership in a firm having paid employees should be described as "Self Employed, Employing Others". Persons employed to manage commercial concerns should be described as "Employee". (Thus a person whose occupation is "Managing Director is an Employee.)


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Ireland 1986 — source variable IE1986A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Questions 15-22 relate to persons aged 15 years or over]

Q.17 Employment status

If at work, please check the appropriate box to indicate the person's present employment status. If unemployed or retired, indicate the person's previous employment status

[] 1 Self-employed, with paid employees
[] 2 Self-employed, without paid employees
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)
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Q.15 to Q.20:
The questions on the person's position in regard to employment (questions 15-20) are the most difficult to check and require the most careful study. These Questions should be answered for each person aged 15 years and over (i.e., born on or before 13 April, 1971). For persons younger than 15, these questions should be ignored.

Q.17: Employment status
An answer is required here for persons in Category 1, 3, or 6 at Question 15. Answers for other persons should be ignored. The answers supplied should relate to the Occupation given at Question 16. Note that the term "Employee" should be used for a person receiving a fixed wage or salary, even if he is assisting a relative. If, however, he/she is assisting a relative without receiving a fixed wage or salary, he/she should be described as "Assisting relative". Members of religious orders should be described as "Employees". Persons without any paid employees, even though assisted by relatives who are not receiving fixed wages, should be described as "Self-employed, without paid employees". Persons in partnership in a firm not having paid employees should also be described as "Self-employed, without paid employees", while persons in partnership in a firm with paid employees should be described as "Self Employed, with paid employees". Persons employed to manage commercial concerns should be described as "Employee" (thus a person whose occupation is "Managing director" is an "Employee").


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Ireland 1991 — source variable IE1991A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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[Questions 16-24 relate to persons aged 15 years and over]

Q.21 Employment status

It at work, please check the appropriate box to indicate person's present employment status. If unemployed or retired, indicate the person's previous employment status.

[] 1 Self-employed, with paid employees
[] 2 Self-employed, without paid employees
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)
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Appendix 1

Q.19 through Q.23: Employment
The questions on the person's position in regard to employment (Questions 19-23) are the most difficult to check and require the most careful study. These questions should be answered for all persons aged 15 years and over (i.e., born on or before 21 April, 1976). Answers in respect of persons aged younger than 15 should be ignored.

Q.21: Employment status
An answer is required here for persons in Category 1, 3, or 6 at Question 19. Answers for other persons should be ignored. The answers supplied should relate to the Occupation given at Question 20. Note that the term "Employee" should be used for a person receiving a fixed wage or salary, even if she is assisting a relative. If, however, she is assisting a relative without receiving a fixed wage or salary, s/he should be described as "Assisting relative". Members of religious orders should be described as "Employees". Persons without any paid employees, even though assisted by relatives who are not receiving fixed wages, should be described as "Self employed, without employees". Persons in partnership in a firm not having paid employees should also be described as "Self employed, without employees", while persons in partnership in a firm having paid employees should be described as "Self employed, employing others". Persons employed to manage commercial concerns should be described as "Employee" (thus, a person whose occupation is "Managing director" is an "Employee").


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Ireland 1996 — source variable IE1996A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Questions 15-24 were asked of persons 15 years and over]

Q.20 Employment status

It at work, please check the appropriate box to indicate person's present employment status. If unemployed or retired, indicate the person's previous employment status.
[] 1 Self-employed, with paid employees
[] 2 Self-employed, without paid employees
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)
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Questions which cover persons 15 years and over

Q.20: Employment Status
An answer is required here for persons who ticked boxes 1,3 or 6 at Question 18. Note that the term 'Employee' should be used for a person receiving a fixed wage or salary, even if he/she is assisting a relative. However, if a person is assisting a relative without receiving a fixed wage or salary, he/she should tick box 4. Priests, nuns, brothers etc. should be described as 'Employees'. Persons in partnership in a firm not having paid employees should tick box 2. Persons in partnership in a firm having paid employees should tick box 1. Persons employed as managing directors should tick box 3.


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Ireland 2002 — source variable IE2002A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Questions 20-26 apply to people aged 15 and over]


25 If you are:

  • Working for payment or profit (Q24 box 1)
  • Unemployed (Q24 box 3)
  • retired (Q24 box 6)

Answer the following questions about your main job or your last main job if you are not currently employed. Otherwise skip to Q32.


26 Do (did) you work as an employee or are (were) you self-employed in your main job?

Your main job is the job in which you usually work(ed) the most hours

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Self-employed, with paid employees
[] 3 Self-employed, without paid employees
[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)

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Questions 26 to 31 are to be answered by persons who are working for payment or profit, unemployed or retired (i.e., those who have ticked boxes 1, 3, or 6 for question 24).

26. Do (did) you work as an employee or are (were) you self-employed in your main job?

Your main job is the job in which you usually work(ed) the most hours

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Self-employed, with paid employees
[] 3 Self-employed, without paid employees
[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)

Question 26 is used in the analysis of people's employment. This information is used to show potential growth in business and employment.

Guidelines on answering question 26:
  • The term "Employee" should be used for a person receiving a fixed wage or salary, even if he/she is assisting a relative. However, if a person is assisting a relative without receiving a fixed wage or salary, he/she should 4 "Assisting relative"
  • Priests, nuns, brothers, etc. should 1 "Employee"
  • Persons employed as managing directors should 1 "Employee"
  • Persons in partnership in a firm having paid employees should 2 "Self-employed, with paid"
  • Persons in partnership in a firm not having paid employees should 3 "Self-employed, without paid".

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Ireland 2006 — source variable IE2006A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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B. Person Form

27. If you are:

- working for payment or profit (Q26 box 1)
- unemployed (Q 26 box 3)
- retired (Q26 box 6)

Answer the following questions about your main job or your last main job if you are not currently employed. Otherwise, skip to Q34.

28. Do (did) you work as an employee or are (were) you self-employed in your main job? Your main job is the job in which you usually work(ed) the most hours.

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Self-employed, with paid employees
[] 3 Self- employed, without paid employees
[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)
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Questions 28 to 33 are to be answered by persons who are working for payment or profit, unemployed or retired (.i.e. Those who have ticked boxes 1, 3, or 5 for question 26).

Question 28 is used in the analysis of people's employment. This information is used to show potential growth in business and employment.

28. Do (did) you work as an employee or are (were) you self-employed in your main job?

Your main job is the job in which you usually work(ed) the most hours.
[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Self-employed, with paid employees
[] 3 Self- employed, without paid employees
[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)

Some guidelines on answering question 28:

  • The term 'Employee' should be used for a person receiving a fixed wage or salary, even if he/she is assisting a relative. However, if a person is receiving a fixed wage or salary, they should tick box Assisting relative.
  • Priests, nuns, brothers, etc. should tick box Employee
  • Persons employed as managing directors should tick box Employee
  • Persons in partnership in a firm having paid employees should tick Self-employed, with paid employees
  • Persons in partnership in a firm not having paid employees should tick Self-employed, without paid Employees

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Ireland 2011 — source variable IE2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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23. If you are aged under 15
Go to Q34
[Questions 24-33 were asked for persons age 15+.]
28. If you are working, unemployed or retired, go to Q29.
If you are a student, go to Q34.
Otherwise, go to Q35.

[Q29-Q33 were asked for persons who were working, unemployed or retired.]

29. Do (did) you work as an employee or are (were) you self-employed in your main job?

Your main job is the job in which you usually work(ed) the most hours.
Mark one box only.

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Self-employed, with paid employees
[] 3 Self-employed, without paid employees
[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)
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Questions 24 to 33 should be answered only by persons 15 years and over

Persons who are working should answer questions 29, 30, 32 and 34.

Persons who are retired should answer questions 29 and 30 only.

Persons who are unemployed should answer questions 29, 30 and 32 only.

All other persons should not answer any of the questions 29, 30, 32, 33 or 34.

Question 29. Question 29 is used in the analysis of people's employment. The information is used to show potential growth in business and employment.

Retired and unemployed people should answer question 29 based on the work they did last.

Priests, nuns, brothers etc. should mark 'employee'.

Persons employed as managing directors should mark 'employee'.

Persons in partnership in a firm having paid employees should mark 'self-employed with paid employees'.

Persons in partnership in a firm not having paid employees should mark 'self-employed without paid employees'.


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Ireland 2016 — source variable IE2016A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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29. Do (did) you work as an employee or are (were) you self-employed in your main job?

Your main job is the job in which you usually work(ed) the most hours. Mark one box only

[] 1. Employee
[] 2. Self-employed, with paid employees
[] 3. Self-employed, without paid employees
[] 4. Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)
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Appendix H. Detailed notes on the household form

Questions 24 to 33 should be answered only by persons 15 years and over

Persons who are working should answer questions 29, 30, 32 and 34.

Persons who are retired should answer questions 29 and 30 only.

Persons who are unemployed should answer questions 29, 30 and 32 only.

All other persons should not answer any of the questions 29, 30, 32, 33 or 34.

[Question 29: Do (did) you work as an employee or are (were) you self-employed in your main job?]

Question 29 is used in the analysis of people's employment. The information is used to show potential growth in business and employment.

Retired and unemployed people should answer question 29 based on the work they did last.

[The original document includes an image below.]

Priests, nuns, brothers etc. should mark 'Employee'.

Persons employed as managing directors should mark 'Employee'.

Persons in partnership in a firm having paid employees should mark 'Self-employed with paid employees'.

Persons in partnership in a firm not having paid employees should mark 'Self-employed without paid employees'.


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Israel 1972 — source variable IL1972A_CLASSWK — Status of work
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[Questions 1-24 asked only of those 14 years of age or older.]


In questions 13-21, full or part-time work for payment, profit, or other remuneration, and also work of a family member without pay in a family business will be considered as "work". Not considered as "work": work of woman in her own household.


[Questions 17-21 were asked of persons age 14+ who worked and did not serve in regular or professional military service last week, per questions 13, 16]


21. What is your position at the place of work?

[] 1. Employee (receiving wages and salary)
[] 2. Self-employed, not employing hired personnel
[] 3. Self-employed, employing 1-2
[] 4. Self-employed, employing 3 and more
[] 5. Member of a cooperative
[] 6. Member of qibbuz (not employee)
[] 7. member of family working without pay in family business or farm


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Israel 1983 — source variable IL1983A_CLASSWK — Status at work
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[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older]

[Work]
[Questions 14-23]


[Questions 17-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14]


[Questions 18-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14, but worked in Israel during the previous 12 months, per question 17]


21. What is your employment status at this work place?

[] 1 Salaried or wage-earning employee
[] 2 Self-employed, employing no workers
[] 3 Self-employed, employing 1-2 workers
[] 4 Self-employed, employing 3 or more workers
[] 5 Member of cooperative
[] 6 Member of Kibbutz (not a wage worker or salaried employee)
[] 7 Family member working without pay in family business or farm

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25. Question 21 -- explanations: Status on the Job

[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 20.]

"Status on the job", means salaried employee, self-employed, etc. and not "temporary"/"permanent".
Salaried employee -- is a person working for someone in return for a daily/monthly/per job wage or for some other return. Also regarded as salaried employees are:

A person working in a cooperative and receiving a salary only (meaning, he/she is not a member of the cooperative).

An apprentice receiving wage

A yeshiva student aged 18 and over, occupied as a teacher in the yeshiva.

A pupil in an agricultural school, or a vocational school, receiving wage.

A citizen working for the army

A housekeeper, nanny etc.


[p. 37]

Self-employed not employing salaried employees includes also:

A person working in a business/farm of his/her own and not employing others for wage or any other returns.

An active partner in a business not employing others.

A person employing workers without pay or return (such as: a person employing family members in his/her business/farm without pay).

A private teacher.


Self-employed employing salaried employees:
Considered as self-employed employing salaried employees is a person employing others for wage or any other return. Including:

An active partner in a business employing salaried employees.

The owner of a farm employing a worker for wage

A craftsman employing an apprentice


Member of cooperative: Considered as member of cooperative is an employee sharing the cooperative profits on top of his/her salary. A member of a communal Moshav will also be considered as member of a cooperative.

Member of kibbutz

Including:
Kibbutz members and their sons/daughters; parents and relatives of kibbutz members, living in the kibbutz and working in it; candidates for membership in the kibbutz; members of groups planning to establish or join a kibbutz and teenagers living in the kibbutz and working in it; kibbutz members working outside their kibbutz without receiving pay from their workplace.

Not including:

1. Kibbutz members working outside the kibbutz for wage.

2. Persons who are not kibbutz members but live in the kibbutz and work in it for wage

3. persons studying Hebrew in a kibbutz
4. Volunteers in the kibbutz.

Family member working without pay in the family business/farm: A son working for his father or a woman working for her husband, in a farm or business, without receiving payment.
For example: a woman helping her husband in a grocery store or a son helping his father in his workshop -- without receiving pay.


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Israel 1995 — source variable IL1995A_CLASSWK — Status at work
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Part C: Anyone 15 years and older is requested to fill-in both pages


[Questions 14-38 were asked of people 15 years or older.]


31. What is your status at this place of employment?

[] 1. Employed by salary
[] 2. Self-employed, employing no workers
[] 3. Self-employed employing 1-2 workers
[] 4. Self-employed employing 3-9 or more employees
[] 5. Self-employed employing 10 or more employees
[] 6. Member of a cooperative
[] 7. Kibbutz member (who is not a waged worker)
[] 8. Family member working without pay in family's business or farm

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24. Question 31

31. What is your status in this workplace?

[] 1 Employee [Salaried employee]
[] 2 Self-employed who does not employ workers
[] 3 Self-employed with 1-2 employees
[] 4 Self-employed with 3-9 employees
[] 5 Self-employed with 10 employees and over
[] 6 Cooperative member
[] 7 Kibbutz member (who is not an employee)
[] 8 Family member working without pay in the family business or farm

24.1 An employee

An employee is a person working for someone else for a daily-pay, monthly wage, as a contractor or any other pay.

An employee is also:

A. A company owner that for taxes reasons has the status of "an employee who is the company owner".

B. A person working in a cooperative, who is not a cooperative member, who gets a salary only.

C. An apprentice or a trainee who receives an income.

D. A Yeshiva student who is 18 years old and over, who teaches in the Yeshiva.

E. A student in agricultural or vocational school, who receives an income.

F. A civilian working in the IDF.

G. A housekeeper, nursemaid etc.

24.2 Self-employed who does not employ workers

This is a person who works in his own business or agricultural farm, who does not hire employees for a pay or any other return.

Examples:
A. An active partner in a business who does not employ other workers.

B. A person who employs workers without pay or return, like a person who employs family members in a family business or farm without pay.

C. A teacher whose main income comes from private lessons he gives.


24.3 Self-employed with employees

This is a person who works in his business or agricultural farm and also employs others for a wage or other return.

[p. 65]

Self-employed who employs others is also:
- An active partner in a business that hires workers;
- A craftsman who employs an apprentice or apprentices

24.4 Cooperative member

This is a person who gets his share in the cooperative profits, in addition to his salary.
A member in a Collective Moshav [agricultural village] is also considered as a cooperative member.

24.5 Kibbutz member

A kibbutz member (who is not an employee) -- is a status given to a person who lives and works in the kibbutz without pay. Personal budget [allowance] is not considered as income. Children of kibbutz members are also considered as kibbutz members.

Also considered as Kibbutz members:
-- Parent or other relative of a Kibbutz member who lives and works in the Kibbutz

-- A candidate to be a Kibbutz member

-- A member in qualifying programs for new immigrants in the Kibbutz, a person who combines work in the Kibbutz with his military service, a teenager who lives and works in the Kibbutz.

-- A Kibbutz member who works outside the Kibbutz but his income is transferred to the Kibbutz.


Not considered as Kibbutz members:
-- A person who is not a Kibbutz member who lives and works in the Kibbutz for a pay.

-- A person who studies in the Ulpan [Hebrew course organized by the Immigration Absorption Ministry].

-- A volunteer in the Kibbutz.

-- A Kibbutz member who works outside the Kibbutz and his salary is not transferred to the Kibbutz.


24.6 Family member working without pay

This is a family member who works without pay in the family business or farm.

Examples:
A. A woman helping her husband in a grocery store without pay.
B. A son employed by his father in his workshop or agricultural farm, without getting paid.


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Israel 2008 — source variable IL2008A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Questions on your main place of work
[Questions 59-70]

67. What is your status in the workplace?

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Self-employed, with no employees
[] 3 Self-employed, with 1-2 employees
[] 4 Self-employed, with 3-9 employees
[] 5 Self-employed, employing 10 employees or more
[] 6 Member of cooperative
[] 7 Kibbutz member (who is not an employee)
[] 8 Family member who works without pay in the family business or farm
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Part H: Work

3. Instructions for answering questions :
Questions for examining work in 2008:
The first group of questions about 'work' helps determine whether a person worked in 2008 and allows us to estimate the amount of labor force at the household's disposal.

Questions on the type of work the person does
The goal of the questions on the type of work is to fully and accurately classify the type of work a person actively does. Therefore, answering as accurately and in as much detail as possible is extremely important.
The information is received from two questions: description of the person's main job and description of the main activities the person performs at his job. The information from these questions focuses the data on the work the person himself does at the workplace, unlike the previous questions where the information received refers to the workplace where the person works. The answers to these questions are in the respondent's own words. Additional information on work is received from the questions: status at work and source of salary.

p. Status at workplace
The goal of the question is to receive information on the employment status of the people who worked in 2008. For example: the number of salaried employees and self-employed, number of Kibbutz members.
Question 7.150 - What is your status at this workplace?

[] 1 Salaried employee
[] 2 Self-employed, does not employ workers
[] 3 Self-employed, employs 1-2 workers
[] 4 Self-employed, employs 3-9 workers
[] 5 Self-employed, employs 10+ workers
[] 6 Member of a cooperative
[] 7 Kibbutz member (who is not a salaried employee)
[] 8 Unpaid family member who works in a family business or farm

Definitions of types of status at work:
Salaried employee: a person who works for someone else in return for a daily, monthly or contract salary, or in return for some other compensation.
Self-employed, does not employ workers: a person who owns a business, which is not a limited (Ltd) company, or a farm, and works in it, but does not employ others for pay or in exchange for any other compensation.
Self-employed, employs workers: a person who owns or partly owns a business, which is not a limited (Ltd) company, or a farm, works in it, and employs other workers for pay or in exchange for some other compensation (excluding unpaid family members).
Member of a cooperative: a person who is a member of a cooperative, who in addition to his salary also has a share in the cooperative's profits.
Kibbutz member: Any person who lives on a Kibbutz and works on it without receiving pay. A personal budget is not considered as pay.

Kibbutz members who work outside the Kibbutz shall be considered as salaried workers, even if their pay is transferred to the Kibbutz .
Unpaid family member: A family member or relative who works in the family's business or farm without pay, as long as this is not a limited (Ltd) company. If the compensation is not in a salary form - this person will be considered as an 'unpaid family member'.
In cases where workers' status (employee or self-employed) is not clear, such as: a seamstress who does sewing jobs at her home for a certain factory, a translator who works for a certain publisher and his pay is per book, etc. - find out whether the workplace pays his social security dues:

If they pay his social security - he is a salaried employee.
If he pays social security himself - he is self-employed.

A list of cases that fall under the different categories of status at work can be found in paragraph 4.e.

4. Detailed definitions

e. Status at work - cases included under the different status types
Type of status

Salaried employee (answer 1)
A person who works for someone else in exchange for a daily, monthly or contract salary, or some kind of other compensation.
A manager of a limited (Ltd) company who receives a salary from the company, even if he is a shareholder.
A person who works in a cooperative but is not a member of the cooperative, and only receives a salary.
Work of a salaried employee on a Kibbutz (including students from city schools and 'volunteers').
An agent who receives a salary in addition to his commission (For example: lottery agents).
Housekeeper - whether she works in one place or several places.
Babysitter - whether she works in one place or several places.
Seamstress, hairdresser, etc. who works at other people's houses.
Kibbutz members who work outside Kibbutz for pay (even if their salary is transferred to the Kibbutz ).
Self-employed, does not employ workers (answer 2)
Partner in a business that does not employ other workers.
A person who employs workers without pay or other compensation, such as: a person who employs family members in a family business or farm without pay.
A man or woman who cares for children within the framework of a foster family.
A woman who takes care of a child at her home.
Tutor, whether he works at his home or at the student's home.
An agent who does not receive a salary, only commission.
Seamstress, hairdresser, etc. who works at her home.
If a couple has a joint business (and they do not employ others) - if they are not defined as salaried workers, one of them shall be registered as self-employed and the other as an unpaid family member.
Self-employed, employs workers (answers 3-5)
Partner in a business that employs salaried workers.
Artisan who employs an apprentice.
Member of a cooperative (answer 6)
Includes:
'Egged' and 'Dan' bus drivers, who are members of these bus cooperatives.
Member of a collective Moshav (Mosahv Shitufi).
Does not include:
Salaried drivers of 'Egged' and 'Dan' who are not members of the bus cooperative, and do not have a share in the cooperative's profits.
Kibbutz member (answer 7)
Includes:
Kibbutz members and their children.
Candidate for Kibbutz membership.
Member of a Hakhshara (agricultural training program), member of a Gar'in (a group training for establishing a new settlement), youth living and working on the Kibbutz .
Kibbutz members who do public work outside the Kibbutz (for example: a person who works at the United Kibbutz Movement's offices in the city).
Does not include
Kibbutz members who work outside the Kibbutz for a salary.
Volunteers.
Unpaid family member (answer 8)
A woman who works with her sister at the grocery store, without pay.
A son who helps his father at his workshop or farm, without pay.
A couple who have a joint business - if they are not defined as salaried workers, one of them shall be registered as self-employed, and the other as an unpaid family member.

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Italy 2001 — source variable IT2001A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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Persons over 15 years of age must answer questions starting from point 6.
Persons under 15 years of age must answer questions starting from point 8.


[Questions 6.1-7.12 were asked of persons over 15 years of age.]


7. Work activity
[Questions 7.1 to 7.12 were asked of those who worked one or more hours of paid work, or as contributing family worker.]

To answer questions from 7.1 to 7.12, refer to the main work activities (activities where the greater number of hours were worked)


7.5 Indicate whether the person works as

[] 1 Employee or other subordinate position [Skip to question 7.7]
[] 2 Entrepreneur [Answer question 7.6]
[] 3 Professional [Answer question 7.6]
[] 4 Own-account worker [Answer question 7.6]
[] 5 Member of producers and/or services cooperative [Skip to question 7.9]
[] 6 Contributing family worker [Skip to question 7.9]

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7. Work activity
Answer question 7.1 and question 7.12 by referring to the main job carried out during the week preceding the date of the Census (from 14 to 20 October, 2001).
The term main work activities refers to the job where the greatest number of working hours was employed.
Employed persons who, during the week preceding the date of the Census (from 14 to 20 October, 2001), did not work because they were on vacation, illness, on income support, on leave of absence etc., must refer to the main job usually performed.
Persons who, during the week preceding the date of the Census (from 14 to 20 October, 2001), changed job must refer to their new job carried out at the end of that week.


Question 7.5
Employee or other subordinate position: anyone working, with or without a contract, for a public or private employer, and receives compensation under the form of wages, salary, reimbursement of expenses, payment in kind, food, accommodation, etc.
Entrepreneur: anyone who manages their own business (agriculture, industry, commerce, services, etc.) and hires employees.
Professional: anyone who practices a profession or liberal arts (notary public, lawyer, dentist, building engineer, etc.).
Own-account worker: anyone who runs a farm, a small industrial or commercial firm, an artisans shop, a store or public service, in which he participates manually. This category also includes farmers, sharecroppers, etc., anyone working from the home directly for the consumer and not on commission to any company.
Member of a producer and/or services cooperative: anyone who is a member of a cooperative that produced goods and/or provides services, regardless of the field in which the cooperative operates, in other words, he who does not receive remuneration based on a work contract, but payment in proportion to the service provided and/or share of company profits.
Contributing family worker: anyone who helps a household member with their independent activity, without a regular work agreement or contract (for example, a wife who help her storekeeper husband in the shop, a son who helps his father on the farmer).


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Italy 2001 — source variable IT2001A_PAIDWKR — Have paid employees
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Persons over 15 years of age must answer questions starting from point 6.
Persons under 15 years of age must answer questions starting from point 8.


[Questions 6.1-7.12 were asked of persons over 15 years of age.]


7. Work activity
[Questions 7.1 to 7.12 were asked of those who worked one or more hours of paid work, or as contributing family worker.]

To answer questions from 7.1 to 7.12, refer to the main work activities (activities where the greater number of hours were worked)


7.6 Indicate if there are paid workers

[Question 7.6 was asked of those who worked as entrepreneur, professional, or own-account worker.]

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

[Skip to question 7.9]

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7. Work activity
Answer question 7.1 and question 7.12 by referring to the main job carried out during the week preceding the date of the Census (from 14 to 20 October, 2001).
The term main work activities refers to the job where the greatest number of working hours was employed.
Employed persons who, during the week preceding the date of the Census (from 14 to 20 October, 2001), did not work because they were on vacation, illness, on income support, on leave of absence etc., must refer to the main job usually performed.
Persons who, during the week preceding the date of the Census (from 14 to 20 October, 2001), changed job must refer to their new job carried out at the end of that week.

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Italy 2011 — source variable IT2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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6. Vocational or non-vocational status

[These questions are asked of individuals aged 15 years and over]

In your answers to question 6.6 through 6.12 refer to your primary work activity only. If you are not working at present, refer to your most recent job.

6.6 What type of work do (did) you do?

[] 1 As an employee [go to question 6.7]
A job based on:
[] 2 Continuous coordinated collaboration (project-based or otherwise) [skip to question 6.9]
[] 3 Occasional work [skip to question 6.9]
Independent work as:
[] 4 Business owner [skip to question 6.8]
[] 5 Freelance professional [skip to question 6.8]
[] 6 Self-employed worker [skip to question 6.8]
[] 7 Member of a cooperative [skip to question 6.9]
[] 8 Family worker [skip to question 6.9]
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Section II - Information about regular inhabitants of the dwellings

In your answers to questions 6.6-6.12:

- Individuals with more than one job should answer in reference to their primary work activity only. Primary work activity is the job with the most work hours or the one (if you work an equal number of hours for different jobs) that provides the most income.
- Employed individuals who did not work during the week prior to the survey date (October 02nd-08th) because of a holiday, illness, CIG, leave of absence, etc., should refer to the job that usually represents their primary work activity.
- If you are not working at present, refer to the last job you had.
Question 6.6
Employment: work performed for a public or private employer (with or without a contract) in exchange for compensation in the form of wages, salary, reimbursement of expenses, payment in kind, food, lodging, etc.

This also includes:

-paid apprentices and trainees (paid work placements, fellowships, research grants), in other words, individuals whose work is a combination of training, practice and work;
- workers hired by a temporary employment agency;
- home workers who work on commission for one or more businesses.

Continuative and coordinated collaborative work (project-based or otherwise): work relating to one or several specific projects, programs or phases thereof. This contract type is characterized by the independence of the collaborator and mutual coordination with the contractor for provision of services. The worker may provide their services to multiple contractors (unless otherwise specified in the individual contract).

Occasional work: in this type of contract, the worker commits to providing the contractor with a job or service while retaining full organizational and operational autonomy without any administrative subordination. While this type of service is classified as occasional because of the fact that the relationship terminates after the agreed result has been achieved, the relationship is not necessarily a short-term one. Registration with INPS (the social security institute) is unnecessary due to the occasional nature of the relationship. Social security payments are not required, therefore, and the taxation involved is income tax, or IRPEF (20% withholding of the due amounts). This work category does not require a written contract, and there is no obligation to apply workplace safety regulations or any other legislation applying to other workers.

Business owner: self-employed manager of a business (agriculture, industry, commercial, services, etc.) which employs staff. With at least one employee working for them, the business owner?s main work is the organization and management of business activities. If direct involvement in the productive process is their primary work (in addition to organizing and managing the activity), then it is more appropriate to check box 6 ("Self-employed worker"). For example, a metalsmith who has his own workshop where he employs an assistant to help him, the primary activity is more about the metalwork itself than management of the workshop.

Freelance professional: works for him/herself in a professional capacity or in the liberal arts (notary, lawyer, dentist, construction engineer, etc.) in which intellectual work or effort is predominant. Freelance professionals may or may not be registered in an official roster of practicing professionals.

Self-employed worker: manager of a farm, small industrial or retail business, craftwork studio, shop or public service who contributes his/her own manual labor. This category also includes farmers, tenant farmers and similar who work directly from their own home on behalf of consumers, and not on commission for businesses. Self-employed workers may or may not have their own employees. What distinguishes them from business owners is how their direct involvement in the productive process predominates over their management-related tasks and responsibilities. If the worker has employees and the organization and management represents their primary activity, then it is more appropriate to check box 4 ("Business owner").

Member of a cooperative: an active member of any cooperative that produces goods and/or provides services, regardless of the specific type of activity involved, and whose compensation is proportional to services and/or share of business profits as opposed to contract-regulated payments.

Family worker: an individual who helps another family member who is self-employed without any contract-regulated work relationship (e.g. a wife helping her shopkeeper husband or a son helping his farmer father).


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Italy 2011 — source variable IT2011A_WKDEPN — Has paid employees
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6. Vocational or non-vocational status

[These questions are asked of individuals aged 15 years and over]

In your answers to question 6.6 through 6.12 refer to your primary work activity only. If you are not working at present, refer to your most recent job.

6.8 Did (do) you have paid employees?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
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In your answers to questions 6.6-6.12:

- Individuals with more than one job should answer in reference to their primary work activity only. Primary work activity is the job with the most work hours or the one (if you work an equal number of hours for different jobs) that provides the most income.
- Employed individuals who did not work during the week prior to the survey date (October 02nd-08th) because of a holiday, illness, CIG, leave of absence, etc., should refer to the job that usually represents their primary work activity.
- If you are not working at present, refer to the last job you had.

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Jamaica 1982 — source variable JM1982A_CLASSWK — Occupational status during past week
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Section 6: Economic activity
[All persons age 14 and older]


[Questions 25-29 refer to the past week]


27. Worker or occupational status during past week:

Worked for others:

[] Government
[] Private enterprise
[] Private household
[] Unpaid worker

Has own business/farm:

[] With paid help
[] Without paid help
[] Did not work
[] Not stated

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Section 6 - Economic Activity

5.47 General
Section 6 is comprised of Questions 25 to 31 and should be asked of persons 14 years and over. The main purpose of this section is to determine which individuals were in the working force of the country at some time during the week preceding Census Day. The most difficult and perhaps important of the concepts here is that of 'work.' It is essential, therefore, that Census Takers understand fully the precise definition of the term 'work' in this context and that this meaning should be made clear to respondents by the method of questioning them. The Census Taker and all persons working on the Census must, therefore, understand and remember the following carefully:

5.48 Definition of Work
Work includes:

(a) Work with Pay that is:
(i) Work for others for a wage or salary including commission or tips. Work may be done either in the employ of the Government a business organization, some private or public organization, or an individual.

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(This corresponds to Worked for Others Government or Non-Government in Question 27).
(ii) Work as trainee (such as nurses in training) or apprentice (persons at trade). (This also might be applicable at alternative 1 or 2 in Question 27).
(iii) Work for self in One's own business or farm which is run for profit or fees, but does not employ paid help. (This corresponds to Has Own Business or Farm - W/Out Paid Help at Question 27).
(iv) Running for profit or fees one's own business or farm which employs paid help. (This corresponds to Question 27 - Has Own Business or Farm - With Paid Help).


(b) Work Without Pay in a business or farm which is run for profit, that is:
(i) Work without pay in a business or farm run for profit, (usually by a relative), in cases where the individual is either supported by the owner or obtains some benefits other than cash from the running of the business (See Unpaid Worker at Question 27).
(ii) Work as an unpaid helper in a business or other organization, in cases where the respondent is learning a trade or profession in this way, with a view to engaging in work for pay (See Unpaid Worker at Question 27).


Do not include in "Working", those persons who:
(i) worked without money or pay for a relative or other person at tasks which did not contribute to the operation of a farm or of a business e.g. housework, gardening, odd jobs around the house or yard such as painting the fence, etc.
(ii) worked without pay assisting a relative or friend in his duties as an employee.
(iii) worked without pay either in cash or in kind as a volunteer worker for service organizations or church groups - such as the Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Society for the Blind, Operation Workshop, etc.

Note also that 'Work' must relate to work in Jamaica. It includes, however, those persons who are residing in the territory but are working on boats, ships, airplanes etc. which may operate outside of the territory, as well as travelling salesmen, consultants, etc. Also included are persons going as contract workers to the U.S.A. for a few

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months to work on farms there during the crop season. Other persons who live and work outside of the country should not be classified as having worked with respect to the time they were resident outside of the country.


5.52 Question 27 - Worker or Occupational Status During Past Week

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The categories which apply in this question have all been defined at paragraph 5.45 above. For persons who gave their economic activity as 'Worked' you should determine what the type of work or occupational status was.
For those persons who during the week, had held two or more jobs (either at different times or at the same time) you should classify them according to the more important job, which in most cases would be the job that provided the greater income. You should proceed to get the required information by asking two questions. First, "As regards to the job (or the principal job) which you (he/she) had during the week before the Census, did you (he/she) work in your (his/her) own business or for someone else?"
If worked for others ask: "Did you (he/she) work for a salary or wages or were you (was he/she) working without pay in a family business or to learn an occupation?" The answer will indicate whether the individual is to be classified under Government, Non-Government or Unpaid Worker.
If For Self then ask: "'Did you (he/she) usually have paid workers working for you (him/her) in this business?"
The answer 'Yes' or 'No' will indicate whether you are to score the individual under 'Has Own Business or Farm - With Paid Help' or 'Without Paid Help'.
Persons not classified as Worked at Question 25 must be scored as Did Not Work in Question 27.


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Jamaica 1991 — source variable JM1991A_CLASSWK — Occupational status last week
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Section 6: Economic activity
[Persons age 14 and older]

[Go to Question 8.1 for persons younger than 14 years]


6.3. Do you / does [the respondent] work for a wage, carry on your/his/her own business or what?

[] Paid employee (government)
[] Paid employee (private enterprise)
[] Paid employee (private home)
[] Unpaid worker
[] Own business with paid employees
[] Own business without paid employees
[] Not stated

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Section 6 - Economic Activity

5.63 General
Section 6 is comprised of Questions 6.1 - 6.9 and should be asked of persons 14 years and over. The main purpose of this section is to determine which individuals were in the WORKING FORCE of the country at some point in time. Questions 6.1 - 6.6 and Question 6.9 relate to the week preceding the census while Questions 6.7 - 6.8 relate to the preceding twelve months. The most difficult and perhaps important of the concepts here is that of WORK. It is essential therefore that you understand fully the precise definition of the term WORK in this context and that this meaning should be made clear to respondents by the method of questioning them.

5.64 Definition of Work
(a) Work includes:
Work with pay, that is:
(i) Work for others for a wage or salary including commission or tips. Work may be done either in the employment of the government, a business organization, some private or public organization or an individual. (This corresponds to the categories - Paid Employee of Government, Private Enterprise or Private Home - Q6.3).
(ii) Work as trainee (such as nurses in training) or apprentice (persons at trade)
(iii) Work for self in one's own business (including farm) which is run for profit or fees but does not employ paid help.
(This corresponds to Own Business Without Paid Employee - Q6.3)
(iv) Work for self in one's own business (including farm) which is run for profit or fees and employs paid help.

(This corresponds to Own Business With paid Employees - Q6.3).

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(b) Work without pay in a business or farm which is run for profit, that is:
(i) Work without pay in a business or farm run for profit (usually by a relative), in cases where the individual is either supported by the owner or obtains some benefits other than cash from the running of the business (see Unpaid Worker at Q6.3).
(ii) Work as an unpaid helper in a business or other organization, in cases where the respondent is learning a trade or profession in this way, with a view to engaging in work for pay (see Unpaid Worker at Q.6.3).

Do not include in "working" those persons who:
(i) Work without money or pay for a relative or other person at tasks which did not contribute to the operation of a farm or of a business e.g. housework, gardening, odd jobs around the house or yard such as painting the fence, etc.
(ii) Work without pay assisting a relative or friend in his duties as an employee.
(iii) Work without pay either in cash or in kind as a volunteer worker for service organizations or church groups - such as the Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Society for the Blind, Operation Workshop, etc.

Note also that WORK must relate to work in Jamaica. It includes, however, those persons who are residing in the territory but are on boats, ships, airplanes, etc., which may operate outside of the territory, as well as travelling salesmen, consultants, etc. Also included are persons going as contract workers to the U.S.A. for a few months to work on farms there during the crop season. Other persons who live and work outside of the country should not be classified as having worked with respect to the time they were resident outside of the country.


5.67 Question 6.3 Work or Occupational Status During Past Week
The categories which apply in the question have all been defined in paragraph 5.64 in the discussion of work. For persons who gave their economic activity as 'Worked' you should determine what was the type of work or occupational status. For those 'With Job Not Working' determine the status of their present job. For those persons who during the week had held two or more jobs (either at different times or at the same time) you should classify the job that provided the greater income.


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Jamaica 2001 — source variable JM2001A_CLASSWK — Type of economic activity
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[Questions 4.1 - 4.8 for persons age 14 and older]


4.6 Which of the following categories best describes your/the respondent's] main employment?

Read categories

[] 1 Paid government employee
[] 2 Paid employee in a private enterprise
[] 3 Paid employee in a private home
[] 4 Unpaid employee in agriculture or in any other type of business
[] 5 Self-employed with employees
[] 6 Self-employed without employees
[] 7 Other
[] 9 Not stated

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Section 4: Economic activity
[Persons age 14 and older]

5.73 General
Section 4 is comprised of Questions 4.1 through 4.20, and should be asked to persons age 14 and older. The main purpose of this section is to determine which individuals were in the working force of the country at some point in time.

This section is included in the sample coverage because it requires much more probing than should be undertaken for the short form. Economic activity in Jamaica has undergone some amount of transformation within the past two or three decades, whereby there has been a significant development of what has come to be regarded as the "Informal sector". People have in many instances moved away from the traditional jobs in the public and private sectors and have ventured into their own small scale businesses, some of which are being operated within homes.

You must pay close attention to the skip instructions at all times to ensure that you ask relevant questions. You will also need to pay close attention to the different reference periods stated. Questions 4.1 through 4.4 seek to identify the persons who worked. As we know that work means different things to different people, we try in these questions to establish clearly whether an individual worked or not within a particular week. These questions relate to the week preceding the Census date, as do Questions 4.5 through 4.13. Question 4.14 asks for a specific date. Questions 4.15 and 4.16 relate to the past twelve months, while questions 4.17 and 4.18 refer to the past 5 years. Questions 4.19 and 4.20 are relevant to persons of pensionable age and seek to determine the type of social welfare benefits or pension being received. Even if the person has never worked, he/she can be in receipt of social welfare benefits (as the beneficiary of a spouse).

It is important that the concept of work be fully understood.

Work includes:

(a) Work with pay, that is:
(i) Work for others for a wage or salary including commission or tips. Work may be done either in the employment of the government, a business organization, some private or public organization, or an individual. These correspond to the categories "Paid employee of government", "Private enterprise", or "Private home" in question Q4.6).

(ii) Work as trainee (such as nurses in training) or apprentice (persons at trade). This could also correspond to the same categories at is point (i).

(iii) Work for oneself in one's own business (including farm), which is run for profit or fees but does not employ paid help. This corresponds to "Self-employed without Employees" in question Q4.6. For example: odd job, hustling, buying and selling etc.

(iv) Work for oneself in one's own business (including farm), which is run for profit or fees and employs paid help. This corresponds to "Self-employed with employees" in question Q4.6.


(b) Work without pay in a business or farm which is run for profit that is:
(i) Work without pay in a business or farm run for profit (usually by a relative), in cases where the individual is either supported by the owner or obtains some benefits other than cash from running of business (see "Unpaid employee in agriculture" or any type of business in question Q4.6).

(ii) Work as an unpaid helper in a business or other organization, in cases where the respondent is learning a trade or profession in this way, with a view to engaging in work for pay (see "Unpaid employee in agriculture" or any type of business in question Q4.6).


Do not include as "working" those persons who:
(i) Work without money or pay for a relative or other person on tasks that did not contribute to the operation of a farm or of a business: e.g., housework, gardening, odd jobs around the house or yard, such as painting the fence, etc.

(ii) Work without pay assisting a relative or friend in his duties as an employee.

(iii) Work without pay either in cash or in kind as a volunteer worker for service Society for Blind, Operation Workshop.


Note also that "work" must relate to work in Jamaica. It includes, however, those persons who are residing in the territory but are on boats, ships, airplanes, etc., which may operate outside of the territory, as well as travelling salesmen, consultants, etc. Informal commercial importers who travel to the Cayman Islands buying and selling are to be included. Do not include the work done by persons going as contract workers to North America for a few months to work on farms there during the crop season. Other persons who live and work outside of the country should not be classified as having worked with respect to the time they were resident outside of the country.


5.76 Question 4.6: Employment status during the first week of September 2001
[Persons who are identified as having a job]

The categories which apply in the question have all been defined earlier in the explanation of the concept of work. This question is relevant to persons who answered "Yes" to Q4.1 or Q4.2 or Q4.3, or [who were listed on] Q4.4 as "With job, not working". For those persons who during the week held two or more jobs (either at different times or at the same time), you should clarify the job that the individual regards as the main job (it could be the one at which more time is spent or providing the greater income).

Foreign consultants resident and working in Jamaica should be scored as "Other".


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Jordan 2004 — source variable JO2004A_CLASWK1 — Employment status
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231. Employment status
[Question 231 was asked of persons age 15+ who worked or were temporarily absent from work during the week ended in October 1st 2004, per Questions 225 and 226.]
[] 1 Paid employee (skip to next person)
[] 2 Employer (skip to next person)
[] 3 Own-account worker (skip to next person)
[] 4 Unpaid family worker (skip to next person)
[] 5 Unpaid worker (skip to next person)


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Kyrgyzstan 1999 — source variable KG1999A_CLASSWK — Main source of livelihood
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14. Sources of livelihood (persons with more than one source, specify each source)

Work for hire: (by labor agreement contract, verbal agreement)
[] 01 At enterprises, organization, institution
[] 02 In a farm
[] 03 For individuals (including rendering household services)

Work not for hire

[] 04 Owners of enterprises, farms (employer)
[] 05 On an individual basis
[] 06 At family enterprises, unpaid at farms
[] 07 Personal subsidiary plots
[] 08 Scholarship (stipend)
[] 09 Pension
[] 10 Benefits and allowances (excluding unemployment benefits)
[] 11 Unemployment benefits
[] 12 Other type of state maintenance
[] 13 Income from property
[] 14 On dependence
[] 15 Other sources

From above listed, specify the main source of livelihood ____

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Question 14. Sources of livelihood

Before asking this question a person interviewed is to be given a card with all sources of livelihood listed. After the list has been studied, the person is to name one or several sources of livelihood out of those listed. Based on the answer the enumerator is to circle codes corresponding to one or several responses given.

After this the enumerator is to question the person about the main source of livelihood, which is to be named by the person him/herself.

If a person questioned names only one source of livelihood, the code corresponding to this source is to be entered in a special box as main.

If a person questioned names several sources of livelihood, it should be cleared up which of the sources named he/she considers the main one and the code of this source is to be entered in a special box.

Any of sources listed on the card can be named as main if:
- compensation or income is higher than in other sources of livelihood;
- income is permanent;
- on an equal level, the source with most days worked is to be preferred.

The category of those having work, both as employees and self-employed, covers persons who at the moment of census:
- performed work, whether it was a permanent, temporary, seasonal or other paid work, as well as worked for profit as self-employed, alone or with one or a few partners, both engaging or not engaging employees, irrespective of the dates of receiving a direct payment or profit for their work;
- worked without payment in their family business or on their family farm;
- were temporarily absent from work, but kept formal attachment to their work.


The following is to be considered as temporary absence from work:
- illness or injury, care for sick persons;
- annual leave or weekend, compensatory leave or time-off, compensation of overtime or work on a public holyday;
- statutory maternity and child-care leave;
- educational leave;
- unpaid or paid leave on the initiative of administration;
- rotational, seasonal or other specialized mode of operation;
- strike action;
- other reasons.

Besides, the category of persons with employment includes people engaged in spring, summer or autumn to perform seasonal work (e.g., in agriculture, water transport, fishery, etc.).

Students and pensioners having employment or gainful business are to be referred to those employed or self-employed on the same ground as other categories of persons.

The activity of persons engaged in non-reimbursable public or voluntary works is not to be marked as a source of livelihood.

Employees (those working under a written labour contract or verbal agreement) cover persons that concluded with the administration of an enterprise, organization, institution of any ownership or with a private employer a written labour contract or verbal agreement about working conditions and receive emolument (in cash or in kind). The following codes are used for this category:
Code 1 "At enterprise, organization, institution" is to be marked for those employed at enterprises, organizations, institutions of any ownership (e.g. at a state-owned or communal enterprise, joint-stock company, private or joint venture, public or religious organization, fund, production cooperative, etc.); as well as for paid apprentices.
Code 1 "At enterprise, organization, institution" is also to be marked as a source of livelihood for all military servicemen (other than army conscripts), wage and salary workers of military units living outside closed territories.
Code 2 "On a farm" is to be marked for persons employed in farming (peasant) enterprises and receiving remuneration for their labour (both in cash and in kind).
Code 3 "For individuals (including those rendering household services)" is to be marked for persons employed on an individual basis by individuals (e.g. salesmen, vendors) or those rendering household services for payment in cash or in kind (e.g., cooks, tutors, drivers, baby-sitters, etc.)
Self-employed include persons who work at their own working place or enterprise for making profit or family income in cash or in kind, and also for persons who own their business but do not temporarily work for any reason. The following codes are used in this category:
Code 4 "Owner of enterprise, farm (employer)" is to be marked for persons working on their own account or with partners and engaging one or more employees.
Code 5 "On an individual basis" is to be marked for self-employed persons engaged in individual professional or commercial activity.
Code 6 "Unpaid family worker at family enterprise or farm" is to be marked for persons working without compensation on a family farm or at an enterprise owned by relatives.
Code 7 "At personal subsidiary plot" is to be marked for people carrying out in their personal subsidiary plots (including gardens, kitchen gardens, country house plots, etc.) agricultural works and livestock management. This source of livelihood is to be marked not only for persons engaged in production of agricultural products for sale, but also for those producing agricultural products for own consumption if this kind of activity provides a considerable contribution to the total household consumption.
Code 8 "Scholarship" is to be marked for students receiving scholarships (including scholarships paid to students detached by enterprises, organizations, or employment services).
Code 9 "Pension" is to be marked for persons receiving old age or retirement, disability, survivor's, and long service pensions. It should be borne in mind that "pension" is to be marked for persons whom it is granted, but not for those who actually receive it. So the survivor's pension granted to children is to be marked for children, but not for their mother or father, even if they are actual recipients.
Code 10 "Benefit (other than unemployment benefit)" is to be marked for persons receiving:

- common monthly low-income family/citizens benefit, which is assigned to: children under 16 years of age and pupils of general education schools up to completion of training, but not after the attainment of the age of 18 years; pupils of basic vocational schools, students of secondary and higher education establishments up to the attainment of the age of 21 years; nonworking pensioners; disabled persons;
- one-time maternity grant;
- benefit to mothers giving birth to twins (triplets or more children);
- benefit to nonworking mothers with children under 1.5 years of age;
- monthly social benefit assigned to:
handicapped children, children having infantile cerebral paralysis, children HIV-positive or sick with AIDS; those disabled, the aged, mother-heroines, children in the case of loss of breadwinner if these categories of citizens are not entitled to pension. It should be noted that "benefit" is to be marked for persons whom it is granted, but not for those who actually receive it.

Code 11 "Unemployment benefit" is to be marked for persons registered with the employment services as unemployed and who are recipients of unemployment benefits.
Code 12 "Other government support" is to be encircled for inmates of infant's homes, children's homes, boarding schools, boarding houses for the aged and invalids and similar persons supported by governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Code 13 "Property income" is to be encircled for persons gaining income in the form of interest on their money deposits, credits, loans, equities, shares, as dividends or difference in rates, and for persons gaining income in the form of rent for housing, storage and other space, cars, instruments of labour, and land.
Code 14 "Dependent" is to be encircled for persons, living at the expense of relatives or other people, as well as for persons receiving alimony.
Code 15 "Other source" is to be encircled for persons having other sources of livelihood than those listed above. For example, personal or family savings, income of clergymen, casual earnings, charity, humanitarian aid, support of religious organizations, etc.


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Kyrgyzstan 2009 — source variable KG2009A_EMPSTAT — Employment status
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15. Employment
For persons 12 years and over


16 Status in employment

[] 1 Employed
[] 2 Self-employed

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Question 15. Employment at the main activity (for persons aged 12 and over)


Question 16. Employment status at main activity
The employment status must correspond to the economic activity and occupation specified in question 15.

Subquestion 16.1 "employee" is to be marked for persons working under a written labour contract or verbal agreement concluded with the administration of an enterprise, organization, institution of any ownership or with a private employer and receiving a guaranteed payment (in cash or in kind). Code 1 is to be encircled.

