Individual form
The following questions [questions 29 through 34] refer to the person's work during the reference week Monday 27 June to Sunday 3 July 2011. If the person is retired or had no job during that week, answer for his/her last job. If the person has more than one job, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours. [For persons aged 12 years and older]
P33. Employment status
State if the person's employment status is:
[] 1 Self-employed with employees
[] 2 Self-employed without employees
[] 3 Working without pay for spouse or other relative in his/her farm or business
[] 4 Apprentice / trainee with or without pay
[] 5 Employee paid by the month
[] 6 Employee paid by the day, week, fortnight, job
[] 7 Member of producers' cooperative
[] 8 Other - specify ____
6. Population census topics and their usefulness
P33 - Employment status
Employment status is not only a useful socio-economic indicator, but is also needed for planning insurance and social welfare schemes for different categories of workers.
8. How to fill in the Population Census Questionnaire
P33 - Employment status
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Shade only one box as appropriate. Note that
[] 1 Self-employed with employees stands for a self-employed person operating (alone or in partnership) his/her own business, trade, enterprise, farm or professional practice, with the help of one or more paid employees;
[] 2 Self-employed without employees stands for a self-employed person operating (alone or in partnership) his/her own business, trade, enterprise, farm or professional practice, without the help of paid employees;
[] 3 Working without pay for spouse or other relative in his/her farm or business stands for a person who worked without pay in a business, trade, enterprise or farm operated by a member of the same household or by another relative;
[] 4 Apprentice/ trainee with or without pay stands for an apprentice/trainee with or without pay;
[] 5 Employee paid by the month: self-explanatory;
[] 6 Employee paid by day, week, fortnight, job stands for an employee paid by day, week, fortnight or by the job, even if payment was made at the end of the month. It also applies to persons who worked for commissions, payments on a piece rate basis or for payments in kind;
[] 7 Member of producers' cooperative stands for an active member of a producer's cooperative;
[] 8 Other relates to a person whose employment status does not fall in any of the above categories; in this case write the full description in the adjacent boxes provided.