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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.]


D6. Locus of activity

Was this work a:

[] 1 Household enterprise
[] 2 Non-household enterprise

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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 (9) Household enterprises
Concept and definition
A household enterprise is any activity that satisfies the following criteria:
1. An economic activity that produces goods or services.
2. The activity can be classified as traditional or modern.
3. The result/product from some or all of the activity is sold or exchanged.
4. The place of the activity can be fixed or not and can be inside the household property or outside.
5. Maximum number of permanent workers is 4 (four) people and at least half of these are unpaid family workers.

Example: The wife and children of the head of household serves customers of her husband's food stall/shop.
Farming that is carried out by household members with occasional help from temporary workers.


Filling in the form
Ask the question as follows:
"Is your work mentioned earlier a household enterprise?"


Investigate the respondent's answer to be sure if it can be classified as a household enterprise according to the concept stated above. Pay attention to whether the worker(s) in this activity are paid or unpaid family workers. Those employed in a business that fulfills the definitions stated above are workers in a household enterprise.