30. What is your main source of maintenance?(It concerns the first position in your incomes)
Incomes from paid-employment
[] 1 In public non-agriculture sector (state and communal establishment)
[] 2 In private non-agriculture sector (including producer's co-operative)
[] 3 In public agriculture sector (state and communal establishment)
[] 4 In private agriculture sector (including producers' co-operative)
Incomes from self-employment (own-account work)
[] 5 Outside agriculture
[] 6 In own private farm (or plot of land)
[] 7 In agriculture outside own private farm (or plot of land)
Non-earned source
[] 8 Retirement pay (employee, derivative and combatant)
[] 9 Retirement pay of farmers
[] 10 Pension resulting from an inability to work
[] 11 Social pension
[] 12 Family pension
[] 13 Unemployment benefit
[] 14 Welfare allowance
[] 15 Others (specify): ____
Other incomes
[] 16 Incomes from owning
[] 17 Incomes from leasing
Maintained by other persons
[] 18 From this household
[] 19 From other household
1. All the sources of income generated during the 12 months precedent the research should be listed.
2. When indicating the source of income the question of the amount of income concerning every single source should not be asked.
3. A person at the age of 15 or more can have his/her own source of income; children aged 0-14 are maintained by the parents.
4.Income from paid employment should be indicated even if a person is currently unemployed but used to receive the income from that source within the last 12 months.
5. Special rules apply to the following persons:
Persons serving in the army on compulsory basis -- the source of income before the staring the compulsory service should be indicated,
Belong to the monastery, live in the orphanages, community homes etc. (refer to p. 5 question 30),
Are imprisoned or arrested if the isolation lasts shorter than 1 year -- the source of income before arresting should be indicated; in case of isolation longer than 1 year please refer to p. 5 question 30
Are abroad -- the sources of maintenance abroad or the source of income before the departure should be indicated.
Question 30. What is your main source of maintenance? [p. 45-47]
The main source of maintenance is the source bringing/generating the highest income. If a person has/had only one source of income, the source should be treated as the only and main source of income.
3. Incomes from paid employment
Answer 1. in public non-agriculture sector -- should be indicated in case of persons receiving income from paid employment in non-agricultural state or community establishments.
Answer 2. in private non-agriculture sector - should be indicated in case of persons receiving income from paid employment in non-agricultural establishments owned by domestic or international private persons or a group of people, communities, political parties, foundations, etc.
Answer 3. in public agriculture sector - should be indicated in case of persons receiving income from paid employment in state or community establishments operating in agriculture, forestry, hunting or fishing. Page 17
Answer 4. in private agriculture sector - should be indicated in case of persons receiving income from paid employment in establishments operating in the field of agriculture, forestry, hunting or fishing and owned by private persons, agricultural communities, producers? co-operative etc.
4. Incomes from self-employment
Answer 5. outside agriculture - should be indicated in case of persons receiving income from self-employment outside agriculture e.g. running production plants, companies is building or service sector or helping relatives without any payment in such companies Answer 5 should also be indicated in case of freelancers such as: solicitors, medical doctors, artists, writers, vets etc.
Answer 6. in own private farm (or plot of land) - should be indicated in case of persons receiving income from work in their own farm involved in agricultural production regardless if they are the owners of the land or not.
In case of income from private farm the total agricultural output should be taken into account regardless if the output is sold or consumed within the household.
Answer 7. in agriculture outside own private farm (or plot of land)-- should be indicated in case of persons serving for agricultural farms (e.g. dealing with fertilizing the land, irrigation, or dealing with artificial fertilization of animals etc.). The answer should also be indicated in case of persons helping in the family household.
5. Non-earned source
Answer 8. retirement pay- should be indicated in case of persons (employees, derivatives and combatants) receiving pensions as the result of previous employment or social security insurance in the county or abroad.
Answer 9. retirement pay of farmers -- should be indicated in case of persons who got the right to pension after giving in a farm (to the state or a legal successor). The retirement pay may be the consequence of previous work or insurance.
Answer 10. pension resulting from an inability to work - should be indicated in case of persons who receive the social insurance benefit, accident benefit etc. The income may be permanent or temporary and are usually based on the decision of a medical doctor, who certifies that a person is not able to work
Answer 11. social pension - should be indicated in case of disabled or handicapped persons who receive the income due to permanent inability to work that occurred before the age of 18 (or 25 if they were in education
Answer 12. family pension - should be indicated in case of persons who receive an income due to the death of a spouse or a parent. The family pension paid to children under 15 should be classified as an income of a person bringing up the child
Answer 13. unemployment benefit - should be indicated in case of unemployed persons receiving benefit after registering in a job agency.
Answer 14. welfare allowance - is a payment granted to persons with no income or if the income is not high enough to satisfy the basic needs
Answer 15. others - should be indicated in case of persons receiving income from any source that is not mentioned above (e.g. alimonies, scholarships etc.). In case of such income the kind of income (according to appendix 2 of the manual) should be specified.
Page 186. Other incomes
Answer 16. incomes from owning - should be indicated in case of persons whose income is base on leasing their land, shares in the companies or income from possesses capital (e.g. interests).
Answer 17. incomes from leasing - should be indicated in case of
persons renting their rooms, flats, buildings etc.
7. Maintained by other person
Answer 18. from this household -- should be indicated if a person is maintained by a person being a member of the same household. A symbol of a source of income of a person who is maintaining the respondent (1-17) should be given.
Answer 19. from other household - should be indicated if a person is maintained by a person not being a member of the same household. A symbol of a source of income of a person who is maintaining the respondent (1-17) should be given.