Persons aged 10 years or more
[Questions L through O were asked of persons age 10 or older]

m. Economic activity - activity status (during last seven days) ____

56. Activity status: It refers to the main economic activity which a person has been engaged in during the last seven days. Activity status is categorized into several groups as follows:

Economically active
57. Mlimi (Subsistence farmer): Is a person whose sole or principal work is in the family garden. Women will be classified as Mlimi if over the year they have spent more time working in the garden than working without pay on domestic duties in the home. If the person who would otherwise qualify as a "mlimi" had a job for pay the "last seven days" then he or she should be treated as an employee. If he or she did not actually do any work in the garden and was not employed during the "last seven days" they should be recorded as "mlimi"(that is, as though they were on holiday with a job to go back to).

58. An employee: Is a person who works for a public or private employer and receives a wage, salary or payment at piece-rates.

59. Family business worker: Is a person who works without pay in a business owned by a relative on a more or less full time basis and is not engaged in any other economic activity.

60. Self-employed: Is a person who operates his or her own business or other economic enterprise, or engages independently in a profession or trade and does not hire any employees but may be assisted by family members.

61. Employer: Is a person who operates his or her own business or other economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade and employs one or more persons. (Note: this does not include managers or others who hire staff on behalf of their company unless they own the company).

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62. Note that a person who had a job or enterprise but who was temporarily absent during the reference period due to injury, illness, leave or other vacation should be classified according to his job or enterprise as an employee, a family business worker, self-employed or an employer.

63. Unemployed person: Is one who did not work the "last seven days", did not have a job or business, but was available for or seeking work. Such persons may fall into one of the following categories:

(i) Worked before and seeking work;
(ii) Worked before and not seeking work;
(iii) Never worked before and seeking work;
(iv) Never worked before and not seeking work.

Economically inactive

64. Home worker: Is one who spends most of his or her time, throughout the year, working without pay on domestic duties, such as cooking, washing or cleaning household surroundings.

65. Student: Is one who is under full-time instruction at a formal educational institution as long as he did not work during the last seven days.

66. Dependent: Any person who did not work during the last seven days because either he was not able to work and relies on others, or there was no need for him to work and relies on others.

67. Independent: Any person who did not work during the last seven days because there was no need and relies on his or her own income, for example, pensioners.

68. It may be necessary to ask several probing questions in order to determine a person's activity status. The sequence of questions given below is designed to enable you to determine the activity status of every person age 10 years or older.

Follow the sequence through, asking the question or jumping to another numbered question box in accordance with answers given by the respondent until you reach the appropriate category as shown at the right hand side of the table.

[Activity status question sequence has been omitted.]

Persons age 10 years or older

Questions from (l) through (q) should only be asked to persons who are age 10 years or older.

a) Activity status (during last seven days): For each person age 10 years or older, ask his/her main economic activity in which they have been engaged during the last seven days. Refer to the guide provided on page 13 of the manual on how to determine activity status of every person aged 10 years or more. Write the activity in which the person has been engaged in during the last seven days in the appropriate space provided and leave columns 36-37 blank. The relevant activity status options for you to use which are listed on the questionnaire under the major categories of "Active", "Unemployed" and "Inactive" are as follows:

For those persons who fall under the category 'Unemployed' you should write the codes 1A, 1B, 2A or 2B, whichever is applicable, to present the corresponding response in view of the limited space on the questionnaire.

Note: Proceed to ask questions on occupation and industry for those you categorise to be "Active" or "Unemployed but worked before". Do not ask the questions on occupation and industry for those who are "Unemployed and never worked before" and the "Inactive".