Household Questions
Money activity in household
This year (1996) did anyone in this household excluding visitors and those doing so in a wage job earn money from the following activities?
Tick appropriate box for each item
M1. Producing cash crops
Vegetables
[] Yes
[] No
Root crops
[] Yes
[] No
Copra
[] Yes
[] No
Other crops and grain
[] Yes
[]
Money activity in the household during 1996
174. Ask,
'This year [1996] did any person in the household [excluding visitors and those doing it in wage/salary job] earn money from the following activities'.
Explain to the people in the household that this question is different from Questions D14 through D17 where the reference period was last week. There are also other differences:
They refer to the activities of the household as a total.
They should not include money earnings of visitors who happened to be in the household during the census night. Activities of household members elsewhere on census night should not be included.
The wage/salary earnings of the household members should not be reported. Money earnings referred to here are from own account activities. Money earnings of household members working for other people should not be reported here.
Where money earning own account activity was shared between members of two separate households, it should be counted in both households.
The reference period is from the beginning of January 1996 up until the 25th of August. A shorter period will be considered for those household established after January 1996.
[p.43]
175. Tick appropriate 'Yes' box if a household member did grow vegetables, root crops, copra, rice or other crops for sale on the market.
It does not matter if the household produces most of the food crops for own use and only a little is sold or if the household produces most for sale and only a little for own use, in both cases tick 'Yes' boxes.
176. Ask the same question for each economic activity under M1 through M6.
Make sure that either 'Yes' or 'No' boxes under each activity is 'ticked' as appropriate.
177. At question M6 ask household members -
'Has this household made money from any other business or activity this year'.
If the answer is no write 'No' on the space provided. When the answer is YES ask which type of activity and write in a few words on the space provided line eg. making furniture, making dress, repair car.