6. Vocational or non-vocational status
[These questions are asked of individuals aged 15 years and over]
In your answers to question 6.6 through 6.12 refer to your primary work activity only. If you are not working at present, refer to your most recent job.
6.9 Your job is (was)
[] 1 Full time
[] 2 Part time
Section II - Information about regular inhabitants of the dwellings
In your answers to questions 6.6-6.12:
- Individuals with more than one job should answer in reference to their primary work activity only. Primary work activity is the job with the most work hours or the one (if you work an equal number of hours for different jobs) that provides the most income.
- Employed individuals who did not work during the week prior to the survey date (October 02nd-08th) because of a holiday, illness, CIG, leave of absence, etc., should refer to the job that usually represents their primary work activity.
- If you are not working at present, refer to the last job you had.
Question 6.9
Part time: a work relationship (with or without a contract) that involves fewer than the normal number of work hours for other workers in the same category. It can be:
a) horizontal: work is performed every day, but for fewer hours;
b) vertical: work is concentrated in a few days of the week, a few weeks of the month, or a few months of the year;
c) mixed: work that includes both horizontal and vertical elements.
For employees, part-time work is based on a formal agreement between employer and employee.
Self-employed workers may also working part-time (e.g. a shopkeeper who only works in the morning or afternoon works
part-time).