Questions on education and work
[Questions 43-58 asked of persons aged 15 or older]
57. How many hours a week do you usually work in all your work places? ____
A person who answered "Don't know" or "Refused" will go to Question No. 58. Otherwise, will go to Question No. 59.
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 for examining the scope of employment
This group of questions allows us to estimate the scope of de facto work performed by those who did work in 2008. The information is received from the questions: number of work months in 2008, work in December and number of weekly work hours.
h. Weekly work hours
This question provides information on the number of hours a person works during a week, in all workplaces. If a person cannot estimate how many hours he usually works, ask him if he works more or less than 35 hours a week.
Question 7.70 - How many hours do you usually work during a week, in all workplaces?
- Type the number of weekly hours a person usually works, and not necessarily the number of hours he worked during the week that ended on 12/27/2008.
- If a person regularly worked in several workplaces, type the total number of weekly hours the person worked in all workplaces.
- Work hours of teachers and artists also include preparation hours.
- If the person worked an irregular number of weekly hours, type '99'.
- If a person did not work in the week that ended on 12/27/2008, refer to the last main workplace in Israel where he worked in 2008.
- A list of the hours that are included and the hours that are not included under 'work hours' can be found further on in this chapter, in paragraph 4.d.
4. Detailed definitions
d. Examples of work hours that should be included in the question 'How many hours do you work in a week'
Include in work hours:
All work hours in all workplaces.
Overtime hours which a person usually worked.
Waiting hours of a doctor, driver, porter, etc. for their clients. Include all waiting hours in workplace, but not standby hours.
Preparation hours related to work, even if not done at the workplace. For example: teachers checking homework and preparing classes, actor rehearsing and trainings.
Work hours of a person who worked without pay in a family business or farm.
A person who is in fact working all day, such as: a woman who cares for children as a 'foster parent' or a live-in domestic worker. Do not write more than 8 work hours a day for these people, even if they say they work more than that.
Do not include in work hours:
Standby hours outside the workplace. For example: the hours a doctor is outside the hospital but is available for work.
Commuting hours, if the commute itself is not part of the job, even if the worker gets paid for these hours (for example, a worker who drives from his home to the office and back).