Subquestion 16.2 "self-employed" is to be marked for persons who work at their own working place or enterprise for making profit or family income, in cash or in kind. This group also covers unpaid family workers. Code 2 is to be encircled for these persons.


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Laos 1995 — source variable LA1995A_ACTIVITY — Main activity in the last 12 months
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D. For persons aged 10 years and above
[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons aged 10 years and above]

14.What was [the respondent's] main activity the last 12 months?

Enter code from code list:

[] 01 Paid employee (Government)
[] 02 Paid employee (Parastatal)
[] 03 Paid employee (Private)
[] 04 Paid employee (State enterprise)
[] 05 Employer
[] 06 Own account worker
[] 07 Unpaid family worker
[] 08 Looking for work/unemployed
[] 09 Student
[] 10 Household duties
[] 11 Retired/sick/too old
[] 12 Other
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Section D: For persons aged 10 years and above
Section D deals with employment questions. These questions shall be asked to all who is 10 years and above. For children, less than 10 years, section D and E should be marked "N/A".

Three different questions are asked to collect labour market information. The questions are interrelated and the purpose of each question must be clearly understood. Explain to the respondent that you will start by asking information on his/her employment status, then his/her profession and lastly about the sector s/he was working in.

Question 14: What was [the respondent's] main activity the last twelve months?
The purpose of this question is to collect information on whether s/he was working or not, studying, retired, etc.

Enter code from code list You may need to probe to reassure that the respondent understands the concept of economic activity.

The response categories are:

01 Paid employee (Government)
Here is included those who work for and are paid from the government {not state enterprise or joint enterprise).
02 Paid employee (State Enterprise)
Here is included those who work for and are paid from state enterprises {not government or joint venture).
03 Paid employee (Private)
Paid employee includes those who work for a private employer and are paid either wages, salary, commission, tips, contract or in kind by the employer. Paid family workers are also to be included here.
04 Paid employee (Joint venture)
Here is included those who work for and are paid from joint venture enterprises (partly government, partly private).
05 Employer
A person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more employees.
06 Own account worker
Own account workers are those who operate their own enterprise, e.g. farmer, petty trader, carpenter without paid employees and work for own consumption or profit.
07 Unpaid family worker
Unpaid family workers refer to those members of the household who worked in the enterprise operated by the household without pay or profit.
08 Looking for work/unemployed
These are persons who were ether without a job or were available for work or were seeking work.
09 Student
A person who attends a regular formal educational institution, public or private. S/he should be full-time or part-time student not usually engaged in an economic activity.
10 Homemaker
Homemaker is a person of either gender involved in household chores in their own households and who do not work for pay or for profit. If the person worked in the household business, s/he should be recorded as self employed or unpaid family worker. Domestic workers engaged for pay should not be included in this category but under paid employee.
11 Retired person /sick/too old
A retired person is one who reports that for most of the last twelve months s/he was not engaged in any economic activity because s/he had retired either due to age, sickness or voluntarily
12 Others
Prisoners are one of the categories to be included here. For rare cases of "not known", enter "99".

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Laos 2005 — source variable LA2005A_ACTIVITY — Main activity the last 12 months
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D. For persons age 10 years and above
[Questions 15-17 were asked of persons age 10 years and older.]

15. What was [the respondent]'s main occupation the last 12 months?

Enter code.

[] Under 10
[] 1 Government employee
[] 2 Parastatal employee
[] 3 Private employee
[] 4 State enterprise employee
[] 5 Employer
[] 6 Own account worker
[] 7 Unpaid family worker
[] 8 Unemployed
[] 9 Student
[] 10 Household duties
[] 11 Retired/ sick/ too old
[] 99 Don't know
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Section D: For persons aged 10 years and above
Section D deals with employment questions. These questions shall be asked to all who is 10 years and above. For children, less than 10 years of age, tick the box "under 10" in question 14, and leave questions 15 -- 19 blank.
Three different questions are asked to collect labor market information. The questions are interrelated and the purpose of each question must be clearly understood. Explain to the respondent that you will start by asking information on his/her employment status, then his/her profession and lastly about the sector s/he was working in.

Question 15: What was [the respondent]'s main activity the last twelve months?
The purpose of this question is to collect information on whether s/he was working or not, studying, retired, etc.
Enter code from code list. You may need to probe to reassure that the respondent understands the concept of economic activity. For persons under 10 tick the "under ten box"
It should be checked if given response alternatives are OK. The response categories are:

01 Paid employee (Government)
Here is included those who work for and are paid from the government {not state enterprise or joint enterprise).
02 Paid employee (State Enterprise)
[pg. 23]
Here is included those who work for and are paid from state enterprises {not government or joint venture).
03 Paid employee (Private)
Paid employee includes those who work for a private employer and are paid either wages, salary, commission, tips, contract or in kind by the employer. Paid family workers are also to be included here.
04 Paid employee (Joint venture)
Here is included those who work for and are paid from joint venture enterprises (partly government, partly private).
05 Employer
A person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more employees.
06 Own account worker
Own account workers are those who operate their own enterprise, e.g. farmer, petty trader, carpenter without paid employees and work for own consumption or profit.
07 Unpaid family worker
Unpaid family workers refer to those members of the household who worked in the enterprise operated by the household without pay or profit.
08 Looking for work/unemployed
These are persons who were either without a job or were available for work or were seeking work.
09 Student
A person who attends a regular formal educational institution, public or private. S/he should be full-time or part-time student not usually engaged in an economic activity.
10 Homemaker
Homemaker is a person of either gender involved in household chores in their own households and who do not work for pay or for profit. If the person worked in the household business, s/he should be recorded as self-employed or unpaid family worker. Domestic workers engaged for pay should not be included in this category but under paid employee.
11 Retired person /sick/too old
A retired person is one who reports that for most of the last twelve months s/he was not engaged in any economic activity because s/he had retired either due to age, sickness or voluntarily
12 Others-Prisoners are one of the categories to be included here. For rare cases of "not known", enter "99".

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Laos 2015 — source variable LA2015A_ACTIVITY — Main activity in the last 12 months
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D. For persons 10 and above
[Questions Q22-Q26 are asked of persons age 10 and above only]

Q24. What is your main activity in the last 12 months?

(Enter the code from the code list in next page)

Code list:
[] 01. Government employee
[] 02. Private employee
[] 03. State enterprise employee
[] 04. Employer
[] 05. Own account worker
[] 06. Unpaid family worker
[] 07. International organization and NGO
[] 08. Unemployed
[] 09. Student
[] 10. Household duties
[] 11. Other
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4.5. Section D: For all students aged 10 and above
Section "D" is related to the question about labor and employment, the questions in this section are for people aged 10 and above.

Question Q24: What was your main activity in the last 12 months?
The purpose of this question is to collect information about the activities of the household members during the last 12 months. Moreover, it is to calculate the national employment rate, which will be used to determine the labor force, unemployment, and the percentage of citizens who are not in the labor force.
 
Activities: Refers to the way of life of people in society by doing business or doing other work according to the passion or desire or profession of each individual. The main activities include the following:

1) Government employees or workers for the government: refers to individuals who work under the management of the government and receive a salary or wages or allowances, benefits, and other policies as required by laws and regulations and civil service regulations.
 
For example: District administration officers, teachers, soldiers, police, doctors, and village chiefs...
 
2) Private worker: refers to a person who works under the management of a private sector and receives a salary or wages, benefits, and other policies as required by law and labor contracts.
 
For example: Lane-Xang Garment factory workers, Somboun Trading, shops...
 
3) Workers for state-owned Enterprises: refers to individuals who work under the management of state-owned enterprises and are compensated with salary or wages, benefits, and other policies as required by law and labor contracts.
 
For example: employees of Lao Airlines, Electricite Du Laos, Lao Telecom Company, Water supply state Enterprise...
 
4) Labor user (employer): refers to a person or organization that employs workers to work, the employer pays salary or wages, benefits, and other policies specified in the law and labor contract to the workers.
 
For example: the owner of a grocery store, a construction store, a beauty salon, a restaurant...
 
[p.34]
5) Self-employed: refers to those who run their own business for their own use or for profit but do not hire any workers.
 
For example: farmers, small traders, carpenters, artisans, handcraft...
 
6) Work for the family (unpaid): refers to the members of the household who help the family's business, agriculture, or activities without receiving any pay or return.
 
7) Working with international organizations, NGOs, and embassies: refers to those who work with international organizations, NGOs, and embassies.
 
8) Unemployed (or those who are looking for a job): refers to a person who is unemployed, can work but does not have a job, or is looking for a job.
 
9) Student: refers to a person who regularly attends a school, public or private educational institution, who must be a full-time or part-time student, and who usually does not contribute to a family earning such as work or as an employee somewhere.
 
10) Househusband/housewife: refers to a person who does housework in a household and does not do it for any wage and earning.
 
For example: cleaning the house, cooking, clothes washing...
 
11) Others: including those who retired, are sick, religious workers, clergy, prisoners, inmates in custody...

To record, you must write the 2-digit answer in the 2 boxes to code the interviewer's answer based on the 2-digit activity code as indicated on the back of the questionnaire.
 
Note: For volunteers who are not paid, enter the main activity with 2 digits according to their actual activity such as: Volunteers in the public sector should enter code 01;
 
Attention: If a household member is involved in many activities at the same time, let the surveyor record the activity that takes more time. In case it cannot be identified, let income be the determinant of activity (except for those who do activities 1-4, even if they spend more time than others, mark activities 1-4).


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Lesotho 1996 — source variable LS1996A_ACTIVITY — Employment status last week
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Section D. For all persons aged 10 years and above

18. What was (the respondent's) employment status during last week?

[] NA not applicable
[] 10 Employer
[] 20 Own account worker/ farmer
[] 31 Regular wage/ salary earner
[] 32 Causal worker
[] 40 Unpaid family worker
[] 50 Job seeking
[] 55 Job seeking for first time
[] 60 Homemaker/ housewife
[] 70 Retired
[] 80 Student
[] 90 Disabled
[] 95 Other
[] 99 Don't know
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4. Part D of the questionnaire

125. Column 18: Employment status during last week.
Please code according to list, enter NA for persons too young to work. Own account worker refers to a self-employed person

Code 32: Casual worker for a laborer who gets a piece-job casually.

Code 40: Unpaid family workers for all persons 10 years and over who worked without pay for three days or more in an establishment or farm operated by a member of their family.
This category of unpaid family workers includes the following:

(i) Wives who during the reference period worked at their husband's store or farm or other economic enterprise. If these wives are paid they should not be classified as unpaid family workers or homemakers.
(ii) Children aged 10 years and over who during the reference period helped in the father's or family members' farm or shop or assisted them on other economic activities such as fruit/vegetable selling.

126. Remember to exclude as unpaid family workers, all persons aged 10 years and over who helped family members in their farm, shop or business but were full-time students in educational institutions. The code is 80 for students. Job seekers coded 50 and 55 are persons who have been actively looking for a job and are still looking e.g. Making application or going from place to place asking.
If two answers are possible in this column give the status that claims most of his/her time.


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Lesotho 2006 — source variable LS2006A_ACTIVITY — Economic activity in the last week
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Section E. Economic status
[For persons aged 10 years and above.]

24. What was (the respondent's) employment status during the previous week?

[] 10 Employer
[] 20 Own account worker/ farmer
[] 31 Regular wage/ salary earner
[] 32 Causal worker
[] 40 Unpaid family worker
[] 50 Job seeking
[] 55 Job seeking for first time
[] 60 Homemaker/ housewife
[] 70 Retired
[] 80 Student
[] 90 Disabled
[] 95 Other, specify ____
[] 99 Don't know
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Part D of the Questionnaire
For persons aged 2 years and over

94. Column 24: Employment Status during last week

Here ask for the work that occupies most time of each eligible member of the household and code according to list, enter 88 for persons too young to work. Own account worker refers to a self -employed person.
Code 32 casual workers for a laborer who gets a piece-job casually.
Code 40 unpaid family workers for all persons 10 years and over who worked without pay for three days or more in an establishment or farm operated by a member of their family.
This category of unpaid family worker includes the following:-
(i) Wives who during the reference period worked at their husband's store or farm or other economic enterprise. If these wives are paid they should not be classified as unpaid family workers or housewives.
[pg.23]
(ii) Children aged 10 years and over, who during the reference period helped in the father's or family member's farm, shop or assisted them on other economic activities such as fruit/vegetable selling.
Remember to exclude as unpaid family workers, all persons aged 10 years and over who helped family members in their farm, shop or business, but were full-time students in educational institutions. The code is 80 for students.
Housewives are persons who are only engaged in household activities.
Homemakers are persons who are considered active; they do household activities as well as other income generating activities such as selling vegetables from the backyard gardens. Enumerators have to probe in order to find out these extra activities.
Job seekers coded 50 and 55 are persons who have been actively looking for a job and are still looking e.g. Making application or going from place to place asking. Code 50 are people who once worked but are currently out of a job and actively looking for a job. While, code 55 are people who never worked, but are currently looking for a job.
If two answers are possible in this column give status that claims most of his/her time.

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Liberia 1974 — source variable LR1974A_CLASSWK — Work status
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Ask all persons over age 10 years

18. Work status:
Was person paid employee?
Was person employer?
Was person self-employed?
Was person unpaid family worker?

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Unpaid family worker

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Liberia 2008 — source variable LR2008A_CLASSWK — Work status
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Persons 6 years and over

P24. Work status

What work status did [the respondent's] have at the work place?

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Malawi 1987 — source variable MW1987A_ACTIVITY — Activity status last week
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Persons aged 10 years or more
[Questions L through O were asked of persons age 10 or older]


m. Economic activity - activity status (during last seven days) ____

Active:

Mlimi (subsistence farmer)
Employee
Family business worker
Self employed
Employer

Unemployed:

1 Worked before:

1A: Seeking work
1B: Not seeking work

2 Never worked:

2A: Seeking work
2B: Not seeking work

Inactive:

Home worker
Student
Dependent
Independent
Other

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56. Activity status: It refers to the main economic activity which a person has been engaged in during the last seven days. Activity status is categorized into several groups as follows:

Economically active
57. Mlimi (Subsistence farmer): Is a person whose sole or principal work is in the family garden. Women will be classified as Mlimi if over the year they have spent more time working in the garden than working without pay on domestic duties in the home. If the person who would otherwise qualify as a "mlimi" had a job for pay the "last seven days" then he or she should be treated as an employee. If he or she did not actually do any work in the garden and was not employed during the "last seven days" they should be recorded as "mlimi"(that is, as though they were on holiday with a job to go back to).

58. An employee: Is a person who works for a public or private employer and receives a wage, salary or payment at piece-rates.

59. Family business worker: Is a person who works without pay in a business owned by a relative on a more or less full time basis and is not engaged in any other economic activity.

60. Self-employed: Is a person who operates his or her own business or other economic enterprise, or engages independently in a profession or trade and does not hire any employees but may be assisted by family members.

61. Employer: Is a person who operates his or her own business or other economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade and employs one or more persons. (Note: this does not include managers or others who hire staff on behalf of their company unless they own the company).

[p.12]

62. Note that a person who had a job or enterprise but who was temporarily absent during the reference period due to injury, illness, leave or other vacation should be classified according to his job or enterprise as an employee, a family business worker, self-employed or an employer.

63. Unemployed person: Is one who did not work the "last seven days", did not have a job or business, but was available for or seeking work. Such persons may fall into one of the following categories:
(i) Worked before and seeking work;
(ii) Worked before and not seeking work;
(iii) Never worked before and seeking work;
(iv) Never worked before and not seeking work.


Economically inactive

64. Home worker: Is one who spends most of his or her time, throughout the year, working without pay on domestic duties, such as cooking, washing or cleaning household surroundings.

65. Student: Is one who is under full-time instruction at a formal educational institution as long as he did not work during the last seven days.

66. Dependent: Any person who did not work during the last seven days because either he was not able to work and relies on others, or there was no need for him to work and relies on others.

67. Independent: Any person who did not work during the last seven days because there was no need and relies on his or her own income, for example, pensioners.

68. It may be necessary to ask several probing questions in order to determine a person's activity status. The sequence of questions given below is designed to enable you to determine the activity status of every person age 10 years or older.

Follow the sequence through, asking the question or jumping to another numbered question box in accordance with answers given by the respondent until you reach the appropriate category as shown at the right hand side of the table.

[Activity status question sequence has been omitted.]


Persons age 10 years or older

Questions from (l) through (q) should only be asked to persons who are age 10 years or older.


a) Activity status (during last seven days): For each person age 10 years or older, ask his/her main economic activity in which they have been engaged during the last seven days. Refer to the guide provided on page 13 of the manual on how to determine activity status of every person aged 10 years or more. Write the activity in which the person has been engaged in during the last seven days in the appropriate space provided and leave columns 36-37 blank. The relevant activity status options for you to use which are listed on the questionnaire under the major categories of "Active", "Unemployed" and "Inactive" are as follows:

Active:

[] Mlimi
[] Employee
[] Family business worker
[] Self-employed
[] Employer


Unemployed:

1. Worked before:

[] 1A Seeking work
[] 1B Not seeking work


2. Never worked:

[] 2A Seeking work
[] 2B Not seeking work


Inactive:

[] Home worker
[] Student
[] Dependent
[] Independent
[] Other


For those persons who fall under the category 'Unemployed' you should write the codes 1A, 1B, 2A or 2B, whichever is applicable, to present the corresponding response in view of the limited space on the questionnaire.

Note: Proceed to ask questions on occupation and industry for those you categorise to be "Active" or "Unemployed but worked before". Do not ask the questions on occupation and industry for those who are "Unemployed and never worked before" and the "Inactive".

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Malawi 1998 — source variable MW1998A_EMPSTAT — Employment status last week
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[Questions B16-B19 are for persons age 10 and older]


B17. Economic activity - type of activity last week
What was [the respondent] doing the last 7 days?

Active:

[] 01 Mlimi [subsistence farmer]
[] 02 Employee
[] 03 Family business worker
[] 04 Self-employed
[] 05 Employer

Unemployed:

[] 06 Worked before, seeking work
[] 07 Worked before, non seeking work
[] 08 Never worked before, seeking work

Inactive:

[] 09 Non-worker (never worked before and not seeking work)
[] 10 Home worker
[] 11 Student
[] 12 Other

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Part B: Characteristics of Individual Household Members


4. Persons age 10 years or older


Economic activity status: It refers to the main economic activity that a person has been engaged in during the last seven days. Economic Activity Status is categorized into two major groups as follows:
1. Economically active
a. Mlimi (subsistence farmer): Is a person whose sole or principal work is in the family garden. Women will be classified as "mlimi" if over the year they have spent more time working in the garden than working in the home, without pay, on domestic duties. If the person who would otherwise qualify as a "mlimi" had a job for pay during the "last seven days" then he or she should be treated as an employee. If he or she usually works in the family garden but did not do any work in the garden and was not employed during the "last seven days", he/she should be recorded as "mlimi" (that is, as though on holiday with a job to go back to).
b. Employee: Is a person who works for a public or private employer and receives a wage, salary or payment at piece-rates.
c. Family business worker: Is a person who works without pay in a business owned by a relative on a more or less full-time basis and is not engaged in any other economic activity.
d. Self-employed: Is a person who operates his or her own business or other economic enterprises, or engages independently in a profession or trade and does not hire any employees but may be assisted by family members.
e. Employer: Is a person who operates his or her own business or other economic enterprise, or engages independently in a profession or trade and employs one or more persons. (Note: this does not include managers or others who hire staff on behalf of their company unless they own the company).
Note: A person who had a job or enterprise but who has temporarily absent during the reference period due to injury, illness, vacation or other leave should be classified according to his job or enterprise as an employee, a family business worker, self- employed or an employer.
Unemployed: Is one who did no work the "last seven days" and did not have a job or business, but was available for or seeking work. Such persons may have worked before or have never worked before. These fall into one of the following categories:

i. Worked before and seeking work
ii. Worked before and not seeking work
iii. Never worked before and seeking work

2. Economically inactive
a. Non-worker (never worked before and not seeking work): Is a person who has never worked before and is at the moment not making any effort to seek work.
b. Homeworker: Is one who spends most of his or her time throughout the year, working without pay on domestic duties, such as cooking, washing or cleaning household surroundings.
c. Student: Is one who is under full-time instruction at a formal educational institution as long as he/she did not work during the last seven days.
d. Other: This category includes:
i. Any person who did not work the last seven days because either he was not able to work and relies on others, or there was no need for him to work and relies on others.
ii. Any person who did not work the last seven days because there was no need and relies on his or her own income, for example, pensioners.

Note: It may be necessary to ask several probing questions in order to determine a person's activity status.


B17. Type of activity last 7 days: What was [the person] doing the last seven days? For each person aged 10 years or more, ask about his/her main economic activity in which he/she had been engaged during the last seven days. Write the code of the activity in which the person has been engaged in during the last seven days in column B17. If such people are females skip to B20, otherwise, go to the next person or Part C.
Note: For persons whose economic activity is Mlimi in B17 should be recorded as "Mlimi" under occupation in column B18 and "Mixed farming" under industry in column B19.


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Malawi 2008 — source variable MW2008A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Questions P25-P27 were asked only of residents who are currently working or have ever worked]


P26. What is [the respondent's] status in the occupation?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Public service
[] 4 Private sector
[] 5 Family farm / business
[] 6 Other

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Questions for usual residents age 6 years or older (economic activity)
[Questions P20-P27 were asked of persons age 6 years or over]


Household members who are currently working/ever worked
[Questions P25-P27 were asked of persons currently working or ever worked]


P26. Person's work/occupation status
To be asked only for usual household members who are currently working or have ever worked.

Ask the status in employment of an economically active individual (those who have been classified as working or have worked in the last 7 days). Shade the appropriate codes.

Self-employed refers to an own account worker who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade and does not hire anybody for assistance.


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Malaysia 1970 — source variable MY1970A_EMPSTA — Employment status last week
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[Questions 25-44 were asked of persons age 10+.]

Before asking questions 25-34 explain that the questions are for the previous 7 day period only

29. Did you look for work?

[] Yes
[] No

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Malaysia 1980 — source variable MY1980A_CLASSWK — Employment status
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For persons 10 years of age and over
[Questions 25-44b were asked of those who are 10 years old or over.]

[Questions 31-34 were asked of persons other than those who did not work for pay or profit, at least 1 day during the last 7 days, did not help in a family farm or business at least one day during the last 7 days, did not have any employment, work on farm, enterprise or other family enterprise to return to, and were not seeking work during the last 7 days.]


31. What is your employment status?

[] Employer
[] Employee
[] Own account worker
[] Unpaid family worker
[] Looking for first job (Skip to 35a)

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Questions 25-44 are to be asked of persons who are 10 years of age and above.



Questions 25-34 record information on work or employment of a person. Be sure to explain to the respondent that you are only concerned with the period of 7 days prior to the day of interview.


Question 31
Employment status refers to the status of an economically active person with respect to his employment, that is, whether he is an employer, employee, own-account worker or an unpaid family worker.

You are to mark the person's employment status in the job that he held in the 7 day reference period. If the person was unemployed throughout the whole of the reference period, mark the person's status in his previous job. A separate box is provided for those who were looking for their first job.

[p. 84]

"Employer" -a person who runs his own business, farm or profession (which may be self-owned or otherwise) and employs one or more persons to help him .

"Employee" - a person who works for a private or public employer for wages, salary, commission, tips, piece-rates or pay in kind.

''Own-Account Worker" - a person who runs his own business, farm or profession but does not employ others to help him.

"Unpaid Family Worker" - a person who works a specified minimum amount of time (more than 3 hours a day) without pay on a farm or business operated by a related person living in the same household.

"Looking for 1st job" - a person who was looking for his 1st job and did not do any work during the 7 day reference period.


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Malaysia 1991 — source variable MY1991A_EMPSTAT1 — Employment status
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[Questions C1-27 were asked of persons who live in their households on Census Days.]

For person aged 10 years and above (Date of birth before/on 14 of August, 1981)
[Questions 18-27 are asked of those who lived in their households on Census Days and 10 years old or above.]


C22. What is the main reason for not seeking work?

[Question C22 was asked of persons who did not work at least 1 hour during the last 7 days, did not have any work to return to, and did not look for work during the last 7 days.]

[] 01 Believe no suitable job available
[] 02 Bad weather
[] 03 Sick/Confinement
[] 04 Will start new job
[] 05 Waiting for answers to job applications/have looked for work prior to last 7 days
[] 06 No qualification
[] 07 Still schooling
[] 08 Housewife
[] 09 Going for further studies
[] 10 Handicapped/disabled
[] 11 Not interested
[] 12 Retired/Too old
[] 13 Too young
[] 14 Others (specify) ____

[Questions C25-27 were asked of persons who worked at least 1 hour during the 7 days and had a job to return to. (Yes was chosen in Question C18 or C19.)]


C27. What is your employment status?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Unpaid family worker

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Questions C18-C27

General Guidelines

Who should be asked?
(i) These questions (C18-C27) should be asked for persons aged 10 years and above, that is, those who were born before or on 14 August 1981.
Refer to Question C5 to find out the date of birth. For persons whose birth dates are 14 August 1981 or earlier, Questions C18-C27 must be asked.
If no information is provided for C5, refer to Question C6. For persons who are 10 years or more, Question C18 - C27 must be asked.

(ii) For Questions C25 and C26, if possible, obtain the information from the household members directly so that more detailed information may be given.

Reference Period
The reference period for Question C18-C27 refer to the 7 days prior to the day of the interview.

To determine the reference period, refer to the calendar provided in Document 7 (Thank You Card).

Example:
If the interview was conducted on 15 August 1991, the information required should be based on the period 8-14 August 1991.


Question C27

Purpose
To determine the working status of a person in employment.

Definition
Employer (Code 1)
Person who operates business, industry, plantation or his own professional practice and employs one or more workers to help him.

Employee (Code 2)
Person who works for a government or private employer and is paid a salary, wage, commission or "tips".

Self-Employed (Code 3)
Person who operates business, industry, plantation or his own professional practice but does not employ any workers to help him.

Unpaid family worker (Code 4)
Person who works without receiving salary/wage in an industry, plantation or business that is being operated by a family member/relative.

[p.158]

How to ask the question

Ask the question as follows:
"What is the employment status of ____ (member's name)?"

How to record the answer
Mark "X" in the relevant box.
Employment status refers to the occupation as recorded in Question C25.

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Malaysia 2000 — source variable MY2000A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Question C17 - C29 for person aged 10 years and above

[Questions 25-27 were asked of persons who worked for at least one hour during the last 7 days or had a job to return to.]


C27. What is your employment status?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
(End interview for this person*)

*In Sabah, W.P. Labuan and Sarawak, go to question C28 for ever married woman.


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Mali 1987 — source variable ML1987A_CLASSWK — Work status (in main activity last month)
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For individuals 6 years of age and older.
[Questions 14-22]


22. Work status in main activity

____

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1.2.2 QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE AGED 6 AND OLDER
This is the second group of questions related to the characteristics of the household members. It relates only to persons aged 6 and older. Put a dash or a hyphen (-) for persons of less than 6 years in questions 14 to 25.


[Questions] 18 - 22. Economic Activity:

Questions 18 to 22 have to do with the economic activity of the people enumerated, i.e, their occupation. To fill in their forms pay careful attention to the following directions:

a. Only ask these question of household members who are 6 years and older. Put a dash or a hyphen (-) for those less than 6 years old.


[Page 32]

b. To obtain information on economic activity use the month (30 days) prior to the census interview as the point of reference.


However, for people who work in the agricultural sector (farming, breeding animals, fishing and forestry) this reference period is brought to [illegible] 12 months, taking into account the seasonal nature of employment in this sector. Rural work is carried out during a fixed period which does not correspond to the date of the census.


22. Status in main employment

The status in the main job of an employed member of the working population is his status with respect to other persons at his/her place of employment. Ask the following question: "What is your position in the main job?" Depending on the answer you receive, fill in column 22 as follows:

- P for owner (any person who works for himself in a trade and employs one or several paid employees).
- SG for paid government worker (persons who work for the government and are paid in
exchange).


[Page 35]
- SP for paid employee in the private sector (a person who works for an employer in a private company) and receives in exchange either pay or room and board. Include servants and paid family helpers in this category.
- I for Independent (a person who works for himself/herself and who does not employ any paid workers).
- AF: Unpaid family helpers (a person who does a given minimum of work without pay with a relative of the household. Include young people and children who help their parents in the field, and in many other jobs);
- AP: Apprentice (a person who is learning a trade);
- AUT: Other. This is for members of the working population who do not fall into the preceding categories. Put [a dash or hyphen] in column 21 for the non-working population, the unemployed and those aged less than 6 years.


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Mali 1998 — source variable ML1998A_CLASSWK — Work status in main activity
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Section B: Individual Characteristics


For persons aged 6 years and above
[Questions 16-26]


Activity type


24. Work status in main activity

[] 0 Not applicable
[] 1 Self employed
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Salaried, regular
[] 4 Salaried, temporary
[] 5 Apprentice, paid
[] 6 Apprentice, not paid
[] 7 Family help

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1.2.1. Questions for ALL Household Members


1.2.2. Questions for persons aged 6 years and above

This is the second group of questions, concerning the characteristics of household members. They concern only the persons aged 6 years and above.

For persons aged less than 6 years (children), write (0) or (00) depending on column width in Columns P16 to P30.


Columns P23-P25: Economic Activities

Question P22 to P26 deal with the economic activity of the enumerated persons, that is: the occupation of the interviewed persons. For filling this question, please follow carefully the following guidelines.

a. The questions shall be asked only to household members aged 6 years of more. For others, write a hyphen (-) in Columns P23 and P25; and write (0) in Columns P22, P24, and P26.

b. To record the data on economic activity, the census enumerator shall refer to the reference period of one month (30 days) preceding the date of visit in the household.

However, for the persons who work in the agricultural sector (beekeeping, husbandry, fishing, forestry, etc.), this reference period is extended to one year (12 months), because of the seasonal character of this type of employment. Indeed, works in agriculture are done during a well defined period during the year, which may not correspond with the census date.


24. Column P24: Work status

The work status in the main occupation of an active employed person is his or her situation with respect to other persons in her type of employment or her business.

The question to be asked will be: "What was the status of name in his or her economic activity?" Depending on the answer given write in Column P24 the code corresponding to the answer, and according to the list provided below:

[] 0 Not applicable (person not concerned)
[] 1 Self employed (persons working on his or her own, and not employing any salaried worker)
[] 2 Employer (any person who works on his or her own, and employing one or several salaried workers). Includes any active person employed in at least one salaried work.
[] 3 Permanent salaried (any person who works regularly and perceives a salary)
[] 4 Temporary salaried (any person receiving a salary, but not regularly)
[] 5 Apprentice, paid (person in training for an occupation, and paid)
[] 6 Apprentice, unpaid
[] 7 Family aid (person who works for free for a relative in the same household. Includes young adults and children who help their parents work in the fields or in other works).


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Mali 2009 — source variable ML2009A_CLASSWK — Situation in principal occupation
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Population age six or older
[Questions P24-P28 were asked for persons age 6+.]

P26) Position in main occupation
What is (or what was) the position that [Name] had in this occupation?

Record the code corresponding to the response

[] 00 Person not applicable
[] 01 Independent worker
[] 02 Employer/Boss
[] 03 Salaried/Permanent employee
[] 04 Salaried/Temporary employee
[] 05 Apprentice
[] 06 Family helper
[] 07 Others

Agricultural sector
[] 08 Independent
[] 09 Primary associated [partnered] household
[] 10 Secondary associated [partnered] household
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Questions (P24 to P28) are for members of the household who are six (6) years or older. This part of the questionnaire allows for the collection of information on employment, the type of employment, the branch of the industry. Particular emphasis is placed on farming due to its importance in the occupations of the population.

6.2.3.25 Main occupation (Column P26)
The agent collects information about the status of a person in relation to his/her main current or previous occupation if it is a person who has already worked and is now unemployed. The agent asks the following question: "What is the status of [NAME] in the exercise of his main economic activity?" and writes the corresponding code. The possible situations are as follows:

00 = Not applicable: Persons under the age of 6 , the elderly who no longer work , people looking for a first job.
01 = Freelancer: This is a person who is self-employed, but has no employees . However, he may have help from family or unpaid apprentices.
02 = Employer / Boss: This is a person who runs his own economic enterprise or practices his own trade. An employer employs one or more paid employees.
03 = Paid employee / Permanent Employee: Employed permanently, working for a public or private employer in exchange for monetary compensation or compensation in kind.
04 = Paid employee / Temporary Employee: A person employed temporarily working for a public or private employer in exchange for monetary compensation or compensation in kind. Compensation may be paid by the hour, day, week or month.
05 = Apprentice: Someone who learns a manual craft through an apprenticeship in the workshop or in the field with a master. He/she receives no compensation in cash or in kind in return for work done.
06 = Family Help: Person who works in a family business without being paid . These people are generally encountered in agriculture, commerce and transportation. They are usually fed, housed and cared for when they are sick . They receive occasional gifts.
07 = Other (specify): People whose occupation situation cannot be classified in any of the categories mentioned.
Agricultural sector
[pg. 31]
08 = Independent: Person who is self-employed in agriculture, but has no employees. However, he may have help from family or unpaid apprentices.
09 = Household with primary responsibility: Household (primary responsibility) with one or more partners (secondary household) working in agricultural.
10 = Household with secondary responsibility: Household (secondary responsibility) associated with another household working in agricultural. This household is not primarily responsible.

Instruction: A person who employs one or more servants is not considered an employer, even if he/she pays.


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Mauritius 1990 — source variable MU1990A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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In strict confidence
Ministry of Economic Planning and Development
Central Statistical Office

Population Census
Mauritius

Night of 1-2 July 1990

For persons aged 12 years and over:

33 Employment status ____

Insert as appropriate:
[] SEE - self-employed with employees
[] SEW - self-employed without employees
[] FW - working without pay for spouse or other relative in his/her farm or business
[] A - apprentice with or without pay
[] EM - employee paid by day, week, fortnight, job
[] PC - member of producer's cooperative
[] Other, specify ____
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Stop at this column [28] if person has never worked. Columns 29 to 34 are for persons who have ever worked. Information is required on the person's work during the past week. If person had more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours, if person had no job last week, answer for his/her last job.

Column 33
Employment status
Insert as appropriate:

SEE - for a sell-employed person operating, alone or in partnership, his/her own business, trade, enterprise, farm or professional practice, with the help of one or more paid employees.
SEW - for a self-employed person operating, alone or in partnership, his/her own business, trade, enterprise, farm or professional practice, without the help of paid employees.
FW - for a person who worked without pay in a business, trade, enterprise or farm operated by a member of the same household or another relative. If the person worked for pay, he should be reported as EM or EO as described below.
A - for an apprentice with or without pay.
EM - for an employee paid by the month.
EO - for an employee paid by day, week, fortnight or by the job, even if payment was made at the end of the month. Write EO also for persons who worked for commissions, payments on a piece rate basis or for payments in kind.
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PC - for an active member of a producer's co-operative.
Other - for a person whose employment status does not fall in any of the above categories; give a full description in such cases.

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Mauritius 2000 — source variable MU2000A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Population census form]

For persons aged 12 years and over.
(Questions 28 to 33 refer to the person's job or business during the past week. If person had no job last week, answer for his/her last job. If person had more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours.)

32. Employment status _

Insert as appropriate:

[] SEE - self-employed with employees
[] SEW - self-employed without employees
[] FW - working without pay for spouse or other relative in his / her farm or business
[] A - apprentice / trainee with or without pay
[] EM - employee paid by day, week, fortnight, job
[] PC - member of producers' cooperative
[] OTHER - other, specify ____
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7. Instructions on how to fill in the census form

[Columns 28 to 33 are for persons who have ever worked. Information is required on the person's work during the past week. If person had more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours. If person had no job last week, answer for his/her last job.]

Column 32 - Employment status
Insert as appropriate:

SEE- for a sell-employed person operating (alone or in partnership) his/her own business, trade, enterprise, farm or professional practice, with the help of one or more paid employees;
SEW - for a self-employed person operating (alone or in partnership) his/her own business, trade, enterprise, farm or professional practice, without the help of paid employees;
FW- for a person who worked without pay in a business, trade, enterprise or farm operated by a member of the same household or another relative. If the person worked for pay, he should be reported as EM or EO as described below;
A- for an apprentice with or without pay;
EM- for an employee paid by the month.
EO- for an employee paid by day, week, fortnight or by the job, even if payment was made at the end of the month. Write EO also for persons who worked for commissions, payments on a piece rate basis or for payments in kind.
PC- for an active member of a producer's co-operative.
OTHER- for a person whose employment status does not fall in any of the above categories; give a full description in such cases.

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Mauritius 2011 — source variable MU2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Individual form

The following questions [questions 29 through 34] refer to the person's work during the reference week Monday 27 June to Sunday 3 July 2011. If the person is retired or had no job during that week, answer for his/her last job. If the person has more than one job, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours. [For persons aged 12 years and older]

P33. Employment status

State if the person's employment status is:

[] 1 Self-employed with employees
[] 2 Self-employed without employees
[] 3 Working without pay for spouse or other relative in his/her farm or business
[] 4 Apprentice / trainee with or without pay
[] 5 Employee paid by the month
[] 6 Employee paid by the day, week, fortnight, job
[] 7 Member of producers' cooperative
[] 8 Other - specify ____
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6. Population census topics and their usefulness

P33 - Employment status
Employment status is not only a useful socio-economic indicator, but is also needed for planning insurance and social welfare schemes for different categories of workers.

8. How to fill in the Population Census Questionnaire

P33 - Employment status
[figure omitted]

Shade only one box as appropriate. Note that

[] 1 Self-employed with employees stands for a self-employed person operating (alone or in partnership) his/her own business, trade, enterprise, farm or professional practice, with the help of one or more paid employees;
[] 2 Self-employed without employees stands for a self-employed person operating (alone or in partnership) his/her own business, trade, enterprise, farm or professional practice, without the help of paid employees;
[] 3 Working without pay for spouse or other relative in his/her farm or business stands for a person who worked without pay in a business, trade, enterprise or farm operated by a member of the same household or by another relative;
[] 4 Apprentice/ trainee with or without pay stands for an apprentice/trainee with or without pay;
[] 5 Employee paid by the month: self-explanatory;
[] 6 Employee paid by day, week, fortnight, job stands for an employee paid by day, week, fortnight or by the job, even if payment was made at the end of the month. It also applies to persons who worked for commissions, payments on a piece rate basis or for payments in kind;
[] 7 Member of producers' cooperative stands for an active member of a producer's cooperative;
[] 8 Other relates to a person whose employment status does not fall in any of the above categories; in this case write the full description in the adjacent boxes provided.

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Mexico 1960 — source variable MX1960A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Work status

[] 34. Laborer
[] 35. Employee of any category
[] 36. Boss, businessman, employer
[] 37. Own worker
[] 38. Unpaid family worker


Columns 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38: If the person is a laborer, for example, cowboy, mechanic, driver, etc, you should make an X in column 34. If the person is an employee, for example, a typist, retail worker, archivist, etc., you should make an X in column 35. If the person is the owner of a store, factory, farm, etc, which means that he/she employees workers, laborers, or both, this means that he/she is the employer and you should make an X in column 36. When the person does not employee any workers, nor work for someone else, he/she is a self-employed or 'own worker' and you should make an X in the column 37. For example, land owner (ejido), traveling salesperson, shoe repair worker, etc. In column 38, only make an X when the person provides work or services without payment, which means that he/she does not receive any pay, salary, etc. for helping the head of household in the business or work that he/she does. For example, the child of the owner of an ejido that helps his father with the work in the business.

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Position at Work
(Very Important)

Columns 34 through 38. This column is dedicated to determining the job category or position of each person enumerated. Ask the questions that are necessary for being able to determine the category of each enumerated person in their job, office, occupation, or profession.

Column 34. When the enumerated is a male or female laborer, that is, they do a primarily manual job (in agriculture, industry, transportation, etc.), at the orders of a boss, and by which they receive a salary, make an (X) in column 34.

Column 35. If the enumerated is an employee, for example: typist, store owner, store clerk, archivist, etc., make an (X) in column 35.

Column 36. If the enumerated is the owner of a store, factory, workshop, or other large or small business, that is, they employee one or more laborers or employees, or workers of both classes, than they are a boss, manager or employer, and in this case an (X) is made in column 36.

[P. 29]

Column 37. When the enumerator does not work under any boss or company, nor employees laborers or employees, but rather is self-employed, make an (X) in column 37. For example: herdsman, traveling merchant, owner of a small farm, shoe repairer, etc.

Column 38. Only make an (X) in this column when the enumerated works without remuneration, that is, they do not receive a salary, pay, etc., in helping the head of the family in his business or job. For example: the son of a herdsman who helps his father in the field work; the son or relative of the owner of a small store, who helps them in that job. Do not make an (X) when the enumerated helps their family irregularly, sporadically, or discontinuously, or when they work for less than a third of their available time.

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Mexico 1970 — source variable MX1970A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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For persons twelve years old or more


16. Work situation in 1969. Mark with an X

In the main employment that this person had in 1969:

[] 1 Worked in a family business without pay
[] 2 Worked as boss, businessman or employer
[] 3 Worked as a day laborer or rural agricultural laborer
[] 4 Worked as a laborer or employee
[] 5 Self employed
[] 6 Common land agricultural worker (ejidatario)

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Position at work in 1969

Column 16

This question refers to the situation or category of the person in relation to their job or principal employment. Read the question and each of the alternatives until finding the position in which the person found themselves.

Following are the definitions for each of the positions:

[Drawing] "Works in a family business without receiving pay"

A person who, during the months that he/she worked in 1969, worked at least 15 hours per week without receiving pay in a farm, workshop, business, or other type of economic activity directed or owned by a family member. Examples: the wife of a worker of common land, who helps him in the field labor; the relative of the owner of a store, who helped him in his business, etc.

[Drawing]

[P. 47]

[Drawing] "Worked as a boss, manager, or employer"

A person who, during the year 1969, worked in their own business or company (solely or associated) or independently exercised a profession, occupation, or office, always when they employed one or more people in relation to their business, office, or profession, and gave them pay or salary in cash. Examples: a medic who worked in his/her private office and employed a nurse or a secretary; the owner of a factory who employed laborers, etc.

[Drawing] "Works as a journeyman or farm laborer"

A person who worked in agriculture or livestock, and who carried out predominantly manual labor, in exchange for a daily wage or salary in cash. Examples: a person who worked by day in the harvesting of corn; a person who worked for a salary milking cows, etc.

[P. 48]

[Drawing] "Works as a laborer or employee"

A person who worked in exchange for pay or salary in cash in service to a boss, business, or institution. Examples: a construction worker, a secretary, etc.

[Drawing] "Self Employed"

A person who has their own business, profession, office or occupation (solely or associated) without being at the orders of a boss and without utilizing laborers or employees for pay or salary, although they could have family who worked without pay or apprentices without pay. Examples: a taxi driver, a person who sold fruit in the market, etc.

[P. 49]

[Drawing]

To mark the circle in front of "worker of common land [ejidatario] it is necessary that the person have had at least three characteristics: 1) That he/she have had the legal character of worker of common land; 2) That they have had a common land parcel; and 3) That their work on that land have supplied the majority of their income in 1969. If they were without one of these characteristics this circle should not be marked; for example: if they did not have the legal character of common land worker, or they had not received their parcel of common land, or if they did not use it despite having it, etc. In these cases the position that corresponds to employment or principal job should be marked, and not that of "worker of common land."

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Mexico 1990 — source variable MX1990A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Ask only if the person is twelve years old or more


15. Situation of work

This person at work is: Mark with an X one circle only.

[ ] 1 Employee or worker
[ ] 2 Day laborer or farm hand
[ ] 3 Self employed
[ ] 4 Boss or business person
[ ] 5 Works without pay in the family business or land

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Questions for persons who are twelve years old or more.

Questions: 11. Number of children; 12. Civil status; 13. Principal activity; 14. Principal Occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity and 18. Income, will only be asked if the person about whom you are requesting information is 12 years old or more. If the person is a man, continue directly with the question about civil status. If the person is a woman, ask question 11. Number of children.


[p.38]
15. Work situation

With this question, we want to know what position the person held in his/her principal job that he/she did the week before the census. This means, we want to know if the person was an employee or worker, day laborer or salaried laborer, self-employed, employer or businessman or if he/she worked without pay in a family business or property.

It is understood that a person was an employee or worker, if he/she worked for pay or salary providing services to an employer; also if the person worked for the government, worked for a business, an establishment or institution, mark:

Employee or worker? [x] 1


The administrators, managers, or general directors who are not the owners of the business, factory, or company where they work, should be considered employees.

If the person worked as a day laborer or salaried laborer providing services to an employer in exchange for a salary or daily wage, you should mark:

Day laborer or salaried laborer? [x] 2


The independent self-employed worker does no have employees nor workers to help, but can receive help from an unpaid family member.

Be careful not to confuse the self-employed worker with an employer or businessman.

Self-employed? [x] 3


[p.39]
An employer, businessman or owner is the owner of a business, company, or establishment that has workers and/or employees.

Employer or businessman [x] 4


An unpaid family member helps in the family property or business without pay.

Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [x] 5


[p.43]
[Illustration]
I work as a flower vendor. I do not have an employer, I am self-employed. I work everyday, Monday through Sunday, from 8 in the morning until 6 P.M.. I sell my flowers in the street, on the street called "September 16", and I make about two hundred thousand pesos biweekly.

14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Flower vendor
Write the name.

What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sell flowers
Write the tasks.

15. Work situation
The person in his/her work is?
Mark only one circle
Employee or worker? [ ] 1
Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2
Self-employed? [x] 3
Employer or businessman [ ] 4
Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5

16. Hours
How many hours total did you work last week?

[70]
Write the number

17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?

To sell flowers
Write the primary activity

Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop

In the street
Write the place where he/she worked

18. Income
How does this person earn for his/her work?
Write only one answer in numbers

Weekly [__] 1
Biweekly [200,000] 2
Monthly [__] 3
Yearly [__] 4
Mark with an x
Does not receive income [ ] 0


-I am a seamstress, I make dresses and blouses for my clients here in my house. I work six hours a day and I rest on Saturdays and Sundays. I make about eighty thousand pesos a week.

14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Seamstress of dresses and blouses
Write the name.

What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sew and cut blouses and dresses
Write the tasks.

15. Work situation
The person in his/her work is?
Mark only one circle
Employee or worker? [ ] 1
Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2
Self-employed? [x] 3
Employer or businessman [ ] 4
Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5

16. Hours
How many hours total did you work last week?

[30]
Write the number

17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?

To cut and sew blouses and dresses
Write the primary activity

Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop

At home
Write the place where he/she worked

18. Income
How does this person earn for his/her work?
Write only one answer in numbers

Weekly [80,000] 1
Biweekly [__] 2
Monthly [__] 3
Yearly [__] 4
Mark with an x
Does not receive income [ ] 0

[End of illustration]

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Mexico 1995 — source variable MX1995A_CLASSWK — Situation in the job
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For people 12 years old or older
[Applies to questions 7.3 to 7.11]


Situation in the job
7.5 Was (Name) in the job (activity) last week:

Read the options until getting an affirmative response.

[] 1 Employed or a worker?
[] 2 A weekly or daily worker?
[] 3 A boss or businessperson (who hires workers)?
[] 4 A self-employed worker (does not hire workers)?
[] 5 A worker without pay in a family business or plot of land?

Situation ____

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VII Economic characteristics

In this section some of the economic characteristics of the population of work age (12 years old or older) are found out; which are related to socio-demographic and cultural information about the population, that permit us to know the socioeconomic situation of people and households.

[graphic of the question from the census form]

The information obtained in this section permits us to know, in a specific reference period (the week before the interview), how the work force [p. 119] in the country is formed, that is, who worked or looked for work; about the first jobs, what is done in the occupation, how many hours are worked, what are the incomes, the relation with the employer, etc.

Also in the population of 12 years old or older it is meant to distinguish who receives income by different sources at the job and the importance of these perceptions.


7.5 Situation in the job

The objective of this question is to identify the position or relation that the person had in the job, the week before the interview.

The situation in the job permits us to classify the working population according to being salaried (employer or worker, weekly or daily worker), independent worker (boss or business person, self employed worker) or worker without pay.

[graphic of the question from the census form]

It should be clarified that if a person has done more than one occupation, you should ask for the one registered in 7.3.

[p. 130]

This question has five option answers, which are described below.

Employee or worker?...1

It is a person who worked in exchange for a paycheck, salary or in kind for a boss, company, business, institution or public or private dependency the week before the interview.

Generally, the job of people classified in this option is controlled by a contract, written or spoken.

People who receive a paycheck and also a commission for their work are classified in this option.

People who only receive commission for their sales or services that they do, are considered in option 4 self employed worker (does not hire workers)?

Also government authorities are included here, no matter their level (President of the Republic, governors, secretaries of state, etc.)

Weekly or daily worker?...2

It is a person who worked for a boss in exchange for a biweekly, daily or weekly salary. Generally these people are hired to do agricultural, livestock or construction activities.

