Questionnaire Text

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For persons 10 years of age and over
[Questions 25-44b were asked of those who are 10 years old or over.]

29. Were you looking for a job or work during the last 7 days?

[Question 27 was asked of persons who did not work for pay or profit at least 1 day during the last 7 days, and (1) did not help in a family farm or business at least 1 days during the last 7 days and did not have any employment, work on farm, enterprise or other family enterprise to return to; or (2) did help in a family farm or business at least 1 day during the last 7 days, but for 3 hours or less per day.]

[] Yes (Skip to 31)
[] No

30. Why are you not seeking work during the last 7 days?

[Question 30 was asked of persons who did not work for pay or profit at least 1 day during the last 7 days, were not looking for a job or work during the last 7 days, and (1) did not help in a family farm or business at least 1 days during the last 7 days and did not have any employment, work on farm, enterprise or other family enterprise to return to; or (2) did help in a family farm or business at least 1 day during the last 7 days, but for 3 hours or less per day.]

[] 01 Schooling
[] 02 Housework
[] 03 Believe no suitable job available
[] 04 Bad weather
[] 05 Illness/confinement
[] 06 New job to start soon
[] 07 Going for further studies
[] 08 Disabled
[] 09 Not interested
[] 10 Waiting for answers to job applications/have looked for work prior to last 7 days
[] 11 No qualifications
[] 12 Retired
[] 13 Too young
[] 14 Others

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Questions 25-44 are to be asked of persons who are 10 years of age and above.

Questions 25-34 record information on work or employment of a person. Be sure to explain to the respondent that you are only concerned with the period of 7 days prior to the day of interview.

Question 29
This question is to be asked if the answer to Question 28 is "no". You are to mark the "yes" box only if the person was actively looking for a job or work and it means that he has taken one or more of the following steps:

(i) Registered at an employment office/labor exchange.
(ii) Has answered advertisements/advertised.
(iii) Contacted prospective employers.
(iv) Informed friends/relatives to look out for job opportunities.

You must check with the respondent to make sure that the person has taken one or more of the above steps whenever you obtain a "yes" to this question.

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Question 30
This question is to be asked if the answer to Question 29 is "no". You are to ask the respondent the reason why he was not looking for work during the last 7 days. Write down the reason in the space provided, and mark the appropriate code.

These codes are as follows:

Schooling - 01
Housework 02
Believe no suitable job available - 03
Bad weather - 04
Illness/Confinement - 05
New job to start soon - 06
Going for further studies - 07
Disabled - 08
Not interested - 09
Waiting for answers to job applications/have looked for work prior to last 7 days - 10
No qualifications - 11
Retired - 12
Too young - 13
Others - 14

A respondent should not be coded 05 just because he/she was ill or in confinement during the last 7 days. You must make sure that the respondent would have looked for work if he/she had not been ill/in confinement.