51. Did you work in the country in 2008? (Not including army service, compulsory or regular)

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.

e. Work in 2008
The goal of this question is to examine whether people who did not work in the week that ended on 12/27/2008, and were not absent from their workplace, were working in Israel in 2008. The questions asked so far referred to one week and working/not working in a certain week can be affected by many temporary factors. In order to receive a broader picture of the labor force, we ask about work over a longer period.
Question 7.50 - Did you work in Israel in 2008? (Excluding mandatory and career military service)