Boss or business person (hires workers)?...3

It is a person who is owner of a business, company or establishment that hires one or more employees or workers. When an informant does not understand this option, clarify that bosses or business people hire workers in exchange for a salary.

Self employed worker (does not hire workers)?...4

It is a person who worked in an independent form (alone) in his or her own business and did not hire workers (employees or workers).

When people only receive a commission for the sales or services they do, they are considered in this option.

[p. 131]

In this option people who work in an independent manner and receive help from a family member who does not pay in exchange for work are also considered. In the case that they give them a salary or paycheck, they are classified as bosses.

In the case of farmers and members of cooperatives who in the reference week have not hired salaried workers, they are classified in this option, in the contrary case, consider them bosses (option 3).

When an informant declares that a person "is a partner," ask if workers are hired; if the answer is "no" write down code 4. Only in the case of hiring workers, assign code 3.

Worker without payment in a business or family plot of land? 5

It is a person who in the week of reference worked without receiving a salary in a family business (plot, workshop, ranch, parcel, etc). People who work without receiving salary in a non family business, also are classified in this option.

If after reading the options to an informant, he or she remains silent, doubting to give an answer or response with an occupation like: contractor, subcontractor, commission agent or sales agent, find out with questions like: "Did you work for another person?" or "Do you receive a salary for your work?" In the case of the answer being "yes" write down code 1 of employee and worker, if it is "no" investigate if workers are hired. If so, write down code 3 boss or business person (hires workers); if workers are not hired, register code 4 self employed worker (does not hire workers)?

If a person has his or her own business, ask if workers are hired. When the answer is "yes," write down code 3 of boss or business person and if t is "no," register option 4 of self employed workers, like in the following example:

Interviewer: Was Carmen in her job an employee or worker?
Informant: No, she worked with a partner.
Interviewer: Did Carmen and her partner hire workers?
Informant: No, she attended to the business in the morning and the partner in the afternoon.
Interviewer: Then Carmen was self employed?
Informant: I think so, yes.

If after exhausting all possibilities to get an answer, an informant does not know the information, write down code 9.


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Mexico 2000 — source variable MX2000A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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25. Work condition

Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response.
Circle only one answer.

1 Employee or laborer
2 Day laborer or peasant
3 Boss (hires workers)
4 Self-employed
5 Unpaid laborer in a family business or land


Answers 3, 4, 5 continue with question 27
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25. Job Situation

This question is meant to learn if, in their job, the person is an employee, manual laborer, day laborer, unskilled laborer, owner, own-account worker, or unpaid worker in the family business or land.

If a person was contracted to work in a business, company, or government, and in return for this job they received payment, they are an employee or manual laborer.

[Depiction of this completed question on the enumeration form, and a related drawing]

Some people who work in exchange for payment in agriculture or in construction are considered day laborers or unskilled laborers.

If the person has their own business, they can be an owner or an own-account worker. Owners are those who, during the previous week, had one or more employees whom they paid; on the other hand, an own-account worker does not contract personnel, even though they could have received help from other people without having paid them.
Those people who helped or worked without receiving payment are known as unpaid workers in the family business or land. These people can work or help in stores, workshops, orchards, farms, plots or in the care and raising of animals for family consumption.

[P. 81]

This option also includes unpaid workers who are not family members of the owner of the business.

When the informant appears uncertain, ask other questions to obtain the required response, such as "Do you work for anyone?," "Do they pay you?," "Do you just help in the job, but the don't pay you?," "Do you work in your own business?".

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Mexico 2010 — source variable MX2010A_CLASSWK — Position at work
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III. Personal characteristics

Now I am going to ask you about (name): ________
Copy the name of the person from section II


For person age 12 or older
[Questions 24-35 were asked of persons age 12 or older]


29. Position at work
In his job last week was [the respondent] a/an:

[Question 29 was asked of persons age 12 or older who worked or helped in economic activity last week, per questions 26 and 27.]

Read the options until you receive an affirmative response and then circle only one code

[] 1 Employee or worker
[] 2 Day worker or laborer
[] 3 Helper
[] 4 Employer (hires employees) (go to 31)
[] 5 Self employed (does not hire employees) (go to 31)
[] 6 Unpaid family worker (go to 31)

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6.5 Section III. Characteristics of the people

In this section the information of the people who inhabit the dwelling, like the sex, age, level of studies, income, among others, is obtained.

Before requesting the information for each person, copy all the names in the spaces designated for them, and for each person start with the phrase: "Now I'm going to ask about (mention the name of the person you previously noted)", so that the informer knows about whom you will be asking the information.


For persons age 12 or older
[Questions 24-35 are for persons age 12 or older]


29. Position at work
This question finds out if at work the person is employee, worker, day-laborer, unskilled laborer, helper, boss, worker, self-employed, or a family worker without pay.

An employed person is:

  • Employee or worker, if he/she works for a business, private company, or government company for payment
  • Day laborer or unskilled laborer, if he/she works for payment in agriculture or construction
  • Helper, if he/she works in exchange for a payment of salary by helping at the business or company.
  • Owner or employer, if he/she has his/her own business and is distinguished by contracting salary workers or day laborers.
  • Self-employed, if he/she works on his/her own and doesn't contract or have salary workers, but can receive help from other people not receiving pay.
  • Unpaid family worker, if he/she helps with the family businesses, stores, workshops, farms, agricultural parcels without receiving any pay for the work he/she does. This also includes the people who helped non-family businesses, always and whenever he/she hasn't received any pay.


When the person completed chores in outside homes, circle code 5.

Also, circle this code for those that worked only in exchange for a commission. But if he/she receives a base salary as well, then circle code 1.

When the informer has a doubt, investigate further with other questions like: "Juan works for someone? Do they pay Juan an income or a salary? Does Juan work in his own business? Does Juan contract workers?" among others.

If the person had more than one job, only record the job position of his/her principal occupation.

[p. 113]

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Mexico 2015 — source variable MX2015A_CLASSWK — Position at work
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32. Position at work
In the job was [the respondent] a:
[Read the options and circle one code]

[] 1 Employee or worker
[] 2 Day worker or laborer
[] 3 Helper with pay
[] 4 Owner or employer (has paid employees) [skip to question 34]
[] 5 Self-employed (has no paid employees) [skip to question 34]
[] 6 Worker without payment [skip to question 35]
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32. Position at work
This question identifies the position held by workers in the business, company, or place where they worked during the week preceding the interview. Read the question and each option until obtaining an affirmative answer and circle the appropriate code.

[Figures are omitted]

Take into account the following considerations:

[] A person is employed, workman, laborer, or farmworker when he/she worked or helped in a business, private company, or a government institution in exchange for a wage or salary.

Laborers and farmhands generally perform their occupation in agriculture or construction.
Note that managers or administrators are not always owners of the business or company, but they are employees.

[] Employers and self-employed people own their business or company, but they distinguish between them because employers hire workers in exchange for a wage; while self-employed people do not hire workers, although it may be the case that they receive support from unpaid workers.
[] A person is unpaid worker when he/she helped in businesses, shops, workshops, farms, family or non-family agricultural plots without receiving a cash payment.

When the answer is employee or laborer, farmland, or paid assistant, continue with question 33 "Work benefits".

If the answer is boss, employer, or self-employed, go to question 34 "Income from work"; if the person is an unpaid worker, go to question "Business, company, or workplace".


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Mexico 2020 — source variable MX2020A_CLASSWK — Position at work
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Continue if the person is 12 years of age or older

34. Job position: In that job was [the respondent]:

Read the options until you get an affirmative answer and circle one code only

[] 1 An employee or a worker
[] 2 A day laborer or a manual laborer
[] 3 A paid assistant
[] 4 An employer (has paid workers, go to 36)
[] 5 Self-employed (does not have paid workers, go to 36)
[] 6 An unpaid worker (go to 37)
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15.3 Section III. People characteristics

In this section, information is obtained for each of the people living in the housing unit.

Before requesting data for each resident, copy the details from Section II. List people and general data, their names, gender, and age, and write them down in the spaces provided. Do not forget to correct the person number when using more than one questionnaire.

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For the respondent to know who to provide the information about, start with the sentence: "Now I'm going to ask you about...", and mention the name of the person you previously wrote down.

Apply questions 1 through 11 for all the people who are habitual residents, including children, as well as elderly people.

34. Job position
The purpose of this question is to find out what position the employed people held in the business, company, or place where they worked the week prior to the interview.

Read the question and each of the options until an affirmative answer is obtained and circle the corresponding code.

[Figure omitted: image with text]

To record the information, take into account the following considerations:

Employee or worker, is a person who works in a business, private or government company in exchange for a wage or salary.

Day laborer or laborer, generally works in agriculture or construction.

Paid assistant, those who work in exchange for a payment or salary, helping in a business or company.

Boss or employer, a person who has their own business, and is distinguished by hiring workers for salary or wages.

Self-employed worker, they work on their own and do not hire or have paid workers, but they can get help from others without getting paid.

Unpaid worker, is a person who helped in businesses, stores, workshops, farms, or agricultural plots of relatives or non-relatives without receiving payment in form of money.

The images show a day laborer and a bricklayer; the latter may be self-employed, a paid assistant, or a government employee.

[p. 374]

Consider that company managers or administrators are not always the owners of the business or company, but rather employees.

When the answer is administrator or manager, ask if they are also the owner of the business or company; if the answer is no, record it in option 2. Employee. Otherwise, inquire and record option 4. Boss or employer or 5. Self-employed worker, as appropriate.

Example:

Interviewer: Was Mariana an employee or a worker in that job?

Respondent: No.

Interviewer: Day laborer or laborer?

Respondent: No, I am the administrator.

Interviewer: In addition to being the administrator, are you the owner of the business or company?

Respondent: Yes.

Interviewer: Do you hire staff?

Respondent: Yes.

Interviewer: So, it is a boss or employer?

Respondent: Yes.

As you can see, three passes are indicated in the question:

For those people with an answer in any of the options: 1. employee or worker, 2. laborer or day laborer, or 3. paid assistant, continue with question 35. labor benefits.

For people whose answer is the option: 4. boss or employer or 5. self-employed worker, continue with question 36. labor incomes.

And for the people whose answer is 6. unpaid worker, continue with question 37. worked hours.

The job position question is presented in the census manager as follows:


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Mongolia 2000 — source variable MN2000A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Questions 16-18 were asked of persons age 15+ who worked during last week.]


18. Employment status:

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Member of cooperative
[] 5 Household member working without payment in family's business or farm
[] 6 Other

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Question 18

Employment status

This question should be asked for the person who has answered "Yes" to question number 15. The enumerator should discuss with the person who they are enumerating about his or her employee and establishment which he or she works for and the corresponding code will be selected based on the labor contract and responsibility.

If any person had more than one economic activity--wage employment or self-employment--during the reference period then the secondary occupation is the one which the respondent accepts as the most important based on time spent and income earned from different activities and other considerations like social and legal status among all occupations of the person excluding the primary occupation.

a. Employee-1
An employee is a person who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates or payment in kind. The following officers will be defined as an employer:

1. All people who work at public administration and budgetary establishments
The high ranking officials such as a minister, governors will not be defined as an employee even if they are selected or appointed and have right to hire and fire employee, because they work at governmental agency that has been supported by the state budget.

[p. 28]

2. Paid employee. This refers to a person who works at a private company, cooperative, limited company/member of cooperatives and owner of those enterprises will not be included in it/and person who works at industries with state ownership.

3. Officer of Non-Governmental Organizations.

a) People who work at public organizations such as a trade unions, political parties
b) People who work at religious organizations
c) People who work at charity and humanity organizations.
d) Others


b. Employer-2
A person who operates an enterprise or a person who operates an enterprise in partnership with others, or engages independently in a profession or trade, with the aid of one or more employees is considered as an employer.

c. Self employed-3
A person who operates an enterprise or a person who operates an enterprise in partnership with others, without the aid of an employee is considered as an own account worker. However, the person may get the assistance of unpaid family workers.

d. Cooperative members-4
Cooperative members are persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. A cooperative may also be defined as a business owned by the people who use its services. They are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, equality, equity.

e. Unpaid family worker-5
A person who works in an enterprise operated by a member of his household or by a group of persons including at least one member of his household, without a payment in cash or in kind.

The following people will be included in this group:
a) Members other than the head of household who engaged in household business.
b) A person who participates in household business but not household members.


f. Others-6
If a person works at some other place that cannot be classified by "a" to e", then it will be included in this group. A self-employed person who is engaged in trade or other service work such as shoe repairing will not be included in this group.

Guideline to fill Questions number 15-19 of the Questionnaire

The enumerator should fill out the questions related to the employment and main activity of enterprise, with many details (not general) and make it easy to understand for coding people. In the employment section, if the person is a teacher, it should be clarified by asking what does he or she teaches? There is an example to make it more understandable.

A. The main activity of person should be detailed. For instance, the person would say his or her employment as a manager and should indicate his or her main activity as an "industry and trade". In this case, the enumerator should ask if he is a sales manager or general manager and at which division does he or she work for? What kind of economic activity does your enterprise do?

[p. 30]

15. Did you work last week? Yes-1
16. Job: Advertisement manager
17. Main activity of the enterprise and establishment: Sale and production of salami and meat product
18. Employment status: Contract worker-1

It should be clarified by asking "Do you have salary? Do you own this enterprise? If he or she does not own this enterprise or contributed his or her own property to this enterprise, he or she will be defined as a contract worker.

2. If a person owns that enterprise, the main activity of the enterprise will remain the same as a "trade" and his or her employment would be a "sales person". It should be clarified with many details that trade is wholesale, retail trade or intellectual work trade. For instance, wholesale of vegetables, retail trade of shoes in the black market.

15. Did you work last week? Yes-1
16. Job: Vegetables salesperson
17. Main activity of the enterprise and establishment: Wholesale trade of vegetables
18. Employment status: Contract worker-1

In this case, the person who works in the wholesale trade of vegetables as a salesperson is a contract worker because he or she gets paid working as a salesperson. It must be clarified that whose property is in this trade, if he or she did not contribute any property to this trade, he or she will be defined as a contract employer.

3. Occupational jobs should be clarified in a very detailed manner, too. If the person is an operator, it should be clarified what kind of machine or equipment operator does he or she do? For instance, the person who works at "Hotol cement" company as an operator, he or she should answer own employment as following:

15. Did you work last week? Yes-1
16. Job: Equipment operator of cement production
17. Main activity of the enterprise and establishment: Cement company
18. Employment status: Cooperative member-4

In this case, it is understandable or certain, a person who works at a cement company as a paid employer and his or her employment status will be defined as a contract employer.

[p. 31]

B. Example to fill in the questions about employment of person who work at more than one job

1. If a person worked at more than one job one week prior to the reference period, the main job should be registered in the questionnaire. The main job is the one that was worked at the longest during the reference period (1 week) of the census. If the worked hours at both jobs is the same, then the job with the higher income will be registered in the questionnaire. For instance, accountant Ms. Dulmaa works at a commercial bank as a general accountant but also works at small private shop as a accountant, the main job will be a general accountant and the main economic activity will be registered as an "activity of monetary circulation".

15. Did you work last week? Yes-1
16. Job: General accountant
17. Main activity of the enterprise and establishment: Activity of monetary circulation
18. Employment status: Contract worker-1

In this case, Ms. Dulmaa works at the commercial bank as a general accountant and she is a contract worker. Because she gets paid working as a general accountant, it should be clarified whose property is in the commercial bank, and if she did not contribute any property to this bank, her employment will be defined as a contract employer.

C. An example to fill the questions about self-employed person.

1. Questions 15-18, related to the employment of person aged 15 and over who works at household businesses (livestock, farming etc) except the head of households, should be filled out as follows:

15. Did you work last week? Yes-1
16. Job: Herder
17. Main activity of the enterprise and establishment: Livestock sector
18. Employment status: Unpaid family worker-5

People who do not get paid from their work in a household business should have their employment status defined as "unpaid family worker". The employment status of those people cannot be defined as "self-employed" because they are participating in their own household business but are not engaged with any industrial activity that is independent.

[p. 32]

2. If a person engages in the household business and hires any other household members permanently, the employment status of the head of household will be defined as a" employer" not self-employed.

15. Did you work last week? Yes-1
16. Job: Owner
17. Main activity of the enterprise and establishment: Livestock sector
18. Employment status: Unpaid family worker-5

The employment status of the person who is engaged in retail trade, craftsman or service without any permission, will be filled out as "self-employed" because they are engaged with their own business that is independent. If a person says that he or she works at a car cleaning service, it should be clarified by asking, what kind of car does he/she clean, where does he or she work?

15. Did you work last week? Yes-1
16. Job: Car cleaner
17. Main activity of the enterprise and establishment: Livestock sector
18. Employment status: Self-employed-3

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Morocco 1982 — source variable MA1982A_CLASSWK — Work status
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Q22: Employment status
[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed, with premises
[] 3 Self-employed, at home
[] 4 Self-employed, traveling or without premises
[] 5 Salaried worker
[] 6 Family aid worker
[] 7 Apprentice

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22. Status in primary profession:
[] 1 "Employer": employs at least one salaried worker.

[] 2 "Independent with premises": works for his own and does not employ any salaried persons, although he/she may seek familial aid. This individual works at a specific premise other than his own home. This definition may be difficult to apply for self-employed farmers. We consider each farmer working on his own land within this category.

[] 3 "Independent, work from his home": works for his own and does not employ any salaried persons on a permanent basis, although he/she may seek familial aid or apprentices. This individual works at his own home.

[] 4 "Independent, travelling or without premises": works for his own and does not employ any salaried persons, although he/she may seek familial aid. This individual does not have specific [working] premises.

[] 5 "Salaried employee": works for a salary, in-kind or both. This individual works for the public sector, such as government, local communities, external services of ministries, or for the private sector.

[] 6 "Family appointed [worker]": works for his family members with no salary and lives with them.

[] 7 "Trainee [apprentice]": works for an employer or self-employed in order to learn some skills. He/she may receive some salary.


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Morocco 1994 — source variable MA1994A_CLASSWK — Work status
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Q21. Status in primary profession:
[] 1 Employer
Employs at least one salaried person

[] 2 Self-employed with a premise
Works by himself and does not employ any salaried person, although he/she may seek familial aids. This individual works at a specific premise different from his own house. This definition may be difficult to apply for self-employed farmers. We consider each farmer working on his own land within this category.

[] 3 Self-employed work from his home
Works for his own and does not employ any salaried person on a permanent basis, although he/she may seek familial aids or apprentice. This individual works at his own home.

[] 4 Self-employed travelling or without premise
Works by himself and does not employ any salaried person, although he/she may seek familial aids. This individual does not have a specific premise.

[] 5 Salaried employee
Works for a salary, in-kind payments, or both. This individual works for the public sector, such as government, local communities, external services of ministries, or for the private sector.

[] 6 Family appointed
Works for his family members with no salary and lives with them.

[] 7 Trainee
Works for an employer or is self-employed to learn some skills. He/she may receive some salary.

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Individuals: (multiple records)

For persons age 10 or older
[Questions 15-16.]


Q21. Status in primary profession:

1 Employer
Employs at least one salaried person

2 Independent with a premise
Works for himself and does not employ any salaried person, although he/she may seek familial aids. This individual works at a specific premise other than his own home. This definition may be difficult to apply for self-employed farmers. We consider each farmer working on his own land within this category.

3 Independent worker from his home
Works for himself and does not employ any salaried person on a permanent basis, although he/she may seek familial aids or apprentice. This individual works in his own home.

4 Independent travelling or without premise
Works for himself and does not employ any salaried person, although he/she may seek familial aids. This individual does not have specific premise.

5 Salaried employee
Works for a salary, in kind, or both. This individual works for public sector, such as government, local communities, external services of ministries or for private sector

6 Family appointed
Works for his family members with no salary and lives with them.

7 Trainee
Works for an employer or is self-employed to learn some skills. He/she may receive some salary.


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Morocco 2004 — source variable MA2004A_CLASSWK — Work status
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Individual form / population structure


Economic activity


16. Employment status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed, on premises
[] 3 Self-employed, at home
[] 4 Self-employed, traveling or without premises
[] 5 Salaried, public sector
[] 6 Salaried, private sector
[] 7 Family aid
[] 8 Apprentice

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Economic activity


Q16: Employment status
An occupied active individual could be an employer, self-employed, salaried, family aid or an apprentice. Enumerators should consider the person's status within his/her primary profession.

1 Employer: employs at least one salaried person

2 Self-employed, with premises: works on his own and does not employ any salaried person, although, he/she may seek familial aids. This individual works on a specific premise other than his own home. This definition may be difficult to apply for self-employed farmers. We consider each farmer working on his own land within this category.

3 Self-employed, at home: works for his own and does not employ any salaried person on a permanent basis, although, he/she may seek familial aids or apprentice. This individual works at his own home.

4 Self-employed, traveling or without premises: works for his own and do not employ any salaried person, although, he/she may seek familial aids. This individual does not have specific premise.

5 Salaried, public sector: woks for a salary, in-kind or both. This individual works for the public sector, such as government, local communities, external services of ministries.

6 Salaried, private sector: woks for a salary, in-kind or both. This individual works for the private sector.

7 Family aid: works for his family members with no salary and lives with them.

8 Apprentice: works for an employer or self-employed to learn some skills. He/she may receive some salary.


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Morocco 2014 — source variable MA2014A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Economic activity

36. Employment status

For the employed and the unemployed.

Employers
[] 1 Fewer than 5 employees
[] 2 5 or more employees
[] 3 Self-employed

Sector of employment
[] 4 Public
[] 5 Private
[] 6 Family help
[] 7 Apprentice
[] 8 Co-op member or partner
[] 9 Other, specify ____

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Nepal 2001 — source variable NP2001A_CLASSWKR — Status in employment
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Questions [15 to 20] are asked to persons 10 years of age and above


19. What was ____ employment status?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Own account worker
[] 4 Unpaid family worker

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The following should be taken into consideration while asking questions of column 17, 18, 19 and 20.
a. If the number of months by summing category 1, 2, and 3 of column 16 >= 6 (six months or more), then the questions on columns 17, 18 and 19 should be asked and the question 20 should not be asked.

b. If the number of months by summing category 1, 2, and 3 of column 16 is less than six months and more than 0 month, then the questions on columns 17, 18, 19 and 20 should be asked.

c. If number of months of category1 of column 16 = 0 and number of months of category 4 of column 16 =12, then the questions on columns 17, 18, 19 should not be asked but the questions on column 20 should be asked.


Column 19: What was ____ employment status?

[] 1. Employer
[] 2. Employee
[] 3. Own account worker
[] 4. Unpaid family worker


Employment status description is reported in column 17 as the status of the usual activity in the last 12 month. For enumeration purpose, the employment status is divided into 4 categories as mentioned above. The description of these 4 categories is given below.

1. Employer - An employer is a person who operates her/his own economic enterprises or engages independently in a profession or a trade and hires one or more employees.

In other word, if the person is operating her/his own profession or business by hiring employees regularly in the reference period, then the employment status of that person is employer.

To mention the employment status of employer, encircle the "employer" option given in category 1. If the employer did other activities than management at that time, the status is still "employer".

But while operating his/her own activity at the peak time of the season - for example, planting, harvesting in agriculture related activities - a person may hire some people for 2-4 days only. At that time the status of the person is not "employer".

Examples
1. If a farmer was hiring people to operate her/his agricultural activity - like crop farming or livestock or fishery or others related to these activities - by paying in cash or kind and her/himself also engaged in that activity as a main person, then the status of that person is "employer".

But if the hiring person was engaged in housework, then the status of the people who got cash or kind by doing housework is employee but the status of the person who hires these people is not employer. To become the employer, the employees who are being hired (in cash or kind) should work in the productive unit, profession, industry. The house worker should not be included as an employee of a productive unit, industry.

2. Industrialists, businessmen, traders and others who conduct their business by hiring people (in cash or kind) in the reference year regularly, then the status is "employer".

Many employers are working under ministers, secretaries, directors, general managers and other higher officials but the status of ministers, secretaries, directors, general managers and other higher officials are not employer, they are also employees. So, to mention the status of these people, should be encircled the category 2, "employees".


2. Employees - An employee is a person who works for public or private employer and receives remuneration in terms of wages, salary, commission, piece rates or pay in kind.

The status of the person becomes employees if she/he works in a government office, non-government office, corporation or private enterprises or office, private home doing any profession in the industry sector and getting salary, wages.

In the reference period, if the enumerated person was usually engaged in doing work for others by getting salary or wages, then her/his employment status becomes employees. Employees are getting salary or wages but they are not directly related to the profit and loss of the industry.

Note
1. Minister, secretary and other official of Ministry, Departments, offices, and other organizations who were engaged in the last 12 months and getting salaries, then their status becomes employees and should be encircled in category 2.

2. The enumerated people who were usually working in industry, establishment, hotels or other organizations or in personal household in the last 12 months by getting salary, wage or any other type of remuneration, then their status should be written as employees. To mention their employment status should be encircled category 2.


3. Own Account Worker - An own account worker is a person who operates her/his economic enterprises or engages independently in a profession or trade and hired no employees in the last 12 month. The status of own account worker should be encircled in category 3.

People who are engaged in household work like servant or cook, and getting salary or wages regularly, but they are not engaged regularly in economic enterprises, are only for the housework purpose and not for industry. So, their employment status is own account worker.

The economic enterprises (industry) that is conducted by any member of the household and other members also work there without taking the salary, wage then the status of other members is also like the main person who conducts the industry "own account worker". To denote this employment status encircle the category 3.

But the profession which is adopted by any member of the household and other members only helps her/him partially (Morning, evening or other time) then the status of that persons will be the "unpaid family worker". To denote the unpaid family worker it should be encircled on category 4 not in category 3.

4. Unpaid family worker - An unpaid family worker is a person who works without pay in economic enterprises operated by a person living in the same household.

The industry mentioned in column 18 (agriculture or others) which is conducted by any household member and other members (husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, brother in law, etc) can support the activity without taking salary or wages. Except the people who are included in the occupation of column 17 - the main person who conducts the industry and the full time engaged members - other members who help partially for that industry should be included in the category 4. To denote their employment status, the category 4 "unpaid family worker" should be encircled.

Note - The members of the household who are engaged in the industry conducted in the household, like agriculture and others in the reference period, should be mentioned in the employment status for all male and female members.

i. If the economic enterprise is conducted by hiring at least one paid employee then the main person who conducts the enterprises has the employment status "employer". If other members of the household engage fulltime in the economic enterprise conducted by the household, then the employment status of other members will be "own account worker".

ii. If the economic enterprise is conducted by the household members, without hiring people, then the main person of that enterprise will have the employment status of "own account worker".


Also all the household members who help partially in the enterprise will have the employment status "unpaid family worker". To denote this encircle the code category 4.

The employment status of male or female who works for others by taking salary, wages or any other facilities and conditions in the reference time will be the "employee". To denote this, the code should be encircled in category 2.

Unpaid family worker means: someone who helps the main person in his/her trade by acting as a substitute for some time, doing other works of the trade, etc.

In the agricultural-related activities (planting, harvesting, etc.), the other members of the household - for example, husband, wife, son, daughter, sister, brother, brother in law - may work fulltime or part-time without taking wages. If any member had done - in the last 12 months - fulltime work for these activities, that person has the employment status "own account worker" and encircle in category 3.But if any member has done partial work then she/he has the employment status of "unpaid family worker". To denote this encircle code category 4.

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Nepal 2011 — source variable NP2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Questions are asked to persons 10 years of age and above
[Questions 22 to 26 were asked of persons 10 years or older.]

For questions 23, 24 and 25, Q 22: [1+2+3+4] greater than 0
[Questions 23 to 25 were asked of those who answered they did agricultural (1), salary/wage (2), own economic enterprise (3), or extended economic (4) work for a total of months greater than zero.]

[25] What was the status of employment of [the respondent]?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Own account worker
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
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Work, economic activity, economically active/inactive manpower (columns 22-26)
Five questions from columns 22-26 are related to economic and non-economic activities. Ask these questions to the people usually living in the family and aged 10 years or older.

Column 25: what is the status of work of [the respondent] while working that economic activity?

[] 1 Hiring other people for work
[] 2 Working for others
[] 3 Working for self
[] 4 Only assisting in work

Status of work means the status of a person's work in the usual activity in the last months stated in the column 23. For the purpose of the census, the status of work has been divided into four group.

These four group has been described below.

1. Hiring other people for work - For the person who has invested his capital (cash, goods, or both) in a business/industry with his own responsibility of risk of profit/loss and has hired one or more people in salary/wage (either in cash, or goods, or both) in the reference time period regularly, then the status of work of that person is "hiring other people for work." In other words, if a person has been running some business hiring one or more people, then his status of work is "hiring other people for work." Even if the person has done other works besides the business management; if he usually hires other people for work, circle the reference 1.

But, if a person hires other people in wage/remuneration basis for some days in the peak hours of work pressure (e.g. at the time of harvesting/storing only), then this status is not "hiring others for work."

Example:

1. If a farmer hires different persons for different works in salary/wage basis (cash or goods) regularly for his business of farming, livestock, and fishery or similar other kind of jobs, and he also has been working actively in the business, then the status of work of such person is "hiring others."

If the person who is hired under salary/wages basis does not have a business but worked on household tasks, the status of work of such hired person is "working for others." However, the status of work of the person who made them to do housework would not be "hiring others for work." For the status of hiring others for work, the person who is receiving salary/wage (cash or goods) should have worked in a production unit or industry. Housework should not be included in the work of a production unit.

[p. 93]

2. If the person who is an entrepreneur, business person or running similar types of other business has hired other people in salary/wage (cash or goods) basis and is running them regularly in the reference time period, then the status of work of such person is "hiring other people for work."

3. But, even if there are many people working under the ministers, ministry secretaries, directors of department or corporation, general manager, manager or high level officers of Nepal government, their work status is not hiring others for work, because they are getting salary regularly for their job and hence, they are "working for others." The status of work of all the persons in the public position who take salary/remuneration (from the people's represent or office assistant to chief secretary) are "working for others" and to indicate their status of work, circle the reference 2 "working for others."

2. Working for others for livelihood or sustaining life means that a person is working in agriculture, industry, business, office, or any other business running by others taking salary/wages (cash or goods) monthly/daily or by any other means, so his work status is "working for others." Similarly, people or employees working in government/non-government offices, international organizations, institutions, or private industries, or offices, or in private houses, or in other businesses by taking salary/wage, their work status is "working for others."

If the enumerated person has worked for others for the longest period of time in the reference time period, circle the reference number 2 "working for others" to indicate his work status. Persons working for others work in salary/wage basis and they do not participate directly in profit and loss of business.


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Netherlands 1960 — source variable NL1960A_CLASSWK — Economic status
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For wage-earners and salaried workers (incl. company directors, directors of co-operatives and the like) and for workers in a family business

Answer questions 6 up to and including 9 and, if applicable, also question 11. If in compulsory military service for initial training, answer question 6a only.

6(a). In what occupation are you employed? ____
See separate explanatory leaflet.

Not to be answered with a general designation.

If in civil or military service besides occupation, give also rank.

If in compulsory military service for initial training, write "initial training" and rank.


6(b). Illustrate kind of occupation by a short description of the activities performed. ________
See separate explanatory leaflet.


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Netherlands 1971 — source variable NL1971A_CLASSWK — Economic status
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Questions to be answered by all persons


6a. Is he/she engaged in economic activity?

[] Yes
[] No


b. If not, is he/she
[] Homemaker in own household or in that of own parents
[] Pensioned, living from interest
[] Pupil or student
[] Unemployed, looking for job
[] No job for other reasons


11. What has been his/her main source of livelihood in 1970?

[] Income from
[] Economic activity
[] Property or other investment
[] Pension (of any kind)
[] Benefit or assistance
[] Support by husband, parents or the like (alimony)


Questions to be answered for economically active persons only (if looking for a job or on lay off from a job, turn to page 7)


2. Is he/she active in this occupation/function as

[] Employee for salary, wages or commissions
[] Self-employed person in own business
[] Working in family business or farm (e.g. as spouse, child, brother)


If he/she is self-employed in his/her own business or is employed as managing or supervising employee:
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Question 6a [Engaged in economic activity]
Check the box yes if the person involved:
If the person in the last week has worked for his/herself or his/her own company, had a job with a paycheck or working at a public workplace (also if the person was absent because of health, vacation, strikes, closing of company or other reasons).

If the person in the last month has worked regularly or once in a while in the company of the husband, father or other family member (also if no salary or compensation has been received) or has worked as: survey giver, laborer, family help, sales person, waiter, newspaper deliverer; in another part time job for housewives, students or retirees; for a temporary agency or such.

Is in training and receiving a salary or compensation for example a nursing student, learning in a trainee program (Bemetel, Smecoma, Vam, Voc etc.) at a retraining workplace or with the land-, sea-, air-force or police.
Temporary in military service.


Question 6b [Non-work activity]
Check every box that applies!
Check the box underneath unemployed, seeking employment if the person involved
Does not have a job nor has looked for a job in the last month by applying or advertised.

Is registered with an employment agency.


Question 11 [Source of livelihood]
Watch out! The most prominent source during the whole year of 1970 is being asked. Check ONLY one box! Check the box underneath:

Income from profession

If the income in 1970 has primarily come from wages, salary, allowance, commissions, income from freelance profession, revenue from own company, unemployment benefits or benefits from the illness law.


Income from financial securities
If the total income from dividends, interest, rental, leasing, payment of land from a life-insurance policy or such in 1970 was larger than other income sources.


Pension, A.O.W, A.W.W, Annuity
If the total income from old age-, widow-, orphan pension, disability pension, annuity or such in 1970 was larger than from other sources.


Social security, study allowances
If the total income from a payment according to the social security agreement, the law of the inability to work (WAO) and/or other payments from community, church, social institution, from scholarships or interest-free advance in 1970 was larger that from other sources. Also check for foster children i.e. where the custody association or other instance where a share in means of support is paid.


Supported by spouse, parents, caretakers
If in 1970 no individual income was enjoyed or if the sustenance in 1970 mainly was accounted by the spouse, ex-spouse (alimony), parents, children, guardian or such. So also check for children at boarding schools and students whereby sustenance and study costs are paid by parents.


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Netherlands 2001 — source variable NL2001A_CLASSWK — Economic status

No questionnaire text is available for this sample.


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Netherlands 2011 — source variable NL2011A_EMPSTAT — Employment status

No questionnaire text is available for this sample.


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Nicaragua 1971 — source variable NI1971A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For those 10 years of age or older
[Applies to section D]


17. Occupational category

Only for those who declared an occupation in question 15.

Which category or position did you hold in the principal occupation indicated (question number 15)?

[] 1 Owner or employer
[] 2 Own-account
[] 3 Salaried or waged employee
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 9 Unknown

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Economic characteristics
The questions included in this section (type of activity, principal occupation, industry, and employment status) are designed to investigate the population that participates in the production of goods and economic services, the occupational structure, the economic sector where the occupations are carried out, employment status, and the related demographic and social characteristics. The structure of the population that does not participate in the production of goods and economic services and demographic and social characteristics of this population are also investigated.

[p. 57]

Because of these objectives, questions 14, 15, 16, and 17 are only presented to those persons age 10 or older.


Question #17: Employment status
This question is only presented to those who declared an occupation in question 15.

a. How to ask the question:
What category or position did the person hold in the principal occupation indicated?

(question 15)

The different alternatives are then carefully read, one by one, until the informant classifies the person correctly.

The definition of each alternative should be taken into account.

Employer: Those who have (if worked) or had (if employed previously but looking for work) one or more salaried workers to carry out an economic activity; that is, workers who receive remuneration or pay in money or in kind. Therefore, those persons who do not have employees are not employers.

Own-account: Those who work independently, do not have remunerated employees, and who are not employees of anyone else. The own-account worker can count on the help of family workers and can work alone or association with others.

Employee with salary or wage: Those who work for a public or private employer and who receive, in exchange, a wage, salary, commission, or pay in kind.

Unpaid family worker: Those who carry out an unpaid occupation in an establishment run by a relative who lives in the same household. Unpaid family workers work at least one-third of the time.


b. How to record the information:
An "X" is used to mark one of the alternatives provided on the census form.


[p. 64]

The "Unknown ___ 9" box is marked only when the informant does not know the employment status of the enumerated household member.

c. Examples:


[These instructions refer to a graph of question 17 on the census form]

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Nicaragua 1995 — source variable NI1995A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For persons age 10 or older
[Questions 12-18 were asked of persons age 10 or older]


Status in occupation
16. In this occupation, the person works/worked as:

[] 1 Employee / manual worker
[] 2 Day laborer
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Employer / business owner
[] 5 Unpaid worker
[] 6 Member of a production cooperative
[] 7 Other

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Questions only for persons who are age 10 or older
The goals of these questions are to know the current marital status of the persons and the principal economic characteristics of the population that participated in the production of goods and services, as well as those who are dedicated to non-economic activities, such as: household chores, studying, etc.

If the person is younger than 10, continue with the next person.


Question 16: Status in Occupation
With this question we want to know what status the person had in the principal job that he/she did during the week previous to the census. This means, we want to know if the person was an employee or worker, a laborer or day laborer, self-employed, employer or business owner, unpaid worker, member of a cooperative, or other.

1. Employee/manual worker:
This is a person who works for a boss, the state, an establishment or private business in exchange for a salary.

2. Day laborer:
This is a person who did manual or non-manual labor in exchange for a salary or commission or other form of payment in money or goods.

3. Self-employed:
This is a person who works in his/her own business, company, farm, etc. and all of those who practiced a profession or occupation on their own account. Also, they do not have employees or workers on payment or salary even if they might use a family member as an unpaid assistant.

4. Boss or entrepreneur:
This is a person who exploits his/her own business or company or who practices a profession or occupation on their own account, having one or more employees, workers, day laborers, etc. for payment or salary.

5. Unpaid worker:
This is a person who works in a business, company, farm, or agricultural enterprise that is administered or owned by any member of his/her family and does not receive any salary in exchange for his/her labor.

6. Member of production cooperatives:
This is a person who works and who is a member of one or more production cooperatives for which he/she receives payment in exchange for contributions to these cooperatives. If the person is only a paid worker in the cooperative, he/she will be classified as an employee, worker, or day laborer.


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Nicaragua 2005 — source variable NI2005A_CLASSWRK — Class of worker
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[Questions 19-31 were asked of persons age 10 or older]


29. In this job, [the person] works/worked as:

[] 1 Employee / worker
[] 2 Day laborer / farmhand
[] 3 Unpaid worker
[] 4 Employer / business owner
[] 5 Self-employed
[] 6 Member of a cooperative
[] 7 Other

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Principal job
This is the occupation at which the person spends most time in a week. If the person spends an equal amount of time at two occupations, the principal job is the one which provides more income. If the time spent at work and the income are the same, it is the one which the person considers most important.

Occupation
This is the trade or job at which the person spends his/her time.

Branch of activity
This is the activity of the place or establishment in which a person worked in the last week, or worked before becoming unemployed. Ask the person what the factory, industry, workshop, farm or establishment where the person worked did.


For persons age 10 or older (Questions 19-31)


Definitions:

Employee/worker
This is a person who works for an employer, the state, an establishment or private company in exchange for wages.

Unpaid worker
This is a person who works for someone else (whether or not they are family members) in a company, business or farm and who does not receive wages in exchange for his/her work. S/he may receive some other type of assistance.

Member of a cooperative
This is a person who is a member of one or more production or service cooperatives and who receives some type of compensation for his/her contribution. If the person is simply a paid worker for the cooperative, classify him/her as an employee, worker or laborer.

Day worker or laborer
This is a person who performs work on a specific day in exchange for wages in cash or kind and which is generally related to some sort of agricultural activity. It may or may not be manual labor.

Employer/entrepreneur
This is a person who runs his own company, business or farm, or who works for him or herself in a profession or trade. This person has at least one wage-earning worker.

Self-employed
This is a person who works in his own business or works for him/herself in a profession or trade. This person does not have employees, although s/he may use a family member as an unpaid helper.


Question 29. In this job, [the person] works/worked as:

Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.


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Pakistan 1973 — source variable PK1973A_CLASSWK — Work status
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For those who answered yes in Col. 15


18. Did he/she work as

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Self employed
[] 4 Unpaid family helper

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7.29 Enquire from respondent the status of his employment. The definition of employment is given in sections 7.11 to 7.15. Write code 1 in this column in case of employer, if he/she is employee the code 2, and for self employed code 3 will be entered. If he/she is an unpaid family helper, then code 4 may be written. If a person had work but he did not work last week then enquire from him what was the status of employment when he had work and write the code according to that status.

Column 18
Did he/she work as :
1. Employer
2. Employee
3. Self employed
4. Unpaid family helper?


7.30 For instance if a man keeps/hires employees A and B for wages/pay or for their aid farming a cash crop in his own land and his sons C and D worked unpaid in his land and [the man] himself worked then his status will be as employer. The position of A and B will be as employee and C and D will be as unpaid family helper provided both worked more than fifteen hours in last week.

If a man works in his own land and he has not hired any employee then his employment status will be self-employed as though his family members are unpaid family helpers for him without any reward. Sometime the enumerator can face difficulty determining [Pg. 57] the level of employment of the people who are working under different employers. However, it should be kept in mind that [if] the employers determine the timing of work of employees then their [the employees] position will be as employee otherwise they will be considered as self-employed.

It has been further elaborated in below.

Occupation: Unskilled laborer who works in food market
Industry: Trade
Nature of job: He works in food market for fixed hours and timing of work is determined by employer
Status of Employment: Employee

Occupation: Unskilled laborer who works in food market
Industry: Transportation
Nature of job: The people give him wages for the service of carrying the goods from one place to other or he loads and unloads the goods and his timing has not be determined by anyone he works own his way
Status of Employment: Self-employed

Occupation: Laborer (Mason) (Unskilled laborer who work in construction)
Industry: Construction
Nature of job: He works on contract basis and gets wages proportion to work without fixed time
Status of Employment: Self-employed

Occupation: Laborer (Mason) (Unskilled laborer who work in construction)
Industry: Construction
Nature of job: His timing of work is fixed by the employer and he has to work within fixed time
Status of Employment: Employee

Occupation: Porter (Coli) (Unskilled laborer who work in Bus stop)
Industry: Transportation
Nature of job: He loads/unloads and looks after the luggage of passengers and his timing of laboring is not fixed
Status of Employment: Self-employed

Occupation: A water carrier (Unskilled laborer who provide water in the houses and shops)
Industry: Self-service
Nature of job: He provides the water at different houses and shops and he gets laboring according to quantity of water his timing of laboring is not fixed
Status of Employment: Self-employed

Occupation: A Water carrier (Unskilled laborer who works in construction)
Industry: Construction
Nature of job: He is employed for providing water in a construction company and his timing of laboring is fixed and he works daily and his work time is compulsory.
Status of Employment: Employee


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Palestine 1997 — source variable PS1997A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For employed and unemployed persons who previously worked
[Questions 53 to 57]


56. Employment status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self employed
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Other


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Palestine 2007 — source variable PS2007A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For employed individuals and unemployed ones where were employed in the past week (who answered 1 to 5 in question 73; put (-) for those who answered 6-12
[Questions 74-78 were asked of persons age 7 or older who have ever worked, as per question 73]


77. Main employment status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self employed
[] 3 Regular wage
[] 4 Irregular wage
[] 5 Unpaid family work


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Palestine 2017 — source variable PS2017A_EMPSTAT — Main employment status
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For employed persons and unemployed ones who ever worked (who answers items (1--5) of question 74, and if the answers (6--12) go to question 83
[Questions 79 through 82 asked of persons aged 7 or older who were employed or unemployed as indicated in questions 74 responses 1 through 5.]

80. Main employment status

[] 1. Employer
[] 2. Self employed
[] 3. Regular wage employee
[] 4. Irregular wage employee
[] 5. Unpaid family member
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Employment status:
It refers to the employment status of the employed or unemployed ever worked persons. The employment status is categorized as follows:

1. Employer: A person who works in an establishment that is totally or partially belonging to him/her and hires or supervises the work of one or more waged employees. This includes persons operating their projects or contracting companies provided they employ a minimum of one waged employee. Shareholders are not considered employers even if they are working in it.

2. Self-employed: A person who works in an establishment that is totally or partially belonging to him/her (partner) and does not hire any wage employees. This includes self-employed who work to own selves outside establishments.

3. Regular wage employee: A person who works for another person or for the account of a particular establishment / enterprise under its supervision and receives remuneration in wage, salary, commission, tips, piece rates or another remuneration kind. Taking into account that there is an agreement (oral / written) between the employer and the worker to guarantee some rights for the employee. This item includes persons employed in governmental, non-governmental and private institutions along with those employed in a household enterprise in return for a specific remuneration, UNRWA, regular employee/ national private sector / foreign private sector.

4. Irregular wage employee: A person who works for another person or for the account of an establishment / enterprise under its supervision irregularly, such as casual employees, employees on a daily or weekly basis without any formal attachment with the work, and when they are out of work in the reference period, they are not classified as workers.

5. Unpaid family member: A person who works without pay in an economic enterprise operated by a related person in the same household.

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Panama 1960 — source variable PA1960A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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Only for those 10 years of age and older.
[Questions 14-22 were asked only of persons aged 10 and older.]


[Questions 19-22 were asked only of persons who were employed.]


21. Occupational category [employment status]:

(Only for one who is working) Mark the appropriate box. Owner: operates own company and supervises one or more employees. Employee: works for an owner and is remunerated. Own-account worker: operates own company and has no employees to supervise. Family worker: engages in unremunerated work in a company operated by a member of the family.

[] 1 Owner
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Own-account
[] 4 Family worker

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Question 21 Occupational Category (for those who work):

If the person has a job the day of the Census, mark the corresponding box applicable to the following definitions.
Owner: one who runs their own company or works a profession or office on their own account and always is in charge of one or more enumerated employees.
Employee: one who works for a public or private owner and receives remuneration for the work in the form of a salary, wage, commission, tip, paid by the job or in kind.


[The instructions refer to a graphic of question 21 of the census form.]

[p. 49]

Own-account worker: one who runs their own company o private business or works a profession or office on their own account and is not in charge of any remunerated employees. This person can work alone or with an associate.
Family worker: one who works an unremunerated job in a company or business run by a member of their own family.


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Panama 1970 — source variable PA1970A_EMPSTAT2 — Class of worker
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C. Economic Characteristics


[Questions 13 - 18 were asked of persons 10 years of age and older.]


15. Were you paid for your work in money or in kind by a person, institution or company?

(Only for those who worked and those who had been employed before and looked for work.)

If the answer is yes, ask "where did you work" and mark the box 1, 2, or 3 as appropriate. If the answer is no, keep in mind the following: If self-employed without any paid employees or subordinates, mark box 4. If an owner or boss, mark box 5. If working for any family member, without remuneration, mark box 6.

Employee

[] 1 Of the government
[] 2 Of a private company
[] 3 Canal Zone

[] 4 Own-account worker
[] 5 Boss (owner)
[] 6 Family worker

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C. Economic Characteristics


(Only for persons 10 years old or older)

Keep in mind that questions 13-18 of this section correspond only to persons 10 years old or older.
The answers obtained in question 13 are the basis for classifying the population of persons 10 years old or older as economically active (employed or unemployed) and as not economically active (homemaker, student, retired, pensioned, rentier, or other inactive persons).
The questions relating to the section are applied to the situation existing in the week immediately before the day of the Census (reference week).
Definition of reference week or "last week": It is the complete calendar week from Sunday to Saturday that for census purposes goes from May 3 to May 9, 1970.


Question 15 Was your job paid in money or in kind by a person, institution or company?

(Only for one who worked and who had worked before and looked for employment)

If the answer to this question is "YES", ask where the person worked and mark box 1, 2, or 3 according to the answer. To mark the corresponding box, the following definitions should be kept in mind:

[The instructions refer to a graphic of question 15 of the census form.]

Box 1. Government Employee: is a person who works or has worked for the National, Municipal Government such as: The Ministry of Treasury, Secretary, Council, Autonomous and Semi-autonomous Entities like the General Finance Office, Social Security Fund, Institute of Economic Promotion, etc. and receives for the job remuneration in the form of a salary of a wage.
Box 2. Private Company Employee: is a person who works or has worked for a private employer and receives for the job remuneration in the form of a salary, wage, commission, tip, payments by the job or payments in kind. Examples: Agricultural Worker, domestic employee, seller in a grocery store, employee in a shoe factory, etc.
Box 3. Employee in the Panama Canal Zone. The person classified as an employee of the Panama Canal Zone is all persons who work or have worked in a company, business or institution established in this area. Example: Employees of the Army of the United States, private offices or workplaces, banks, employees in a family house, employees of contractors, etc.
Box 4. Worker on their own account: One who runs or has run their own economic company or private business or manages on their own account a profession or office and is not in charge of any remunerated employees. This person can work alone or with associates. Example: Bus driver, Traveling salesperson, Home hairstylist, Shoeshine [person], etc.

