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Continue only for persons aged 10 years or more
[Questions 13-19 were asked of persons age 10+.]

17. What kind of business is done at the place where the person works?

Describe business by activity, e.g. house building, air transport, selling bettlenut.

_ _ _ _ [Continue to Question 20.]
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Economic questions

The economic questions are an important part of the census form. The economic questions for each person over 10 years are in Question 15 to 19.
The census provides the chance for us to find out what kind of work people do. Work that earns some income or helps to support the family, such as growing food, is called "economic activity". Some people are not economically active. On the information collected, community needs can be identified. Better plans can be in place.

Question 17: Industry
Industry is about what activity occurs at the person's place of work. It is not about the person's own activity, which was asked in Q16.

In Q17, we ask about what the Company, Government Department, or business does, e.g. Mining, Immigration Office, Retail shop.

You must make sure you understand the difference between Q16, which is about what the person does, and Q17, which is about the place where they work.

Q17. What kind of business is done at the place where the person works? ____

(Describe the business by activity, e.g. transport, selling betel nut, repairing cars)
(Go to Q20)

Who to ask: Ask the head of the household or the person responding.

Get this information for: All persons 10 years of age or more who said they were economically active in the past 7 days, i.e. Code 1 to 6 in Q15.

How to ask: "What kind of business or activity is done at the place where the person works?"

How to record: Describe what is done at their place of work, e.g.

-Agricultural Industries have a description similar to the Occupation e.g. a coffee grower is in the Coffee Growing industry. A subsistence farmer is in the Subsistence Farming industry.
-Describe the industry as fully as possible. At least two words are necessary to give clear industry description. Be specific, describe the industry clearly. Example: House Construction not just construction, Road Maintenance not just maintenance, Medical Doctor not just Doctor. Do not enter anything in the code boxes for this question.
-For Government Departments or Organizations, describe what the actual place or branch where the person work does. Schools should be described by type, e.g. Secondary School, Nursery School.
-Health locations should be described by activity, e.g. Aid post, Hospital.
-Provincial administration officers should be "Government Administration"
-If at all in doubt, give the name of the Company or Department.
-Market or Roadside Selling should simply be described as Market or Roadside Selling.
-If the person being interviewed is on leave, record the kind of activity at their usual place of work.
-Most large Companies are coded according to their main activity e.g. Mining Companies as Mining Industry, Air Niugini as Air Transport. However some big Companies may have big branches with different names and different activities. Then the activity of the branch should be recorded e.g. Steamships -- Stop and Shop is Retail Trade but there is also Steamships Wholesale which is Wholesale Trade.
-Two words are usually needed to give a good industry description.

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-For Q17, write the activity and not the name of the business, if possible.
-If you cannot record a suitable description of the main business activity, the business name is better than no answer at all. Some business places have many things going on at one time.

All persons answering Q17 had an economic activity so after answering Q17 skip to Q20 for those who are citizen women 15 years or more. The rest should stop. If the person is head continue to Q24 - 28.
Do not ask them whether they were looking for work (Q18) or about their non-work activities (Q19).