For all persons born in 1981 or before
[Questions D14-D17 were asked of persons born in 1981 or before.]

D17. Employment status
How is person paid? Weekly wages, fortnightly/monthly salary, by sale or job done, unpaid
______

Economic activity last week

For all persons born in 1981 or before
138. The next set of questions, D14 to D17, apply to all persons born in 1981 or before. Look back at the year of birth you have entered for each person. For those born 1982-1996 write 'N/A' for question D14[a] and leave the rest of the column [D14-D17] blank.

139. Questions D14-D17 are concerned with how people provide for themselves, how they make their living. It is restricted to persons 15 years of age and over.

140. In the week before census night, almost everyone in Fiji will have done something to provide for himself or herself. It is your job to discover and record what each person did.

141. 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 D14 - Type of activity last week

142. Question 14[a]
Ask,
Did this person do any work for money last week?

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You should write 'M' against money work. Include also persons who had a job but were either sick or on leave or did not attend work for some other reason.

For persons who did not work for money last week write 'NO' in this box.

145. For those persons responding with 'M' in D14[a], you should also complete

Question D17 - Employment status

161. Ask,
'How is this person paid?'

162. We are concerned with the way in which people are rewarded for their work. Everyone who worked last week was rewarded in one of the following ways:

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Wage or salary

Such people are employed and are paid regularly in cash.
A wage earner is paid in cash on an hourly, daily or weekly basis. A salary earner has his or her pay assessed on an annual basis. Write 'wage' or 'salary' as appropriate.

By sale

Such people are paid in cash when they sell some thing or some service. They are self-employed and do not receive a wage or salary.

A cane farmer is paid for the cane he or she sells. A person who runs his own shop is paid for each article sold. A market vendor is paid for the food sold. The same is true of people who grow vegetables or root crops, or raise chickens, or catch fish to sell. For such people write 'sale'.

By job done

This category includes casual workers and everyone who is paid on a contract, task or piece work basis. They do not receive a regular wage or salary. This kind of arrangement is common in rural areas - for example, in cane cutting gangs or fencing on contract - as well as in urban areas - for example, grass cutters, casual laborers and stevedores. For such people write 'job'.

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Unpaid

Such people work 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 benefits of any profits which arise from the joint family work but do not receive cash on a regular basis. For such people write 'unpaid'.