B17. Economic activity - type of activity last week
What was [the respondent] doing the last 7 days?
[] 02 Employee
[] 03 Family business worker
[] 04 Self-employed
[] 05 Employer
[] 07 Worked before, non seeking work
[] 08 Never worked before, seeking work
[] 10 Home worker
[] 11 Student
[] 12 Other
B18. Economic activity: occupation
For example: (teacher, nurse, driver, mechanic, carpenter, etc.)
4. Persons age 10 years or older
Occupation: The basis of the classification of occupation is the trade, profession or type of work performed by an individual during the last seven days. The person's occupation is generally related to his training or experience, although this may not always be the case. As an example, the occupation of the driver of a bus is "bus driver", even if he owns the bus and operates it as one-man business (that is, he is self-employed). If the bus driver lost his job and has taken up a temporary post on a farm as a labor then his occupation is now a "farm laborer". Other examples of occupation are teacher, nurse, mechanic, carpenter, etc. A list of occupations and their codes is provided in Appendix B.
B18. Occupation: Write the exact occupation for persons who are "Active" or "Unemployed but worked before" in the space provided in column B18 and leave the two boxes blank. Do not ask the questions on occupation for those who are "Non-workers" and the other "Inactive". If you are sure about a person's occupation, then just state clearly what the person does and the appropriate occupation will be recorded in the office. However, this should only be done as a last resort after you have failed to identify the appropriate occupation.