D. For persons 10 and above
[Questions Q22-Q26 are asked of persons age 10 and above only]
Q24. What is your main activity in the last 12 months?
(Enter the code from the code list in next page)
Code list:
[] 01. Government employee
[] 02. Private employee
[] 03. State enterprise employee
[] 04. Employer
[] 05. Own account worker
[] 06. Unpaid family worker
[] 07. International organization and NGO
[] 08. Unemployed
[] 09. Student
[] 10. Household duties
[] 11. Other
4.5. Section D: For all students aged 10 and above
Section "D" is related to the question about labor and employment, the questions in this section are for people aged 10 and above.
Question Q24: What was your main activity in the last 12 months?
The purpose of this question is to collect information about the activities of the household members during the last 12 months. Moreover, it is to calculate the national employment rate, which will be used to determine the labor force, unemployment, and the percentage of citizens who are not in the labor force.
Activities: Refers to the way of life of people in society by doing business or doing other work according to the passion or desire or profession of each individual. The main activities include the following:
1) Government employees or workers for the government: refers to individuals who work under the management of the government and receive a salary or wages or allowances, benefits, and other policies as required by laws and regulations and civil service regulations.
For example: District administration officers, teachers, soldiers, police, doctors, and village chiefs...
2) Private worker: refers to a person who works under the management of a private sector and receives a salary or wages, benefits, and other policies as required by law and labor contracts.
For example: Lane-Xang Garment factory workers, Somboun Trading, shops...
3) Workers for state-owned Enterprises: refers to individuals who work under the management of state-owned enterprises and are compensated with salary or wages, benefits, and other policies as required by law and labor contracts.
For example: employees of Lao Airlines, Electricite Du Laos, Lao Telecom Company, Water supply state Enterprise...
4) Labor user (employer): refers to a person or organization that employs workers to work, the employer pays salary or wages, benefits, and other policies specified in the law and labor contract to the workers.
For example: the owner of a grocery store, a construction store, a beauty salon, a restaurant...
[p.34]5) Self-employed: refers to those who run their own business for their own use or for profit but do not hire any workers.
For example: farmers, small traders, carpenters, artisans, handcraft...
6) Work for the family (unpaid): refers to the members of the household who help the family's business, agriculture, or activities without receiving any pay or return.
7) Working with international organizations, NGOs, and embassies: refers to those who work with international organizations, NGOs, and embassies.
8) Unemployed (or those who are looking for a job): refers to a person who is unemployed, can work but does not have a job, or is looking for a job.
9) Student: refers to a person who regularly attends a school, public or private educational institution, who must be a full-time or part-time student, and who usually does not contribute to a family earning such as work or as an employee somewhere.
10) Househusband/housewife: refers to a person who does housework in a household and does not do it for any wage and earning.
For example: cleaning the house, cooking, clothes washing...
11) Others: including those who retired, are sick, religious workers, clergy, prisoners, inmates in custody...
To record, you must write the 2-digit answer in the 2 boxes to code the interviewer's answer based on the 2-digit activity code as indicated on the back of the questionnaire.
Note: For volunteers who are not paid, enter the main activity with 2 digits according to their actual activity such as: Volunteers in the public sector should enter code 01;
Attention: If a household member is involved in many activities at the same time, let the surveyor record the activity that takes more time. In case it cannot be identified, let income be the determinant of activity (except for those who do activities 1-4, even if they spend more time than others, mark activities 1-4).