Personal form
14. Economic activity
[] Working (except of pensioners)
[] Apprentice
[] Secondary school student
[] University student
[] Person on maternity leave (includes further maternity leave)
[] Homekeeping
[] Pensioner
[] Unemployed
[] Child up to 16
[] Other
Explanations for filling in the personal form
14. Economic activity
Economic activity is information on economic status of the person on the labor market at the decisive moment of the Census.
Economically active population comprises persons being at the time of the Census at work, in membership, on duty, or in a similar relation to any organization, to a cooperative, to private persons, or to other legal subjects, employers, helpers, unemployed, self-employed, irrespective of time usually worked.
Working: Comprises person 16-years and older in paid job and also helping household members in a family enterprise. Also persons at military service, persons in a prison if their work relation still exists. Comprises also entrepreneurs with or without employees. Working pensioners are not included.
Apprentice: Comprises persons learning on daily base at apprenticeship institution.
Secondary school student: Comprises persons studying on daily base at high school.
University student: Comprises persons studying on daily base at high school.
Person on maternity leave (including further maternity leave): Comprises persons on maternity (parental) leave if their work relation still exists.
Homekeeping: Comprises persons 16 years and older dependents by the livelihood on another household member and persons out of the working relation. There are for example persons caring for a child, external university students, and unemployed graduates of universities.
Pensioner: Comprises all pensioners (working and non-working).
Unemployed: Comprises all persons 16 years and older without a job actively seeking work.
Other: Comprises persons who are not dependent on another household member, do not have an income from employment, and have another financial sources of livelihood. In addition, persons at military service, persons in a prison without existing work relation.