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LA1995A_ACTIVITY
Main activity in the last 12 months
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D. For persons aged 10 years and above
[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons aged 10 years and above]

14.What was [the respondent's] main activity the last 12 months?

Enter code from code list:

[] 01 Paid employee (Government)
[] 02 Paid employee (Parastatal)
[] 03 Paid employee (Private)
[] 04 Paid employee (State enterprise)
[] 05 Employer
[] 06 Own account worker
[] 07 Unpaid family worker
[] 08 Looking for work/unemployed
[] 09 Student
[] 10 Household duties
[] 11 Retired/sick/too old
[] 12 Other
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Section D: For persons aged 10 years and above
Section D deals with employment questions. These questions shall be asked to all who is 10 years and above. For children, less than 10 years, section D and E should be marked "N/A".

Three different questions are asked to collect labour market information. The questions are interrelated and the purpose of each question must be clearly understood. Explain to the respondent that you will start by asking information on his/her employment status, then his/her profession and lastly about the sector s/he was working in.

Question 14: What was [the respondent's] main activity the last twelve months?
The purpose of this question is to collect information on whether s/he was working or not, studying, retired, etc.

Enter code from code list You may need to probe to reassure that the respondent understands the concept of economic activity.

The response categories are:

01 Paid employee (Government)
Here is included those who work for and are paid from the government {not state enterprise or joint enterprise).
02 Paid employee (State Enterprise)
Here is included those who work for and are paid from state enterprises {not government or joint venture).
03 Paid employee (Private)
Paid employee includes those who work for a private employer and are paid either wages, salary, commission, tips, contract or in kind by the employer. Paid family workers are also to be included here.
04 Paid employee (Joint venture)
Here is included those who work for and are paid from joint venture enterprises (partly government, partly private).
05 Employer
A person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more employees.
06 Own account worker
Own account workers are those who operate their own enterprise, e.g. farmer, petty trader, carpenter without paid employees and work for own consumption or profit.
07 Unpaid family worker
Unpaid family workers refer to those members of the household who worked in the enterprise operated by the household without pay or profit.
08 Looking for work/unemployed
These are persons who were ether without a job or were available for work or were seeking work.
09 Student
A person who attends a regular formal educational institution, public or private. S/he should be full-time or part-time student not usually engaged in an economic activity.
10 Homemaker
Homemaker is a person of either gender involved in household chores in their own households and who do not work for pay or for profit. If the person worked in the household business, s/he should be recorded as self employed or unpaid family worker. Domestic workers engaged for pay should not be included in this category but under paid employee.
11 Retired person /sick/too old
A retired person is one who reports that for most of the last twelve months s/he was not engaged in any economic activity because s/he had retired either due to age, sickness or voluntarily
12 Others
Prisoners are one of the categories to be included here. For rare cases of "not known", enter "99".