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Box 5. Employer (owner): One who runs or has run their own economic business (alone or with associates), or manages on their own account a profession or office, that always is in charge of one or more employees who receive salaries. Example: The owner of a department store who has many employees, the agricultural and livestock producer who has cowhands and farmers who tend to his farm or ranch, etc.
Box 6. Family Worker: It is the person who manages or has managed an occupation working at least a third of the time during the reference week without receiving remuneration in a company or business run by a member of the family.


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Panama 1980 — source variable PA1980A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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20. You work or worked last as:
Mark the appropriate box.

Employee

[] 1 of the government
[] 2 of a private company
[] 3 of a Canal Zone agency
[] 4 of a cooperative of communal organization

[] 5 Own-account worker
[] 6 Owner (boss)
[] 7 Member of a production cooperative or of a communal organization
[] 8 Family worker

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For persons 10 years old or older
(Apply to questions 14 to 25)

The questions that form this Section are meant to get information about the participation of the population 10 years old or older in the economic activities of this country.
The questions relating to the chapter are applied to the situation existing in the week immediately before the day of the Census (reference week). Reference week is defined below:
Definition of "Reference Week" or "Last Week": It is the complete calendar week, from Sunday to Saturday that, for census purposes goes from May 4, 1980 to May 10, 1980.
The answers obtained in question 13 are the basis for classifying the population of persons 10 years old or older as:
1. Economically active (employed and unemployed).
2. Not economically active (homemaker, student, disabled, retired, pensioner, rentier, others inactive).


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1. Economically active population
This group is understood to be the population of 10 years old or older who supply the workforce available for the production of goods and services of the country and is divided into Employed and Unemployed.

1.1 Employed Population: is understood to be persons who:

a) Have an occupation or job remunerated in money or in kind, during the reference week.
b) Have a private business or job on their own account. Example: The owner of a grocery store, the farmer, the lawyer who has his own practice, etc.
c) Works regularly in a business or company of a member of their family even when not drawing a wage or salary (Contributing family worker).
d) Sell tickets, newspapers, or any other article; make food to sell; wash cars; shine shoes; sew in their house for others; the kind of work, time worked or amount of money that they receive during the reference week does not matter.
e) Have a steady remunerated job but do not work during the reference week because of temporary circumstances: sickness or accident; vacation; work conflicts such as: bad weather; machine breakdowns, strike, on leave, etc.

1.2 Unemployed population: This group constitutes persons who do not have a remunerated occupation or job during reference week, but:

a) Have worked before and look for work (visits employment agencies or offices in search of work, consults friends about the availability of work, is relying on ads in newspapers, that is to say, makes the effort with the goal of finding employment).


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b) Are not looking for work because they have a job that will begin on a previously appointed date.
c) Look for their first job or that is "New Workers". The oldest age for a "New Worker" is 45.

2. Not economically active population
This group is understood to be the flowing persons:

2.1 Homemaker: The person who is dedicated only and exclusively to domestic tasks and chores in their own home and were not looking for work, nor were they retired, pensioned, living on investments, or attending school. In a dwelling there can be more than one homemaker.
2.2 Student: The person who is dedicated exclusively to studying.
2.3 Invalid: The person who is found to be physically or mentally impeded from working.
2.4 Retired: The person who has stopped working and is receiving retirement income.
2.5 Pensioned, rentier: The person who receives auxiliary or pensioned income (pensioned). Equally include in this group all the persons who without working receive money or investments from a business or company (rentier). Do not include persons who receive pension for food, divorce, etc.
2.6 Retired without benefits: Include in this group the persons who in some opportunity had a job but currently are separated from all type of economic activity without receiving retirement benefits or a pension.
2.7 Other condition: The person who without being classified in any of the groups above does not do any economic activity and remains idle.

When classifying the population, special care should be taken with the persons of the female sex who declare themselves to be "Homemaker" and those who declare themselves to be [p. 82] students. In the first case they sometimes also do remunerated jobs like: cleaning, ironing, sewing, styling hair, painting fingernails, making candy etc. in their own home or outside it but because they spend little time in these labors they forget to give this information.
On the other hand, some students after class or on weekends dedicate themselves to cleaning shoes, selling newspapers, washing cars etc. Equal care should be taken with the spouse or companion or the children of farm families, who regularly help with the agricultural labors but do not declare this job.
For reasons already explained, it is necessary that before classifying the population, the enumerator investigates more to find out if the parson did some work during the reference week. If is made known that the person worked during this period, even when it was part time, it should be classified as Employed, that corresponds to the population who is Economically Active.


Question 20 You work or worked last as [. . .]

Mark the corresponding box in agreement with the answer the person gives you. To mark the box keep in main the following classifications:
Government Employee: It is the person who works or has worked for the Central or
Municipal Government, such as: The Comptroller General, The Ministry of Housing and
Treasury, Government Offices, City Hall, etc. in Autonomous or Semi-Autonomous
Entities like the Social Security Fund, Institute for the Formation and Use of Human
Resources (IFARHU [in Spanish]), etc. and receives for the work a remuneration in the form of salary or wage.

[The instructions refer to a graphic of question 18 of the census form.]

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Private Company Employee: is a person who works or had worked for a private employer and receives for the work a remuneration in the form of salary, wage, commission, tip, paid by the job or paid in kind. Examples: Agricultural worker, domestic employee, seller in a grocery store, employee in a shoe factory, head of accounting in a construction materials company, secretary in a dental clinic, etc.
Employee of a Canal Agency: Every person who is classified as a Canal Agency employee is one who works or has worked in a company, business or institution established in the Canal Area. Examples: Employees of the United States Army, private offices or workshops, banks, employees in family houses, employees of contractors, etc.
Employee of a Cooperative or communal organization: is a person who works or has worked for a cooperative or communal organization and receives for the work remuneration in the form of a salary or wage.
Worker on their account: is a person who runs their own private business or manages by their own account a profession and an office and is not in charge of any remunerated employee. This person can work alone or with an associate. Include also persons who declare to work in the Canal Area by their own account. Examples: Bus drivers, traveling salespersons, in house hairstylist, shoe shiner, caddy in the Canal Area.
Employer (owner): The one who runs or has run their own economic company (alone or with associates), or manages, by their own account a profession or office that always is in charge of one or more employees who receive remuneration.
Example:
The department store owner who has many employees, the agricultural or livestock producer who has cowhands and those who attend to the farm, the doctor who has an office worker, the architect who has an office, etc.

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Member of a production cooperation or communal organization: is a person who works or has worked for a cooperative or communal organization (settlement, communal group, local group) and receives income proportional with the sale of the product.
Family worker: is a person who manages or has managed an occupation for more than 15 hours during the reference week, without receiving remuneration in a company of business run by a member of their own family.


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Panama 1990 — source variable PA1990A_CLASSWKR — Working Status
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VI. Degree or diploma obtained and economic characteristics.
For individuals 10 years of age and older
[Questions 13 - 21 were asked of people 10 years and older.]


18. Do you work or did you work the last time as a . . .

[] 1 Paid employee? (Continue with question 19)
[] 2 Independent or own-account worker?
[] 3 Unpaid family worker?
[] 4 Owner?
[] 5 Member of a production cooperative or settlement (collective agricultural production or asentamientos)?
[For responses 2 - 5,] (go to to question 21)

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Important observations about questions 14 to 21:
Questions 14 to 21, which form part of this section, are meant for getting information about the participation of the population of 10 years old or older in economic activities of the country. It is recommended that each member of the home respond for themselves. If this is not possible, the Head or responsible adult could respond for the youngest, but it is preferable to insist that the adult members respond for themselves.
The information refers to the week before the Census. This week is defined as the reference week and is understood to be from Sunday to Saturday.


Questions 15 to 21 should be asked to all persons who were marked in any of the circles 01 to 05 of question 14. Except to persons who answered that they have never worked in question 15.


Question Number 18: Do you work or did you work last time as a:
Before asking this question, observe the responses written down in questions 15 and16, since based on these responses, in some cases you will be able to deduce what circle to mark on this question.
Read the alternatives and mark the corresponding circle, according to the case, for which you keep in mind the following definitions:

Circle 1. Employee or salary earner: is a person who works or used to work for an employer and receives or used to receive remuneration in the form of salary, wage, commission, tip, paid by the job or in kind.
Circle 2. Independent or own-account worker: One who runs or has run their own economic company or private business or manages on their own account a profession or office and is not in charge of any remunerated employees. This person can work alone or with associates. Example: Bus driver, Traveling salesperson, Home hairstylist, Shoeshine [person], etc.
Circle 3. Unpaid family worker: a person who works or has worked 15 hours or more a week for any family member in their business, company or farm and does not receive a wage or salary for their work.
Circle 4. Employer (owner): One who runs or has run their own economic business (alone or with associates), or manages on their own account a profession, office, that always is in charge of one or more employees who receive salaries.
Circle 5. Member or a Production Cooperative or Settlement: is a person who works or has worked for a Cooperative or a Farmer's Settlement and receives an income proportional to the sale of the product.

Considering that it may prove to be too simple to determine who is an Employee or salary earner (Of the Government, Private Company, Canal Commission, etc.) let us analyze the rest of the occupational categories and the following cases a little more:
a. You are enumerating in the dwelling of Mr. Juan Barría. When asking him for the place of work he states that he is owner of the newsstand San Antonio (question 16). Upon asking him question 18 be careful to make the correct classification investigating if he is in charge of employees. If he has them, it should be classified in circle 4. If not, it should be classified in circle 2.
b. You will be able to determine the category of occupation of the persons in some cases, by means of question 15 (occupation). Example: a shoe shiner, traveling salesperson, car washer, scrap seller, newspaper seller and other occupations that persons do in which they logically are not in charge of any employees.


[p. 72]

These persons can be classified automatically as independent or for their own account.
b. In equal form the category of occupation (question 18) will be able to be determined through the response given to question 16 (where do you work or did you work). Example: If a person states that they worked (question 16) in the IRHE, the IDAAN or any other dependency of the government, you will be able to classify the person automatically as employee or salary earner. Equally if the person works in their house or in the street they can be classified as independent or for their own account.
c. Inasmuch as the family worker, you may think that it concerns a person who works in a family house, nevertheless, if you carefully read the definition, it will become clear to you that it concerns a person who works 15 hours or more a week in the business of a family member without receiving a wage or a salary. In this category are included the family members of farmers who work in the same plot of land without receiving payment.


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Panama 2000 — source variable PA2000A_OCCCAT1 — Occupational category
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For individuals 10 years of age and older

[Questions 14-23 were asked of persons aged 10 and older.]


21. Do you work or did you work the last as a . . .

[] 01 Government employee?
[] 02 Employee of a private company?
[] 03 Employee of the Canal Commission or Defense Sites?
[] 04 Employee of a not-for-profit institution?
[] 05 Domestic servant?
[For responses 1-5,] (Continue with question 22)
[] 06 Independent or own-account?
[] 07 Owner or employer?
[] 08 Family worker?
[] 09 Member of a production cooperative?
[For responses 6-9,] (Skip to question 23)

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The objective of this section is to get information about the participation of the population 10 years old or older in economic activities of the country.
The information refers to the week before the Census. This week is defined as the reference week and is understood to be from Sunday to Saturday.
It is recommended that each member of the home respond for themselves. If this is not possible, the head or responsible adult could respond for the youngest, but it is preferable to insist that the adult members, especially if they are working, respond for themselves.

[p. 86]

Principal activity of the person:
The responses obtained in questions 14 to 17 are the basis for classifying the population of 10 years old or older in:
1. Economically Active Population: is understood to be the population 10 years old or older who supplies the available work force for the production of economic goods and services in the country, during the reference week. This population is classified as employed or unemployed.

a) Employed population: covers persons 10 years old or older who during the reference week:
- Have an occupation or job remunerated in money or in kind.
- Have their own business or they work on their own account.
- Work regularly in a business or company of a member of their family even when not drawing a wage or salary ([Contributing] family worker). In this case a [contributing] family worker should have as a minimum 15 hours worked to be considered as such.
- Persons absent from their job temporarily because of sickness or accident, holidays or vacations, strikes, on leave from school or military service, on maternity leave.
- Did not work, but do occasional jobs.

b) Unemployed population: This group is understood to be persons 10 years old or older who during the reference week:
Do not have an occupation or job and are looking for employment.
Looked for work before and waits for news, that is to say, one who has adopted means of looking for remunerated employment or an independent job.

2. Not economically active population: is understood to be retirees or pensioners, students, workers at home or homemakers, rentiers and other conditions.


Questions 19 to 23 should be asked to all persons who marked circle 1 in questions 14, 15, 16 and 17 and circles 2 and 3 of the last question except persons who answered that "they never have worked" (circle 9998) in question 18.


Question No. 21: Do you work or did you work the last as a:

The objective of this question is to know the category of the occupation, which is nothing more than the classification with respect to the employment that the interviewed person manages or managed, whether employed or unemployed.
Before asking this question, observe the responses written down in questions 19 and 20, since based on these responses, in some cases you will be able to deduce which circle in this question to mark.
Read the alternatives and mark the corresponding circle, according to the case, for which you keep in mind the following definitions:

Circle 01. Government Employee: is a person who works or has worked for the national or municipal government, such as: Government worker, Ministry of Agricultural and Livestock Development (MIDA), autonomous or semi-autonomous institutions like the Savings Bank, Social Security Fund, and state companies like the Institute of National Water Systems and Sewer Systems (IDAAN), Authority of the Inter-oceanic Region (ARI), and receive for their work remuneration in the form of wage or salary.

[To the left of the text is a picture of an office worker.]

Circle 02. Private Company Employee: is a person who works or has worked for a private owner and receives remuneration in the form of wage, salary, commission, paid by the job or in kind. Example: agricultural worked, sellers in a grocery store, employee in a shoe factory, accounting head, executive secretary, etc.

[To the left of the text is a picture of a person working.]

Circle 03. Employee in the Canal Commission or Defense Sites: is a person who used to work for the Canal Commission or Defense Sites (Army [in English]) and receives for the work remuneration in the form of wage or salary.


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Circle 04. Employee of a Non-Profit Institution: is a person who works or has worked for and Non-Profit Institution, example: National Association for the nature conservation, House of Hope, Caritas, Remar"

[To the right of the text is a picture.]

Circle 05. Domestic Servant: is a person who works or has worked for a single home different than their own, doing activities and receives for the work a salary in money or in kind; example: domestic employee, gardener, chauffer, cook, house keeper, butler, etc.

Circle 06. Independent or own-account: is a person who runs or who has run their own economic company or private business or manages or has managed a profession or office in an independent form and is not in charge of any employees. It can be work alone or with an associate; example: Bus driver, traveling salesperson, dress maker at home, shoe shiner, etc.

[To the left of the text is a picture of a person sawing a piece of wood.]

Circle 07. Owner or Employer: One who runs or has run their own economic business (alone or with associates), or manages on their own account a profession or office, that always is in charge of one or more employees who receive salaries in money or in kind.

Circle 08. Family Worker: is a person who manages or has managed an occupation for 15 hours or more during the reference week, without receiving remuneration, in a company or business run by a member of their own family.

Circle 09. Member of a Production Cooperative: is a person who has participated or participates in an associative type of company that produces an article or good, that requires some grade of transformation. Generally the members provide themselves the decision making power and the benefits go back to or are distributed by way of cooperative returns; examples: Cooperative of Work and Food Storage 1 de mayo, Cooperative of Producers of Mola [a type of Panamanian blouse], R. L.

Considering that it may prove to be too simple to determine who is an Employee or salary earner (Of the Government, Private Company, Canal Commission, etc.) let us analyze the rest of the occupational categories and the following cases a little more:

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a. You are enumerating the dwelling of Mr. Juan Batista, when asking him about his place of work he says the he works in the workshop Vargas-Matamoros (question 19). Before marking the circle, be careful in making the correct classification asking additional questions like the following:
Are you the owner or employee of this business? If he is the owner ask if he is in charge of employees. If the response is yes classify him as owner or employer (circle 07); on the contrary if he has no employees, classify him as independent or for their own account (circle 06).
In the case that Mr. Batista declares to work for other persons, classify him as private company employee (circle 02).

b. You will be able to determine the category of occupation of the persons in some cases, by means of question 18 (occupation). Example: a shoe shiner, traveling salesperson, car washer, scrap seller, newspaper seller and other occupations that persons do in which they logically are not in charge of any employees. These persons can be classified automatically as independent or for their own account (circle 06).

c. In equal form the category of occupation (question 21) will be able to be determined through the response given to question 16 (place of work). Example: If a person states that they worked in the National Environmental Authority, the Institute of National Water Systems and Sewer Systems or any other governmental dependency, you can automatically classify them as Government Employee (Circle 01). Equally if a person works in their house or in the street, they can be classified for their own account (circle 06).

d) Inasmuch as the family worker, you may think that it concerns a person who works in a family house, nevertheless, if you carefully read the definition, it will become clear to you that it concerns a person who works 15 hours or more a week in the business of a family member without receiving a wage or a salary. In this category are included the family members of farmers who work in the same plot of land without receiving payment. Examples:

A child who works (Tuesday to Sunday) in mother's shop without receiving payment 8 hours daily.
16 year old student who used to work in the afternoon with grandfather in a farm without receiving a salary, from Wednesday to Sunday for 3 hours every day.


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Papua New Guinea 1980 — source variable PG1980A_EMPSECT — Type of employer
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[Questions 20-22 were asked of persons who answered 01-04 on Question 19.]

21. Who do you work for?

Write name or company or government department, e.g. Steamships, DPI, Dept. of Works and Supply. If self-employed, write "Self".____
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Section 6 - The census questions

Urban RNVs and rural villages

Questions 20 to 22
Questions 20 to 22 are only for people who are involved in money raising activities. That is they are either usually wage earners (codes 01 or 02) involved in a business (code 03) or get money from farming or fishing (code 04). Simply you do not have to ask these questions to anyone with codes OS to 10.
All three of these questions must relate to the same particular job or business for that person.

Question 21

Who do you work for?

Write clearly the name of company or government department.
If the person is self-employed (that is has his own business) simply write "self".
For farmers and fishermen (code 04) you should also write "self".
If a person works as a hausboi or haus meri, you do not have to write the name of the employee, e.g. "Mr Smith" just write "private".
Try to give the actual branch or section of the company or department, e.g. Steamships wholesales BPs plantations, Department of Works and Supply - refrigeration section.


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Papua New Guinea 1990 — source variable PG1990A_ACTIVITY — Economic activity last week
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[The rural and urban census forms are identical for questions 1-17. Questions 1-17 are provided here in detail under the rural census form, and omitted in the urban census form.]

For all persons 10 years of age and older (born before July, 1980)
[Questions 16-17 were asked of persons of ages 10 years or older.]

17. Principle economic activity during the last 7 days

Circle one code only

[] 01 Worked at wage job (including on leave and temporarily absent)
[] 02 Business with paid help
[] 03 Self employed including unpaid help
[] 04 Farming/ fishing for food and money
[] 05 Farming/fishing subsistence only
[] 06 Student
[] 07 Housework
[] 08 Too old/young or handicapped/ sick
[] 09 Looking for work
[] 10 Available for work

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Papua New Guinea 2000 — source variable PG2000A_CLASSWK — Class of work (last 7 days)
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Continue only for persons aged 10 years or more
[Questions 13-19 were asked of persons age 10+.]

15. In the last seven days, has the person done any of the following?

If more than one answer is given record main activity.

[] 1 Gardening/fishing for money
[] 2 Gardening/fishing for own use only
[] 3 Business (any type) with paid help
[] 4 Business (any type) without paid help
[] 5 Helping in family business without pay
[] 6 Wage job (including temporary absence)
[] 7 None [continue to Question 18.]
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Economic questions

The economic questions are an important part of the census form. The economic questions for each person over 10 years are in Question 15 to 19.
The census provides the chance for us to find out what kind of work people do. Work that earns some income or helps to support the family, such as growing food, is called "economic activity". Some people are not economically active. On the information collected, community needs can be identified. Better plans can be in place.

Question 15: Economic activity

Q15. In the last seven days, has the person done any of the following?

(If more than one answer is given, record main activity
If code 7 "None": go to question 18.)

[] 1. Gardening/Fishing for money
[] 2. Gardening/Fishing for own use
[] 3. Business (any type) with paid help
[] 4. Business (any type) with no paid help
[] 5. Help in family business with no pay
[] 6. Wage job (include temporary absence)
[] 7. None (Go to Q18).
Who to ask: Ask the head of the household or the person responding.

Get this information for: All persons 10 years and older. That is, all persons born before 9 July 1990. If date of birth is not recorded, use age given in years.

How to ask: "In the last seven days, has the person done any of the following?"

-You must then read out all of the 6 categories, explaining each category if necessary.
-If the person did more than 1 to 6, then you ask which was the main activity in the last 7 days.
How to record: Write one code only in the box provided.

-If the person did not do any of activities 1 to 6, write code 7 in the box.
-When Code 7 is recorded, do not ask Q16a, Q16b, and Q17 but skip straight to Q18.
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What each code means:
Code 1: Gardening/fishing for money.

Use Code 1 if the person did any gardening/agricultural, hunting or fishing activity in the last 7 days and sold some or all of the produce. The activities include growing cash crops such as coffee, tea, cocoa, rubber and oil palm and also producing other things for sale. This includes growing any vegetables, making sago, gathering food, fishing, keeping livestock or hunting wild pigs or other animals for sale.

Code 2: Gardening/fishing for own use only.
Use Code 2 for a person doing any gardening/agricultural, hunting or fishing activities in the last 7 days for their own or family use but not for sale. This is called subsistence.

Code 3: Business (any type) with paid help
Use Code 3 for persons who have a business of any type at all, big or small, which has some paid workers (in pidgin, wokman). The person gets Code 3 if they own the business or partly own it and get a share of the profit. (e.g PMV, trade store, professional practice, or a farm run as a business with paid workers).
Do not use Code 3 if he/she is paid a regular wage by the business. Wage earners are Code 6. Code 3 is used only for people who take all or part of the profit from a business.
A Code 3 business includes professional practices (e.g. private doctor, lawyer) as well as very informal activities such as selling crops or betel nut, as long as they employ one or more workers.

Code 4: Business (any type) with unpaid help
Use Code 4 is for the owner or part-owner of any type of business which does not have any paid workers. Family members may help without payment.
The difference between Code 3 and Code 4 is that a Code 3 business has paid workers but a Code 4 business does not.

Code 5: Helping in family business without pay
Use Code 5 for persons who work in a family business without pay. It is quite common for family members to help businesses such as trade stores. Women and school children often do this activity without pay.
Gardening is not counted as business unless there are also wage workers. Women and children who help in gardens, which are not businesses, get Code 1 or Code 2.

Code 6: Wage job (includes temporary absence)
Use Code 6 for all persons who are employed in a wage or salary job of any kind, including part-time, temporary, or casual work.
Include persons who are temporarily absent from their work due to ill ness, lay-offs, labor disputes, strikes, or were on leave or holiday, even if they did not do to work during the last 7 days.

-All economic activity is to be recorded, even if part-time or only one hour during the week. You should stress to respondents that we want to record all economic activity, even if only for an hour during the week.
-Be alert and ask carefully. If rural households have a garden or a canoe, it is very likely that all active adults will do some economic activity.
-Women are counted as economically active if they do any work, which earns income or helps support the family, such as gardening or helping in the family shop. If they do only household duties, they are not counted as economically active
-Make a special effort to find out if women do any work that could be counted as economic activity.
-Students often do some economic activity, even if they spend most of their time at school. They might work after school and on week-ends in a garden, caring for animals, fishing or helping in a trade store. If they do any economic activity, this must be recorded.
-For persons on leave (or other temporary absence from work), their usual job should be taken as their main activity. For example, a man work at OK Tedi might be visiting his family for a week holiday. He is counted as having a wage job (Code 6).
-Make sure you understand the meaning of all the Codes 1 to 6. Think about what you would write for the people you know.

Notes: Be alert and be sure to skip to question 18 if the person is not economically active (Code 7). You will look silly if you ask people about their occupation (Q16) if they have just told you they do not do any of activities 1 to 6.


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Paraguay 1962 — source variable PY1962A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Occupational (economic) characteristics

For persons 12 years of age and older


18. Employment status (occupational category): ____

Only for those employed and unemployed. Mark only one box as appropriate.

Employer: one who operates his own company and pays one or more employees or workers. Own-account worker: one who operates his own company without paid employees or workers. Employee (white-collar): a salaried employee of a boss whose work is primarily intellectual. Worker (manual laborer): one employed by the day or by salary, works for a boss, and whose job consists predominantly of physical activity. Family worker: one who, paid or unpaid, works at least two days out of the week for a family member.

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own-account worker
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Worker [manual laborer]
[] 5 Paid family worker
[] 6 Unpaid family worker

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Title XVIII: Employment status (occupational category)

211 - The information about the employment status should be obtained based on the following definitions:

Employer

212 - A person who owns their own economic company, or who carries out, on their own, a profession or office and who has one or more workers, to whom they pay a salary or wage. This does not include individuals who only have domestic servants.

[pg. 28]

Self-employed

213 - A person who, without depending on an employer, owns their own economic company, or who carries out, on their own, a profession or office, without employing any paid workers. They can work alone or with associate(s).

Employee

214 - A person whose job mainly involves intellectual effort over physical effort, and who works for pay for a public or private boss or employer, of whose census household they are not a member.

The following are also considered employees:

a) Directors, managers, administrators, bosses, inspectors, secretaries, and all other managerial personnel of the various levels;

b) The professors, salaried professionals, and auxiliary specialists of liberal professions;

c) Desk, counter, or office employees,

d) Bill collectors, traveling salespersons, agents, company couriers, radio-technicians, operators, flight attendant and pilots.

Laborer

215 - A person who's job activity is predominantly manual, and who works for a wage or salary for a public or private foreman or employer, of whose census household they are not a member.

216 - Domestic servants, that is, those who dedicate themselves to household activities (cook, nanny, valet, servant, etc.) should be considered part of this group; these people's industry is denominated as: "family household."

217 - Laborers also include:

a) Teachers of manual labor, foremen, boatswain, apuntadores, officers [skilled workers or oficiales], semi-officers [unskilled workers or medio oficiales], apprentices, peons, changadores;

b) Drivers, machinists, fireperson [foguistas];

c) The foremen and peons of agricultural projects,

d) Deliverers, doorkeepers, packagers, waiters;

e) Hair cutters, hair stylists, manicurists, and other operators of a beauty salon.

218 - Make a mark in the corresponding box only for those persons who are classified as "employed," or "unemployed."

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Paraguay 1972 — source variable PY1972A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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C. Economic characteristics

Only for persons 12 years of age and older
[Questions 15 to 18 were asked of persons age 12 and older]

Ask the questions on lines 16 through 18 only if you marked boxes 1, 2 or 3.
[Questions 16 to 18 were asked of persons who have a job or who had it in the past]


18. What is the category or position you held in the performance of your work?

[] 1 Employer or boss
[] 2 Own-account worker
[] 3 (White-collar) Employee
[] 4 Manual laborer or day laborer
[] 5 Unpaid family worker

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IV. Information about the Population

C. Economic characteristics.


18. Category or position that the person had in the exercise of his/her occupation

* Employer or owner: This is the person who exploits his/her own economic business or practices a profession or occupation, having paid workers (without including domestic employees).

* Self-employed worker: the person who exploits his/her own economic business or who practices profession or occupation on his/her own account and who does not have any paid employee or worker.

* Employee: the person in whose occupation the intellectual force predominates over the physical; and who works for payment, salary or commission, for an owner or employee (whether public or private).
The following are employees: the managers, directors, secretaries, office personnel, etc.

* Worker or laborer: the person who does an occupation that is predominately physical, for daily wages, monthly pay, weekly pay, by contract, for tips, or payment in kind.

The following are workers: construction laborers, overseers, patio or ranch hands, domestic employees, milkers, chauffeurs, etc.

* Unpaid family worker: this is the person who works at least two day a week in a business or company exploited by a relative, without receiving payment.

Once you have finished taking all of the information for all of the persons indicated in parte IV of the Census form and according the ages that correspond, verify that you have not omitted any person (specially the small children) or if you have passed any question without asking it.

If the household has more than 9 members, mark the box that says continued placed on the form at the foot of the 9th person and use another form.
Then, fill in the box that says Summary and that is placed on the front part of the form.

18. What is the category or position that he/she had in the exercise of his/her occupation?

[] 1 Employer or boss
[] 2 Self-employed worker
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Laborer or day laborer
[] 5 Un-paid family worker

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Paraguay 1982 — source variable PY1982A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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III. Economic characteristics

For those 12 years of age and older

Ask questions 18 through 20 only if you marked 1, 2 or 3 above.


20. What is the category or position you held in the performance of your work?

[] 1 Public sector employee
[] 2 Private sector employee
[] 3 Manual laborer, day laborer, or domestic employee
[] 4 Owner or boss
[] 5 Own-account worker
[] 6 Unpaid family worker

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III. For people 12 years old and older. Economic characteristics.


Question 20. What category or position do you hold in your occupation?

Read each of the options and make an X in the corresponding box.

[A depiction of question 19 to the right of the preceding text is omitted here.]

Keep in mind the following definitions:

Public or private employee: A person whose occupation involves intellectual effort more than physical effort, who works for a set pay, salary or commission, for an owner or employer (be they public or private). Managers, directors, secretary, office personnel, etc. are all employees.

[Drawings of employment status categories are omitted here.]

Worker, journeyman, domestic servant: A person who's occupation involves mainly physical work, and is paid daily, monthly, weekly, or by contract, "by tips" or "in kind." This group includes construction workers, foremen, estate or yard workers, domestic employees, milkmen, drivers, etc.

Employer or owner: A person who runs their own economic company or exercises a profession or office, having one or more paid employees (employees or workers), not including domestic servants.

[P. 53]

Self-employed: A person who runs their own company or business and who exercises a profession or office on their own, without having any paid employees under them.

Unpaid family worker: A person who works 15 hours or more during the week in a company or business run by a member of their family, without receiving any pay for their work.


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Paraguay 1992 — source variable PY1992A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Section IV. Population information

[Questions 15 through 17 were asked persons 10 years and over who worked, did not work but were employed or looking for work]


15. What is (or was) your principal occupation in your job? ____

Examples: Dressmaker, secretary, driver, shoemaker, salesman, farmer, bricklayer, electrician, doctor, etc. (If more the one occupation, write the one that produced the greater income.)


16. In this job, are (or were) you a:

[] 1 (White-collar) employee
[] 2 Manual or day laborer
[] 3 Owner or employer
[] 4 Own-account or independent worker
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 6 Domestic employee

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Question 16: In this work, you are (or were)?

16. In this work you are (or were)?

[] Employee
[] Worker or day laborer
[] Boss or employer
[] Self-employed or independent worker
[] Un-paid family member
[] Domestic employee

Take the following definitions into account:

Employee: The person whose occupation predominates the intellectual force over the physical, and who works for a payment, salary or commission, for a boss or employer (whether public or private). The following are employees: the managers, directors, secretaries, office personnel, teachers, nurses, etc.

Worker or day laborer: the person who carries out an occupation that is predominantly physical, through shifts, monthly, monthly, weekly or contract pay, "for tips" or "in kind". Included in this group are construction laborers, overseers, patio or farm hands, milkers, chauffeurs, hotel cooks, in addition, it includes farmers who work outside of their own land.

Boss or employer: This is the person who exploits his/her own economic business, having one or more paid workers (employees or workers) without including domestic employees.

Self-employed or independent worker: The person who exploits his/her own company or business or who practices a profession or occupation on his/her own account without having an employer nor paid worker under his/her care.

Unpaid family worker: This is the person who works more than two houses a day or more than fifteen hours a week in a company or business that is exploited by a member of his/her family without receiving any payment for his/her work.

[page] 32

Domestic employee: This is the person in charge of household tasks, with pay. Example: cook, maid, nanny, gardener who earns a salary and others.

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Paraguay 2002 — source variable PY2002A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Chapter G.

For individuals 10 years of age and older

27. In this job, are (or were) you a...

[] 1 Own-account worker?
[] 2 Unpaid family worker?
[] 3 Owner/boss?

For the above answers, skip to question 30

[] 4 Domestic employee? - Skip to chapter H
[] 5 Employee or laborer?
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G. Population information
For persons 10 years of age and older

Question 27: In this work, are (were) you?

You should formulate the question by reading slowly until the end of the question mark. Then read each of the options. When you obtain an answer, mark the corresponding circle and move to the next question.

[p. 45]

To facilitate filling in this question, we present the following clarifications:

Self-employed worker: This is the person who has his/her own company or business, or who practices a profession or occupation on his/her own account, without having a paid employee nor depending on an employer. He/she can work with the assistance of family workers or apprentices or without their help. For example: Tailor, furniture carpenter, plumber, traveling salesman, etc.

Unpaid family worker: This is the person who works two hours or more per day or more than fifteen hours per week in the company or business of a member of his/her family, without receiving any pay for his/her work.

Employer: This is the person who is the owner and/or partner in a company or business that provides goods and/or services that contracts one or more paid workers (employees or workers) in temporary or permanent manner, without including the domestic employees. For example: factory owners, owners of mechanic shops (with employees under his/her charge), contractors for construction sites, etc.

Domestic employee [male or female]: This is the person in charge of household tasks who is paid. For example: cook, cleaning servant, salaried gardener and others.

Employee or worker: This is the person who works for a company, institution, business, or household and who depends upon an employer or boss and receives payment in currency and/or goods for the work that he/she does.


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Peru 1993 — source variable PE1993A_EMPSTAT — Occupational category/employment status
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For those 6 years of age and older
[Applies to question 12 - 17]


Questions 14 to 17 refer to last week, or to the last time employed.


16. In your place of work, were you a:

Circle the appropriate number:

[] 1 Laborer
[] 2 White-collar or professional employee
[] 3 Unpaid family worker
[] 4 Domestic worker
[] 5 Self-employed worker
[] 6 Employer or owner

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For people 6 years of age and older
[Applies to question 12 - 17]


Questions 14 to 17 refer to last week, or to the last time employed.


Question No. 16: In your place of work, were you a:
Read the question and each one of the options. Then, circle the appropriate number.
[There is a picture of question 16 in this section of the Enumeration Form.]
Remember the following definitions:

Laborer: Is a person who performs a predominantly manual occupation and works for a public or private employer, receiving compensation for their work in the form of a wage, such as weekly pay.
White collar or professional employee: Is a person who performs a predominantly intellectual occupation and works for a private or public employer, receiving compensation for their work in the form of a salary, commission, payment in kind, etc., such as monthly pay.
Unpaid family worker: Is a person who works at least 15 hours a week in a company or business directed or run by a member of their family without receiving any payment for the work.
Domestic worker: Is a person who performs compensated services in another person's house.
Independent or own-account worker: Is a person who runs their own company or business or who practices a profession or trade on their own, without having any paid workers in their charge.


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Peru 2007 — source variable PE2007A_CLASSWKR — Main employment occupational category
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For persons aged six or older
[Applies to questions 13-19]


18. What type of employment did you have at your job last week? (Read each option and circle only one number)

[] 1 White-collar or professional employee
[] 2 Laborer
[] 3 Self-employed worker
[] 4 Employer
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 6 Domestic employee

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For persons aged six and older
[Applies to questions 13-19]


Question 18: What type of employment did you have at your job last week?
Read the question and each of the options slowly, continuing until you receive a positive response from the respondent. Circle the corresponding option.
Reminder
Record agricultural laborers as laborers if they are paid in cash or kind for their work.
[p. 57]
[Each of the 6 examples below is accompanied by a drawing illustrating it.]

1. White-collar or professional employee. This is a person whose job is primarily intellectual. He/she works in an institution, organization, or private or state company in exchange for monthly or bi-weekly payment in the form of a salary or commission, or payment in kind. Examples would be a sales cashier in a store or a professional who works for an institution or a company.
2. Laborer [obrero]. This is a person whose job is primarily manual. He/she works in a company or private or state business for weekly, bi-weekly, or daily pay in the form of salary, or per unit produced, or on commission. Examples would be factory workers in a shoe factory or a bricklayer's assistant.
3. Self-employed worker. This is a person who runs his/her own business or works independently and has no paid employees. Examples would be a sign painter, or a fruit vendor in the street.
4. Employer. This is a person who runs his/her own company or business, or independently practices a profession or trade, and has one or more paid employees. Examples of this would be a certified public accountant that has two paid assistant accountants.
5. Unpaid family worker. This is a person who works without pay in a family company or business run by a relative, regardless of whether or not they live in the same household.
6. Domestic employee. This is a person who works in a private dwelling in exchange for pay. These services are related to specific tasks within the household, such as washer-woman, cook, housekeeper, butler, chauffer, etc.


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Peru 2017 — source variable PE2017A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Section V. Characteristics of the population (continued)

21. Last week, at your place of employment did you work as:

[] 1 An employer?
[] 2 An independent or self-employed worker?
[] 3 An employee?
[] 4 A laborer?
[] 5 A worker in a family member's business?
[] 6 As a domestic worker?
[] 7 Other? (specify) ____
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For persons of 5 years of age and older
[Questions 16 to 23 are asked of persons age 5 or older]

Question 21: Last week, at your place of employment did you work as:
Option 7 includes all people not included in the categories above.

1. Employer: A person who works in his/her own company or business or who is self-employed in a profession or trade and has one or more paid workers under his/her responsibility.

Example: A certified public accountant who is in charge of two (2) paid accounting assistants.

2. Independent or self-employed worker: A person who works in his/her own business or is self-employed in a profession or trade and has no paid employees. Example: poster painter, door-to-door fruit salesperson.

3. Employee: A person who performs predominantly an intellectual occupation; works in an institution, organization, private or state-owned company, for a biweekly or monthly remuneration in the form of salary, commission, payment in kind, among others. Example: collector in a commercial store, a professional working for an institution or company.

4. Laborer: A person who performs predominantly a manual occupation; works in a private or state-owned company or business, for weekly, biweekly or daily remuneration in the form of salary, piecework, commission. Example: sneaker factory worker, mason's helper.

5. Worker in a family member's business: A person who works without compensation in a family business or enterprise run by a family member living in the same household or outside the household. Examples: in his/her sister's winery, his/her grandfather's farm, his/her brother's restaurant.

6. Domestic worker: A person who provides paid services in a private housing unit. These services are referred to specific household tasks such as laundress, cook, housekeeper, butler, chauffeur, or others.


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Philippines 1995 — source variable PH1995A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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5 Years Old and Over


P15. For whom or where does/did [respondent] work?
Enter code. (See codes sheet)

[] 1. Worked for private household
[] 2. Worked for private business/enterprise/farm
[] 3. Worked for government/government corporation
[] 4. Self-employed without employee
[] 5. Employer in own farm or business
[] 6. Worked with pay on own family-operated farm or business
[] 7. Worked without pay on own family operated farm or business

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Class of Worker (P15) and Kind of Business or Industry (P16)

The question P15 is to be asked for those who were engaged in an economic activity in the past 12 months: "For whom or where does/did _________ work?"

The response to this question should refer to the current economic activity/ies, if any, or the most recent activity/ies if not currently economically active. If the person has more than one activity, this question should be answered in relation to that activity in which he/she spends longer hours. If she/he spends an equal number of hours in these activities, the activity to be reported should be that one which yields the highest income.

Possible responses are categorized into seven (7) classes of workers:

1. Worked for private household. If a person worked in a private household for pay, in cash or in kind. Examples are family drivers, gardener, yaya, household help and other persons in domestic service.


[p. 102 ]

2. Worked for private business/enterprise/farm. All employees in private firms and farms are classified here.

Other examples of this class of workers are:


  • persons working in public works project on private contracts
  • public transport drivers who do not own the vehicle but drive them on boundary basis
  • dock hands or stevedores
  • cargo handlers in public market, railroad stations or piers, etc.
  • palay harvester getting fixed share of harvested palay, sacadas and other farm workers


3. Worked for government/government corporation. All government employees would be classified here. Examples of this class of workers are:


  • Employees in national and local government offices, agencies and corporation
  • Filipinos working in embassies, legation, chancelleries or consulates of foreign government in the Philippines
  • Filipinos working in international organizations of Sovereign States of Government like the United Nations, World Health Organization, etc.
  • Chaplains in the Armed Forces of the Philippines.


4. Self-employed without employee. If a person worked for profit or fees in own business, farm, profession or trade without any paid employee. Examples include vendors, professionals with own offices/clinics, workers who worked purely on commission basis and who have no regular working hours.

5. Employer in own farm or business. If a person, working in his own business, farm, profession or trade had one or more regular paid employees, including paid family members (code 6 below). Some cases worth noting:


[p. 103]

  • Domestic helpers, family drivers and other household helpers who assist in the family operated business, regardless of time spent in this activity, are NOT hired employees in the enterprises/business; hence a farm or business proprietor who is assisted purely by such domestic help is not considered an employer.
  • A retail store operator who is wholly assisted in the operation of his/her store by unpaid relatives living with him/her and who employs carpenters to construct a building for his store (with store operator supervising the work) is not an employer. However, if this operator is also the owner or partner of a firm with paid construction workers and staff, and the reported industry in P16 is building construction, then he is an employer.


6. Worked with pay on own family-operated farm or business. If a person worked in own family-operated farm or business and receives cash or a fixed share of the produce as payment for his services. Note that whenever there is a household member with this code, there should be a household member with code 5 for class of worker.

7. Worked without pay on own family operated farm or business. If a member of the family worked without pay in a farm or business operated by another member living in the same household.

Enter the appropriate one-digit code in column P15.


Item P16, "In what kind of business or industry is/was _______'s current/last employer engaged in?" refers to the economic activity reported in item P15.

Write the specific industry in which a self-employed person is currently/last engaged in or in which the person's employer is engaged in and enter appropriate code. Use the Codes Sheet which lists the 37 industry codes that you should use to classify the responses. Refer also to Appendix 11 for the specific industry under the major groups.

Below are some examples on the kind of business or industry to be reported in column P16:

1. If for several years, a person has been a public school teacher but on census day, he has already quit his teaching job and is now operating a


[p. 104]

sari-sari store, the kind of industry he is currently engaged in is sari-sari store and no longer government service.

2. For a person doing clerical work in a tobacco manufacturing company, report him/her as engaged in tobacco manufacturing.


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Philippines 2000 — source variable PH2000A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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For Persons 10 Years Old and Over


P28. For whom or where did [respondent] work? (Please see code book)

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P28 Class of worker

The question P28 is to be asked for those who were engaged in an economic activity in the past 12 months: "For whom or where does/did _______ work?"

The response to this question should refer to the usual occupation recorded in P25.

Possible responses are categorized into seven (7) classes of workers:

1. Worked for private household (Domestic Services). If a person worked in a private household for pay, in cash or in kind. Examples are family drivers, gardener, yaya, household help and other persons in domestic service.

2. Worked for private business/enterprise/farm. All employees in private firms and farms are classified here.

Other examples of this class of workers are:

  • Persons working in public works project on private contracts
  • Public transport drivers who do not own the vehicle but drive them on boundary basis
  • Dock hands or stevedores
  • Cargo handlers in public market, railroad stations or piers, etc.
  • Palay harvester getting fixed share of harvested palay, sacadas and other farm workers.

3. Worked for government/government corporations. All government employees would be classified here. Examples of this class of workers are:

Employees in national and local government offices, agencies and corporation
Filipinos working in embassies, legation, chancelleries or consulates of foreign government in the Philippines
Filipinos working in international organizations of Sovereign States of Government like the United Nations, World Health Organization, etc.
Chaplains in the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

4. Self-employed without any paid employee. If a person worked for profit or fees in own business, farm, profession or trade without any paid employee. Examples include vendors, professionals with own offices/clinics, workers who worked purely on commission basis and who have no regular working hours.

5. Employer in own farm or business. If a person, working in his own business, farm, profession or trade had one or more regular paid employees, including paid family members (code 6 below). Some cases worth noting:

Domestic helpers, family drivers and other household helpers who assist in the family operated business, regardless of time spent in this activity, are NOT hired employees in the enterprise/business; hence a farm or business proprietor who is assisted purely by such domestic help is not considered an employer.

A retail store operator who is wholly assisted in the operation of his/her store by unpaid relatives living with him/her and who employs carpenters to construct a building for his store (with store operator supervising the work) is not an employer. However, if this operator is also the owner or partner of a firm with paid construction workers and staff, and the reported industry in P26 is building construction, then he is an employer.

6. Worked with pay on own family-operated farm or business.
If a person worked in own family-operated farm or business and receives cash or a fixed share of the produce as payment for his services. Note that whenever there is a household member with this code, there should be a household member with code 5 for class of worker.

7. Worked without pay on own family-operated farm or business. If a member of the family worked without pay in a farm or business operated by another member living in the same household.


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Philippines 2010 — source variable PH2010A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Population Census Questions

For all 15 years old and over.
[Questions 20 to 23 were asked of persons 15 years and over]

P22. Class of worker- What kind of worker is [the respondent]?

Mention the categories at the bottom. Write the answer on the space provided. See codes at the bottom.

[] 1 Worked for private household (domestic services) -PHH
[] 2 Worked for private business/enterprise/firm -PVT
[] 3 Worked for government/government corporation - GOV
[] 4 Self-employed without any paid employees -SELF
[] 5 Employer in own farm or business -EMP
[] 6 Worked with pay in own family-operated farm or business -PAID
[] 7 Worked without pay in own family-operated farm or business -UNPAID
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Columns P20 to P23 for All Persons 15 Years Old and Over
Columns P20 to P23 are to be accomplished only for household members 15 years old and over. Thus, if a household member is less than 15 years old, leave these columns blank.

P22-Class of Worker
This question should be asked for those who are engaged in gainful occupations in the past 12 months: "What kind of worker is ?" (Mention the categories). The response to this question should be referred to the usual occupation recorded in column P20. Write the answer or the equivalent "short name" of the category in the space provided and enter the appropriate code in the box.
Possible answers are categorized into seven classes of workers with their corresponding "short name" and code:

[] 1.Worked for private household (domestic services) or PHH. This refers to persons who worked in a private household for pay, in cash or in kind. Examples are family drivers, gardeners, nannies (yaya), household helpers, and other persons engaged in domestic services
[] 2. Worked for private business/enterprise/farm or PVT. All employees in private firms and farms should be classified under this category. Examples of this class of workers are:
[] Persons working in public works project on private contract
Public transport drivers who do not own the vehicles but drive the vehicles on boundary basis
[] Dock hands or stevedores
[] Cargo handlers in public markets, railroad stations or piers, and others
[] Palay harvesters getting fixed share of harvested palay, sacadas, and other farm workers
[] 3. Worked for government/government corporation or GOV. All government employees should be classified here. Examples of this class of workers are:
[] Employees in national and local government offices, agencies, and corporations
[] Filipinos working in embassies, legations, chancelleries or consulates of foreign government in the Philippines
[] Filipinos working in international organization of sovereign states of government such as the United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO), and others
[] Chaplains in the Armed Forces of the Philippines
[] 4.Self-employed without any paid employee or SELF. This refer to persons who worked for profit or fee in own business, farm, profession or trade without any paid employee. Examples include vendors, professionals with own offices/clinics, and workers who worked purely on commission basis and had no regular working hours.
[] 5. Employer in own farm or business or EMP. This refers to persons who worked in his/her own business, farm, profession or trade, and had one or more regularly paid employees, including paid family members (Code 6 below
Some cases worth noting are:
[] A farm or business proprietor who is assisted purely by domestic helpers, family drivers, and other household helpers who are NOT hired employees in the farm or enterprise/business, regardless of the time spent in this activity, is not an employer.
[] A retail store operator who is wholly assisted in the operation of his/her store by unpaid relatives living with him/her and who employs carpenters to construct portions of his/her store (with the store operator supervising the work) is not an employer. However, if this operator is also the owner or partner of a firm with paid construction workers and staff, and the reported industry in column P22 is building construction, then he/she is an employer.
[] 6. Worked with pay in own family-operated farm or business or PAID. This refers to members of the family who worked with pay in a farm or business operated by another family member living in the same household. Payment can be in the form of cash or a fixed share of the produce. Note that whenever there is a household member with this code, there should be a household member with code 5 for class of worker.
[] 7. Worked without pay in own family-operated farm or business or UNPAID. This refers to members of the family who worked without pay in a farm or business operated by another family member living in the same household. Note that whenever there is a household member with this code, there should be a household member with either code 4 or 5 for class of worker.

The above codes can also be found at the bottom of page 3C of CPH Form 3.


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Poland 1978 — source variable PL1978A_CLASSWK — First type of employment (of person providing support)
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17 to 20 - Main employment
[Questions 17-20 were asked of the respondent's main employment.]

19. Type of employment ____

(Please write in one of the types given)

Employee
Commissioner (commission-merchant)
Home-worker
Member of productive cooperative
User of farm
Worker on own account
Aiding in work of ____ (write in the relevant successive number of person enumerated)
Clergyman
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52. Type of employment (please write in one of the types given in footnote xxxx) (Question 19) [p.71]
1. Each of the surveyed individuals shall have a type of employment indicated, basing on the terms provided at the bottom of third page of the A form.
2. "Employee" shall be indicated for all the individuals who are employed (hired) on the basis of an employment agreement, designation, or choosing and receive a set wage.
3. "Commissioner" or "Commission-worker" shall be written down for:

The individuals obtaining payment from a commission fund that is for those who have commission agreements concluded, in the case of which the wage depends of the amount of sold goods or provided services, for example: vendors in the "Ruch" kiosks, milk deliverers, cattle supervisors, etc.
The individuals working on the basis of flat-rate commission that is for those who are not employed by communal companies, but by a company with which the flat-rate commission agreement has been concluded for retail commerce, managing a gastronomy-related unit, etc.

