Employment status in the last week
(Ask persons age 12 or older)
[Questions 34-42 were asked of persons age 12 or older]
Ask those who answer "Didn't work" to question 34
[Questions 39-41 were asked of those who did not work last week, per question 34]
39. Reason for not working, if you didn't work or discontinue working
[] 3 Retired
[] 4 Student
[] 5 Housewife
[] 6 Income recipient
[] 7 Other
[] 8 Unemployed
(Questions 29-42 are for persons age 12 or older)
Employment status within the last week (34-41)
(Persons age 12 and older)
Question 39: If you did not work or are not maintaining your involvement with your job, what is your reason for not working?
If the reason that the person being administered the census did not work at a job during the last week in return for money or goods, or why he/she did not maintain a connection to the job, is being retired, place an "X" in the 3 "Retired" box; if it is being a student, [place it into] the 4 "Student" box; if it is being a housewife, into the 5 "Housewife" box; if it is being a rentier [income recipient], into the 6 "Rentier" box; if it is for another reason, into the 7 "Other" box; and if it is being unemployed, into the 8 "Unemployed" box. If more than one of the situations specified in the question apply to a person's circumstance (such as "Retired - student; student - housewife; retired - housewife; housewife - unemployed; student - unemployed), accept the circumstance that is the initially specified [as the first one] in the question.