4. "Home-worker" shall be indicated for all the individuals processing given raw materials transforming them into ready-made products in their own houses. It shall be checked if they sell the goods on their own or send them back to the company hiring them.
5. "Member of productive cooperative" shall be indicated for all the members of agricultural productive cooperatives. Commissioners employed in such cooperatives shall be referred to as "workers".
6. "User of farm" shall be indicated for individuals, who:
- Manage their own agricultural holding, in agriculture, horticulture, etc.
- Are the members of collective agricultural allotments and work together with other countrymen or share machinery and equipment.
7. "Worker on own account" shall be indicated for:
Individuals operating their own workshop, manufacture (for example, knitting, hairdressing), shop, stall ,etc.

- Individuals who fish on their own account as professional anglers,
- Individuals who are engaged in private tutoring or lecturing,
- Individuals driving their own taxi, cab, hackney, etc.
- Individuals selling goods on their own account, also on the streets and by means of stalls,
- Individuals being the representatives of so-called independent professions, for example writers, musicians, artists, practitioners (working on own account). For practitioners specifying employment in communal healthcare, as their main source of maintenance shall have working on their own account specified as their second source of maintenance.

8. "Aiding in work of?" shall be indicated for the individuals helping other members of the family in a regular basis and without set payment. Additionally, the number of the person being supported shall also be specified, for example: "Aiding in work of no. 01".
Nevertheless, if the said individual does not work without payment but there is a set wage for his or her support specified, then he or she shall not be considered a supported but a worker.
The fact of not receiving separate payment for the work in the same time points to the said supporting person being provided for by other members of the household and therefore, the supporters and the supported individuals shall be registered in the same household.
Therefore, a person who supports the family members without payment but lives in a different household shall not be considered a supporter but rather a hired worker, as he or she does not belong to the same household, the supported individual is the member of.
9. "Clergyman" shall be indicated for priests and monks of all religions.


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Poland 1988 — source variable PL1988A_CLASSWK — Main employment type
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Census of population (inhabitants)

14-23 Source of income

14-17 Main employment

17. Write in the name of the working post in the working establishment listed above. Specify performed activities and duties ____

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Part 4: Rules concerning filling in 2nd and 3rd page of the A Form

34. Status (kind of activity) (question 16) [p.31]
Every working person should have his working specification indicated:
'1. Socialized agriculture worker' -- should be used for individuals employed for a set workload in national companies, collective companies, social organizations, political organizations and in companies governed by these companies.

'2. Non-socialized agriculture worker' -- should be indicated for individuals:

- Employed in private companies (for example by manufacturers or in individual agricultural holdings), house helps.
- Employed in foreign companies or companies for Polish immigrants.
- Working in religious organizations, and in companies governed by these organizations (for example in monastery agricultural holdings).
- Individuals serving as religious leaders should have the symbol.
'2. Clergy' indicated.

'3. Franchise owner' should be indicated for individuals:

- Working in a lump sum-based organization, operating, for example on a retail market, services or gastronomy.
- Receiving payments from franchise fund, for example kiosk sellers, milk suppliers, slaughter animals' surveyors.
- Individuals employed by franchise owners.

'4. Home worker' -- should be indicated for individuals, who have some raw materials delivered by companies, and they assemble or process them in their houses, transferring to contractors after finishing.

'5. Production collective's member' -- should be indicated for all production collectives' members.

'6. Agricultural holding user' 'Agricultural allotment user' -- should be indicated for individuals, who are earning for their maintenance by working on their own expense in own (own, leased or used in any other way) agricultural holding (garden, orchard, etc.), as agricultural production manager.

Agricultural housing or allotment's user should be specified on the basis of self-evaluation of inhabitants or registered dwelling. Individual, who will define himself as agricultural holding's user (agricultural allotment), should have at least 3 months workload specified in the question number 20.

'7. Working on ones' own expense' -- should be indicated for individuals, who have their own industrial workshop (manufacturing workshop), shop, stall, workshop, they are earning by driving their own taxi, are performing so called free professions (artists, writers, doctors with their own practice) or are tutoring individually.

'8. Work supporter' - should be indicated for all individuals, which supports family member in managing the agricultural holding (plot) or in any other work performed on one's own expense without any specified payment. It should be noted that individuals learning in day schools shouldn't be considered as supporters while managing agricultural holding (allotment). Workload of the supporter indicated in the question number 20 should be longer than 3 months.

The fact of not receiving any set payments by the supportive family member automatically shows his mutual persistence with an individual working on his own expense, or with an user of the agricultural holding (plot), which results in a situation, that the supporter and supervisor should be registered in one household.


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Poland 2002 — source variable PL2002A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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19. Did you perform any work providing earnings or income or did you help pay in a family business?
If the answer is: 1 or 2 - go to question 20; 3 - go to question 25; 4 - go to question 28

[] 1 Yes, go to question 20
[] 2 You temporarily didn't work due to illness, vacation, lay-off, strike etc., but you did have a job (did not concern contributing family members) in reference week (from May 13th to May 19th), go to question 20
[] 3 No, go to question 25
[] 4 Lack of response (concerns persons staying abroad), go to question 28
20. Were you employed during the reference week as (concerns the week from May 13th to 19th):
[] 1 Full-time paid-employee
[] 2 Part-time paid-employee
[] 3 Employer
[] 4 Own-account worker (without employees)
[] 5 Agent (in all kind of agencies)
[] 6 Members of agricultural production co-operative
[] 7 Contributing family worker
[] 8 Clergyman/woman
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Question 19. Did you perform any work providing earnings or income or did you help without pay in a family business? [p. 38]

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1. Answer 1. yes concerns persons, who in the week of research -- 13 May to 19 May 2002 did for at least 1 hour any work providing earnings or income (in cash or in kind) or helped without pay in a family business or family agricultural farm.

Answer 1 concerns also persons serving in the army or being working abroad.

2. Answer 2. concerns persons who are employed (i.e. have a formal agreement with an employer) or have their own business, but in the week of research did not spend even 1 hour working due to: illness, taking care of an ill child or any other member of the family, maternity leave, holidays, strike, weather conditions preventing them from working etc.

3. Classifying a person as working (answer 1 or 2) the fat of having an agreement with an employer not the king of the contract should be taken into account. A working person is also a person that is doing the work without any formal agreement (grey area). Even if a person is registered as unemployed but did some work in the week of research, he/she should be treated as working.

4. Answer 3. no concerns also persons, who usually help in a family business but did not serve any help in the time between 13 May and 19 May 2002.

5. Answer 4. lack of response concerns persons staying temporarily abroad, especially in the case when no relevant information can be collected from the members of the family.

6. In case an employee stays on unpaid or parental leave, the length of the leave should be taken into consideration. If the leave (unpaid or parental) lasts up to 3 months answer 2 should be indicated, if the leave is longer than 3 months -- the correct answer is answer 3.

Question 20. Were you employed during the reference week (13th to 19th May 2002) as... [p. 39]

Answer 1 or 2 concerns employees. They are:
Persons employed on the basis of a job contract (also if the payment is in kind)

Persons working on commission or employed on the basis of order agreement,

Persons doing the home employment,

Students who are being trained for the profession if they receive an income.
Full-time paid-employee (answer 1)-- a person who works full-time, but the number of hours worked a week depends on the regulations concerning a profession

Full-time paid-employees are also workers who work shorter than the typical number of hours due to special legal regulations (e.g. concerning work in a toxic surrounding) or persons serving in the army on a compulsory basis.
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If a work was done on the basis of order agreement, commission or was home employment a person working full time is a person who worked at least 36 hours in a reference week (13th to 19th May 2002).

A person helping in a family business or working in a family farm can also be classified as an employee.

Answer 3. employer means a person running his/her own business either in agriculture or not, registered or not who employs workers on the basis of permanent job contract.

If a married couple or relatives run the business together only one of the persons can be classified as an employer, the others should be classified as own-account workers. (not employing people) or contributing family workers.

Answer 5. agent (in all kinds of agencies) concerns persons who work on the basis of agency contract/agreement or who run an outpost on the basis of order agreement. The persons employed by an agent are classified as employees regardless the legal form of their job contract.

Answer 7. contributing family worker concerns persons who live in the same household and help in family business (also in agriculture) without being paid.

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Portugal 1981 — source variable PT1981A_CLASSWK — Professional situation
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[Questions 5-27 were asked of residents of the housing unit, per question 4]


[Questions 17-27 were asked of persons age 12+]


24. Professional situation

The profession you indicated as your main occupation was performed as:

[] 1 Employer (with one or more employees)
[] 2 Own-account worker
[] 3 Contributing family worker
[] 4 Employee
[] 5 Member of a production cooperative
[] 6 Other situation

Question 24 - Professional situation

  • Own-account worker: refers to the individual who works on his own and usually does not have paid workers, although he can receive help from family member whom he does not pay.
  • Contributing family worker: refers to the individual who works at least 15 hours per week in a family economic activity, without receiving payment.
  • Employee: refers to the individual who works for another person, firm, or organization in exchange for a wage. Workers in production cooperatives choose this option.
  • Member of a production cooperative: refers to the member of a production cooperative, where he works. This option includes, also, workers of self-managed firms.
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Important: Individuals not residing in the dwelling where they spend 16 March 1981, at 00:00 hours, end the filling-in of the questionnaire here.
[Questions 5-27 were asked of residents of the housing unit, per question 4]


Note: Individuals younger than 12 years old end the filling-in of the questionnaire after question 16.
Only individuals 12 years of age or older answer the next questions.
[Questions 17-27 were asked of persons age 12+]


Question 24 - Professional situation

Important: Only the individuals who answered the previous question answer this question.

With this question, we intend to know the condition of those working, in other words, we intend to know the dependency relations in which the work is done.

If the enumerated was unemployed but looking for a new job, or doing the compulsory military service (but before that had a job) on the week of reference, he must indicate the situation he was in on the last profession he had.

The unemployed looking for their first job and individuals doing the compulsory military service but who did not had a job before do not answer this question, like they did not answer the previous one.

The profession you indicated as your main occupation was performed as:

Employer - is the owner, partner or major shareholder; has his main occupation in the company or agricultural exploitation.

Own-account worker - Is the individual who works on his own and does not have any paid employee, but might have unpaid family help.

Contributing family worker - Is an individual who worked on a family economic activity without payment for 15 hours or longer on the week of reference.
If a family individual worked less than 15 hours they do not answer this question.

Employee - Is the individual who works for somebody else and, for that, receives payment.

Member of production co-operative - If a person is a partner of a production cooperative and if he works in it as with his main occupation.


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Portugal 1991 — source variable PT1991A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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[Questions 4-28 were asked only of residents present at the time of the census.]


[Questions 18-28 were asked of individuals of age 12+]


[Questions 21-24 were asked of individuals who currently have a job (answers 1 and 2 in question 19) and to those not having a job at the moment, but express the desire to work (answers 1 to 8 from question 20.2)]


22.2. Indicate the status in employment regarding the occupation you stated in question 21.

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own-account worker
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Contributing family worker
[] 6 Compulsory military service
[] 7 Member of a producer's co-operative
[] 9 Other situation

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Note: For individuals that reside elsewhere different from where they are staying at 0:00 o'clock of April 15, 1991, end the filling-in of the questionnaire here.
[Applies to questions 4-28]


Note: Individuals younger than 12 years old end the filling-in of the questionnaire after question 17.
[Applies to questions 18-28]


Attention: Questions 21 to 24 are only for individuals who currently have a job (answers 1 and 2 in question 19) and to those not having a job at the moment express the desire to work (answers 1 to 8 from question 20.2).


Question 22.2: Indicate the status in employment in the occupation you stated in question 21.

With this question we intend to know the condition of those individuals who work towards their own work, or in other words we intend to know the dependency relations in which the work is done.

If the individual was unemployed during the week of reference, he must indicate the situation he was in on the last profession he had.

If the individual performed more than one activity during the week of reference, he must indicate the one that occupied him the most.

Employer is the owner, partner or major shareholder and has his main occupation in the company or agricultural exploration.

Employee is the individual who works for others and receives payment in exchange.

Own-account worker is the individual who works on his own and usually does not have any employee.

Unpaid family worker is an individual who works on a family economic activity without payment for 15 hours or longer on the week of reference.
If an individual worked longer than 15 hours without payment on a family economic activity, being simultaneously a student or a homemaker, the individual falls into these other categories.

Compulsory military service: individuals who are on compulsory military service during the census moment.

Member of a producers' cooperative: If the individual is a partner of a cooperative organization and if he/she worked in there as his/her main occupation, the workers that employed and paid for by a cooperative fall under the category of "Employee."


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Portugal 2001 — source variable PT2001A_CLASSWK — Employment condition
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[Questions 10-24 were asked of persons born before December 31, 1999, who consider this living quarter their usual place of residence, according to questions 3 and 9]


[Questions 17 to 23 were asked of persons age 15+ who ever attended school at a level higher then pre-primary, and consider this living quarter their usual place of residence, according to questions 3 and 13]


23. Please answer the questions 23.1 to 23.6 if you are employed or looking for a new job. If it is not the case, go to 24.
[Questions 23.1-23.6 were asked of persons age 15+ who are employed or looking for a new job, ever attended school at a level higher then pre-primary, and consider this living quarter their usual place of residence, according to questions 3, 13, and 19]


23.4. Indicate the status in employment in the occupation you stated in question 23.1:

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own-account worker
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Contributing family worker
[] 5 Compulsory military service
[] 6 Member of a producers co-operative
[] 7 Other situation


Question 23.4 - Indicate the status in employment in the occupation you stated in Question 23.1

Boss/Employer - If you are the owner, partner or majority shareholder of a company or agricultural holding in which you practice your main occupation and normally have one or more paid workers in your employ.

Own-account worker - If you work for your own account or in partnership and do not normally have paid workers in your employ.

Employee - If you work for another person, company, the State, etc., and receive payment for this work. Workers employed on "Collective Farms" tick this box.

Contributing family worker - if you work 15 or more hours per week in a household economic activity, without receiving payment, tick this box.

Compulsory military service - If you are performing compulsory military service.

Member of a producers' co-operative - If you are the member of a cooperative for the production of goods or services and engage in your main occupation there, tick this response. This heading also includes workers in worker-controlled businesses. The employees and salaried workers of a cooperative, who are not its members, tick the box "Employee".

Other situation - If you are in a status in employment other ones the previous described.

If more than one of the above situations to you during the reference week, indicate the one which occupied the most of your time.

If you were unemployed during the reference week, indicate the situation applying to you in the last occupation you held.

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Question 23.4 - Indicate the status in employment in the occupation you stated in question 23.1.

With this question we intend to know the condition of who is working towards their own work.

If the individual was in more than one type of condition during the week of reference he must indicate the one that occupied him the most.

If the enumerated was unemployed on the week of reference he must indicate the situation he was in on the last profession he had.

Employer - is the owner, partner or major share owner and has his main occupation in the company or agricultural exploration.

Own-account worker - Is the individual that works on his own and usually does not have any employee.

Employee - Is the individual that works for other and for that receives payment.

Contributing family worker - Is an individual that worked on a familiar economic activity without payment for 15 hours or longer on the week of reference.

If a family individual worked longer than 15 hours without payment on a familiar economic activity, being a student or a home maker he must sign in that situation.

Compulsory military service - If he is doing the compulsory military service.

Member of a producers co-operative - If is a partner of a cooperative of good production and if you work on it as with your main occupation. The workers that work in a co-operative being paid for that but not being partners sign them selves has employees.

Other situation - when the enumerated does not fit within any of the other modalities of this question.


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Portugal 2011 — source variable PT2011A_CLASSWK — Professional status
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Individual questionnaire

Answer the questions 29 to 35 if you are employed, if you are unemployed and have already worked (use as reference the last occupation held. If you are not in one of the previous situations, go to question 36.

32. Indicate your professional status in the occupation indicated

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Family worker
[] 5 Active member of a producers' co-operative
[] 7 Other situation
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7.2.4. Individual

Questions 29-35 must be answer with reference to the same job

Question 32- Indicate your professional status in the occupation indicated?
[There is an image of question 32]
This question attempts to know the condition of the person who works in their occupation or rather relate the work to the dependence on the person who performs it.
If the person has more than one role, during the week in reference, indicate what took up the most time.
Employer- this is the owner, partner, or main stockholder of the business in which he/she mainly works, and typically has one or more paid employees under his/her supervision.
Self-employed- is a person who works for his/her own accord, or in association with another person and does not have paid employees.
Employee- is a person who works for an employer, business, State, etc. receiving a wage.
A person that does military service, voluntarily or by contract are considered employees.
Family worker- is considered work done for a family member and is not paid, all people who work at least 15 hours during the reference week and that directly contributed to the operation of a family business, farm, or professional office that produced profit and belongs to a relative.
Active member of a producers' co-operative- if the person is a member of a producers' co-operative of goods or services in which his/her main occupation is that must choose this option. This also includes workers for self-managed businesses. Paid employees of a cooperative that were not members must choose the option "employee".
Other situation- This includes all situations not previously mentioned.
For situations in which the difference between employee and self-employed is not clear, you must determine which one is the best fit, according to the work conditions (when and where the job is performed, how much pays, etc.).
In case that the person defines these conditions for themselves, the person is considered self-employed, in cases where the employer defines the conditions, the person is considered an employee.
Therefore, people that receive the so-called "green receipts" even if they are self-employed, must be classified with the option "employee" since they verify the following conditions: set work place
[p. 141]
within an organization, set hierarchy, and defined schedule. In case these conditions are not verifiable, then the answer should be "self-employed".
If a person was unemployed and was looking for work during the week in reference, you must indicate the situation in which the person last worked.


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Puerto Rico 1970 — source variable PR1970A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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30-32. Show in questions 30-32 this person's job or business during the last week. If he had no job or business last week, give information for most recent job or business since 1960.


32. Class of worker: Mark from the information in 30-31 or ask if not clear.

[] Employee of private company, business, or individual, for wages, salary, or commissions
[] Employee of Federal government
[] Employee of Commonwealth government
[] Employee of municipal government
Self-employed in own business, farm, etc.?
[] Own business not incorporated
[] Own business incorporated
[] Working without pay in family business or farm


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Puerto Rico 1980 — source variable PR1980A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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16. Enumerator - Mark when this person was born.
[] Born before April 1965 -- Ask questions 17 - 33. (Omit question 17 if born between April 1960 and March 1965.)
[] Born April 1965 or later -- Turn to next page for next person

[Questions 17 through 33 asked of persons aged 15 and above.]


28-30. Current or most recent job activity

Describe the chief job activity or business at which ____ worked the most hours last week (or the last job or business since 1975)


30. Was ____
(Fill one circle)

[] Employee of private company, business, or individual, for wages, salary, or commissions.
[] Federal government employee
[] Commonwealth government employee
[] Municipal government employee
Self-employed in own business, professional practice, or farm --

[] Own business not incorporated
[] Own business incorporated

[] Working without pay in family business or farm


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Puerto Rico 1990 — source variable PR1990A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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[Questions 17 through 34 are for individuals aged 15 and over]


29-31. The following questions ask about the job worked last week. If [respondent] had more than one job, describe the one [respondent] worked the most hours. If [respondent] didn't work, the questions refer to the most recent job or business since 1985.


31. Was [respondent]
Read list. Mark (X) one box.

[] 1 Employee of a private for profit company or business or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions
[] 2 Employee of a private not-for-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization
[] 3 Municipal government employee (city, municipio, etc.)
[] 4 Commonwealth government employee
[] 5 Federal government employee
[] 6 Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] 7 Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] 8 Working without pay in family business or farm


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Puerto Rico 2000 — source variable PR2000A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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[Questions 19 through 32 asked of persons aged 15 and over.]


27. Industry or Employer - Describe clearly this person's chief job activity or business last week. If this person had more than one job, describe the one at which this person worked the most hours. If this person had no job or business last week, give the information for his/her last job or business since 1995.


29. Was this person - Mark [X] one box.

[] Employee of a private-for-profit company, business or individual, for wages, salary, or commissions
[] Employee of a private not-for-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization
[] Local government employee (city, county, municipality, etc.)
[] State government employee
[] Federal government employee
[] Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Working without pay in family business or farm


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Puerto Rico 2005 — source variable PR2005A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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K. Answer questions 35-40 only if this person worked in the past 5 years. Otherwise, skip to question 41.
Questions 35-40: Current or most recent job activity.
Describe clearly this person's chief job activity or business last week. If this person had more than one job, describe the one at which this person worked the most hours. If this person had no job or business last week, give information for his/her last job or business.


35. Was this person?

Mark [X] in one box
[] An employee of a private for profit company or business, or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions
[] An employee of a private not for profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization
[] A local government employee (city, county, municipality, etc.)
[] A state government employee
[] A Federal government employee
[] Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Working without pay in family business or farm

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[Housing Question 17-42 should be asked only of individuals 15 and older.]


[Answer Person Questions 35-40 only of person who worked in the past 5 years.]


35. Mark the "An employee of a PRIVATE NOT FOR PROFIT, tax-exempt, or charitable organization?" box if the person worked for a cooperative, credit union, mutual insurance company, or similar organization.
Employees of foreign governments, the United Nations, and other international organizations should mark the "A Federal GOVERNMENT employee" box.
If the person worked at a public school, college or university, mark the appropriate government category; for example, mark the "a state GOVERNMENT employee" box for a state university, or mark the "a local GOVERNMENT employee" box for a municipio agency.


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Puerto Rico 2010 — source variable PR2010A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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[Questions 41-46 were asked of people who worked in the past 5 years.]

41-46: Current or more recent job activity.
Describe clearly this person's chief job activity or business last week. If this person had more than one job, describe the one at which this person worked the most hours. If this person had no job or business last week, give information for his/her last job or business.

41. Was this person:

Mark (X) in one box

[] An employee of a private for profit company or business, or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions?
[] An employee of a private not for profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization?
[] A local government employee (city, county, etc.)?
[] A state government employee?
[] a Federal government employee?
[] Self- employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?
[] Self- employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?
[] Working without pay in family business or farm?

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Puerto Rico 2015 — source variable PR2015A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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L Answer questions 41-46 if this person worked in the past 5 years. Otherwise, skip to question 7.


41-46 Current or most recent job activity. Describe clearly this person's chief job activity or business last week. If this person had more than one job, describe the one at which this person worked the most hours. If this person had no job or business last week, give information for his/her last job or business.

41. Was this person

Mark (x) one box
[] An employee of a private for-profit company or business, or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions?
[] An employee of a private not-for-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization?
[] A local government employee (city, county, municipio, etc.)?
[] A state government employee?
[] A Federal government employee?
[] Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?
[] Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?
[] working without pay in family business or farm?
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Questions 7-48 are a continuation of the questions for each person. Questions 7-48 are a continuation of the questions for each person. (Questions 1-6 appear on pages 2, 3, and 4 of the questionnaire.)

Answer person questions 19 through 48 if this person is 15 years old or over.

Answer person questions 41 through 46 if the person worked in the past 5 years.

41. If the person worked for a cooperative, credit union, mutual insurance company, or similar organization, mark the "an employee of a private not-for-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization?" box.

If the person worked for a municipio agency, mark the "a local government employee (city, county, municipio, etc.)?" box. If the person worked at a public school, college or university, mark the "a state government employee?" box.

Employees of foreign governments, the United Nations, and other international organizations should mark the "a federal government employee?" box.


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Puerto Rico 2020 — source variable PR2020A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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M. Answer questions 42a - f if this person worked in the past 5 years. Otherwise, skip to question 43.

42. Description of employment
The next series of questions is about the type of employment this person had last week.
If this person had more than one job, describe the one at which the most hours were worked. If this person did not work last week, describe the most recent employment in the past five years.

a. Which one of the following best describes this person?s employment last week or the most recent employment in the past 5 years?
Mark (X) one box.

Private sector employee
[] For-profit company or organization
[] Non-profit organization (including tax-exempt and charitable organizations)
Government employee
[] Local government (for example: city, county, or municipio)
[] State government (including school districts and state universities)
[] Active duty U.S. Armed Forces or Commissioned Corps
[] Federal government civilian employee
Self-employed or other
[] Owner of non-incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Owner of incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Worked without pay in a for-profit family business or farm for 15 hours or more per week
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Person question 42

Answer questions 42a-42f if this person worked in the past 5 years. Otherwise, skip to question 43.

P42.a. If the person worked for a cooperative, credit union, mutual insurance company, or similar organization, mark ''non-profit organization (including tax-exempt and charitable organizations)'' box.

If the person worked at a public school, college or university, mark the appropriate government category. For example, mark the ''Local government (for example: city or county school district)''box for a county-run community college or a city-run public school. Mark the ''State government (including state colleges/universities)" box for a state university.

Employees of foreign governments, the United Nations, and other international organizations should mark the ''Federal government civilian employee'' box.


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Romania 1992 — source variable RO1992A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Questions 20-23 are to be completed only by persons who answered 1 or 2 to question 19. For persons looking for another job, the last occupation should be registered


21 Professional status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own account
[] 3 Worker
[] 4 Employee
[] 5 Member of cooperative association
[] 6 Unpaid family worker
[] 7 Other situation

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78. Q. 20 - 23 from chapter IV of the form will be completed only for persons who at Q. 19 - "Economic status of the enumerated person" - were classified under code 1 - occupied - or code 2 - seeking another place of work. For the latter (code 2) the previous situation will be recorded at Q. 20-23.

For persons who at Q. 19 had been recorded with one of the codes from 3 to 9, Q. 20-23 will be crossed over with a diagonal line.



Q. 21 Professional status


80. Professional status describes the position of a person related to the way of obtaining income for employment at the work place.

This characteristic will be recorded for all persons registered as having an occupation at Q. 20. Persons looking for another work place (code 2, Q. 19), those temporarily absent from work, as well as those detained or retained for questioning, will be recorded with their previous employment status.

The reporting codes are:

Code 1:Employer, private enterprise owner - for persons working in their own enterprise (commercial company, agency, shop, office, firm etc.) with one or more employees.

Code 2: Own account worker : for persons working in their own enterprise (commercial company, agency, shop, office, firm etc.) or independently, not having any engaged employees, with the exception of possible assistance by un -paid members of the household or relatives. Included here are farmers in their own households, tutors, craftsmen, independent professionals (medical doctors in their own clinic, lawyers, musicians, artists, independent accountants, translators), traders, and independent providers of service laborer (taxi drivers, independent carriers etc.).

Code 3: Employee - engaged - for persons performing an activity in a socio-economic enterprise (regardless of the ownership form) in which the job is based on a contract of work for pay in cash or in kind, or commissions, etc.
Also included here as employees are:
Conscripts on compulsory military service;
Persons permanently engaged by private individuals for housekeeping work (child care or senior care, for domestic work, etc.).

Code 4: Member of a cooperative association - for persons who are active members of an agricultural association or craft , consumption or credit cooperative.

Code 5: Unpaid family worker - for persons who perform an income generating activity in a family economic unit run by a household member, for which the person does not receive remuneration, such as wages, payment in kind, as an employee performing the same activity would receive, and who is a member of the household.

Code 6: Other situation - for persons who can't be classified in the above mentioned categories (codes from 1 to 5).


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Romania 2002 — source variable RO2002A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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22. Employment status
[] 1 Employee (engaged)
[] 2 Employer, private enterprise owner
[] 3 Working on own account
[] 4 Member of an agricultural company/co-operative
[] 5 Contributing family worker in own household
[] 6 Other employment status

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Status in employment (item 22)

71. Status in employment represents the position of a person related to economical and social performed activity and the way of obtaining the incomes for employment at the working place.

This characteristic will be recorded for all the persons registered as having an occupation at item 21.

The way of recording:
-- The mark x will be written on the code box 1 (employee -engaged)-- for persons performing the activity in an economic or social unit (regardless of the ownership form) and the job is based on work contract for pay in cash or in kind, or bonuses charges (commissions), etc.

They are also considered as employees:

-- the permanent engaged persons by private persons for housekeeping works (baby care, or old man care, for domestic works, etc.);
-- paid engaged persons for job testing;
-- apprentices;
-- the priests and pastors;
-- conscripts on compulsory military services.

-- The mark x will be written on the code box 2 (employer, private enterprise owner) -- for persons working on own unit with one or more employees.

Will be considered employer, private enterprise owner:

-- employers on own account but self-employed on their own enterprise;
-- holders having written contracts for renting or concessionary terms related to engaged employees.

-- The mark x will be written on the code box 3 (own account worker) for persons working in their own unit, or independently (craftsmen, free professionals, traders, independent services laborer) not having any engaged employees, maybe only helped by non-paid members of the household or relatives.

Will be considered as own account worker:

-- the craftsmen self employed in their working shop (tailors, shoemakers, iron smiths, carpenters, wood-cutters, house-painters, etc.);
-- persons who are performing independent trade activities, on own unit (shop, market stalls, etc.), or as ambulant vendors (on fairs, markets, cattle fairs, streets operators);
-- persons working independent transport services (taxi drivers, independent carriers);
-- free professionals (medical doctors on their own clinic, lawyers, musicians, artists, independent accountants, translators);
-- persons committed on written civil contract basis to perform services to economic or social units;
-- individual farmers (only the heads of the household working on own agricultural farm);
-- holders having written contracts or concessionary terms non-related to any employees;
-- contributing workers for home domestic jobs (cleaning, ironing, washing, wood-cutting, children care, old men care, sick men care, etc.).

-- The mark x will be written on the code box 4 (member of an agricultural company/cooperative) -- for persons members of an agricultural company, or the craft cooperative, consumption cooperative or credit cooperative, achieving non-wage incomes.

-- The mark x will be written on the code box 5 (contributing family worker to the own household) -- for the persons who usually are aiding a member of the household, either this is working on its own commercial enterprise, or is working on own account, but who are not receiving wages for their activity (unpaid family aid). To this category are also included the family members of the individual farmer who are working for own household.

[p. 54]

-- The mark x will be written on the cassette of the code 6 (other situation) -- for persons who are not possible to be classified on the above mentioned categories (for instance occasional day -- laborer).

Particular situation: the persons temporarily absent from the working place (see paragraph 67), and unemployed seeking another work will be recorded with the preceding activity status.


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Romania 2011 — source variable RO2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Questions 32-36 refer to the main activity. And apply only to a persons whose answer to question 31.1 was different from 0 and persons whose answer to question 30 was "unemployed looking for another job" (code 2). For the latter, the characteristics corresponding to their last job shall be recorded

33. Occupational status

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Self -employed
[] 4 Member of an agricultural company/co-operative
[] 5 (Unpaid) family helper
[] 6 Another situation

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Russia 2002 — source variable RU2002A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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16. What was your job?
If you had more than one job (gainful occupation), indicate the job (or occupation) which you consider to be the most important.
[] 1 As a paid worker
[] 2 At your own enterprise or business:
[] a Permanently employing workers
[] b Not employing workers or occasionally employing workers
[] c As a member of a production cooperative (workshop)
[] 3 As an unpaid assistant at an enterprise or on a peasant holding or farm belonging to a relative or relatives
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11. Employment

Question 11. Did you perform any work for wage or salary a week before the census?
One of the suggested prompts should be marked for persons over 15 years.
"Yes" - for those in paid employment one week before the census (from October 2 to October 8, 2002) who:
1) Performed work regardless of the time of actual payment for the job:

- Work (at least one hour) for consideration regardless of the type: permanent, temporary, seasonal, odd or other job done for consideration;
- Paid public works;
- Work yielding income (but not for hire) - performed independently or with one or several partners - with or without hired labor;
- Unpaid work at a family enterprise or farm;
[p. 54]
2) Were temporarily not at work, but had a formal attachment to their job (e.g., an interpreter employed by the company awaiting a call).
The reasons of temporary absence from work are the following:

- Illness or injury, nursing care;
- Annual leave or days off, compensatory leave or holiday, overtime or weekend (holiday) compensation;
- Maternity and child rearing leave provided for by the law;
- Studies or retraining outside the place of employment, academic leave;
- Suspension of work with/without leave (holiday premium) on the management's initiative;
- Rotation shift duty or another specific type of the job;
- Strike;
- Other similar reasons.

Students and pensioners in paid employment a week before the census (from October, 2 to October 8, 2002) are deemed employed. Mark the "Yes" option for them.
Those with the "Yes" option marked in question l1, must have an identified source of livelihood indicated in question 10 "income from work (except work at personal subsidiary plots)"
"No" - for those out of work or without a paying job, who were solely:

- Attending a military academy, post-graduate course, doctor's degree course as a full-time student;
- Engaged in own-account production retained by the producer;
- Performing household duties in cleaning the house, cooking for household members, tailoring, repair, laundering and cleaning of clothes for household members, upbringing of children, rearing of the elderly or sick members of the household;
- Rendering services as a volunteer without pay to different persons or charity organizations, parent-teacher associations, veterans' committees, orphanages or old people's homes etc.;
-Owning stock of enterprises or companies without direct participation in the economic activity of the enterprise or company;
-Engaged in mendicancy, collection of empty bottles etc.
[p. 55]
The "No" option should be also chosen for those who did not have a job or a paying employment during the week preceding the enumeration point of time.
Ask the persons with the "Yes" option. "What is your status at your primary job?" Inform the respondent of all the prompts and let him/her choose the appropriate answer.
If a respondent had more than one job (paying occupation), ask him/her to identify a job he/she him/herself considers to be the primary job.
If the respondent finds difficulty in identifying the primary job, it is the one where he/she worked most of the time, or the one yielding larger income.
Those who changed the main job during the reference week, should identify the job he/she was doing by the end of the week.
Mark one of two suggested prompts.
"Working for hire" - for those who worked under a written agreement, contract or verbal agreement concluded with the management of an enterprise, organization or institution of any form of ownership, or with a private employer, and were remunerated by a wage or salary (in cash or in kind). The same option should be chosen for:

- Persons elected, appointed or commissioned as manager, or director, or other persons receiving a managerial wage;
- Students receiving a salary;
- Members of the family who worked at a family enterprise for a consideration and enjoyed the same rights and were paid on a par with others performing the same work;
- Ministers of religions.

"Working, but not for hire" - for those who:

- worked at an own enterprise (on an individual basis) with or without hired labor;
- were members of producers' cooperatives (crews);
- worked without pay on a farm, in a producers' cooperative, at a private enterprise (individual or family enterprise) owned by a relative.

The respondents who identified themselves as "Working, but not for hire" should also choose one of the additional prompts:
[p. 56]
"With hired labor" - for those who managed his/her own enterprise or were independently engaged in professional activity or commerce, and used one or more hired workers.
"Without hired labor" - for those who were independently engaged in professional activity or commerce, and did not hire workers.
"Other activity'' for those who were members of a producers' cooperative (crew), i.e. worked at an own enterprise (cooperative) producing commodities or services, where each owner enjoys equal rights with other owners in decision-making on the matters of production, sale and other aspects of the cooperative's activity, investment and distribution of income among the members~ for those who worked without pay on a farm, in a producers' cooperative, at a private enterprise (individual or family enterprise) owned by a relative.


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Russia 2010 — source variable RU2010A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Questions 11.2-11.4 are for the respondents, who had work during the period of October 7-13, 2010

11.2 What is your status at the place of your main occupation?

[] Employee (by agreement, on a contract, on an oral arrangement)
[] Employer (on one's own enterprise or organization, in one's own business)
[] With permanent use of employees' labor
[] Without permanent use of employees' labor
[] Other
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Section 11. Employment and unemployment
Questions of this section are filled in only by the individuals aged 15 to 72 years inclusive.

Questions 11.2 - 11.4 are asked only to those who had a job from 7th to 13th October 2010, i.e. those who marked "yes" as an answer to question 11.1.

Question 11.2. What was your title at the main place of work?
Question 11.2 is filled only by those with "yes" in question 11.1 field.
Mark "employed (under an agreement, contract or according to the oral agreement)" shall be put if respondent worked by a written agreement, a labor agreement, contract or according to the oral agreement, concluded with the administration of an enterprise (organization, institution) of any form of ownership or with a private employer (with making a record in a work-book or without it) for a reward in the form of remuneration of labor (in the monetary or natural form). This mark is also put for:

- Elected, appointed or approved managers, directors and other individuals who get salary as a manager of organization, enterprise, institution;
- Apprentices and trainees, who get wages;
- Members of a family who worked for a family-run company for salary and had the same rights, were paid the same way as others, who did the same work;
- Insurance agents;
- Servicemen;
- Ministers of various religions.

The mark "self-employed (own business or organization)" shall be put for those who:

- Worked at his/her own enterprise, organization or business and attracted employees or worked without them;
- Was a member of a production cooperative (artel);
- Worked without payment in a small peasant farm, in a production cooperative (individual and family) owned by a relative.

Those, who put a mark "self-employed (own business or organization)" also need to put a mark relevant to one of three following prompts:
"With hiring employees" will be marked by an employer who ran his/her own enterprise (organization, business) or was engaged in independent professional or commercial activities and hired one or more employees. The respondent could hire employees by a written contract or oral agreement, full-time or seasonally, for a certain or indefinite period of time, for a certain or indefinite volume of work and services.
"Without hiring employees" - will be marked by an individual (private) entrepreneur who was engaged in independent professional or commercial activities and did not hire employees or hired them on case basis.
"Another" will be marked by members of a production cooperative (artel), who worked without payment in a small peasant farm or individual (family) enterprise owned by a relative.
For example, if a respondent worked as a taxi-driver for a taxi park, he shall put a mark "employed (under an agreement, contract or according to the oral agreement)", and if he was occupied with a private cabbing, then he shall mark the prompt "self-employed (own business or organization)" and put a mark "Without hiring employees".
If a respondent has changed his main job within a week of census, this question will refer to work he was doing by the end of the week.


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Rwanda 1991 — source variable RW1991A_CLASSWK — Work status within the occupation
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Active Population / Employed or unemployed
[Questions P22-P24 were asked of individuals who were part of the active population, whether they were working or not]


P23. Work status (Status in occupation)

What is the status of [the respondent] in this occupation?
Circle the number matching the letters corresponding to the answer given, following the abbreviations provided at the bottom of the page.

[] 1 Self employed
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Employee (salaried)
[] 4 Apprentice
[] 5 Family aid / family worker
[] 6 Business partner


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Rwanda 2002 — source variable RW2002A_CLASSWK — Work status
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Population aged 6 years or more
[Questions 16-25.]

Active Population/currently employed or previously employed
[Questions P22-P25]


P23. Work status/status in occupation

What is (was) the status of ____ in his/her occupation?

Circle the code corresponding to one of the abbreviations provided at the bottom of the page, according to the declaration of the interviewee.

[] 1. IND = Self employed
[] 2. EMP = Employer
[] 3. SP = Full time employee/permanent salary
[] 4. ST = Part time employee/part time salary
[] 5. APP = Apprentice
[] 6. AID = Family worker
[] 7. AU = Others

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C. Questions asked to all residents aged 6 years or more (questions from P16 to P25)


These questions aim at knowing the activities related to education and employment for persons aged 6 years or more [the French text says more than 6 years].

Children aged less than 6 years are not concerned with questions from P16 to P25.


Employment status (occupational status) (P21 to P25)

The following questions concern only the population aged 6 years and above. For persons below that age, one will write nothing on questions P24 to P30.

For persons who are employed, one will ask the type of work or the type of employment they are in, or that they were in from July 15, 2002 to August 15, 2002.


[Questions P22-P25 were asked of active persons who are currently or were previously employed]


P23: Employment status

If the enumerated person had a job, or has lost the job within the census week, one will write in P23 that she was self-employed and one will circle the number corresponding to the answer given.

IND: This is somebody who does not need a boss, and does not receive a salary for his/her work ; he/she could work on his/her own, or could need salaried assistants.

EMP: An employer is an entrepreneur in any branch of activity (industry) who employs and pays a salary to the persons who work for him/her for periods of more than six months.

SP: A salaried person, that is, a person who works, or used to work in a permanent job for a salary. His/her employer could be the State, or any other moral or physical person. This person may also do his/her own business aside.

[p.45]

ST: Occasional salaried person. This is a worker who is called only when needed, and who is laid off (retrenched/dismissed) when the job is done.

APP: The apprentice works for a boss with the aim of gaining a qualification, a craft, a specialization; he/she is not paid for his/her work. He may be given free lodging, free food, and may get some small gifts.

AF: A family aid is someone who helps a relative in his/her work, without getting for it a regular salary, in cash or in kind. He/she is usually given free lodging and free food, and receives occasionally small gifts.

AU: Other.

Remark:
The census enumerator will avoid, during the interview, to ask the question as: "what occupation do you have?" He/she will ask simply: "Do you usually work on your own, or do you work for someone else?"

The answers, "Yes" or "No", allow one to know the status (EMP and IND).

Questions such as "Does your work require a salary? Or does your boss pay you a salary in any way?"

The answers, "Yes or "No", allow one to distinguish between SP and AP.

Example:
A person just spent eight months in Kigali, looking for a job; before that, he/she was working in the fields with his/her parent in Runda. Circle number "6" (AF) in P23.

Let us come back on examples for P21.

For a civil servant on leave of absence, circle number "3" in P23.
For a woman who works in agriculture, circle number "1" in P23.
For someone who does housework without any salary, see P21 = "4" (PFO), and do not write any thing in P23, because he/she does not have a job, and is not looking for one.


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Rwanda 2012 — source variable RW2012A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Section P: Characteristics of population

[Questions 25-28 were asked for residents aged 5 and over who are currently working or have ever worked (as indicated in questions 20-22 above).]

26. What is the respondent's status in employment?

[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 contributing family worker
[] 5 Producers' cooperative member
[] 6 Other
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P25 to P28: For residents who have ever worked or are currently working

P26: Employment status
Ask: What is [the person]'s status in employment?
Encircle code number corresponding to response given.

1 - Employee
This category includes those who, for the last 7 days have worked on permanent basis and paid continually on a monthly, weekly, daily, or hourly basis, and were paid from government, parastatal, private employer, NGO, non-profitable organizations such as churches, etc.

This category also includes those who, for the last 7 days have worked on contract basis and paid continually on a monthly, weekly, daily, or hourly basis, and were paid from government, parastatal, private employer, NGO, non-profitable organizations such as churches, etc.

2 - Employer
This is a person who, working on his or her own economic account/enterprise or engaged independently in a profession or trade with one or few partners, and hires on a continuous basis [including the reference period] one or more persons to work for him/her as employees.

3 - Self-employed
These are own-account workers who operate their own economic enterprise or engage independently in a profession or trade. The remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. They worked a productive activity for the last 7 days in their enterprise.

4 - Contributing family worker
Those members of household who worked without pay for families during the reference period.

5 - Producers' cooperative member
This person is one of the cooperative members and had worked for a cooperative in 7 days before census night.

6 - Other
All other persons not falling into any of the above categories.

If employee, encircle code "1"
If employer, encircle code "2"
If cooperative members, encircle code "5" etc.


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Saint Lucia 1991 — source variable LC1991A_CLASSWK — Employment type
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Section 7. Economic activity
For persons 15 years and over
[Questions 7.1 through 7.17 were asked of all individuals over the age of 15.]


7.14 Did you/he/she carry on your/his/her own business, work for a wage or salary or as an unpaid worker in a family business?

[Question 7.14 was asked of persons 15 and older who have a present workplace, per question 7.12]

[] Paid employee- government -- Skip to 7.16
[] Paid employee- private -- Skip to 7.16
[] Unpaid worker -- Skip to 7.18
[] Own business with paid help (employer) -- Skip to 7.16
[] Own business without paid help (own account)
[] Don't know / not stated -- Skip to 7.18


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Senegal 1988 — source variable SN1988A_CLASSWK — Work status (past 12 months)
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For persons aged 6 years and above, or born before 1982
[Questions 15 through 21 were asked of persons age 6 and older]


[Question P21 was asked of persons who were employed or jobless but looking for work, as per question P18.]

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P20) Employment status. Ask the following question: "What is your role within the occupation that you declared at last question?"

Circle: 1.EMPLOYER for an employer. An employer is a person who employs salaried people, and pays them either entirely in cash, or partly in cash and partly in kind.

Circle: 2.SALARIED for persons who receive a salary, that is an amount in cash (money), whether regularly or not.
The migrant workers in agriculture are also considered as salaried (sourgha), because they are partly or completely in kind or in cash.


Circle 3.INDEPENDENT for persons who are self employed (who work by themselves), possibly with family aids or apprentices.

Circle 4.AID for family aids who work for a relative, without receiving a payment of any sort.

Circle 5.APPRENTICE for apprentices, that is, persons who are learning a craft or an occupation. He or she may receive regularly a payment in cash or in kind, or not receive any payment while receiving occasionally little gifts, or even be paying his or her employer in order to learn the skills.

Circle "6.OTHER" for the other cases, not mentioned above, and for the jobless persons who have never worked. For jobless persons who have worked, write the employment status that they had when they had a job.

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Senegal 2002 — source variable SN2002A_CLASSWK — Work status
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For individuals 6 years of age and older
[B16-B19 were asked of individuals 6 years and older]


B19. Work status

Circle: the appropriate code

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self employed
[] 3 Salaried
[] 4 Trainee
[] 5 Family aid
[] 6 Apprentice
[] 7 Other cases

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Note: The following questions (from B16 to B19) apply to all persons aged 6 years and above. Write an oblique hyphen for the persons who are less than 6 years of age.


B19. Work status

Ask the following question: "What is your situation in the occupation that you have declared at the previous question?"

Circle "1 EM" for employer. An employer is a person who employs salaried people, that he or she is paying in cash or in kind, or both ways.

Note: The persons who pay maids are not considered as employers.

Circle "2 IN" for self employed. These are persons who work on their own (for their own sake), and who have no employees that he or she pays, but who may possibly utilize family aids or apprentices.

Circle "3 SA" for salaried persons. This is the case of a person who works for an employer, private or public, and who receives a payment (a salary or a commission, in cash or in kind), whether regular or not. Are also considered as salaried the agricultural seasonal worker [sourgha] who is paid in part or completely in cash or in kind.

Circle "4 ST" for trainees. He or she just completed a school, technical or vocational, and is looking for acquiring a work experience in his or her skills. They are generally students in national schools and institutes of technology or university institutes. The persons who are following a training prior being hired are not considered as salaried, but rather as trainees. The students who have not yet completed their coursus are not considered as trainees, even if they follow a training path in an industrial company, a bank or any production unit.

A trainee is therefore a person who has completed his or her studies, who works in a company, where he or she has not been hired, but who is rather looking for acquiring a certain work experience, or for consolidating his or her competence.


Circle "5 AF" for family aid. A family aid is a person who works for a relative, without receiving a payment.

Circle "6 AP" for apprentice. An apprentice is a person who learns a skill. He or she may receive a regular payment, in cash or in kind, or may not receive a payment while still getting occasionally little gifts, or even may be paying his or her employer for learning a skill.

Circle "7 AU" for other cases.

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Senegal 2013 — source variable SN2013A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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B. Individual characteristics

Population aged 6 years or older
[Question B33 through B40 were asked of resident person age 6 or older.]

B38. Situation regarding the main source of employment

What is (or was) [the respondent]'s situation in this occupation? Enter the code corresponding to the answer provided (see the bottom of the page)
[] 01 Self-employed
[] 02 Employer / boss
[] 03 Salaried / permanent employee
[] 04 Salaried / temporary employee
[] 05 Apprentice
[] 06 Family aid
[] 07 Other
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4.2. Part B: individual characteristics

B38: situation in occupation or main activity
Ask the following question:
''What is your situation in the activity declared in the last question B37?''
- Record the independent code ''1''. That is, an individual who works for themselves (on their own behalf) and who does not have employees they pay but who possibly can be helped by family or apprentices.
- Record Code ''2'' for an employer. An employer is a person who employs one or more employees that they pay in cash or in kind or both at the same time.
- Record Code ''3'' for employee/permanent employee. This is the case for an individual who works for a private or public employer and who receives remuneration (a salary or commissions in cash or in kind) on a regular basis.
- Record Code ''4'' for employee/temporary employee. An individual who is used for a specified period is also considered as a temporary or seasonal employee. This is the case with ''Sourgha'' who are paid in part or completely in kind or in cash.
- Record code ''5'' for Apprentice.
[p. 48]
- Record code ''6'' for family aide. A family aide works for a relative without receiving remuneration.
- Record code ''7'' for other.
NB: On the PDA, you will choose the answer on a drop-down list.


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Sierra Leone 2015 — source variable SL2015A_ACTIVITY — Economic activity in the past 12 months
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[Section II was answered for all persons who selected living in occupied housing units in question I15]

10 years and above [Questions P25-P33]

Economic activity [Questions P28-P31]

P28. Employment status

What was [the respondent's] main (or usual) employment status during the past 12 months?

If 9 to 14, go to P32

[] 01 Paid employee
[] 02 Self-employed without employees
[] 03 Self-employed with employees (employer)
[] 04 Unpaid family worker
[] 05 Paid apprentice
[] 06 Unpaid apprentice
[] 07 Worked before but currently looking for work
[] 08 Looking for work for the first time
[] 09 Household work
[] 10 Not working and not looking for work
[] 11 Full time student
[] 12 Retired/pensioner
[] 13 Others
[] 14 Don't know
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Section 2: Population characteristics

Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.

Columns P28 to P31 -- Economic activity (for persons 10 years and over)
149. Questions on economic activity relate to respondents who are aged 10 years and above. Note that the reference period is 12 months prior to the census; you must therefore concern yourself with the person's economic activities within that period and not beyond.

P28 -- Employment status
150. This question seeks to establish whether the respondent did any work regularly during the last 12 months to the census. The appropriate codes are provided in the code list. The definitions of current employment status are:


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Slovakia 1991 — source variable SK1991A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Part A - Information about persons
Instructions for completing Part A - Information about persons
[Instructions include an example that is omitted here.]

19. Social category ____

Filled by the econ. active persons and all pensioners; laborers and employees will also specify the sector (state, private, cooperative, mixed); laborer, employee, member of agricultural cooperative, member of production cooperative, employer (with one or more employees), privately operating farmer, self-employed tradesman, person in a liberal profession, helper in a family business, etc.
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Part A - Personal information

Questions 17 to 23
(a) economically active persons, including working pensioners, women on maternity leave, military service soldiers, persons in custody and in jail, and persons assisting (free of charge) in a family business complete all questions
b) pupils and students (including vocational school pupils) do not complete questions 18 and 19
c) other persons dependent on the breadwinner (mainly children, housewives) complete only question 17
d) non-working pensioners complete only questions 17-19.


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Slovakia 2001 — source variable SK2001A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Personal form

15. Social group

Employee working for wage, salary, other kind of remuneration
[] In a state enterprise (budgetary organization or contribution organization, state share company or other organization owned by the state)
[] In a private enterprise (at company, at tradesman)
[] In an agricultural cooperative or other cooperative organization
[] At other employer
[] Member of production cooperative
[] Entrepreneur (partner, tradesman) with employees
[] Entrepreneur (partner, tradesman, own account agricultural worker, liberal profession) without employees
[] Helping (non-paid) household member in family enterprise
[] Other non-specified
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Explanations for filling in the personal form

15. Social group
To be filled in by the category working and by working pensioners according to the current job.
Non-working pensioners, unemployed, persons at military service, persons in a prison, persons on maternity (parental) leave according to the last job. Should not be filled in by children up to age 16, apprentices, secondary school students, and university students.

Employees working for wage, salary, other kind of compensation:
Comprises persons with the work relation, for certain, as well as for uncertain time [period], employees appointed or voted in service relation (i.e. armed forces, police, including persons at military services). Also persons employed on the base of agreement upon working activity and of agreement upon carrying out work.
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Members of production cooperative:
Comprises the members of production, agricultural, or other production cooperatives. Employees of these cooperatives and members of consumer cooperatives.
Entrepreneur (partner, tradesman) with employees entrepreneur (partner, tradesman, own account agricultural worker, liberal profession) without employees:
Comprises persons with or without employees according to their entrepreneur activities. These are persons recorded in business register, in tradesmen register, persons conducting their entrepreneur activities on the base of special regulations (doctors, lawyers, experts, auditors, actors, self-employed farmers, etc.)
Helping (non-paid) household members in a family enterprise:
Comprises persons working on the other base as a legal working relation.
Other non-specified:
Comprises all persons not included in one of previous categories and persons not included in work relation (e.g. graduates) and homekeeping persons.

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Slovakia 2011 — source variable SK2011A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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A. Data on population

9. Current activity status

[] Professionals (other than pensioners)
[] Working pensioner
[] Person on maternity leave
[] Person on parental leave
[] Unemployed
[] Secondary school student
[] University student
[] Person in household
[] Pensioner
[] Capital gain beneficiary
[] Child under 16 years of age (born after 20.5.1995)
[] Other

11. Status in employment (current or last performed)

[] Employee
[] Entrepreneur with employees
[] Entrepreneur without employees
[] Cooperative member
[] Contributing (unpaid) household member in family business
[] Other
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Census form A. Population data
Census form A. Population data was completed by each member of the household. For a minor citizen or a citizen who could not provide data on his/her own, the data should be provided by their legal representative, a family member or the owner of the house.

Employment status
Employment status is information about the current or last occupational position of a resident in the work process, which corresponds to his current or last performed main job. Employment status was derived from the type of work activity and the form of remuneration for the work performed. The resident should mark one of the following options:

- Employee
For the purposes of the census, a resident with a fixed-term or indefinite period of employment, an employee in service (army and police), appointed or elected. Employees are also residents employed at the decisive point of the census on an agreement to perform work or an agreement of work activity. This group does not include full-time students of secondary schools and universities if they worked on the basis of agreements on work performed outside employment.
- Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is a person registered in the Commercial Register, in the Trade Register and also a person doing business on the basis of special regulations (a doctor, lawyer, expert, auditor, artist, self-employed farmer, etc.).
- Entrepreneur with employees
This group includes entrepreneurs employing other persons (employees) in the course of their business.
- Entrepreneur without employees
This group consists of entrepreneurs who do not employ any employees in the course of their business (e.g. self-employed entrepreneurs).
- Member of the cooperative
This group includes members of production, agricultural or other production cooperatives if membership of one of the production cooperatives was the only type of work activity they performed.
- Assisting (unpaid) household member in a family business
Assisting (unpaid) household member in a family business is a resident who worked in a family business on a basis other than an employment relationship.
- Other
Other occupational status should be indicated if none of the above options corresponded to the resident's employment position.

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South Africa 1996 — source variable ZA1996A_WMPLOYME — Class of worker
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Question 16-19 should be answered for each person in the household, whether child or adult, born before 10 October 1991 (5 years or older)


19.2. How can one best describe (the person's) activities or work status?

[] 1 = Works for him-/herself without employing anyone else (self-employed)
[] 2 = Works for him-/herself and employs other people (employer)
[] 3 = Works for an organisation or someone else (employee)
[] 4 = Works in family business


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South Africa 2001 — source variable ZA2001A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Ask for all persons aged 10 years and older (born before 10 October 1991)


Had work


P-19. Work status (If YES to P-18)

_ How can one best describe (the person's) main activity or work status?
1 = Paid employee
2 = Paid family worker
3 = Self-employed
4 = Employer
5 = Unpaid family worker
6 = Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Question P-19 -- Work status

"How can one best describe (the person's) main activities or work status?"

Remember to focus on the seven days before the census.

If a person has two occupations ask for the occupation worked most at.

There are five possibilities. Read out the categories to the first respondent.

1 = "paid employee". This means a person who works for someone else or a company for a wage or salary, or for commissions from sales or bonuses, or for payment in kind such as food, housing or training.

2 = "paid family workers", e.g. in shops or on farms. They get a normal salary or wages.

3 = "self-employed". This means a person who has his or her own business or enterprise but does not employ other persons except for unpaid family workers.

4 = "employer". This means a person who works for him/herself and employs others in his or her business.

5 = "unpaid family worker". This means someone that works in a family business or on a family farm without receiving a monetary payment.

6.="Other, specify". Write "6" in the box and write the details on the dotted line.


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South Africa 2007 — source variable ZA2007A_CLASSWK — Work status
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Section E: Employment and economic activities - ask of all persons 15 years and older listed on the flap
[Questions P-30 to P-39 were asked of persons age 15 and older.]


P-36 Work status
How can one describe (the person)'s main activity or work status best?

If yes to any of P-30a to P-30g or P-31 [who were either working during the last seven days or had work that the persons could definitely return to.]
Write code in the box.
Read out :
[] 1 Paid employee
[] 2 Paid family worker
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Employer
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
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5.6. Section E: Employment and Economic Activities

This section is to be asked for every person fifteen (15) years and older listed on the flap.


Questions p-36 to p-38 are to be answered by those who responded "yes" in any of p-30a to P-30G or P-31.


(P-36) Work status: How can one describe (the person's) main activity or work status best?
Read out the list of options. Write code in the box.

If the person has two occupations, ask for the occupation worked most at.

1 = Paid employee - this means a person who works for someone else or for a company/organisation for a wage or salary, or for commissions from sales or bonuses, or payment in kind such as food, housing or training.
2 = Paid family worker - for example, those family members who work in family businesses or on family farms and receive a normal salary or wage.
3 = Self-employed - this means a person who has his or her own business or enterprise but does not employ other persons on a full-time basis.
4 = Employer - this means a person who works for him/herself and employs others in his business.
5 = Unpaid family worker - this means someone who works in a family business or on a family farm without receiving any monetary payment.


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South Sudan 2008 — source variable SS2008A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Economic activity
[Questions 19 - 23: Persons age 10 or older]


23. For those who worked or have worked before, what was [the respondent's] employment status?

[Q21 is asked of persons age 10 or older who worked, did not work but have a job to go back to, or did not work but last week but have work and seeking work and available for work, as per Q19.]
[] 1 Paid employee
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Own account worker
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Unpaid working for others

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7.5. LFQ economic status questions 19-23

The remaining questions are only asked of persons aged 10 years old and above. If you are asking questions for a person 9 years old or less, stop and go to the next person listed on the questionnaire. These questions refer to the period of time 7 days prior to census night.


Q23 For those who worked or have worked before (Q19, 1-3), "What was [the respondent's] employment status?" This question applies only to those persons who were coded "1-3" in Q19. Continuing with the first person listed "Person 01" 10 years old or over who responded "1,2, or 3" in question 19, ask question 23.

You should read the categories aloud so the respondent can choose the correct description of their employment status. You must be able to answer any questions that a respondent may ask about each of the choices. You should also be able to explain the different types of employment statuses in the local language.

(1) "Paid Employee." Includes those who were in paid employment for at least one hour the seven days prior to census night, whether they are paid weekly, monthly, or hourly.

(2) "Employer." Includes those who for at least one hour during the reference period operated their own business, profession or trade and employed one or more employees.

(3) "Own account worker." Includes those who operated their own enterprise, profession, or trade without paid employed and worked for their own consumption or profit. Examples include: basket weavers, coffee and tea sellers, bicycle taxis, fruit sellers, cattle milking, firewood collection, farmers, fishermen, and herders.

(4) "Unpaid family worker." Includes those who worked in the enterprise, profession or trade of the household without pay or profit. Examples include: daughters helping mothers sell food, sons helping watch herds, family members who work in the family store, or family members working on the family farm.

(5) "Unpaid working for others." includes apprentices or trainees who are not paid, participants in food for work programmes and anyone else who works for others but does not receive money.


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Spain 1981 — source variable ES1981A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Answer questions 13, 14, and 15 only if you answered question 12 with answers 2 (Working) or 4 (Unemployed and looking for work, having worked previously).
If the answer to question 12 was 2 (Working), refer to your principal occupation.
If the answer to question 12 was 4 (Unemployed and looking for work, having worked previously), refer to your last job before you became unemployed.


15. Which of the following accurately describes your situation?
Mark the corresponding box with an X.

[] 1 Owner, businessman, or professional who employs other personnel
[] 2 Businessman or professional who does not employ other personnel, or a person who is self-employed
[] 3 Member of a production or commercial cooperative, or an employee of such a cooperative
[] 4 Person who has a steady job, either for a salary, or as a day laborer, or working for commissions, or for any other type of remuneration
[] 5 Person who works occasionally or intermittently, either for a salary, or as a day laborer, or working for commissions, or for any other type of remuneration
[] 6 Person who works, without set pay, in the family business owned by members of the household where you live
[] 7 Another situation different from those described above


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Spain 1991 — source variable ES1991A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Questions 23, 24 and, 25 are to be answered only by those answered the previous question [Number 22] as 2, 4, or 5. Employed persons (answer 2) should refer to their occupation during the week of February 22 to 28. Persons who were unemployed (answer 4) or retired (answer 5) should refer to their last job.


24. Job status
This refers to the person's status in the occupation described in the previous question.

[] 1 Business owner, professional, or self-employed person who employed personnel
[] 2 Business owner, professional, or self-employed worker who did not employ personnel
[] 3 Member of a work cooperative or employee of such a cooperative
[] 4 Person works without pay in the business of a co-resident family member
[] 5 Person who works in a permanent job, for a fixed salary, commissions, daily wage or other type of earnings
[] 6 Person who works sporadically or seasonally, for a fixed salary, commissions, daily wage or other type of earnings
[] 7 Other situation


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Spain 2001 — source variable ES2001A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Remember: This questionnaire should only be completed if the person is at least 16 years old and was studying or working last week.


7. What is your class of work?
Business owner, professional, or self-employed worker

[] self-employed
[] not self-employed

Salaried, employed by someone else
[] Full-time or indefinite contract
[] occasional or temporary worker

Other situations:
[] Employed in family business
[] member of a cooperative


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Spain 2011 — source variable ES2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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17. What is/was his/her professional situation?
Mark only one option

Entrepreneur, professional or self-employed worker:
[] that employs personnel
[] that doesn?t employ personnel
Employee (of a third party)
[] fixed or indefinite
[] occasional or temporary
Other situations:
[] family help
[] member of a cooperative
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1.D.4 Professional situation

The professional situation refers to the kind of work contract (explicit or implicit) with other people or organizations, that the person has in their work position. The basic criteria used for defining the groups of the classification is the kind of economic responsibility and the type of authority that the person assumes about the establishments and their workers.

Information will be collected about this variable for the people that are 15 years or older that:

Are employed during the reference week
Are unemployed during the reference week, but have been employed at least once in the past.

Categories of this variable:

Self-employed worker with fixed or indefinite character
Self-employed worker with eventual or temporary character
Entrepreneur or professional that employs personnel
Entrepreneur or professional that does not employ personnel
Family help
Members of cooperatives

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Sudan 2008 — source variable SD2008A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Economic activity
[Questions 19 - 23: Persons age 10 or older]


23. For those who worked or have worked before, what was [the respondent's] employment status?

[Q21 is asked of persons age 10 or older who worked, did not work but have a job to go back to, or did not work but last week but have work and seeking work and available for work, as per Q19.]

[] 1 Paid employee
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Own account worker
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Unpaid working for others

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Q23 For those who worked or have worked before (Q19, 1-3), "What was [the respondent's] employment status?" This question applies only to those persons who were coded "1-3" in Q19. Continuing with the first person listed "Person 01" 10 years old or over who responded "1,2, or 3" in question 19, ask question 23.

You should read the categories aloud so the respondent can choose the correct description of their employment status. You must be able to answer any questions that a respondent may ask about each of the choices. You should also be able to explain the different types of employment statuses in the local language.
(1) "Paid Employee." Includes those who were in paid employment for at least one hour the seven days prior to census night, whether they are paid weekly, monthly, or hourly.

(2) "Employer." Includes those who for at least one hour during the reference period operated their own business, profession or trade and employed one or more employees.

(3) "Own account worker." Includes those who operated their own enterprise, profession, or trade without paid employed and worked for their own consumption or profit. Examples include: basket weavers, coffee and tea sellers, bicycle taxis, fruit sellers, cattle milking, firewood collection, farmers, fishermen, and herders.

(4) "Unpaid family worker." Includes those who worked in the enterprise, profession or trade of the household without pay or profit. Examples include: daughters helping mothers sell food, sons helping watch herds, family members who work in the family store, or family members working on the family farm.

(5) "Unpaid working for others." includes apprentices or trainees who are not paid, participants in food for work programmes and anyone else who works for others but does not receive money.


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Suriname 2004 — source variable SR2004A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Personal form

Working in main profession
[Question P18 to P20 were asked of persons working.]

P18. The job, odd job or for work was fulfilled by this person as:

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed person
[] 3 Unpaid worker in family undertaking
[] 4 Employee
[] 5 Other
[] 7 Don't know
[] 9 No response

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Suriname 2012 — source variable SR2012A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Personal module

Persons 15 and above (employment)
[Questions P30 - P42 were asked of persons aged 15 and above about their employment.]

P30. Was this person active in the period 6 to 12 August 2012?

Examples of work: activities in agriculture, livestock and fisheries, selling pickles, selling newspapers, jobs, odd jobs.

N.B.: If the person carries out unpaid work in a family business, enter code 1.

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 7 Don't know
[] 9 No response

[If answer 1, go to question P32. Elsewise, go to P31.]

P31. Was this person absent from work in the period 6 to 12 August 2012 due to, for example: leave, illness, holidays, stay abroad, training, strike, weather conditions?

[Question P31 was asked of persons age 15+ who were not active in the period 6 to 12 August 2012, per question P30.]

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 7 Don't know
[] 9 No response

[If answer 2, 7 or 9, go to P38.]

P32. This person was active as:

[Question P32 was asked of persons age 15+ who were active in the period 6 to 12 August 2012, per question P30 or who were not active in that period but absent from work due to, for example: leave, illness, holidays, stay abroad, training, strike, or weather conditions, per question P31.]

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed person
[] 3 Unpaid worker in family business
[] 4 Civil servant
[] 5 Employee with parastatal institution
[] 6 An employee of a private business / NGO
[] 7 Employed at private household
[] 8 Trainee
[] 9 Volunteer
[] 10 Member of a worker co-operative
[] 97 Don't know
[] 99 No response

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Switzerland 1970 — source variable CH1970A_CLASSWK — Position in principal employment
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D. Questions to persons who carry out a profession
[Applies to questions 20-22]


21. Main profession or part time activity:

[Unemployed persons indicate in question 21a and 21b their last employment]


a) What is your present activity (please specify, possibly in note form, e.g. not just factory worker, but e.g. metal polisher, leather preparer; not just "employee" but e.g. punch card operator, general office work):

________


b) Occupational status, hierarchical grade (unskilled worker, apprentice, foreman, skilled worker, home worker, chief clerk, office manager, tenant farmer, business owner, family member employed in family business, etc.):

________


c) Name of employer, firm (persons who work for several employers, e.g. home workers, cleaners, should write 'several' only):

________


d) Branch, line of business (please specify as accurately as possible, e.g. not just "furniture" but "furniture factory" or "furniture dealer"):

________

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Question 21: Principal or part time occupation
a) Which occupation do you have presently?
It should be noted that the current practiced occupation is requested not the profession learned. This question should be answered as precisely as possible. General entries are to be avoided. Housewives and house daughters who work predominantly as such should enter housewives or housework.

[p. 25]

b) Present occupation, level
Persons who work all or most of the time in a family enterprise are working family members. Home workers are persons who work in their dwelling or another self-selected place for wages for one or more employer. Other possibilities are co-owner, director, master, journey man, and apprentice. Public servants give their position title.

c) Name of employer, company
Public servants enter the name of their office.

d) Branch of economy, industry
The branch of economy should be specific, such as cotton spinning, hosiery knitting, grocery store, etc. Female employees in agriculture should state whether they work predominantly in the household or in agricultural duties.

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Switzerland 1980 — source variable CH1980A_CLASSWK — Position in principal employment
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D. Questions to persons who carry out a profession (Numbers 18-20) and housewives (only Number 18c)


19. Main profession or part-time activity:

a. What is your present activity? Please specify, possibly in note form, e.g. not just factory worker, but e.g. metal polisher, electrical winding-machine operator; not just "employee" but e.g. sales-assistant, punch card operator, general office-work.____

b. Occupational status, hierarchical grade: e.g. apprentice, laborer, unskilled worker, home-worker, skilled worker, foreman, chief clerk, shop-foreman, senior bank employee, works manager, tenant-farmer, proprietor, relative employed in family business.____

c. Name of employer, firm ____
[Persons who work for several employers, e.g. home-workers, cleaners, should write 'several' only.]

d. Branch, line of business: please specify as accurately as possible, e.g. not just "furniture" but "furniture factory" or "furniture dealer" ____


E. Questions to pensioners and retired persons


22. Professional status, hierarchical grade____
Examples: see Question 19b

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Question 19: Principal occupation and part time occupation

a) What is your occupation presently?

The current occupation is to be chosen, not the learned profession. The question is to be answered as precisely as possible. The actual occupation, not the position title, is to be entered (see examples on the questionnaire.)

Fulltime housewives and house daughters enter "housewife" or "housekeeping" in question 19a.
Persons working in institutions enter their specific occupation there.

[p. 43]

b) Position at work

Persons who work all or most of the time in a family enterprise are working family members. Home workers are persons who work in their dwelling or another self-selected place for wages for one or more employer.
Other possibilities are, for example, journey man, apprentice, director, co-owner. Public servants give their position title.

c) Name of employer, company

Public servants enter the name of their office.

d) Branch of economy, industry

The branch of economy should be specific, such as cotton spinning, hosiery knitting, grocery store, etc.
Female employees in agriculture should state whether they work predominantly in the household or in agricultural duties.


Questions 21 and 22: Former occupation of retired persons

The analysis of this question is to provide information on health risks and life expectancies of the various professions.

Retired persons state the occupation they had when they retired at the retirement age (men 65, women 62), even so if they might have answered already 19a and b, because they worked beyond the retirement age. If such a job after retirement is different from that before retirement, then the former should be considered for questions 19a and b, and the latter for questions 21 and 22.


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Switzerland 1990 — source variable CH1990A_CLASSWK — Position in principal employment
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II. Profession: Questions to employed, unemployed and persons no longer employed


12. Professional status

For employed persons: please indicate your professional status.

For unemployed persons and those no longer employed: please indicate your professional status in your last job:

[] 1 Self-employed (own business, free-lance)
[] 2 Relative employed in family business
[] 3 Employed as apprentice (indentured or not)
[] 4 Employed as manager, executive employee, senior civil servant
[] 5 Employed at middle and lower levels, e.g. as office manager, section head, branch manager/ess, workshop foreman, foreman
[] 6 Employed in another function, e.g. as white-collared worker, blue-collared worker, trainee
[] 7 Other position, namely: ____


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Switzerland 2000 — source variable CH2000A_CLASSWK — Position in principal employment
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Questions 15 and 16 are intended for people in employment and apprentices


15. What is your current professional status?

[] Self-employed without employees (own business, free-lance)
[] Self-employed with employees (own business, free-lance)
[] Relative employed in family business

Employed as:

Indicate your main job (select just one reply)

[] Apprenticeship (indentured or not)
[] Employee in own corporation (e.g. stock corporation, plc)
[] Manager, executive employee, senior civil servant
[] Middle or junior level, e.g. office manager, section head, branch manager, group manager, workshop foreman, foreman
[] White-collar worker, blue-collar worker, trainee

[] Other position, namely: ________


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Switzerland 2011 — source variable CH2011A_CLASSWK — Work status
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Personal questionnaire

11. What is your current labour market situation?

Please tick everything that applies (more than one answer is possible). Casual jobs should also be entered. Tick ''in employment'' if:
- You work at least one hour per week for payment, or;
- You work in a family business without payment, or
- You are temporarily away from work (on holiday, sick leave or paid maternity leave, military / community service) but are otherwise employed or self-employed.

Apprentices should select both ''in employment'' and ''undergoing training.''

[] 1 In full-time employment
[] 2 In part-time employment
[] 3 In several part-time employments
[] 4 Seeking a job (whether or not registered for unemployment insurance)
[] 5 Undergoing training (school, studies, apprenticeship)
[] 6 Looking after home or family
[] 7 Disabled or partially disabled (e.g. person in receipt of Federal Disability Insurance)
[] 8 Retired (in receipt of AHV (retirement) or other pension), or pensioner in receipt of benefit other than disability insurance
[] 9 Other non-employed situation

[If 1, 2, or 3 is chosen,] average number of hours worked per week: _ _

30. What is the person's occupational status?

Only one answer.

[Asked only of those who do not live alone in question 23.]

Only to be completed by persons in employment (incl. apprentices). Refer to the person's main occupation.

Person 2
[] 1 Self-employed or owner of the stock corporation or plc
[] 2 Relative employed in family business
[] 3 Employed as director or board member
[] 4 Employee with managerial responsibility
[] 5 Employee without managerial responsibility (including apprentice)
[Same questions are repeated for persons 3 - 6 and omitted from this form]
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3.3 Structural statistics

3.3.2 Basic output
The structural statistics provide additional information on the basic statistics, together with base information for the analysis of the thematic statistics of the census system. They cover the resident population, excluding people who live in institutional households. The information on dwellings relates to occupied dwellings. The structural statistics provide annual results on the following topic areas:

T4 Information provided by the structural statistics

Topic area "work"
Occupation/participation in the labour market          
- Employment status
- Current occupation
- Status in occupation
- Socio-professional category
- Economic branch, legal status, and size of the enterprise
- Number of hours worked per week, work-time percentage
Unemployment

 

- Labour market status
- Unemployment rate

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Tanzania 1988 — source variable TZ1988A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Persons 5 years and older
[Applied to questions 14 to 18]


If in Q.17 the code filled is 12, skip to question 19.
[Question 18 was asked "00" to people who responded with a code 12 in question Q17. However, code 12 is not documented.]

18. Is [the respondent] an:

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Own account/shamba
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 5 Other not specified


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Tanzania 2002 — source variable TZ2002A_CLASSWKR — Status in employment
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D. Economic activity
For persons age 5 and older
[Questions 16-20.]


18. Employment status
Was [respondent] an employer, employee, own account worker- non agriculture, own account worker- agriculture, contributing family worker, an apprentice?

Write the appropriate code.
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D. Employment: For people of age five and above
This part has five questions (question 16-20) which have to be answered by people of age 5 and above. For census purposes, a job is any economic activity, either if you get paid, make profit, do barter trade, or for domestic use. Housework is not regarded as a job except looking for firewood and fetching water from a source which is far from the respondent's living place. Housework includes laundry works, cleaning, cooking, etc. The housework mentioned above will be considered as economic activities if they are paid for. A house maid doing these works should be considered as employed.


Question 18: Were you an employer, employee, self-employed in agriculture, self-employed in non-agricultural activities, domestic worker without payment, or other?
The aim of this question is to know the employment status of the respondent. Employment status means the conditions of work of a person. This status can be divided into "paid employment" on one side and "self-employment" on the other side. It is possible that the respondent did more than one job: to answer questions 18, 19, and 20 the major activity or the one that took the longest time will be used. Among these two types of employment, there are groups that are defined according to the responsibilities or authority that the respondent has due to his work or potentials, as follows:

  • Employer: One who gets his work done by employing another people, without taking into consideration the kind of contract between the employee and the employer. These works are those of any kind of payment.
  • Employee: A person employed by any type of employer be it public or private. An employee must receive any kind of payment, either daily, monthly, or for specific period of time depending on their agreement.
  • Self-employment in non-agricultural activities: One who is involved in economic activities where he plans and supervises [hiss business] on his own. These activities include business and others that are not agricultural.
  • Self-employment in agriculture: A person whose work is agriculture even if it a small garden. Women who work together with their husbands in one farm are to be included in code "4" and not otherwise.
  • Domestic work without payment: This involves activities done for the benefit of the household; for example, fetching water, collecting firewood, and other economic activities done in the household.

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  • Apprentices: Any person who has joined professional studies; for example, car technician, machine technician, etc. There is a possibility for the apprentice to be paid or not, depending on the institution he/she is in.

The following codes are for question 18:
Employment status
[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Self-employed in non agricultural activities
[] 4 Self-employed in agriculture
[] 5 Domestic work without payment
[] 6 Apprentices
[] 7 Others
[] 9 Unknown

[Illustration for question 18 is omitted]

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Tanzania 2012 — source variable TZ2012A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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D. Economic activity: All persons aged 5 years and above
[Questions 23-27 were asked of persons aged 5+]

Economic activity

25. Employment status

In the week preceding the census' night was [the respondent] an...

[] Employer
[] Employee
[] Own account worker non agriculture
[] Own account worker agriculture
[] Contributing family worker
[] An apprentice

Write and shade the appropriate code. Codes are in a separate handbook.
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Questions 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 ask about economic activities in the past 24 months and past one week, employments status, work, and main activities at work place [industry] for individuals aged 5 years and above.

For census purposes, a job is any economic activity, whether you get paid, make profit, do barter trade, or for domestic paid jobs.
Explanation/clarification of the question: Questions on economic activities will enable the nation understand the level of employment in various economic sectors, types of employment, scarcity of employment, amount of available labor force, and areas of employment.

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Thailand 1970 — source variable TH1970A_CLASSWKR — Work status in principal occupation past year
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If recorded "working" in question 22, answer questions 23 and 24.


24. Work status:

[] Employer
[] Self-employed
[] Government employee
[] Private employee
[] Unpaid household worker

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3.31 Employment status
Employment status refers to the status that the person is occupying in a working place or in a business. Employment status can be divided into the following categories.
3.31.1 Employers refer to those who run their business and hire other people to work as employees.
Employers in this sense do not include those who hire someone to cook, clean, do laundry, and baby-sit, etc.

Example 1: Mr. Som owns a restaurant and hires Miss Samorn as a chef of the restaurant. Mr. Som is regarded as an employer.
Example 2: Mr. Chart owns a coffee shop and hires Mrs. Chusri to cook for Mr. Chart's household. Mr. Chart is not considered as an employer.


3.31.2 Employees mean those who work for the others and receive wages or get paid on monthly, daily, or product-piece basis, or service fees from employers. Wages can be in the form of money or other materials.
Employees can be divided into 2 categories.

a. "Government employees" refers to government officials and workers, state enterprise's workers, employees of government agencies, international organizations, municipality, and local organizations
b. "Private employees" refers to those who work for private companies or private businesses. Those who work in households such as doing laundry, baby sitting, cooking are also considered private employees.


3.31.3 Private business owner without employee means those who are self-employed and do business for profit. They may work alone or work with others for dividends, but they do not hire others to be employees in their business. They may have relatives or trainees working with them, but the relatives or trainees do not receive any wage or allowance.

Example 1: Mrs. Me has a hair salon and a tailor shop at home, where she works alone. Mrs. Me is regarded as a private business owner without employees.
Example 2: Mrs. Me has a hair salon and a tailor shop at home. Mrs. Me has Miss Sri as a partner, and their share the profits. Both Mrs. Me and Miss Sri are considered as private business owners without employees.
Example 3: Mrs. Me has a hair salon and a tailor shop at home, and she has Miss Som who is her daughter as her assistant. Mrs. Me does not pay any wage to Miss Som. Mrs. Me is regarded as private business owner without employees, and Miss Som is a worker in the household business without receiving any wage.
Example 4: Mr. Daeng, his wife, and their 3 children together plough and plant rice in their own rice farm. They ask for help from their neighbors to help in harvesting. Mr. Daeng is regarded as a private business owner without employees, and his wife and children are workers in the household business without receiving any wage.


3.31.4 Household business assistants without wages refer to those who work in the household activities without receiving wages in the agricultural activities or in business. Their household members may own and run the business, and the household business assistants may work for any time period.

Example 1: Mr. Korn helps his father in the garage owned by his father, and Mr. Korn does not get paid nor receives any dividends.
Example 2: Mr. Chom lives in Mr. Chob (his brother)'s house, and he helps Mr. Chob in farming without getting paid.
Both Mr. Korn and Mr. Chom are regarded as household business assistants without wages. If anyone is paid or receives allowance, they will be regarded as private employees.


[From column 17 to column 24, ask only persons age 11 years or older.]


If working in Column 22, answer in columns 23 and 24.


Column 24: Work Status (see details in chapter 3 number 3.31)
Ask: "What was the person's work status?" Record the work status from one of the following categories:

Employer
Business owner without employee
Government employee
Private employee
Unpaid family worker


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Thailand 1980 — source variable TH1980A_WORK — Work status
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For Persons born before and in 1968
[Questions L9-12 were asked of persons 12 and older.]

L10. Occupation last year (April 1979 to March 1980): What were you doing most of the time last year? ____

Record kind of work. If did not work, record "did not work"

If working in L10
[Questions L11-12 were asked of persons who are working, per question L10.]

L12. Work status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Government employee
[] 4 Government enterprise employee
[] 5 Private employee
[] 6 Unpaid household worker
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3.23 Job:

A job that can fall into any following categories:

3.23.1 A job with a return in cash or in kind e.g., food, clothes, commodity. In cash maybe paid on monthly, weekly, daily, or per piece of products basis.
2.23.2 A job with a return in any dividend forms e.g., trading of industrial factory.
3.23.3 Family business job without salary/wages or profits. Family members work as employers or self-employed entrepreneurs.
3.24 Occupation:

A regular job that one is working e.g. statistician, journalist, rural school teacher, horticulturalist, rice farmers.

3.27 Status of Employment:

This refers to the status of workers in a working place or business. It can be divided into 4 categories:

3.27.1 Employers mean those who run their business for profits or dividends. In running their business, they employ the others to work as employees. Employers in this sense do not mean household employment e.g., hiring someone to cook, clean, wash, and drive, etc.
Example 1: Mr.Sombat owns a restaurant and hires Miss Samorn as a chef. Mr.Sombat is regarded as an employer.
Example 2: Mr.Thawatchai owns an ice factory and hires the others to work as a clerk and labor worker. Mr.Thawatchai is regarded as an employer.

3.27.2 Employees mean those who work for wages and get paid on monthly, daily, per piece of products basis, or surcharge for service from employers. Employees are divided into 3 categories:
a) Government Employees means government officials and workers, international organizations, municipality, and local organizations.

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Example 1: Mr.Pairoj is a government official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr.Pairoj is regarded as a government employee.
Example 2: Miss Pairoh, a public relation office, is an employee of an international organization. Miss Pairoh is regarded as a government employee.
b) State Enterprise Employees mean employees of government agencies, government own agencies, or companies/partnerships that the government holds more than 50% of share.
Example 1: Miss Wipaporn is the chairperson of Krungthai Bank, Saphan Kao Branch. Miss Wipaporn is regarded as an employee of a state enterprise.
Example 2: Mr.Thongdaeng is a mechanic of Glass Organization. Mr.Thongdaeng is regarded as an employee of a state enterprise.

c) Private employees mean those who are employed by private business including household employment e.g. luandry, baby sitting, cooking
Example 1: Miss Lalana is a private servant of Mr.Pairoj. Miss Lalana is working on laundry, cleaning, cooking. Miss Lalana is regarded as a private employee.
Example2: Mrs.Wipawadee owns a beauty shoop and hires Miss Duentem as a hairdresser and Miss Nawarat as a tailor. Miss Duentem and Miss Nawarat are regarded as private employees.
Example 3: Mr.Boonchu is an executive of a commercial bank. Mr.Boonchu is regarded as a private employee.
3.27.3 Private business without employee means self-employed business for profits. They may work alone or join with others for dividends, but do not employ others to run their business. They may have relatives or trainees without wages/allowance.

Example 1: Mrs.Boonme does hair perming or clothes tailoring at home alone. Mrs.Boonme is regarded as a private business woman without employees.
Example 2: Mr.Boonme owns electric appliances and has Mr.Niruj as a partner. They share their profits. Mr.Boonme and Mr.Niruj are regarded as private business men without employees.

Example 3: Mr.Koon produces handicraftd e.g., containers, baskets at home. He has Mr.Porn, a son, working along without getting paid. Mr.Koon is regarded as a private business man without employee.
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Example 4: Mr.Daeng, his wife, and 3 children help one another to plough and transplant rice. They ask their neighbors to help in harvesting. Mr. Daeng is regarded as
a private business man without employee.
Example 5: Miss Pismai owns a sewing machine and all sewing equipment. She has brought the clothes to sew at home. Miss Pismai is regarded as private business women without employee.

3.27.4 Family business assistants without wages mean assistants without wages in the agricultural activities or in business. Their household members or relatives may own and run the business, or may not own, but operate the business.

Example 1: Mr.Nikorn helps his father in the garage owned by his father. Mr.Nikorn is not getting paid or any dividen.
Example 2: Mr.Chomkiat lives in Mr.Chobsak?s home helping Mr.Chobsak, his brother, without getting paid. Both Mr.Nikorn (in example 1) and Mr.Chomkiat are regarded as assistants without wages. But if Mr.Nikorn and Mr.Chobsak are paid, or receive allowance, they
are regarded as private employees.
Example 3: Mr.Somchai rents a paddy field and has Mr.Chatchai, his nephew, helping him without getting paid. Mr.Chatchai is regarded as family business assistants without wages.
Columns 9 - 12
Ask those who are 11 years old and over, or those who were born before or in the year 1968 (Monkey year)

Column 10 Last year main occupation (April 1979 - March 1980)

Ask "Let me know what you have mainly worked in last year"

Record last year occupation (between April 1979 - March 1980) of the person, e.g. chief police officer, construction worker, jewelers, cosmetic seller, statistician, rice carrying laborer, etc. (DO NOT record Government Service or Trader).

In case of carpenters, be specific, whether they are furniture maker or house constructor. They must have spent most of their time in last year on the aforementioned occupation.

In case that they have more than one occupation and have spent the same time on both occupations, consider the occupation that yields more income as the main occupation.

If not working at all or not having any occupation in last year, record "Did not work."

Column 11 Type of work or type of business of the working place

(Ask only the persons whose occupations recorded in Column 10. If Column 10 is not recorded or recorded "Did not work," DO NOT ask Column 11 or terminate the interview.

Ask "What is a kind of work in your business?", or "What is your business?".

Record type of business of the working place of the person in detail as much as possible, e.g. sugar factory, soft drink factory, electric appliances, shop, construction company, etc. or in some case type of work are recorded e.g., rice farming, mat weaving, street vendor, or fishing, etc.

For government or private offices, record name of the department or organization e.g., National Statistical Office, Department of Interior Trading, Glass Organization, Battery Organization, Government Saving Bank, Bangkok Water Supply, etc.

For government agencies in other provinces, record name of the division or office, e.g. Education Division, Regional Office of Inland Revenue, Petch Buri Public Hospital, etc.

For companies, partnerships, shops or factor, DO NOT record the name, but record type of business or work. For example, "Thai Namthip factory" record "soft drink factory," "Thai Tricot" record "textile factory," "Chaichana Panich" record "grocery shop," etc.

Column 12 Work Status

Ask only the persons whose occupations recorded in Column 10 and type of business of the working place in Column 11.

Ask "What is your working status?"

Record the working status of the person clearly, e.g.

- Employer
- Business owner without employee
- Government employee
- State enterprise employee
- Private employee
- Unpaid family worker

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Thailand 1990 — source variable TH1990A_CLASSWK — Work status
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[Questions S10-S11 were asked of persons age 13+ who were working, as per question S9.]


S11. Work Status
What's [respondent's] work status?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed/own-account worker
Government employee

[] 3 Officer
[] 4 Employee

[] 5 Government enterprise employee
[] 6 Private employee
[] 7 Unpaid family worker

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Column S8-S11: ask persons age 13 years or older (or who were born before 1 April 1977)


Column S9: Main occupation last year (1 April 1989 - 31 March 1990)
Ask: "During last year, what kind of work did ___(name)___ spend most of his/her time on?

Record the description of occupation, job description and position clearly. Examples are farmer, painter, engraver, furniture craftsman, laborer in rice mill, house maid, etc. (Do not record occupations such as government officer or merchant because they are not specific.)
Craftsman: Record what he/she made specifically such as making furniture, building houses, etc.
Teacher: Record the subject that he/she taught such as geography, math, arts, etc. If he/she taught more than one subject, record the subject on which he/she spent most of his/her time. If he/she is responsible for a particular, record the specific class he/she is responsible for such as grade1 in secondary school, grade 2 in primary school, etc.
Engineer or technician: Record the specific category of engineer or technician that he/she was such as civil engineer, electrical engineer, chemical engineer, mechanic technician, etc.
Clerk: Record the duty and description of the job such as typing, delivering documents, measuring, delivering products, etc.
Nurse: Record the type of nurse such as health care nurse, registered nurse, clinical nurse, home nurse, etc.
Driver: Record the type of automobile a person drove such as truck driver, pick-up driver, bus driver, rented-car driver, tricycle driver, etc.
Farmer: Record the type of crops grown in the plantation/farm such as coconut, fruits, palm trees, rubber, vegetables, flowers, cassava, corn, sugar cane, tobacco, etc.
Employee: Record the type of work that a person was employed to do such as carrying things, dish washing, laundry, digging soil, etc.
If there is more than one occupation, record only one main occupation last year by considering the following criteria:

1. The occupation at which the person spent most of his time during the last year period.
2. The occupation from which a person earned more income, if a person spent equal amount of time on many occupations.

If a person does not know the occupation or position but knows that he/she was working last year, record "working but not knowing occupation".

If a person did not work at all did not have any occupation last year, such as pensioner, lender, etc., record "not working" and omit Columns S10 and S11.


Column S10: Type of work or enterprise category of the work place (industry)
[Ask only persons who recorded occupations in column S9.]

Ask: "............... (name) ................" what enterprise or business are you working on, or what are you producing?
Guidelines for recording the type of work or enterprise category of the work place:

1. Specify the type of enterprise of the work place or the business place at which the person was working. Record specific type of business such as medical clinic for ear, nose, and throat; general X-ray company; radio and television repair shop, etc.

2. If it is the company or the department store that involves merchandise, record specifically whether the business is retail or wholesale, or both. Examples are retail radio company, wholesale and retail Thai merchandise shop, wholesale and retail dishware shop, coffee and beverage shop, retail pharmacy, retail gold and jewelry shop, etc.

3. If the work place belongs to the government or government enterprise, record the type of work or the name of the office at which the person was working. Examples are Interior Trading Department, Telephone Authority of Thailand, Hospital, Primary school, Thai merchandise retail shop of the Industrial Support Department etc. For the government's offices in the provinces, record the name, division or office such as District Educational Division District Revenue Office, etc.

4. If one work place involves more than one business or activity:
4.1 If each business has a separate office, record the type of business at which a person was working. For example, in a beer factory the wholesale office is located separately from the factory. If a person worked in the wholesale office, record "wholesale office of a beer factory."
4.2 If the activities are in the same office, but they are separated into divisions or sections, record the type of business is the most important in that work place and the division at which the respondent is working. For example, if a person is working in the fabric-dyeing division of a fabric-weaving factory, record a fabric-weaving factory, fabric-dyeing division. If a person is working in the mechanic shop of an automobile retail company, record automobile retail company, mechanic shop division, etc.

Example: Mr. A works in the fabric-printing division of a fabric-weaving factory and Mr. B is working in the fabric-dyeing division of the same factory. Record the type of business of Mr. A's work place as "fabric-weaving factory, fabric-printing division", and "fabric-weaving factory, fabric-dyeing division".

4.3 If all activities are in the same office and have not been divided into separated divisions, and the persons who work at the office engage in more than one activity, record the most important activity of that business. For example, in a shoe-producing shop that produces, sells, and repairs shoes, a person who sells shoes is the same person who makes and repairs shoes as well. In this case, record the type of business of a working place as "shoe-producing shop" because producing of shoes is more important than selling or repairing shoes.
4.4 In the case where a store has both retail and wholesale merchandise, ask whether the type of the largest amount merchandise is wholesale or retail and record that type. For example, a store sells can-products from abroad and has more wholesale than retail. Record the type of work place as "can-products wholesale shop". If the amount of wholesale and retail are the same, record the type of work place as "can-products wholesale and retail shop".

5. If the respondent operates the business at his/her own house, such as dressmaker shop, lawyer office, radio repair shop, laundry shop, consider the house where a person live as the business office. Record the job description or the type of business according to the type of activity. For example, Mr. B opened a radio repair shop at his own house, record "radio repair". Or Miss A opened a laundry shop at her own house, record "laundry service", etc.

6. If a person does not have any specific office or a permanent office/work place for his business, record the type of business in which a person is engaged. For example, Mr. A is a house painter, record "house painting". Mr. B is a rice farmer, record "rice farming".

7. For a taxi, motor-tricycle or bus driver, regardless of the vehicle ownership, the criteria for recording must be:
a) If it is a taxi or motor-tricycle, record "passenger transport"
b) If it is a bus, record "bus service".


8. For a person who drives a shipping truck, regardless of the vehicle ownership, record "Shipping merchandise". In the case that a person drives a shipping truck of a can goods wholesale shop, record "can goods wholesale shop".

9. The employee who works in a private house, such as housemaid, record the job description or the type of business at the working place as "private service". For example, Miss E does laundry at Mrs. A's house, record "employee in private household".

10. For laborers, record the job description or the type of business at the work place in which a person worked last year.

The job description or the type of business of the work place at which a person worked last year must correspond to the main occupation at which a person had engaged in previous year.

Prohibition in recording the job description or the type of business at the working place
Do not record the name of company, the name of department store, or the name of the shop without recording the type of business of the work place. Examples are Disco, Taew Aiew Hong shop, Chareonphan Shop, etc.


Column S11: Work Status
[Ask only persons who answer occupations in column 9 and type of work or enterprise category of the work place in column 10.]
Ask: "......... (name)..........What is your work status?"

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own account worker
[] 3 Government officer
[] 4 Government employee
[] 5 Government enterprise employee
[] 6 Private employee
[] 7 Unpaid family worker
[] 9 Do not know

The code of the work status must correspond to the main occupation at which a person worked done during last year.

For those who work as laborer, in carrying things such as rice sacks, or carrying goods (with or without trolley) or other kind of works that require labor, and do not have permanent employers, consider the work status of these people as "private employee" and record code 6.
[Example on pages 89-90 is omitted.]

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Thailand 2000 — source variable TH2000A_CLASSWK — Work status
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For persons 13 years and over
[Questions S13-L21 were asked of all individuals 13 years and older]


S16. Work status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own account worker
[] 3 Government officer
[] 4 Government employee
[] 5 Government enterprise employee
[] 6 Private employee
[] 7 Unpaid family worker
[] 8 Member of producers' cooperative

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23. Work status
This refers to the status or position of a person working, which can be divided into:
23.1 Employer
Employer is a person who owns his/her business alone or with a partner for profit and employs other person(s) to work for him as employee(s). Employer in this case does not mean a person who hires other people to work for him in a household, which is not considered a business (such as a person hired to cook, clean or as laundry worker).


23.2 Own account worker
This is a person who conducts business alone or may have other persons working in the business for profit or business partner but does not employ any employees. However, in some cases, there may be member(s) in his family or trainee(s) who help him in his work without receiving any wages or income in return for the work that they perform.


23.3 Employee
Employees are those who work in return for a wage or income per month, per day, or per job. Alternatively, they may receive commission in return for the work or service they perform. The commission may be in the form of money or things.

Employees may be divided into three types:

a) Government employee

[p. 41]

This refers to a civil servant, municipality officer, officer of the Provincial Administration Organization, personnel of the International Organization. This classification includes temporary and permanent employees.


b) Government enterprise employee
This refers to those who work for the government enterprise


c) Private employee
Private employees are those who work for a person or private business including those who are hired for household chores such as laundry, baby sitting, cooking, and house cleaning.


23.4 Unpaid family worker

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This is a person who helps or works on a farm or business of a household member without receiving any wages or salary


23.5 Member of producers' cooperative
This is a group in which each member has an equal right in the enterprise and participates at all levels of the business (such as investment, selling, and other activities). Members also participate in the division of profits for all members of the group as previously agreed.


Column S13-S16 and L17-L22
[Ask persons age 13 years or older]


Column S16: Work status

[Table summarizing column S16 not presented here]

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Procedure for recording the form

The question asked [of respondent]: "What is your working status?"

[Question was asked of persons age 13 years or older]

Record code of the working status as follows:

[] 1 Employer

Record code "1"

[] 2 Own account worker

Record code "2"

[] 3 Government officer

Record code "3"

[] 4 Government employee

Record code "4"

[] 5 Government enterprise employee

Record code "5"

[] 6 Private employee

Record code "6"

[] 7 Unpaid family worker

Record code "7"

[] 8 Member of a producers' cooperative

Record code "8"

In recording the work status, record the code corresponding to the work status of a person, which must be the same as the main occupation a person did during the last year.

For those who work as laborers, carrying things such as rice sack, or carrying goods (they may have their own trolley) or other kinds of work that need labor and have no permanent employer service (they depend on a person to hire them for a job):

Count the work status of those people as "Private employee", and record using code "6"


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Togo 1970 — source variable TG1970A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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14. Professional activity

____ 14a. Individual profession
____ 14b. Position in the enterprise
____ 14c. Activity of the enterprise
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Column 14 (a, b and c): For this question, it is equally important that the enumerator collect as precise a response as possible. This question concerns all people who already have a job and people who are looking for a job.

Column 14b: The purpose of this question is to identify the worker's status within the company. Six different positions have been defined and the worker can only occupy one of these positions at one time. We will now define each of these positions so that the enumerator can assign workers to the most appropriate category. The company signifies the social and economic environment in which the person works (public, private, semi-public sectors, etc.)

1) Employer: this refers to a person who employs the service of other workers (besides himself), who he pays. The employer may or may not be the owner of the company.
Example: the director of a private company; the owner of a restaurant, etc.
2) A person who works for his own account: this refers to a person who started his own business or works independently.
3) Salaried worker: this refers to a person who sells his work and who is paid according to determined criteria (daily, weekly, monthly or in another form).
4) Unpaid family worker: this refers to someone who helps a family relative with their company or business or anyone else who is not paid for their work. Sometimes the person receives room and board for his work or there might be another sort of understanding, but the worker is not paid.
5) Member of a producer's cooperative: this refers to a person who belongs to a cooperative association that produces some sort of product (coffee, cocoa, cassava root, etc.)
6) Other or not indicated: this refers to any other situation that could not be previously categorized and that was not indicated above.

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Togo 2010 — source variable TG2010A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Economic activities

For those occupied and the unemployed who have already worked
[See column P20. Questions P21 through P23 were asked of persons age 6 or more who reported have worked in question P20.]

(P22) Status within the profession

Record the abbreviation on the dotted lines and the code in the box.

[] 1 Independent
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Permanent salaried employee
[] 4 Temporary salaried employee
[] 5 Familial aid
[] 6 Apprentice
[] 7 Member of cooperative
[] 9 Other (specify)
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B- Economic activities

Economic activity means any activity of production of goods or services intended to be the subject of an economic exchange or a personal use.

Column P22: Employment situation

This is the situation of the person in relation to their current employment (for the occupied) or previous employment (for the unemployed having already worked).

You should try to find out the status of the persons concerned in relation to the employment practiced.
Record the abbreviation of the modality and the code corresponding to the response respectively on the dotted lines and in the box reserved for this purpose. The modalities of possible responses are:

[p. 39]

1 IND = Independent, for any person working on their own behalf only or with help from family and/or apprentices but without employing wage labor.
2 EMP = Employer, for any person having their own enterprise where other person (workers, employees) work who they pay in cash or in kind.
3 SAP = Permanent employee, for any individual working on behalf of a public sector, para-public, or private employer who pays them in kind or in cash and to whom they are linked by a permanent status.
4 SAT = Temporary employee, for an individual employee not benefiting from permanent status and working on behalf of a public sector, para-public, or private employer who pays them in kind or in cash.
5 AF = familial help, for any individual working on behalf of a relative (familial enterprise) whether in the field or elsewhere without remuneration.
6 APP = Apprentice, for any individual who learns a trade with a master or employer whether they are remunerated or not.
7 MC = Member of cooperative, for any individual working in associative or grouping production units.
8 Other (specify), for any other situation in the employment not cited.

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Trinidad and Tobago 1970 — source variable TT1970A_CLASWK — Class of worker (past 12 months)
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Section VI. Economic Activity

[Questions 23-29 asked of all persons 10 years and over.]

24. Worker or occupational status during past year

[Question 24 refers to activity in the past year.]

[] Worked for others: Government
[] Worked for others: Non Government
[] Worked for others: Unpaid worker
[] Has own business/farm: With paid help
[] Has own business/farm: Without paid help
[] Did not work
[] Not stated
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F. Section VI - Economic activity

One of the main purposes of this section is to determine which individuals have been in the working force of the country at any time during the 12 months preceding Census Day. It is essential that the enumerator understands the definition of the term work as given in question 2.3 and makes use of it in his interviews. Generally work done
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outside of the country is not relevant to the Census, but work done under contract on U.S. farms by residents is to be included, as also is work on ships and aircraft operating outside of the country.

55. Question 23 - Main activity during past 12 months

This question aims at classifying persons according to their main activity during the 12 months preceding enumeration, based upon what each person has been engaged in for most of that period. It is also intended to distinguish between persons who work (i.e. are economically active) and those who do not work. An individual is classified as working if he is engaged in the production of goods or services for sale. Usually this entails his receiving a wage, salary or other form of recompense; but trainees and apprentices, whether paid or not, as well as unpaid helpers in commercial farms and other enterprises a.re also to be classified as workers. All self-employed persons are also to be listed as worked.

Categories of persons who are not economically active in this context over persons who have never worked before but who are seeking their first job, people engaged in home duties, students and those retired or disabled.

56. Question 24 - Worker or occupational status during past year

The purpose of this question is to distinguish between persons who for most of the 12 months preceding census day worked for others as paid employees, or unpaid workers and those who worked for themselves.

In the case of persons who worked for others, the information sought is whether they worked for the government or not, or were engaged in a family or other business without pay.

For those who carried on their own business or farm your mark must indicate whether they operate with paid help or without.


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Trinidad and Tobago 1980 — source variable TT1980A_SECTOR — Employment sector
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Section 4 Economic Activity -- For all persons fifteen (15) years old and over

This section deals with the economic activity of all who are 15 years old and over. It relates to the past week as well as the past 12 months. Question 16 to 18 apply to those answering from [10] to [30] in Question 15.
Interviewer: Job seekers and persons wanting work must have responses to Questions 16-18.

16. Type of worker
What type of worker status applies to (N) [the respondent]?

Worked for Others
[] 0 Government -- Public Service (GPS)
[] 1 Government -- Public Enterprise (GPE)
[] 2 Non--Government (NG)
[] 3 Unpaid (U)
[] 4 Learner (L)
Has own business/farm
[] 5 No paid help (NPH)
[] 6 With paid help (WPH)
Other
[] 7 Never worked (NW)
[] 9 Not stated (NS)

Interviewer: Persons responding to [] 20 in Question 15 tick [] 7, and those responding to [] 21 and [] 30 in Question 15 classify by last status held

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Section 4 - Economic Activity, questions [15] to [23]
The main purpose of this section is to determine which individuals have been engaged in economic activity, that is the production of goods and services for sale during the week preceding enumeration and at any time during the past twelve [12] months and, those who were not so engaged. It is essential that the enumerator understands the concept of the term work as given in question [15] and makes use of it in his interviews. Generally, work done outside Trinidad and Tobago is not relevant to the census, but work done under contract on Canadian farms by residents is to be included, as also is work by resident crew on ships and aircraft operating outside of the country.

It should be noted that priority is given to work over all other activities. Also, economic activity holds precedence over non-economic.
Question 16 - Type of worker
The purpose of this question is to distinguish between persons who worked for others as paid employees [e.g. government, public service and public enterprise; non-government workers; unpaid workers and learners]; those who worked for themselves without any help - paid or unpaid, those who had their own business or farm and employed others [paid or unpaid]. Obtain the correct information and tick the appropriate box. You are to check your list of the names of government public enterprises if in doubt, to assist respondents who work for government but are unsure whether it is the public service or public enterprise.

For job seekers and similar unemployed persons, you are to record information on job last held. Persons seeking first job are classified as never worked.

The type of worker [status in employment] can be defined as follows:

[i] Worked for others, i.e. employee

An employee is defined as a person who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates or pay in kind. Four [4] types of employees are identified:

[a] Government-Central and local including Statutory boards, Quasi Government.
[b] Government-Public enterprises and/or state-owned enterprises, i.e. and enterprise where government holds the controlling interest 51% or more of shares.
[c] Non-Government-That is private employment.
[d] Unpaid worker and learner- These are apprentices, unpaid family worker in a business establishment or enterprise whether agricultural or non-agricultural.
[ii] Employer [has own business/farm with paid help]
A person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more employees.
[iii] Own account worker [has own business/farm without paid help]
A person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires no employees.
[iv] Unpaid worker
A person who works in a business or farm which is run for profit, belonging to a relative or other persons and who receives no payment in cash, but who benefits from the operation of the business or farm either because he is a member of the proprietor's household or because he is being taught a trade or profession.
[v] Learner
A person who is being taught a trade or a profession without receipt of any remuneration but contributes to the production of economic goods and/or services.

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Trinidad and Tobago 1990 — source variable TT1990A_CLASSWK — Type of worker
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Section 4. Economic activity - For all persons 15 years old and over

This section deals with the economic activity of all who are 15 years old and over. It relates to the past week as well as the past 12 months. Questions 16 to 18 apply to those answering from 10 to 30 in Question 15.

Interviewer: Job seekers and persons wanting work must have responses to Questions 16-18

[Questions 16-18 apply to those who had a job during the past week or were looking for job, per question 15]

16. What type of worker status applies to [the respondent]?

Interviewer: For persons who are ticked 20 in question 15, tick 7. For persons who ticking 21 and 30, classify by last status held.

Worked for others
[] 0 Government - Public service (GPS)
[] 1 Government - Public Enterprise (GPE)
[] 2 Non-government (NG)
[] 3 Unpaid (U)
[] 4 Learner (L)
Has own business/farm
[] 5 No paid help (NPH)
[] 6 With paid help (WPH)
Other
[] 7 Never worked (NW)
[] 8 Not stated (NS)
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Section 4 - Economic activity-questions [15] to [21]
The main purpose of this section is to determine which individuals have been engaged in economic activity, that is the production of goods and services for sale during the week preceding enumeration and at any time during the past twelve [12] months and, those who were not so engaged. It is essential that the enumerator understands the concept of the term work as given in question [15] and makes use of it in his interviews. Generally, work done outside Trinidad and Tobago is not relevant to the census, but work done under contract on Canadian farms by residents is to be included, as also is work by resident crew on ships and aircraft operating outside of the country.
It should be noted that priority is given to work over all other activities. Also, economic activity holds precedence over non-economic.

Question 16 - Type of worker status

The purpose of this question is to distinguish between persons who worked for others as employees [e.g. Government, Public service and Public enterprise; Non-government workers; Unpaid workers and learners]: those who had their own business or farm and employed others [paid or unpaid]. Obtain the correct information and tick the appropriate box. You are to check your list of the names of Government public enterprises if in doubt, to assist respondents who work for Government but are unsure whether it is the Public service or Public enterprise.
For job seekers and similar unemployed persons, you are to record information on job last held. Record persons seeking first job as never worked.

The type of worker status [in employment] can be defined as follows:

[i] Worked for others, i.e. employee
An employee is defined as a person who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates or pay in kind. Two [2] types of employees are identified:
[a] Government
-Central and local including statutory boards, Quasi government.
-Public enterprises and/or state-owned enterprises, i.e. an enterprise where government holds the controlling interest-51% or more of shares.
[b] Non-government
-Private employment
[ii] Employer [has own business/farm with paid help]
A person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more paid employees.
[iii] Own account worker [has own business/farm without paid help]
A person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires no employees.
[iv] Unpaid worker
A person who works in a business or farm which is run for profits, belonging to a relative or persons and who receives no payment in cash, but who benefits from the operation of the business or farm because he is a member of the proprietor's household.
[v] Learner
A person who is being taught a trade or a profession without receipt of any remuneration but contributes to the production of economic good and/or services.

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Trinidad and Tobago 2000 — source variable TT2000A_CLASSWK — Class of work
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Section 6. Economic activity - For all persons fifteen (15) years old and over

This section deals with the economic activity of all who are 15 years old and over. Questions 23 to 24 apply to those answering [30] in Question 22.

25. Type of worker status -

What type of worker status applies to (N) [the respondent]?

(a).Worked for others
[] 0. Statutory Boards and Similar Bodies (S.B.)
[] 1. State Owned Enterprise (S.O.E.)
[] 2. Central or Local Government (C/L.G.)
[] 3. Private Enterprise (P.E.)
[] 4. Unpaid worker (U.W.)
[] 5. Learner/Apprentice (L/A.)
(b). Has own business/farm
[] 6. No paid help/Own account worker (N.P.H.)
[] 7. With paid help /Employer (W.P.H.)
[] 9. Not stated
Interviewer: For persons who are ticked for 20 in question 22 classify by where (N) [the respondent] last applied for a job. Those persons ticking 21 or 30 classify by last job held.
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Section 6 - Economic activity

The main purpose of this section is to determine which individuals have been engaged in economic activity, that is, the production of goods and services during the week preceding enumeration and at any time during the past 12 months and those who were not so engaged. It is essential that the enumerator understands the concept of the term work as given in question (22) and makes use of it in his interviews.

Question 25 - Type of worker status

This question is to be answered by all persons in the labour force both employed and unemployed. This question is also to be answered by those individuals indicating boxes 46 to 99 in question 23 and having responses in boxes 1 to 5 in question 24. For these individuals classify by where last applied for a job.

It also distinguishes between persons who:

Worked for others as employees (e.g. public service and state enterprises; non-government workers; unpaid workers and learners); and

Those who had their own business or farm and employed others (paid or unpaid);

Obtain the correct information and tick the appropriate box.

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You are to check your list of the names of state enterprises if in doubt, in order to assist respondents who work for government but are unsure whether, it is the public service or state owned enterprise.

Types of worker status are categorized as follows:

1. Worked for others

(a) Statutory boards and similar bodies

For Example:
The National Housing Authority,
The National Lotteries Control Board,
The Princess Elizabeth Home for Handicapped Children, The Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago,
The Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago and
The Public Transport Service Corporation.

(b) State owned enterprises

For Example:
Caroni (1975) Ltd.,
National Petroleum Marketing Company, National Quarries Limited,
National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited,
First Citizens Bank,
Trinidad and Tobago Solid Waste Management Company Limited and National Flour Mills.

(c) Central / local government

Central government workers will be found in the Ministries and departments of government.

Local government workers will be found in the City corporation, Borough Corporation and Regional Corporations.

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(d) Private enterprise

These workers will be found in privately owned companies such as:
West Indian Tobacco Company,
Lever Bros. (WI) Ltd.,
Trinidad Match Factory and
Coosal's Construction Company Limited.

(e) Unpaid worker

These are persons who work without pay but whose labour contributes to the operation of the business or farm.

(f) Learner / apprentice

This is a person who goes to work regularly and is learning a job or trade. Persons in this category may or may not receive an income.
2. Own account worker
This is a person who operates his/her own (economic) enterprise or is engaged independently in a profession or trade and hires no employees or paid help. However, he may run the business with unpaid help.
3. Employer
An employer is a person who operates his/her own (economic) enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade and hires one or more employees.

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Trinidad and Tobago 2011 — source variable TT2011A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Section 6: Economic Activity - For all persons fifteen (15) years old and over

22. Employment status

What type of worker status applies to (N) [the respondent]?

[] 00 Statutory boards and similar bodies (SB)
[] 01 State owned enterprise (SOE)
[] 02 Central or local government (C/LG)
[] 03 Government, contract work (GCW)
[] 04 Private establishment (PE)
[] 05 Private establishment, contract work (PECW)
[] 06 Paid employee, private home (PEPH)
[] 07 Self-employed with paid employees (SPH)
[] 08 Self-employed with no paid employees (SNPH)
[] 09 Apprentice/Learner (A/L)
[] 10 Unpaid family worker/employee (UFW/E)
[] 11 Other unpaid worker/employee (OUW/E)
[] 77 Other (O)
[] 98 Don't know (DK)
[] 99 Not stated (NS)
Interviewer: For persons who shaded 20 in Q.19, classify by where (N) [the respondent] last applied for a job. And those persons shading 21 OR 30 classify by last job held.
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Section 6 - Economic activity

6.8. Type of worker (status of employment)

The status of employment refers to the status of the economically active (both employed and unemployed) with respect to his/her place of employment.

The following categories are identified:-

(i) Statutory boards and similar bodies - This refers to any commission, board, committee, council or similar body established by an Act of Parliament.

Examples are: National Insurance Board, National Lotteries Control Board, Princess Elizabeth Home for Handicapped Children, the Airport Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago and the Public Transport Service Corporation.

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(ii) State owned enterprises - This refers to enterprises where the Government of Trinidad and Tobago owns controlling interest i.e. 51% or more of shares.

Examples are: National Petroleum Marketing Company Limited, National Flour Mills Limited.

(iii) Central or local government - Central government workers will be found in the Ministries and Departments of Government. Local Government workers will be found in City Corporations, Borough Corporations and Regional Corporations.

(iv) Private Establishment - These workers will be found in privately owned companies such as West Indian Tobacco Company Limited and Nestle Trinidad and Tobago Limited.

(v) Paid employee, private home - These workers will be found in privately owned homes such as maids, gardeners etc.

(vi) Self employed with paid employees - A person who operates his or her own (economic) enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more employees.

(vii) Self employed with no paid employees - A person who operates his or her own (economic) enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires no employees.

(viii) Apprentice / Learner - A person who is being taught a trade or a profession with or without receipt of any remuneration.

(ix) Unpaid family worker/employee - A person who works in a business or farm, belonging to a relative who receives no payment in cash, but who benefits from the operation of the business or farm.

(x) Other unpaid worker/employee - A person who works in a business or farm belonging to other persons and who receives no payment in cash, but who benefits from the operation of the business or farm.

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Turkey 1985 — source variable TR1985A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Part IV: Questions on personal characteristics


Employment status in the last week
(Ask persons age 12 or older)
[Questions 34-42 were asked of persons age 12 or older]


Ask those who answer question 34 as "Worked" or "Didn't work but has a job"
[Questions 35-38 were asked of persons age 12 or older who worked or didn't work but had a job last week, as per question 34]


38. Employment status in the job you worked last week or where you continue to work.

[] 0 Employee
[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own account
[] 3 Unpaid family worker

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Section IV: Questions regarding individual characteristics (11-42)
This section includes questions (questions 11-42) about the population's social and economic characteristics. In this section, only write the characteristics of those people present at the time and place where the census is being conducted.
Whether or not the household head is at home, be absolutely sure to begin by first writing his/her name and surname on the first line of Section IV, together with all of his/her characteristics (from question 11 to question 42). Take care that the household head's name and surname entered in this section is identical to the one written in in the first line of Section III.
After writing down all of the characteristics of the household head, whether he/she is at home or not, also write down all the characteristics of the other household members at home, beginning from the oldest and proceeding in order of age, from oldest to youngest. After the household members, write onto the dotted line in printed letters, in order of their ages, the names surnames and all the characteristics of those, who, while being present at home, are not household members. Answer questions with a box, by placing an "X" into it.


(Questions 29-42 are for persons age 12 or older)


Employment status within the last week (34-41)
(Persons age 12 and older)


(Ask questions 35 - 38 of those who replied "Worked" or "Did not work, but continue to maintain job" to question 34)


Question 38: What is your employment status in the job you were working at worked or did not sever your connection with during the last week?

Depending on the employment status in the job held within the last week by the person being administered the census, if [the person was] an employee place an "X" into the 0 "Employee" box, if an employer, into the 1 "Employer" box, if self-employed, into the 2 "Self-employed" box, and if an unpaid family worker, into the 3 "Unpaid family worker" box.

In getting this question answered, pay attention to the following definitions.


  • Employee: Those working in someone else's business in return for money and goods, with the purpose of securing an income (public employee/white collar worker, laborer, low-level/low skilled employee, qualified worker [journeyman], manager, etc.) on a wage, salary or casual wage basis.
  • Employer: A person employing one or more wage or casual workers in his/her own workplace. (Each and every one of the partners in a workplace who hire any employees or casual workers is an employer.)
  • Self-employed: People working either alone or together with unpaid family members (without employing any paid employees) who seek to earn an income in the form of money or goods by working in their own business (in their field, vineyard, garden, store, office, manufacturing workshop, repair shop, etc.). Partners in a workplace [who do] not hire paid employees in their endeavors are not to be considered as working for someone else. These partners are also to be considered as being "Self-employed".
  • Unpaid family worker: Those working with the purpose of helping out in the work engaged in by the household, without receiving any payment, are unpaid family workers.


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Turkey 1990 — source variable TR1990A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Employment status in the last week
[Questions 27-33 were asked of persons age 12 or older]


[Questions 28-31 were asked of persons age 12 or older who worked or didn't work but has attachment to a job, as per question 27.]


31. Employment status in the job you worked last week or where you continue to hold a job

0 [] Employee
1 [] Employer
2 [] Self-employed
3 [] Unpaid family worker

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Section IV: Questions regarding individual characteristics (8-34)
This section includes questions (Questions 8-34) about the population's social and economic characteristics. In this section, only write the characteristics of those people present at the time and place where the census is being conducted. Whether the household head is at home or not, be absolutely sure to begin by first writing his/her name and surname on the first line of Section IV, together with all of his/her characteristics (from Question 8 to Question 34). Take care that the household head's name and surname entered in this section are identical to the ones written in the first line of Section III.
After writing down all of the characteristics of the household head, whether he/she is at home or not, (except for household members not at home) also write down all the characteristics of all the household members who are present at home, beginning from the oldest and proceeding in order of age, from oldest to youngest. After the household members, write using printed letters into the pertinent section and in order of their ages the names surnames and all the characteristics of those who, while being present at home, are not household members (guests). Answer questions with a box by placing an "X" into it.


[Questions 21-34 are for persons age 12 or older]


Employment status within the last week (27-33)
(Persons age 12 or older)


Question 31: What is your employment status in the job you were working at or continued to hold during the last week?

Depending on the employment status in the job held within the last week by the person being administered the census, if [the person was] an employee place an "X" into the 0 "Employee" box, if an employer, into the 1 "Employer" box, if self-employed, into the 2 "Self-employed" box, and if an unpaid family worker, into the 4 "Unpaid family worker" box.

In getting this question answered, pay attention to the following definitions.

  • Employee: Those working in someone else's business in return for money and goods, with the purpose of securing an income (government employee/white collar worker, laborer, low-level/low skilled employee, qualified worker [journeyman], manager, etc.) on a wage, salary or casual wage basis.
  • Employer: A person employing one or more wage or casual workers in his/her own workplace. (Each and every one of the partners in a workplace who hire any employees or casual workers is an employer.)
  • Self-employed: People working either alone or together with unpaid family members (without employing any paid employees) who seek to earn an income in the form of money or goods by working in their own business (in their field, vineyard, garden, store, office, manufacturing workshop, repair shop, etc.). Partners in a workplace, not hiring paid employees in their endeavors are not to be considered as working for someone else. These partners are to be regarded as being "self-employed".
  • Unpaid family worker: Those working with the purpose of helping out in work engaged in by the household without receiving any payment, are unpaid family workers.


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Turkey 2000 — source variable TR2000A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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39. What is your employment status in the job where you worked or had a job attachment in the last week?
[] 1 Regular or casual employee (Go to question 43)
[] 2 Employer (Go to question 43)
[] 3 Self-employed (Go to question 43)
[] 4 Unpaid family worker (Go to question 43)

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Questions 35-43, are to be asked of all males and females age 12 or older


Question 39. What was your employment status in the job that you were working at or did not sever your connection to, during the last week?


Keeping the definitions below in mind, an "X" is to be placed into the appropriate box.

1. [Employee] on a wage, salaried, or a casual basis: People working in return for a wage or salary for an employer in someone else's business, in order to earn an income in-kind (goods) or in cash (money). For example, a director, a low-level/low-skilled service employee, a laborer, a shoemaker, a barber and journeymen and other workers working on a weekly or monthly basis.

Casual laborers (seasonal, incidental, temporary): Those dependent on an employer, not working on a regular or steady basis, and who, depending on the nature of the job, work seasonally or temporarily or whenever they manage to find work. For example, those engaged in construction labor, hoeing or collecting crops in the field, etc.

2. Employer: A person employing at least one wage or casual worker in his/her own workplace. In a workplace, there may be more than one partner with the status of employer. In such a situation, each partner is to be regarded as being an employer.

3. Self-employed: Fitting this definition are those seeking to generate an income in-kind (goods) or in cash (money) by working in their own business, field, vineyard, garden, store, office, manufacturing facility, repair facility, etc., doing so either alone or together with unpaid family members (without employing any wage or casual laborers). In a workplace, it is possible for several partners to be working together without employing any paid people. Partners in this situation are also to be deemed as working on their own account.

4. Unpaid family laborer: A member of the household contributing labor without getting paid, with the purpose of assisting in an economic activity being run by one or several household members.

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Uganda 1991 — source variable UG1991A_EMPSTAT — Employment status
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For All Persons Aged 10 Years or Over


17. Activity status last week (employed, self employed, unpaid family worker, student, household work, looking for work, disabled, too old, etc.)

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120. The next set of questions, 14. to 18, apply to all persons aged 10 or over. Look back at the age you have entered for each person. For those aged 0 to 9 years write "N/A" for question 14 and leave the rest of the column blank.


Question 17 and 18 Activity Status and Occupation

134. Questions 17 and 18 are concerned with how people provide for themselves, how they make their living. The questions apply to women as well as to men.

135. In the week before census night, almost everyone in Uganda will have done something to provide for him or herself. It is your job to discover and record what each person did. It does not matter whether they had a job or were paid for what they did. A person who farmed or fished or replaced thatch on a roof or cultivated a vegetable garden worked. So did people who were in paid employment.

136. Ask the questions as they are set out here and on the questionnaire and talk about each member of the household until you understand what he or she did in the way of making a living last week. Make entries on the questionnaire only when you have the picture clear in your mind.


Question 17 Activity Status Last Week

137. "What was the person's main activity during the past week?"

138. A person either did something to provide for him or herself last week or did nothing.

139. Those who were active in providing for themselves or their families, may have been active in different ways. We are concerned with the main activity - the one the person spends most time at - that which the person considers most important.

140. If the person combines paid employment with unpaid work you should record the paid job rather than the unpaid job - for example, if the person is a bus driver and worked as well in his garden to grow food it is the fact of his being a bus driver in which we are interested. And if the person is a housewife who went to market to sell fruit, it is the fact of selling to make money in which we are interested.

141. If the person is engaged temporarily on the census we are concerned with his or her usual activity. Thus if the person is a secondary school teacher and is working as a census enumerator or supervisor, it is the fact of being a teacher in which we are interested.

142. Persons who did something to provide for themselves or their families were active in one of the following ways:

Employed - such people are employed by others and are paid regularly in cash or in kind. If the person did some work last week for a wage or salary or was paid in kind, write "employed". You should also write "employed" if the person was temporarily absent from work because he or she was on leave or sick or for some other reason. A teacher on holiday, for example, may not have been teaching last week because schools are closed, but he or she should be recorded as "employed".

Self-employed - such people work for themselves and receive cash when they sell some thing or some service, or receive goods in exchange. They do not receive a wage or salary.

This category includes a person who runs his or her own shop or business, who sells in the market, which makes handicrafts or pottery or other things to sell, who grows vegetable or root crops or catches fish to sell. It includes casual workers and everyone who is paid on a contract, task or piece work basis. For these people write "self-employed".

Unpaid Family Worker - such people work to provide for themselves and their families but do not receive regular wages. Very often they work in the family business or farm and are members of the family who are provided with food and lodging and share in the profits which arise from the joint family work but do not receive cash on a regular basis. For such people write "unpaid".

143. A person may have done nothing last week to provide for him or herself. There are many reasons why this might happen. Those which are most important to the census are:

Household Work - this applies to men or women who were occupied with purely domestic duties round the house. For such people write "household work".

Many household workers combine domestic duties with working outside the house - in the garden, in paid employment, making articles for sale. In such cases they were active in providing for themselves and should be classified as "employed", "self employed" or "unpaid" as appropriate.

Student - if the person is a full time student, write "student".

Looking for work - this applies to people who were capable of working and who would have worked if there had been a job available. It includes those who wanted to work and actively looked for work as well as those who did nothing about finding a job because they knew there were none available.

The question is, "Did this person do anything to provide for him or herself last week?" If the person did nothing and was dependent on others for food and shelter but could have worked and wanted to work, write "unemployed".

There are other reasons why a person may have done nothing to provide for him or herself last week. Ask for and record the reason - "too old", "disabled", "pensioner", "mad" or as the case may be.


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Uganda 2002 — source variable UG2002A_EMPSTAT — Employment status in the last seven days
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For all persons aged five years and above


P18 Activity status in the last seven days What was name's main activity status in the last 7 days? (If not working for pay, (code 13-19) skip to P21, otherwise write appropriate code) ___

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School Attendance and Educational Attainment
130. The questions on education apply to All Persons Aged 5 (Five) Years and Above. Look back at the age you have entered for each person. For those aged 0 to 4 years write "N/A" (Not Applicable) for Question P16 and leave the rest of the column blank.
131. For purposes of the census, education does not include any form of pre-primary education such as Nursery Education, even if the person is of eligible age.


Economic Activity
136. Is defined as work, which involves the production of goods and services for sale or exchange and production of certain products for own consumption. Non paid Household chores such as preparing food, house cleaning, care of children or collecting fire wood for own consumption are considered as non economic activities. Also community and volunteer services and prostitution are classified as non-economic activities.
137. According to the above definition, economic activity covers production of goods and services intended for market, all government activities, production and processing of primary products (crop farming, animal rearing, fishing, forestry and logging activities; and mining and quarrying) for own consumption, processing of primary products and production of other commodities where part of it is sold on the market. In addition, they include own account construction, fixed asset production.


Activity Status
138. Personal activity status is defined in relation to the person's position at his/her place of work and his/her mode of remuneration i.e. self employed, Paid employee, Unpaid family worker, Student, pensioner, etc.
139. Main activity Refers to the most important economic activity the respondent was engaged in terms of time spent during the last seven (7) days preceding the Census night. 140. Self-Employed: It comprises of employers and own account workers.

1. Employer: This is a person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in an economic activity, and hires one or more employees. For example, a person who owns a shop and hires a person whom he/she pays a salary is considered an employer.
2. Own account worker: is a person who operates his/her own economic enterprise without employing other people as helpers. For example, a person who makes bricks and does not employ any helper is considered an own account worker, not an employer.

141. Unpaid Family workers: Refers to those members of the Household who work in an enterprise operated by the Household without pay or profit.
142. Paid Employee: This is a person who performs work for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wage or salary, commission and piece rates in cash or in kind.
143. Some examples of paid employees are a primary teacher who works in a school for a wage/salary is a paid employee; a person who makes bricks from materials owned by others, and who is paid a salary or wage for work is a paid employee; a person who works in a shop belonging to a Household for a salary is a paid employee.
144. All persons who will be temporary absent from work because they are on holiday, sick leave, maternity leave, annual leave and for some other reasons but continue to receive wage or salary, will be recorded as paid employees code '10'. For example: A teacher on holiday, he/she may not have taught during the last 7 days before the census night but continued to receive his/her salary. Such person is considered as a paid employee.
145. Also all persons who were engaged in temporary activity while on holiday, leave or some other reason but have a permanent job to return to, his/her usual activity will be recorded not the temporary activity. For example, a secondary school teacher who is on holiday and is currently employed as a census enumerator or Supervisor, his /her usual activity status (Paid employee) and occupation (Secondary teacher) is the one to be recorded.
146. Looking for Work: These include persons without work i.e. were not in paid employment or self employed and had taken specific steps in a specified recent period to seek paid employment or self-employment. The specific steps include registration at a public or private employment exchange, application to employers, checking at work sites, farms, factory gates, market or other assembly places, placing or answering newspaper advertisements, seeking assistance from friends or relatives, looking for land, building, machinery or equipment to establish own enterprise, arranging for financial resources, applying for permits and licenses, etc.
147. Full time Student: A person who attends a regular formal educational institution, public or private, and does so on a full time basis is called a full time student. Part-time students in formal institutions but also working elsewhere should be regarded as Working.
148. Household Worker: A person of either sex involved in housework and is not paid for the chores he/she performs is called a Household worker.
Industry
149. Refers to the type of economic activity carried out by the enterprise where a person is working. For example, a school nurse is considered to be in the education sector, while an accountant in a soap factory is in the manufacturing sector. Subsistence farmers are considered to be in the agricultural sector.
150. Manufacturing is defined here as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products, whether the work is performed by power-driven machines or by hand, whether it is done in a factory or in the worker's home, and whether the products is sold at wholesale or retail.
151. Some common manufacturing activities include making pancakes, making chapatti, grinding groundnuts, slaughtering animals, coffee processing, maize milling, making curry powder, brewing local beer, distilling local waragi, making furniture, etc.
Occupation
152. Occupation refers to the actual work that an individual does at the place of work. This is irrespective of what the organization actually produces. The information on occupation will be coded in the office. You are thus required to give brief but precise descriptions of the actual occupations, in order for the head office to be able to assign appropriate codes.
153. A description such as "farmer" or "Crop Farmer" is not sufficient. To get the appropriate code we need a description such "Subsistence crop farmer". Additional examples
i. Do not report "Teacher" only but include the level "Primary School Teacher", "Secondary School Teacher", "University Lecturer"
ii. Do not report "farmer" but the type of farmer, such as "Subsistence Crop Farmer ", "Subsistence Animal Farmer", "Commercial Crop Farmer", "Commercial Animal Farmer", "Commercial Fish Monger"
iii. Do not report Trader but the type of trader, such as "Retail Trader Of Food Items", "Wholesalers, Importers".
iv. One of the common occupations is a retailer who sells a wide variety of products such as foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, stationery items, soap, cigarettes, and other products. Report the occupation description for these as "Retail trader in General Merchandise"

How to fill in Questions 18 - 20
154. Questions P18, P19 and P20 are meant for all persons aged 5 years or above. Look back at the age you have entered for each person. For those aged 0 to 4 years write "N/A" for question P18, leave the rest of the columns blank and continue to the next person.
155. Ask the questions as they are set out on the questionnaire and talk to each member of the Household and code after understanding what he/she did during the last 7 days prior to the Census Night.


Question P18: Activity Status in the last 7 days
Ask, "What was (name's) main activity during the last 7 days"
156. This question should be asked to all Household members aged 5 years and above. Write the appropriate code using the code list. Make sure that you understand the activity status of the Household member as explained above before coding.
157. We are interested in someone having worked for a minimum of 1 hour per day on average.
158. For those members of the Household with more than one economic activity, seek the main economic activity in terms of time spent.
159. Many of these peasant farmers engage in more than one activity but in describing their work you should pick the main activity i.e. where he/she spent most of the time during the last 7 days.
160. If the person combines paid employment with unpaid work you should record the paid job rather than the unpaid job - for example, if the person is a bus driver who earns a salary, and worked as well in his garden to grow food, we are interested in the paid job. If the person is a Household worker but performed some economic activity (say sold fruit), such a person should be classified in category of selling fruits, codes 10 - 12.
161. A person may not have worked last week because he or she was temporarily absent from work. In such cases ask about the person's usual occupation. A primary teacher on holiday, but continues to receive a wage or salary, you should record his /her occupation, but if he/she does not continue to receive wage/or salary his /her occupation or she/ he intends not to go back, you should not record the occupation. Probe further to find out what he/ she is doing.
162. Note: Questions P19 and P20 are applicable to Household members with codes 10-12 only in Question P18, i.e. paid employees, self-employed and unpaid family workers. For other codes in Question P18 (codes 13-19), write 'N/A' in Question P18 and skip to Question P21.
Question P19: Industry. Ask, "What is the main economic activity in the place where (name) works?"


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Uganda 2014 — source variable UG2014A_ACTIVITY — Work status
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Section 1: Particulars of household members

For persons aged 10 years and above

P22 What was [the respondent's] main activity status in the last 7 days? (Refer to code list P22)

[] 10 Working for pay
[] 11 Employer
[] 12 Own account worker
[] 13 Helping without pay in household business
[] 14 Volunteer
[] 15 An apprentice (not paid)
[] 16 Looking for work
[] 17 Not working and not looking for work
[] 18 Household chores
[] 19 Full time student
[] 20 Retired/Pensioner
[] 21 Too old to work
[] 22 Too young to work
[] 96 Other
[] 97 Not applicable

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United Kingdom 1991 — source variable UK1991A_EMPSTATP — Economic position (primary)
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Answer to the remaining questions are not required for any person under 16 years of age (born after 21st April 1975)
[Applies to questions 13 - 19]


13. Whether working, retired, looking after the home etc. last week
Which of these things was the person doing last week?

Please read carefully through the list and tick all the descriptions that apply.

Casual or temporary work should be counted at boxed 1, 2, 3 or 4. Also tick boxes 1, 2, 3 or 4 if the person had a job last week but was off sick, on holiday, temporarily laid off or on strike.
Boxes 1, 2, 3 and 4 refer to work for pay or profit but not to unpaid work except in a family business.
Working for an employer is part time (box 2) if the hours worked, excluding any overtime and mealbreaks, are usually 30 hours or less per week.

[] 1 Was working for an employer full time (more than 30 hours a week)
[] 2 Was working for an employer part time (one hour or more a week)
[] 3 Was self-employed, employing other people
[] 4 Was self-employed, not employing other people
[] 5 Was on a government employment or training scheme
[] 6 Was waiting to start a job he/she had already accepted
[] 7 Was unemployment and looking for a job (Include any person wanting a job but prevented from looking by holiday or temporary sickness)
[] 8 Was at school or in other full time education (Do not count training given or paid for by an employer)
[] 9 Was unable to work because of long term sickness or disability
[] 10 Was retired from paid work
[] 11 Was looking after the home or family
[] Other, please specify ________


[Identification header here]

Please read A below, tick the box that applies and follow the instruction by the box ticked. This will tell you which questions to answer for each person.

[Question A. applies to people who were full or part-time employees or self-employed, with or without employees]
A. Did the person have a paid job last week (any of the boxes 1, 2, 3 or 4 ticked at question 13)?
[] Yes. Answer questions 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 about the main job last week, then go on to question 19. Answer B


B. Has the person had a paid job within the last 10 years?
[] Yes. Answer questions 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 about the most recent job, then go on to question 19.


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United Kingdom 2001 — source variable UK2001A_EMPSTAT — Economic activity (last week)
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[Questions 16 - 35 were asked of people age 16 to 74.]


18. Last week, were you doing any work:
- as an employee, or on a Government sponsored training scheme,
- as self-employed/freelance, or in your own/family business?

[Check] 'Yes' if away from work ill, on maternity leave, on holiday or temporarily laid off.
[Check] 'Yes' for any paid work, including casual or temporary work, even if only for one hour.
[Check] 'Yes' if you worked, paid or unpaid, in your own/family business.

[] Yes -- Go to 24
[] No -- Go to 19


[Questions 19 - 23 were asked of persons who were not doing any work last week.]

19. Were you actively looking for any kind of paid work during the last 4 weeks?

[] Yes
[] No


20. If a job had been available last week, could you have started it within 2 weeks?
[] Yes
[] No


21. Last week, were you waiting to start a job already obtained?
[] Yes
[] No


22. Last week, were you any of the following?

[Check] all boxes that apply.

[] Retired
[] Student
[] Looking after home/family
[] Permanently sick/disabled
[] None of the above


23. Have you ever worked?

[] Yes, please write in the year you last worked _ _ _ _ -- Go to 24
[] No, have never worked -- Go to 36


[Questions 24 - 35 were asked of persons who are currently working or have ever worked.]


25. Do (did) you work as an employee or are (were) you self-employed?

[] Employee
[] Self-employed with employees
[] Self-employed/freelance without employees


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United States 1960 — source variable US1960A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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P21. When was this person born?

[] Born before April 1946


Please go on with questions P22 to P35. Answer the questions regardless of whether the person is a housewife, student, or retired person, or a part-time or full-time worker.


[] Born April 1946 or later


Please omit questions P22 to P35 and turn the page to the next person.
Space for any notes about the entries for this person.


_____


P27. Occupation (Answer 1, 2, or 3)

[] 1. This person last worked in 1949 or earlier.
This person has never worked.

or

[] 2. On active duty in the Armed Forces now

or

[] 3. Worked in 1950 or later (Answer a to e, below.)


Describe this person's job or business last week, if any, and write in name of employer. If this person had no job or business last week, give information for last job or business since 1950.


a. For whom did he work?

_____
(Name of company, business, organization, or other employer)

b. What kind of business or industry was this?
Describe activity at location where employed.

_____
(For example: County junior high school, auto assembly plant, TV and radio service, retail supermarket, road construction, farm)

c. Is this primarily:

[] Manufacturing
[] Wholesale trade
[] Retail trade
[] Other (services, agriculture, government, construction, etc.)

d. What kind of work was he doing?

_____
(For example: 8th grade English teacher, paint sprayer, repairs TV sets, grocery checker, civil engineer, farmer, farm hand)

e. Was this person: (Check one box)

[] Employee of private company, business, or individual, for wages, salary, or commissions
[] Government employee (Federal, State, county, or local)
[] Self-employed in own business, professional practice, or farm
[] Working without pay in a family business or farm


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United States 1970 — source variable US1970A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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23. When was this person born?
[] Born before April 1956 - Please go on with questions 24 through 41.
[] Born April 1956 or later - Please omit questions 24 through 41 and go to the next page for the next person.

Questions 29 through 41 are for all persons born before April 1956 including housewives, students, or disabled persons as well as part-time or full-time workers.

[All]

29a. Did this person work at any time last week?

[] Yes - Fill this circle if this person did full- or part-time work. (Count part-time work such as a Saturday job, delivering papers, or helping without pay in a family business or farm; and active duty in the Armed Forces.

[] No - Fill this circle if this person did not work, or did only own housework, school work, or volunteer work. Skip to 30


[All]
35. Was this person - (Fill one circle)

[] Employee of private company, business, or individual, for wages, salary, or commissions
[] Federal government employee
[] State government employee
[] Local government employee (city, county, etc.)
[] Self-employed in own business, professional practice, or farm
[] Own business not incorporated
[] Own business incorporated
[] Working without pay in family business or farm


"If he was an employee of a private non-profit organization, mark the first circle. Mark Local government employee for a teacher in a local public school."

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United States 1980 — source variable US1980A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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30. Was this person --
(Fill one circle)

[] Employee of private company, business, or individual, for wages, salary, or [] commissions.
[] Federal government employee
[] State government employee
[] Local government employee (city, county, etc.)
Self-employed in own business, professional practice, or farm --

[] Own business not incorporated
[] Own business incorporated

[] Working without pay in family business or farm


[If the person was an employee of a private nonprofit organization, such as a church, fill the first circle. Mark Local government employee for a teacher working in an elementary or secondary public school.]

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United States 1990 — source variable US1990A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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30. Was this person -- Fill one circle
[] Employee of a private for profit company or business or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions
[] Employee of a private not-for-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization
[] Local government employee (city, county, etc.)
[] State government employee
[] Federal government employee
[] Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Working without pay in family business or farm


[Mark Employee of a private not-for-profit organization if the person worked for a cooperative, credit union, mutual insurance company, or similar organization. Employees of foreign governments, the United Nations, and other international organizations should mark private not-for-profit organization. For persons who worked at a public school, college or university, mark the appropriate government category; for example, mark State government employee for a state university, or mark Local government employee for a county-run community college or a city-run public school.]

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United States 2000 — source variable US2000A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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18. Was this person under 15 years of age on April 1, 2000?
[] Yes [Go on to question 33]
[] No


29. Was this person - Mark [X] one box.

[] Employee of a private-for-profit company or business or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions
[] Employee of a private not-for-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization
[] Local government employee (city, county, etc.)
[] State government employee
[] Federal government employee
[] Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Working without pay in family business or farm


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United States 2005 — source variable US2005A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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K. Answer questions 35-40 only if this person worked in the past 5 years. Otherwise, skip to question 41.

35-40 Current or most recent job activity.
Describe clearly this person's chief job activity or business last week. If this person had more than one job, describe the one at which this person worked the most hours. If this person had no job or business last week, give information for his/her last job or business.

35. Was this person?

Mark (X) one box

[] An employee of a private for profit company or business, or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions?
[] An employee of a private not for profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization?
[] A local government employee (city, county, etc.)?
[] A state government employee?
[] A Federal government employee?
[] Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?
[] Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?
[] Working without pay in family business or farm?

36. For whom did this person work?

If now on active duty in the armed forces, mark (X) this box --> [] and print the branch of the Armed Forces

Name of company, business, or other employer ____

37. What kind of business or industry was this?

Describe the activity at the location where employed. (For example: hospital, newspaper publishing, mail order house, auto engine manufacturing, bank)

____

38. Is this mainly?

Mark (X) one box

[] Manufacturing?
[] Wholesale trade?
[] Retail trade?
[] Other (agriculture, service, government, etc.)?

39. What kind of work was this person doing?

(For example: registered nurse, personal manager, supervisor of order department, secretary, accountant)

____

40. What were this person's most important activities or duties?

(For example: patient care, directing hiring policies, supervising order clerks, typing and filing, reconciling financial records)

____

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United States 2010 — source variable US2010A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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41. Was this person... Mark (X) ONE box
[] an employee of a private for profit company or business, or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions?
[] an employee of a private not for profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization?
[] a local government employee (city, county, etc.)?
[] a state government employee?
[] a federal government employee?
[] Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?
[] Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?
[] Working without pay in family business or farm


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United States 2015 — source variable US2015A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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41-46 Current or most recent job activity
Describe clearly this person's chief job activity or business last week. If this person had more than one job, describe the one at which this person worked the most hours. If this person had no job or business last week, give information for his/her last job or business.

41. Was this person...
Mark (X) one box

[] an employee of a private for profit company or business, or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions?
[] an employee of a private not for profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization?
[] a local government employee (city, county, etc.)?
[] a state government employee?
[] a Federal government employee?
[] Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?
[] Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?
[] working without pay in family business or farm?
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Answer person questions 41 through 46 if the person worked in the past 5 years.

41. Mark the "An employee of a private not for profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization?" box if the person worked for a cooperative, credit union, mutual insurance company, or similar organization.
Employees of foreign governments, the United Nations, and other international organizations should mark the "a Federal government employee?" box.
If the person worked at a public school, college or university, mark the appropriate government category; for example, mark the "a state government employee?" box for a state university, or mark the "a local government employee (city, county, etc.)?" box for a county-run community college or a city-run public school.


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United States 2020 — source variable US2020A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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M. Answer questions 42a - f if this person worked in the past 5 years. Otherwise, skip to question 43.

42. Description of employment
The next series of questions is about the type of employment this person had last week.
If this person had more than one job, describe the one at which the most hours were worked. If this person did not work last week, describe the most recent employment in the past five years.

a. Which one of the following best describes this person?s employment last week or the most recent employment in the past 5 years?
Mark (X) one box.

Private sector employee
[] For-profit company or organization
[] Non-profit organization (including tax-exempt and charitable organizations)
Government employee
[] Local government (for example: city, county, or municipio)
[] State government (including school districts and state universities)
[] Active duty U.S. Armed Forces or Commissioned Corps
[] Federal government civilian employee
Self-employed or other
[] Owner of non-incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Owner of incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] Worked without pay in a for-profit family business or farm for 15 hours or more per week
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Person question 42

Answer questions 42a-42f if this person worked in the past 5 years. Otherwise, skip to question 43.

P42.a. If the person worked for a cooperative, credit union, mutual insurance company, or similar organization, mark ''Non-profit organization (including tax-exempt and charitable organizations)'' box.

If the person worked at a public school, college or university, mark the appropriate government category. For example, mark the ''Local government (for example: city or county school district)''box for a county-run community college or a city-run public school. Mark the ''State government (including state colleges/universities)" box for a state university.

Employees of foreign governments, the United Nations, and other international organizations should mark the ''Federal government civilian employee'' box.


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Uruguay 1963 — source variable UY1963A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Occupational characteristics
For persons age 8 or older
[Questions 13-18 were asked of persons age 8 or older.]


16. Category of occupation

Only for those employed and unemployed.

Mark a single box according to what corresponds. Employer is one who runs their own company and pays one or more employees or workers. Worker for their own account is one who runs their own company without paid employees or workers. Employee is one who works predominantly in an intellectual activity for a salary for an employer. Laborer is one who works in a physical activity for a weekly salary or day wages for a predetermined employer. Family worker is one who, with or without pay, works for at least two days a week for a family member.

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Worker for their own account
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Laborer
[] 5 Paid family worker
[] 6 Unpaid family worker

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Occupational characteristics

Observation
222. Under the general title "Occupational characteristics" are six themes for titles 13 to 18. For the information to be collected, firstly the whole population of the country has to be grouped within two primary groups:

a) The economically active population.

b) The not economically active population.


Each one of these two large groups will be, at the same time, differentiated into sub-groups, and each and every one of these will be specified under title 13.

[p. 36]

223. Next, the principal occupation of those to be enumerated is investigated (title 14), considering that when a person works more than one occupation, it is the one that supplies the greatest income; and secondary occupation, that which follows the principal in importance regarding income. If a person only works one occupation, this will be the principal occupation.

224. Next, under the name industry of principal activity, the class of industry or place of work where said principal occupation is done (title 15) is to be investigated, and the category or role with which it is done, as employee, worker, etc. (title 16).

The same is for the investigation of secondary occupation when it exists (title 17), and the industry of secondary activity or class of industry where this last activity is done (title 18).

225. In order to get a rational and appropriate group of information, many individual situations should be contemplated which are adjusted to definitions, each time more refined by economic, social and technical censuses. Such definitions and methodological procedures to register information are structured in the form that reflects the occupational situation of those enumerated on the "day of the census".

226. The information asked for in titles 13 to 18 is intimately correlated. This means that once initial basic information is registered, no other information in titles 14 to 18 should be written down without having clarified, whether proceeding or not, the registration of information in the title immediately before. The information registered in title 13 is clarified, and continue conditionally for each one of the following titles until 18, according to the situation of the person enumerated.


Title 16: Category of principal occupation
261. The information about the "category of principal occupation" should be obtained based on the following definitions:

Employer:
262. It is a person who runs their own economic company or who works for their own account; a profession or office that has one or more workers by salary or day's wages. Domestic workers should not be considered among them.

Worker for their own account:
263. It is a person who, without relying on an employer, runs their own economic company or who works by their own account; a profession or office without having any paid workers.

[p. 41]

They can be alone or with an associate.

Employee:
264. It is a person in whose job intellectual force predominates over physical and who works for a salary for a boss or public or private employer, and who is not a member of their census home.

Also considered as employees are:

a) Directors, managers, administrators, bosses, inspectors, secretaries, and other directive personnel of many levels;

b) Professors, professionals for a salary, and specialized assistants of liberal professions;

c) Employees at desks, counters, and offices;

d) Collectors, traveling salesmen and women, agents, company runners, radio-technicians, operators, boat captains, or pilots.


Laborer:
265. It is a person who does a predominantly manual labor activity and works for a salary or day's wages for a boss or public or private employer, and who is not a member of their census home.

266. Domestic employees or those who do activities in the home (cook, nanny, valet, servant, etc.) should be considered within this group -- people who correspond to the industry of activity named: "Family house".

267. Also these are considered laborers:
a) Work trainers, foremen, boatswains, prompters, skilled workers, semi-skilled workers, apprentices, manual laborers, porters;

b) Drivers, machine workers, and firemen;

c) Foremen and workers of agricultural and livestock operations;

d) Delivery people, doormen, packers, servers;

e) Hairdressers, hair stylists, manicurists, and other operators of beauty salons.


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Uruguay 1963 — source variable UY1963A_INDTYPE — Industry type
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Occupational characteristics
For persons age 8 or older
[Questions 13-18 were asked of persons age 8 or older.]


15. Industry of principal activity: ________

Only for those who are employed and unemployed.

Specify the class of establishment where the employed does the principal occupation, or if unemployed, the class of the last establishment worked. Examples: textile factory, food storage, public school, judge's chambers, farm, country house, etc.

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Occupational characteristics

Observation
222. Under the general title "Occupational characteristics" are six themes for titles 13 to 18. For the information to be collected, firstly the whole population of the country has to be grouped within two primary groups:

a) The economically active population.

b) The not economically active population.


Each one of these two large groups will be, at the same time, differentiated into sub-groups, and each and every one of these will be specified under title 13.

[p. 36]

223. Next, the principal occupation of those to be enumerated is investigated (title 14), considering that when a person works more than one occupation, it is the one that supplies the greatest income; and secondary occupation, that which follows the principal in importance regarding income. If a person only works one occupation, this will be the principal occupation.

224. Next, under the name industry of principal activity, the class of industry or place of work where said principal occupation is done (title 15) is to be investigated, and the category or role with which it is done, as employee, worker, etc. (title 16).

The same is for the investigation of secondary occupation when it exists (title 17), and the industry of secondary activity or class of industry where this last activity is done (title 18).

225. In order to get a rational and appropriate group of information, many individual situations should be contemplated which are adjusted to definitions, each time more refined by economic, social and technical censuses. Such definitions and methodological procedures to register information are structured in the form that reflects the occupational situation of those enumerated on the "day of the census".

226. The information asked for in titles 13 to 18 is intimately correlated. This means that once initial basic information is registered, no other information in titles 14 to 18 should be written down without having clarified, whether proceeding or not, the registration of information in the title immediately before. The information registered in title 13 is clarified, and continue conditionally for each one of the following titles until 18, according to the situation of the person enumerated.


Title 15: Industry of principal activity
252. "Industry of principal activity" is understood to be the class of business, establishment, office, organization, company, institution, etc., where a person does their principal occupation.

253. Write down this information only for people who in the previous title (title 14), were registered with a principal occupation that pertains to one of the two groups: "Employed", or "Unemployed".

As in the case of the principal occupation, try to register in the most concrete form, avoiding vague names, the class of establishment where the person works or worked (if "Unemployed"). Avoid names such as workshop, office, store, company, factory, stall, etc., and instead specify in the following manner: shoe factory, radio repair shop, accountant's office, leather stall, air transportation company, refrigerator repairs, construction company, textile factory, bronze smelting, etc.

[p. 40]

255. Avoid writing down names that are exclusively the name of the establishment, like the factory "La Violeta", "Casa Fénix", etc., that do not give any idea of the class of industry or business done in it.

256. In the case of mixed businesses like a beauty salon or hairdresser's in which there is at the same time a lottery kiosk or caramel vending, register the business that receives the greatest benefits or that the owner considers the most important.

257. If a person is a government employee, of an autonomous, municipal, or decentralized service entity, write down without exception the name of these institutions where they work, such as: Ministry of Public Works, Department of National Parks, Ancap, Department of Combustibles, National Administration of Ports, Department of Accounting, etc.

258. If a person has the same occupation in more than one business or industry, the type of establishment where the greatest remuneration is received should be noted. For example, in the case of a bookkeeper who does the books for a glass factory, a feminine articles shop, and a transportation company, and he receives the largest income from the glass factory, this will have to be noted as the "industry of principal activity". It is understood that this does not concern a person in an accounting office who has a varied clientele -- the same is true for any other professional (doctor, dentist, etc.).

259. If a person does their job in a company that supports two or more different industrial activities, that industrial activity with which the person is directly linked should be written down, since it is a principal activity of the company and not a supplementary activity.

Examples:
a) In the case of a company that has a refrigerator factory and one that makes furniture, an employee will be written down as industry of principal activity: "refrigerator factory", or "furniture factory", according to which of these industries the employee works for.

b) If a textile factory has its own electric plant that supplies the necessary motorized power, a person who works in this factory will be written down as industry of principal activity: "textile factory", and not "electric plant", because the plant is an supplementary activity of the factory.

260. With respect to domestic employees, they will be written down as industry of principal activity: "family house", or "collective dwelling".


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Uruguay 1975 — source variable UY1975A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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(III) Occupational characteristics (for people age 12 or older)


Questions 16-18 are asked only for those who answered under part "A" of question 15 [who are employed or have been employed and are looking].


18. Of the following, what is the category in the occupation that you indicated?

Ask in the indicated order and when you receive an affirmative answer, mark the corresponding box.

[] 1 Employer with employees at your charge
[] 2 Worker for your own account
[] 3 Public employee or worker with paycheck or salary
[] 4 Private employee or worker with paycheck or salary
[] 5 Non-remunerated family worker
[] 6 Member of a production cooperative
[] 7 Other (specify) ____
[] 9 Not known

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G. Information of the people
169. Once the Section "F. Information of the home" is finished, you should ask the population questions to each one of the people who you are to enumerate.

When possible, you should try to make each person provide you with their own information. Only in the case of a person who is absent at the time of your visit, or if it concerns children, will you receive their information from a third party.

In each home, you will enumerate all people who slept in it the night before the "Day of the Census" or who, being absent this night for reasons of work, return to the home during the day. In such form, a doctor who did not sleep in his/her house because of being on guard in a hospital will be enumerated in their home. On the contrary, a traveler who spent many days away from their home will be enumerated in the place slept in during the night before the "Day of the Census."


III. Occupational characteristics
[Persons age 12 or older]

252. With the questions from this chapter, we look to quantify the active population and determine what the activities that are done are.


280. For question no. 18: "Of the following, what is the category in the occupation that you indicated?", you should read the list of possible answers, one by one in the order presented in the Census document, waiting for an affirmative answer. When you get it, mark the corresponding box with an "X" and do not read the rest of the alternatives.

In case an interviewed person has doubts and asks for clarifications, you should present the following definitions:

  • Boss or employer is a person who does their own economic enterprise and who has one or more employees by salary or daily pay.
  • Worker for their own account is a person who, without depending on a boss, does their own economic enterprise, without having any remunerated employee.
  • Employee or worker is a person who works for a boss or employee, public or private, and who receives remuneration in the form of paycheck, salary, daily pay or commissions paid item for item or in kind.
  • All people who work in central administration, decentralized services, state companies, that is to say, those cases in which the employer is the state, or in those in which the state participates, such as the Family Service Fund, C.H.A.S.E.C., C.H.A.S.T.T.A., etc. are public employees.
  • Non-remunerated family worker is a person who works (at least 15 hours per week) in a company or business whose owner is related and does not receive any remuneration.


[p. 79]

  • Member of a production cooperative is a person who is an active member of a production cooperative, whatever activity is done.


If a person has a job whose category is not present in the Census document, write it down in "Other" as exactly as possible.

If a person you are enumerating tells you that their category is non-remunerated family worker, you should ask them if they worked more than 15 hours last week. If they answer affirmatively continue ahead, on the contrary, tell them that their answers to questions no. 15, 16 and 17 should not be registered, erase what you have written in them and ask question no. 15 again.

What box would you mark if you had to enumerate the following people?
1. A foreman on a construction site.
2. A person who sells newspapers and works alone.
3. An owner of a carpenter shop, in which three people work.
4. A fence maker at a farm.
5. A teacher at a public school.
6. A chauffer of a bus cooperative, of which he is a member.

[Below the text are two forms, one of which is filled out as follows:
1. Private employee or worker for a paycheck or salary
2. Worker for their own account
3. Employer with employees in their charge
4. Private employee or worker for a paycheck or salary
5. Public employee or worker for a paycheck or salary
6. Member of a production cooperative]


You have to enumerate three taxi drivers named Ferrari, Arcos, and Pérez for whom the following conditions are given:
  • Ferrari drives his own car and does not have any employees;


[p.80]

  • Arcos drives his own car and has two helpers;
  • Pérez is an employee of Arcos.


How do you fill out this information for question No. 18?

285. A young man declares to you that he worked last week making orders for the department store of his father without receiving any remuneration for it. What should you do?
  • Ask if he worked 15 hours or more last week.


286. If you answered this question correctly, continue ahead; if contrary, read paragraph 282 again.

[p. 81]

287. Dr. Gil is a doctor, works in his private office and also if head of the departmental ward of a hospital, where he receives the largest income. Make the notations corresponding to this case for questions no. 15, 16, 17 and 18.

[p. 82]

288. The nephew of Mr. Alvarez works in the store of his uncle, where he eats lunch and dinner every day; weekly he takes to his house something from the store. Make the notations corresponding to this case.

Keeping in mind that a weekly something represents a remuneration in kind; the nephew of Mr. Alvarez receives a remuneration for his work and therefore you should mark the box indicated in the answer.

289. If you answered correctly, continue ahead. If the contrary, read paragraph 281 again.

290. Remember that when asking the occupation you should make sure that the enumerated person clearly specifies where they worked.

291. In the series of answers that follows, mark in the column C those that are considered to be correct and in column N.A. those that need explanation.
[Below the text are two forms, one of which is filled out as follows:
a) Peón, N.A.
b) Foreman in a factory that makes screws, C
c) Office worker, N.A.
d) Supervisor, N.A.
e) Typist
f) Municipal supervisor, N.A.; Public employee, N.A.; Secretary]


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Uruguay 1985 — source variable UY1985A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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(III) Occupational characteristics
[Questions 15-18 were asked of persons age 12 or older]


15. Of the following types of activities, what did you do last week?

Ask them in the indicated order and, when you receive an affirmative response, mark the corresponding box and go to the next person.

A.
[] 11 You worked last week?
[] 12 You did not work because of leave, sickness or strike but you have employment?
[] 21 You did not work because of maternity leave or being suspended?
[] 22 You did not work because of being a harvest or seasonal worker?
[] 23 You looked for work having worked before?

B.
[] 31 You looked for work for the first time?
[] 41 You are retired or pensioned and did not work?
[] 42 You are a rentier and did not work?
[] 43 You studied and did not work?
[] 44 You only took care of the home?
[] 45 Other (specify) ____


18. Of the following, what is the category in the occupation that you indicated?

Ask in the indicated order and when you receive an affirmative answer, mark the corresponding box and go to the next question.

[] 1 Employer with employees at your charge?
[] 2 Worker for your own account?

Employer or worker with paycheck or salary?

[] 3 Public
[] 4 Private

[] 5 Non-remunerated family worker?
[] 6 Member of a production cooperative?
[] 7 Other? (specify) ____

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III. Occupational characteristics -- for persons age 12 or older

With the questions from this chapter, we look to fundamentally quantify the active population and determine what the activities that are done are.


For question No. 18: "Of the following, what is the category of the occupation that you indicated?" you should read the list of possible answers, one by one in the order presented in the Census document, waiting for an affirmative answer.


When you get it, mark the corresponding box with an "X" and do not read the rest of the alternatives.

In case an interviewed person has doubts and asks for clarifications, you should have the following definitions present.

"Boss or employer" is a person who does their own economic enterprise and who has one or more employees by salary or daily pay.

"Worker for their own account" is a person who, without depending on a boss, does their own economic enterprise, without having any remunerated workers.

"Employee or worker" is a person who works for a boss or employee, public or private, and who receives remuneration in the form of paycheck, salary, daily pay or commissions paid item for item or in kind.

All people who work in central administration, decentralized services, state companies, that is to say, those cases in which the employer is the State, are considered public employees.

"Non-remunerated family worker" is a person who works in a company or business whose owner is related and does not receive any remuneration.

"Member of a production cooperative" is a person who is an active member of an economic company that functions under cooperative rules (it is a social cooperative).

If a person has a job whose category is not present in the Census document, write it down in the "Other" [category] as exactly as possible.

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Uruguay 1996 — source variable UY1996A_CLASSWK — Employment type
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For all people age 12 or older
[Questions 16-28 were asked of persons age 12 or older]


28. Of the following, what is (was) your category in the occupation you indicated?

[] 1 Employer, with workers or employees in their charge
[] 2 Public worker or employee
[] 3 Private worker or employee
[] 4 Worker for their own account
[] 5 Non-remunerated family worker
[] 6 Member of production cooperative
[] 7 Other

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Persons age 12 or older


Question 28. Of the following, what is (was) your category in the occupation you indicated?

[p. 29]

Read the following options. When you receive an affirmative answer, fill in the corresponding box. If an enumerated person has any doubt, remember that:

Boss, with workers or employees at their charge. It is the person who exploits their own economic company and who has one or more workers by salary or weekly paycheck.

Worker or employee. It is the person who works for a boss or employer -- public or private -- and who receives remuneration in the form of paycheck, salary, weekly paycheck, commissions, per item payments, either in the form of money or specie.

All people who work in central administration, decentralized services, state companies, that is to say, those cases in which the employer is the state, are considered "Public sector". If the employer is not the state, they will be considered "Private sector".

Worker on their own account: It is a person who works independently without hiring remunerated personnel, exploits their own business and manages their own profession or office for their own account. They can work alone or associated; they can have family help who they hire without payment in money. Examples: independent professionals and technicians, owner of a store without employees, street peddler, etc.

Non remunerated family worker: It is a person who does not receive a paycheck or salary for the job they do in the company or business of a family member.

Member of a production cooperative: It is a person who is an active member of an economic business that functions under cooperative rules (it is socio cooperative).

Other: If a person does a job whose category is not in the Census questionnaire.


Once this question is concluded, observe what you wrote down in relation to the sex and age of the enumerated person. If this person is a woman age 15 or older, go to Question 29 of the following part.

If on the contrary, [if] an enumerated person is a man or a woman younger than 15, finish the enumeration of this person and go to the next one, if necessary.


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Uruguay 2006 — source variable UY2006A_CLASSWK — Type of employment
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F. Work activity

Only for persons age 14 or older

F.2 Characteristics of the main job


69. In this job, you are?

[Question 69 was asked of persons age 14 or older who worked last week or had a job or business to return to, as per questions 62, 63, and 64.]

[] 1 Working for a wage/salary in the private sector (go to question 72)
[] 2 Working for a wage/salary in the public sector
[] 3 Member of a production cooperative (go to question 75)
[] 4 Employer (go to question 75)
[] 5 Self-employed without physical facilities or investment (go to question 75)
[] 6 Self-employed with physical facilities or investment (go to question 75)
[] 7 Household member not receiving wage/salary (go to question 75)
[] 8 Participating in a work public program (go to question 75)

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Characteristics of the main job


69. In this job, you are...?

This question investigates the occupational status of the interviewee, which all in all is the relationship of the worker with his work.

Working for a wage/salary: worker or employee; a person who works for an employer (public or private) and receives a remuneration in the form of a salary, payments in installments or in kind. If he is a public salaried worker, the following question will be asked; if he is a private salaried worker you will go on to question

Member of a cooperative: person who is cooperative, whatever the productive activity to which the cooperative is dedicated. If this is the response you will go on to question 75.

Employer: person who operates his own economic business and has one or more salaried or day laborers under his charge. If this is the response, you will go on to question 75.

Self-employed: person who without depending on an employer operates his own economic business without having remunerated workers, allowing for one or more family workers that are not remunerated. There is a distinction between those who have some installation or investment in order to carry out the activity (with premise) and those who don't possess it (a premise). In both questions, you will go on to question 75.

Household member not receiving wage/salary: person who works for the company or business of a family member that lives within the dwelling and from which he does not receive a salary, wages, or goods for his work. If this is the response, you will go on to question 75.

Public program employee: people who are working in transitory jobs created in the framework of social programs to help the low-income population. The person can declare working for example in the Intendencia, the program of Barrida Otoñal, but it doesn't deal with a public employer but rather a job in a public employment program. The same occurs with the people who are found working in the program Trabajo por Uruguay del Plan de Atencion Nacional a la Emergencia Social (PANES).

Attending to the criteria indicated and the response of the interviewee the corresponding code will be circled.


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Venezuela 1971 — source variable VE1971A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Only for individuals 15 years of age and older


30. Occupational category in this job (or in the last job)

[] 1 Profession employee or manual laborer for the government (Go on to 31)
[] 2 Professional employee or manual laborer for a private company (Go on to 31)
[] 3 Owner (Skip to 32)
[] 4 Own-account worker (Skip to 32)
[] 5 Member of a cooperative or similar (Skip to 32)
[] 6 Unpaid family worker (Skip to 34)

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8.29. Employment status (Q - 30).

This question refers to the person's employment status in the current or last job, keeping in mind the following criteria. Mark only one of the six boxes.

1. Government employee [white collar] or manual laborer: This includes all government employees [white collar] and manual laborers (public employees), from autonomous institutions belonging to the government, named or not, at any level, national, state, municipal, etc. This includes those named by remunerated positions and active members and civilian employees of the Armed Forces. This also includes employees of international organizations such as the United Nations and employees of foreign governments. Persons employed by private organizations such as the Red Cross are not considered to be government employees and should be labeled as employees of "private companies". Work for a private organization that provides services through contracts to a government agency or office (national, state, municipal) should not be classified as work for the government, rather as for a private enterprise.

2. Employee [white collar] or manual laborer for a private enterprise: This includes the employees [white collar] or manual laborers who receive monetary compensation or compensation in tips or in-kind (only when not an unpaid family worker) without respect to the size of [p. 122] the company or if it simply comes from an individual (particular). Employment for monetary or in-kind compensation for the Red Cross or churches or other non-profit organizations is also included. Workers for domestic service in private households are also included.

3. Employer: Those who operate their own economic enterprise, or carry out, on their own account, a profession or trade using one or more remunerated workers, not including un-paid family assistants. Heads of households are not considered employers, even if there are domestic employees in the household.

Those in public companies [i.e., traded in the stock market; not state owned] (incorporated enterprises in: oil, mining, banking, insurance, industry, commercial, etc.) are not considered employers. The executive managers are considered "employees".

4. Working on own-account: Those who "operate their own economic enterprise" or carry out, on their own account, a profession or trade with or without the help of family assistants, but without using any remunerated employee. They are also known as "independent workers" and they can work alone or in association with others of the same condition. Members of cooperatives are excluded from this category and fall into the "other" category.


[p. 123]

5. Member of a similar cooperative: Those not classified under the previous categories, such as members of cooperatives, members of religious cults that cannot be assigned to another category etc.

6. Family assistant. -Those who carry out an occupation in the economic enterprise operated by a member of the family group without receiving express compensation, only if worked at least 1/3 time (15 or more hours) during the week prior to the Census. Food, board, clothing, and other allocations received are considered to be in-kind remuneration. In the case that a family assistant receives monetary compensation or works for in-kind compensation for a non family member, they are considered "employees or laborers".


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Venezuela 1981 — source variable VE1981A_OCCSTAT — Class of worker
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(Only for people 12 years of age and older.)


27. In this job, are (or were) you a?

[] Public sector professional employee -- Go on to question 28
[] Private sector professional employee -- Go on to question 28
[] Public sector manual laborer (obrero) -- Go on to question 28
[] Private sector manual laborer (obrero) -- Go on to question 28
[] Domestic servant -- Go on to question 29
[] Owner -- Go on to question 29
[] Own-account worker -- Go on to question 29
[] Member of a cooperative -- Go on to question 29
[] Unpaid family worker -- Go on to question 30

Did you look for work? [Unpaid family worker]

[] Yes
[] No

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Question 27


-- In this job you are (or were) ?

This question requests the employment status in the job in which the person carries out his/her principal remunerated employment.

In order to answer this question, the following concepts need to be explained:

Public employee.

A person who works in Public Administration, Ministries, other Organizations within the National, Regional, State, and Municipal Public Administration - Municipal Councils, Governments, etc.; Universities and Institutions of Higher Educational of the Venezuelan State; Companies whose capital is mostly owned by the State; petroleum and petrochemistry, etc. Fill in the corresponding oval and proceed to question 28.

Private sector employee.

A person who works for a company whose capital mainly comes from private sources.

These companies can be for-profit or non-profit. Included in this category are: Incorporated Enterprises, Limited Liability Corporations, Family Enterprises, Cooperatives, Non-profit organizations (scouts, church, etc.). Also included are activities in a family residence providing services other than household duties. Fill in the corresponding oval and proceed to question 28.

Manual laborer.

A person, in the public or private sector, whose income is calculated on a daily rate and is usually paid at the end of each week, is classified in this category.

Fill in the corresponding oval and proceed to question 28.

Domestic employee.

The person who claims to work permanently and exclusively for a family household carrying out household duties for which a bi-weekly or monthly salary is received. Fill in the corresponding oval and proceed to question 29.

Employer.

Those who direct their own company. They should have at least one salaried employee (white-collar) or laborer in their employment.

Fill in the corresponding oval and proceed to question 29.

[p. 86]

Worker on own-account.

A person who does not depend on an employer and who directly offers and charges for services with no intermediaries, also does not have employees (white-collar) or laborers in their employment. This includes plumbers, electricians, taxi drivers, etc. who offer their services individually and privately.

Fill in the corresponding oval and proceed to question 29.

Cooperative member.

A person who works as an active member of one or more cooperatives: transportation, agricultural, etc.

Fill in the corresponding oval and proceed to question 29.

Unpaid family worker.

Works in the company of a family member and does not receive compensation in the form of money.


If the person claims to be an "unpaid family worker", fill in the corresponding oval and ask if the person looked for other work, filling in the appropriate oval according to the answer and proceed to question 30.


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Venezuela 1990 — source variable VE1990A_CLASSWKR — Class of worker
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Questions 18-26 are only for people 12 years of age and older


24. In this job, are (or were) you a:

[] Public sector professional employee or laborer
[] Private sector professional employee
[] Domestic servant
[] Member of a cooperative
[] Employer or owner
[] Own-account worker (who doesn't have employees or workers)
[] Unpaid family worker

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Questions 18-26 are only for people 12 yrs of age and older


For questions 20 -- 25, take the information for the previous job when a person is "looking for work having been previously employed".


Question No.24

[Employment Status]
[The instructions refer to a graphic of section VI, question 24 on the census form.]

-- Read the question and the possible answers and fill in the corresponding cell.

Employee (white-collar) or laborer for the public sector:

Works in:

-- Ministries or organizations of the national, regional, state, or municipal public administration.
-- State universities or institutions of higher learning
-- Companies with mostly state-owned capital (oil companies, iron and steel companies, etc.).


Employee (white-collar) or laborer for the private sector:
Works in:

-- Incorporated enterprises, limited liability corporations (sociedades de responsabilidad limitada), family owned companies, cooperatives, non-profit organizations (scouts, churches, etc.).


Domestic employee:
Works in a house performing household duties and receives a salary.


Member of a cooperative:
Works as an active member of one or more cooperatives (transportation, agricultural, etc.)


Employer:
Directs own company. Should have at least one employee (white-collar) or laborer in their employment.


Worker on own account:
Does not depend on an employer and does not have employees (white-collar) or laborers in their employment. Offers individual and private services (plumber, electrician, taxi driver, street peddler, etc.).


Unpaid family helper:
Works in the company of a family member and does not receive compensation in the form of money.


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Venezuela 2001 — source variable VE2001A_CLASSWK — Class of worker

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Vietnam 2009 — source variable VN2009A_CLASSWK — Position in employment
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17. If the respondent was born before April 1994 (15 years or older), [go to] Q 18; otherwise, ask the next [person]
[Questions 18-30 were asked of persons aged 15 years and over]


24. With the above mentioned work, are you a contributing family worker, employee or work as another role?

[] 1 Family worker
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Other

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Questions from 20 to 30: These are questions on work during the last 7 days for persons of 15 years old or more. Thus, in order to collect exact information, the enumerator must have direct interviews with these persons.


Question 24: With the above mentioned work, are you a contributing family worker, employee or work as another role?
This question is asked of those with information in Question 23.

This question aims at collecting information on the status in employment of the respondent at the place they are working. Status in employment is classified into 3 main categories:

1. Contributing family worker: This includes persons who do work organized by their family members (usually father, mother, or both) to earn income/profit but they did not receive a wage or salary for it. In case the work is organized by the parents but the person did receive a wage/salary from his/her parents, they would not be counted as a family worker, but as an "employee". If the respondent is defined as a family worker, the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "1", and then asks Question 25.

[pg.49]

2. Employee: This includes persons who are employed by organizations, other individuals according to contracts (labor contract, recruitment, etc.) in order to perform work with the aim of achieving purposes for those organizations, person who are paid in cash or in kind by those organizations, etc. If the respondent is defined as an employee, the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "2", and then asks Question 25.

3. Other: This includes persons who are not defined as one of the above two categories. If the respondent is defined as "other", enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "3", and then asks Question 25.


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Vietnam 2009 — source variable VN2009A_SECTOR — Economic sector of work organization
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17. If the respondent was born before April 1994 (15 years or older), [go to] Q 18; otherwise, ask the next [person]
[Questions 18-30 were asked of persons aged 15 years and over]


25. Does the establishment where you did the above mentioned work belong to an individual, household of individual production and trade, collective, private, state, or foreign investment economic enterprise?
(Household of individual production and trade includes agriculture/forestry/fishery and non-agriculture/forestry/fishery households)

[] 1 Individual (go to Q31)
[] 2 Household of individual production and trade (go to Q27)
[] 3 Collective
[] 4 Private
[] 5 State
[] 6 Foreign investment economic enterprise

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Questions from 20 to 30: These are questions on work during the last 7 days for persons of 15 years old or more. Thus, in order to collect exact information, the enumerator must have direct interviews with these persons.


Question 25: Does the establishment where you did the above mentioned work belong to an individual, household of individual production and trade, collective, private, state, or foreign investment economic enterprise?
The place at where a person is working can be only classified into one of the following 6 economic categories:

1. Individual: This includes individuals performing services without business registration according to the Government's decree number 88/2006/ND-CP, specifically:
  • Those who sell things on the streets, buy from afar, mobile business, individual services, except as specialized occupations such as medicine, pharmacy, etc.
  • Individuals who have free will work (he works by himself; he decides all), such as: bicycle repair, motorbike repair, Honda taxi driver, etc.). For a person who has defined his/her main work in the last 7 days as belonging to an individual, the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "1". He/she then moves to Question 31, not to ask Questions 26 - 30


2. Household of individual production and trade: This includes households who are doing agriculture/forest/fishing production and business, or non-agriculture/non-forest/non-fishing production and business headed by an individual, group of individuals, or a family household that have not registered as enterprises.

An individual production and trade household can produce more than one type of main product. For persons who participate in producing a type of main product, the enumerator records the name of the main product for Question 27.

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For a person who has defined his/her main work in the last 7 days as belonging to an individual production and trade household, the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "2". He/she then moves to Question 27, not to ask Question 26.

3. Collective: This includes:
  • Collective economic units, i.e. cooperatives, comprising: agriculture cooperatives, craft industrial cooperatives, construction cooperatives, trading cooperatives, service cooperatives, credit cooperatives (People's Credit Fund, etc.), etc., and their establishments are registered in accordance with the Cooperative Laws;
  • People's non-profit units: units of non-government social/occupational organizations and other non-government units. Budgets for activities of these units are contributed by their members.


For a person who has defined his/her main work in the last 7 days as belonging to a collective unit, the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "3". He/she then moves to Question 26.

4. Private: This includes enterprises which are established and operated in accordance with the Private Enterprise Law. Specifically it includes private limited companies, non-state joint stock companies, other private enterprises.

  • Private limited companies: companies where the owner(s) are private (100% private capital).
  • In-country joint stock companies companies where all of their shareholders are non-government organizations or individuals, or companies with government shareholders that do not hold control or special shares.
  • Joint state-private companies: these are enterprises, of which:

  • Should have at least two joint members; apart from joint members there could be capital-sharing members;
  • Each joint member should be an individual with high qualifications and high professional prestige, and is responsible for his/her property and the duties of the company;
  • Each capital-sharing member is responsible for his/her shared capital.

Joint state-private companies are not allowed to issue any kind of stocks.

  • Private enterprise: is an enterprise headed by an individual who is responsible by him/herself for all his/her property on all duties of the enterprise.


The type "private" also includes joint companies between one or more units belonging to Vietnam's private economy and foreign enterprises, organizations, or individuals. All owners and workers employed by private enterprises are classified as the type "private".


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For a person who has defined his/her main work in the last 7 days as belonging to a private unit, the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "4". He/she then moves to Question 26.


5. State: This includes:

a. Enterprise: State enterprises, state limited companies, state joint stock companies.

  • State enterprises are enterprises which are registered and operated in accordance with the State Enterprise Laws, comprising: state enterprises organized under the form of an independent enterprise, Corporations, enterprises of Corporations with 100% Government capital, joint companies whose members are in the Government.
  • State limited companies are one-member limited companies which were converted from state enterprises, or enterprises of the state's political or sociopolitical organizations.
  • State joint stock companies are joint stock companies where the Government is the shareholder with majority control stock holdings (Government stock accounts for over 50% of all stocks and is at least twice as great as the stock holdings of the other largest shareholder in the enterprise) or has special stock (Government does not have majority control stock holdings but has rights to decide some important issues of the enterprise according to agreements in the Enterprise Regulations).


b. Non-profit administration units, Party associations, mass organizations, other public associations: state offices, public administration units, semi-public administration units, units of political organization, sociopolitical organizations, socioeconomic organizations of the State.

  • State offices include legislative, judiciary and administrative offices.
  • Public non-profit units are units operating in the branches of health, education/training, culture, information, broadcast, television, or sport which were established on the basis of association between state organizations with non-state organizations or individuals. When established, all or part of a public unit was transferred to invest in the construction of material bases for managing and operating all activities in accordance with the laws.
  • Units of political organizations comprise offices of the Vietnam Communist Party.
  • Units of sociopolitical organizations comprise units whose main source of funds comes from the Government, such as: Fatherland Front, Trade Union, Women's Association, Youth Union, Veteran's Association, and Peasant's Association.


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  • Units of state socioeconomic associations comprise: Association of Letters and Arts, Association of Writers, Association of Theatrical Artists, Association of Lawyers, Medicine Association, etc., where their funds come mainly from the Government.
  • Units of other state associations comprise units other than the above mentioned units, such as: the Elderly Association; Association for Protection of Disability and Orphaned Children; Association for the Encouragement of Learning; Association of the Blind; Buddhist Association; other faith-based associations that have funds mainly coming from the Government.


For a person who has defined his/her main work in the last 7 days as belonging to a state unit (including those who are on the roll, contracted employees, and temporarily-recruited persons), the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "5".

For persons who are not on the commune's roll but are contracted to work for the Commune People's Committee (archiver, cashier, etc.) according to administrative working hours, they are counted as working for the state.

6. Foreign enterprise: comprises:
Enterprises with 100% foreign capital; representative offices of foreign agencies, companies, or enterprises; foreign and international organizations.

For a person who has defined his/her main work in the last 7 days as belonging to a foreign investment enterprise, the enumerator marks (x) in the small box next to code "6". He/she then moves to Question 26.


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Vietnam 2019 — source variable VN2019A_CLASSWK — Class of worker
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Part 1. Information on household members

30. With the above-mentioned job, what was [the respondent]'s role?

(Read multiple choice)

[] 1 Owner of the facility (can hire regular leaders)
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Family labor
[] 4 Cooperative member
[] 5 Salary earner

(If any is selected, skip to KT6)
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Part V: Instructions on how to question and record information on the census form

Part 1: Information about members of the household
Part 1 of the Census form consists of 41 questions, numbered sequentially from Question 1 to Question 41.

The respondent is the head of the household or a person knowledgeable about members of the household. For information on employment and birth history of women, DTV needs to interview DTDT face-to-face and collect information. In addition, for other information about members of the household, if the head of the household or the information provider is not knowledgeable, DTV also needs to interview DTDT face-to-face and record the information.

Question 30: With the above job, what is the role of [the respondent]?
This question is intended to identify the employment positions of DTDT. DTV reads 5 suggested answer codes and based on the answer of DTDT records information.

Employment positions include the following groups:

- Facility owner (with regular employment): People who manage, operate, and own part or all of the capital of a basic economic unit that employs or hires at least one paid employee.

- Self-employed: People who work for themselves instead of working for other employers to gain wage/salary. Self-employed people generate their income through production and business activities that they directly carry out, including:
- Owners of non-agricultural, forestry, and fishery production and business facilities that do not hire workers;

- Owners of agricultural, forestry, and fishery households that do not hire workers;

- People peddling on sidewalks, traveling merchants, motorbike taxis, fixing tires, repairing cars, etc. (excluding people who are paid to do these jobs).
- Family worker: People who participate in production and business activities organized by their own family members and are not paid for that work.

- Cooperative members: People who contribute capital and work together in cooperatives established under the Cooperatives Code.

People who do not contribute capital but work for the cooperative are not cooperative members.

- Salary earner: People who are hired by other organizations and individuals under agreements/contracts (labor contracts, employment offers, etc...) to perform one or a series of jobs to achieve the purposes of that organization or individual and compensated by that organization or individual in the form of wages/salary or in kind.

Some examples of identifying employment positions:

- DTDT drives his car to carry passengers and does not hire other workers, DTV identifies as "self-employed."

- Husband helps his wife harvest latex. The wife works as a rubber farm worker. DTV identifies the wife as the "salary earner", and the husband as a "family worker."

- DTDT is the head of the population group (with no other work) and receives a monthly allowance. DTV identifies this person as a "salary earner."

- DTDT works as a domestic helper and is paid monthly. DTV identifies this person as a "salary earner."

- DTDT owns a percentage of the capital of a basic economic unit but only earns salary at the unit and does not participate in the management and administration process. DTV identifies this person as a "salary earner."

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Zambia 1990 — source variable ZM1990A_CLASSWK — Employment status
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[Question P-19 to P-25 were asked of persons 12 years and over]

P-20 What has [the respondent] mainly been doing since 1989?

[] 1-Working for pay or profit
[] 2-On leave
[] 3-Unpaid work on household holding or business
[] 4-Unemployment and seeking work but available for work
[] 5-Not seeking work but available for work
[] 6-Full time housewife /homemaker
[] 7-Full time student
[] 8-Not available for work for other reasons
(For answers 4-8 go to P-24)
Employment Status
P-21 Since 1989, has [the respondent] been mainly

[] 1-Employer
[] 2-An employee
[] 3-Self-employed?
[] 4-An unpaid family worker?
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Economic Activity: For Persons 12 Years and Over

P- 21 Employment status
22. This question is to be asked only of those persons for whom
P - 20 is 1,2 or 3 i.e those who are working. Enter the appropriate code in the box provided.

23. By employment status we mean that a person is self-employed, employs others, is employed by someone or works on the family farm in the family business without actually being paid. All these terms will be further explained below.

24. The employment status will be determined by the status of the person during the reference period. If a person worked on more than one job during the reference period, then the employment status of that person will be determined according to the job on which he/she. spent more time. For example, if a person was employed in a garage as a mechanic for 7 months (as an employee), but drove his own car as a taxi driver (self employed) for 5 months, then he will be classified as an employee. If he was an employee in the garage for 6 months and drove the taxi for 6 months i.e. the time spent in different jobs being the same, then you will determine his status on the basis of the job from which he received more income.

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Employer (Code 1)

25. An employer is a person who, while himself working in his own business or farm, also employs other persons to assist him and pays those people wages or salaries in cash or kind. For such a person code 1 is to be entered in the employment status box (P-21).
Examples:

a. A farmer who employs a tractor driver, a farm hand, etc.
b. A carpenter who runs his own workshop and employs others as carpenters, helpers, etc.
c. A garage owner who employs mechanics in his workshop;
d. A shop owner who employs shop assistants, salesmen, stock attendants, truck drivers, cashiers, etc.
e. A butchery owner who employs others as butchers, cleaners, etc.
f. A factory owner who employs factory workers, a foreman, a manager, mechanics, an accountant, etc.
g. A taxi owner who employs drivers to run his taxis;
h. A cinema owner who employs other people to run the cinema, as gate-keepers, projectionist, cleaners, etc.
i. A restaurant owner who employs cooks, bar attendants, pick-up van driver, cashier, etc.

26. A person who is assisted by his own family members whom he does not pay any wages or salaries is not an employer as his family members are unpaid family workers. He is to be classfied as 'self-employed'. On the other hand, if he pays wages or salary to his own family member(s) who runs his business then he is an employer and his family member(s) will be classified as an employee(s).

27. Only those employing others help to run their business or farm will be classified as employers. Those employing domestic servants or security guards, etc., for looking after their household properties are not to be classified as employers unless they also employ someone for the sake of their business operations. Do not classify salaried managers of large companies which they do not own as employers. Similarly personnel officers and other senior officials of companies, parastatal organisations and Government departments are themselves employees who get salaries. Since they do not own the companies; etc., they are not to be classified as employers.

Employee-Wage and Salary Earner (code 2)
28. Enter code 2 in the box provided for persons who worked for others for a was or salary which may be paid to them in cash or kind or partly in cash and partly in kind. Salesmen who worked for commision are also to be classified as employees.

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Examples of Employees:
A shop assistant;
A bartender (not the bar owner);
A carpenter working for a contractor;
A miner;
A domestic servant, cook, gardener, security guards, etc.;
A manager of a firm;
A mechanic working for pay in a garage,

Note:

i. All Government workers and employees of parastatal and private organisations from an Orderly right up to Secretary to the Cabinet, Managing Directors, etc., art, employees.
ii. All full-time UNIP officials such as Members of the Central Committee, Provinceal Political Secretaries, District Governors, etc., will be trate as employees and given code 2.
iii. Ministers and other Members of Parliament having public funds as their main source of income will be considered as employees. Similarly, chairmen of Service Commissions, and Chairmen of Parastatal Organisations will be treated as employees and will be given code 2.

Self-employed (code 3)
29.Those persons Who 5re not working for others for a wage or salary but run their own businesses, factories, workshops, farms, and also do not employ others in their establishment are classified as self-employed and will be given code 3 under the Employment Status column. Ordinarily such persons will have their own place of business and determine their own hours of work and work programme. These persons may do other people's work by fixing an hourly rate or on the basis of the job itself. These could be partners.

30. The fact that members of a person's household may assist him in his work without receiving any remuneration does not alter his employment status as 'self-employed' because he is not employing them. However, if he pays wages or a salary to any member of his household, in that case he is employing that member and this relationship (employer/employee) will then be recorded.

Examples:

i. A subsistence farmer, who does not employ outside labour in his farm except unpaid family workers, will be treated as self-employed.
ii. An owner of a small family store run by him is a self-employed person.
iii. A woman marketeer or a street vendor is a self-employed person.
iv. A car mechanic running a small repair business on his own is self-employed.
v. An owner of a small tea-shop or kiosk which he runs himself or with the help of his (unpaid) family members is a self employed person.
vi. A cobbler or a carpenter running repair business without the help of others is self-employed.
vii. A tailor doing his business with no outside helper is self-employed
viii. A contractor doing odd job repairs on his own is self-employed.

Unpaid (code 4)
31. Enter code 4 for persons who normally assist in the family business or farm, but do not receive any pay or profit for the work so performed.


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Zambia 2000 — source variable ZM2000A_CLASSWK — Employment status
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For Persons 12 Years and Older

22. Employment Status
Since 27th April 1999 what have you been mainly:

[] An employer
[] An employee
[] Self-employed
[] An unpaid family worker
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P25 Employment Status in the last 12 months

This question is to be asked only of those persons who were considered working in P-24. Shade the provided appropriate space.
By Employment Status we mean that a person is self-employed, employs others. is employed by someone or works on the family farm in the family business without actually being paid. All these terms are further explained below.
The Employment Status will be determined by the status of the person during the reference period. If a person worked on more than one job during the reference period, then the Employment Status of that person will be determined according to the job on which he/she spent more time. For example. if a person was employed in a garage as a mechanic for 7 months (as an employee), but drove his/her own car as a taxi driver (self-employed) for 5 months then he/she will be classified as an employee. If he/she was an employee in the garage for 6 months and drove the taxi for 6 months i.e. the time spent in different jobs being the same then you will determine his status on the basis of the job from which he/she received more income.

5.6.16 Employer

An Employer is a person working on his/her own economic account or with one or few partners. He/she holds a self-employment job and in his/her capacity has engaged on a continuous basis. One or more persons to work for him/her as employees for pay, either in cash or in kind. For such a person, shade the first box for Employment Status (P-25).
Examples:

a. A farmer who employs a tractor driver, a farm hand, etc.
b. A carpenter who runs his own workshop and employs others as carpenters. helpers. etc.
c. A garage owner who employs mechanics in his workshop.
d. A shop owner who employs shop assistants, salesmen, stock attendants. truck drivers, cashiers, etc.
e. A butchery owner who employs others as butchers, cleaners, etc.
f. A factory owner who employs factory workers, a foreman, a manager, mechanics, an accountant, etc.
g. A taxi owner who employs drivers to run his taxis.
h. A cinema owner who employs other people to run the cinema, as gate-keepers, projectionist, cleaners, etc.
i. A restaurant owner who employs cooks, bar attendants, pick-up van driver, cashier, etc.
A person who is assisted by family members who are not paid any wages or salaries is not an employer as his/her family members are unpaid family workers. Such a person should be classified as self-employed. On the other hand, if a person pays wages or salaries to the family member(s) who runs their business, then he/she is an employer and the family member(s) will be classified as an employee(s).

Only those employing others to help run their business or farm will be classified as employers. Those employing domestic servants or security guards, etc., for looking after their household properties are not to be classified as employers unless they also employ someone for the sake of their business operations. Do not classify salaried managers of large companies which they do not own as employers. Similarly, personnel officers and other senior officials of companies, parastatal organisations and Government departments are themselves employees who get salaries. Since they do not own the companies, etc., they are not to be classified as employers.

5.6.17 Employee -Wage and Salary Earner

Shade the second box for persons who worked for others for a wage or salary which may be paid to them in cash or kind or partly in cash and partly in\kind. Salesmen/salesladies who worked for commission are also to be classified as employees.

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Examples of Employees:

a. A shop assistant;
b. A bartender (not the bar owner);
c. A carpenter working for a contractor;
d. A miner;
e. A manager of a firm;
f. A mechanic working for pay in a garage;
g. All Government workers and employees of parastatal and private organisations from an Office Orderly right up to the Secretary to the Cabinet, Managing Directors, etc, are employees;
h. Ministers and other Members of Parliament having public funds as their main source of income will be considered as employees. Similarly, Chairperson of Service Commissions, and Chairperson of Parastatal Organisations will be treated as employees.
5.6.18 Self-Employed

Persons who are not working for others for a wage or salary but run their own businesses, factories, workshops, farms, and also do not employ others in their establishment are classified as self-employed. Ordinarily, such persons will have their own place of business and determine their own hours of work and work programme. These persons may do other people's work by fixing an hourly rate or on the basis of the job itself. These could be partners.
The fact that members of a person's household may assist him/her in his/her work without receiving any remuneration does not alter his/her employment status as 'self-employed' because he/she is not employing them. However, if he/she pays wages or a salary to any member of his/her household, in that case he/she is employing that member and this relationship (employer/employee) will then be recorded.
Examples of Self-employed Persons:

a. A subsistence farmer who does not employ outside labour on his/her farm except unpaid family workers.
b. The owner of a small family store run by him/herself.
c. A marketeer or a street vendor.
d. A car mechanic running a small repair business on his/her own.
e. The owner of a small tea-shop or kiosk which he/she runs him/herself or with the help of his/her (unpaid) family members.
f. A cobbler or a carpenter running a repairing business without the help of others.
g. A tailor doing his/her business with no outside helper.
h. A contractor doing odd job repairs on his/her own.
5.6.19 Unpaid Family Worker

Shade the fourth box for persons who normally assist in the family business or farm, but do not receive any pay or profit for the work so performed.


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Zambia 2010 — source variable ZM2010A_CLASSWK — Status in employment
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Only for persons aged 12 years or older
[Applies to questions 31-37]

P33. What was [the respondent's] employment status in the last 12 months?

[] 1 An employer
[] 2 An employee
[] 3 Self employed
[] 4 An unpaid family worker
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P ? 33: What was [the respondent's] employment status in the last 12 months?

This question is to be asked only of those persons who were considered working in P-32. Shade the appropriate code provided.

By Employment Status we mean that a person is self-employed, employs others, is employed by someone or works on the family farm in the family business without actually being paid. All these terms are further explained below.

The Employment Status will be determined by the status of the person during the reference period. If a person worked on more than one job during the reference period, then the Employment Status of that person will be determined according to the job on which he/she spent more time. For example, if a person was employed in a garage as a mechanic for 7 months (as an employee), but drove his/her own car as a taxi driver (self-employed) for 5 months, then he/she will be classified as an employee. If he/she was an employee in the garage for 6 months and drove the taxi for 6 months i.e. the time spent in different jobs being the same, then you will determine his status on the basis of the job from which he/she received more income.

4.15.14 Employer

An Employer is a person working on his/her own economic account or with one or few partners. He/she holds a self-employment job and in his/her capacity has engaged on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for him/her as employees for pay, either in cash or in kind. For such a person, shade the first box for Employment Status.

Examples:

  • A farmer who employs a tractor driver, a farm hand, etc.
  • A carpenter who runs his own workshop and employs others as carpenters, helpers, etc.
  • A garage owner who employs mechanics in his workshop.
  • A shop owner who employs shop assistants, salesmen, stock attendants, truck drivers, cashiers, etc.
  • A butchery owner who employs others as butchers, cleaners, etc.
  • A factory owner who employs factory workers, a foreman, a manager, mechanics, an accountant, etc.
  • A taxi owner who employs drivers to run his taxis.
  • A cinema owner who employs other people to run the cinema, as gate-keepers, projectionist, cleaners, etc.
  • A restaurant owner who employs cooks, bar attendants, pick-up van driver, cashier, etc.

A person who is assisted by family members who are not paid any wages or salaries is not an employer as his/her family members are unpaid family workers. Such a person should be classified as self-employed. On the other hand, if a person pays wages or salaries to the family member(s) who run(s) their business, then he/she is an employer and the family member(s) will be classified as an employee(s).

Only those employing others to help run their business or farm will be classified as employers. Those employing domestic servants or security guards, etc., for looking after their household properties are not to be classified as employers unless they also employ someone for the sake of their business operations. Do not classify salaried managers of large companies which they do not own as employers. Similarly, personnel officers and other senior officials of companies, parasternal organizations and Government departments are themselves employees who get salaries. Since they do not own the companies, etc., they are not to be classified as employers.

4.15.15 Employee -wage and salary earner

Shade the second box for persons who worked for others for a wage or salary which may be paid to them in cash or kind or partly in cash and partly in kind. Salesmen/salesladies who worked for commission are also to be classified as employees.

Examples of employees:

  • A shop assistant;
  • A bartender (not the bar owner);
  • A carpenter working for a contractor;
  • A miner (not the mine owner);
  • A manager of a firm;
  • A mechanic working for pay in a garage;
  • All Government workers and employees of parasternal and private organizations from an Office Orderly right up to the Secretary to the Cabinet, Managing Directors, etc, are employees;
  • Ministers and other Members of Parliament having public funds as their main source of income will be considered as employees. Similarly, Chairpersons of Service Commissions, Board Chairpersons and Chairpersons of Parasternal Organizations will be treated as employees.
4.15.16 Self-employed

Persons who are not working for others for a wage or salary but run their own businesses, factories, workshops, farms, and also do not employ others in their establishment are classified as self-employed. Ordinarily, such persons will have their own place of business and determine their own hours of work and work program. These persons may do other people's work by fixing an hourly rate or on the basis of the job itself. These could be partners such as Lawyers or Accountants who do not employ other staff.

The fact that members of a person's household may assist him/her in his/her work without receiving any remuneration does not alter his/her employment status as 'self-employed' because he/she is not employing them. However, if he/she pays wages or a salary to any member of his/her household, in that case he/she is employing that member and this relationship (employer/employee) will then be recorded.

Examples of self-employed persons:
A subsistence farmer who does not employ outside labor on his/her farm except unpaid family workers.

  • The owners of a small family store run by him/herself.
  • A marketer or a street vendor.
  • A car mechanic running a small repair business on his/her own.
  • The owner of a small tea-shop or kiosk which he/she runs him/herself or with the help of his/her (unpaid) family members.
  • A cobbler or a carpenter running a repairing business without the help of others.
  • A tailor doing his/her business with no outside helper.
  • A contractor doing odd job repairs on his/her own.